Teen Crisis Center: Community Analysis

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If I could change one thing in my community I would add a free, walk-in teen crisis center for adolescents and teenagers to help prevent pregnancy, suicide and self harm, and abusive relationships. The center would be completely anonymous and offer a hotline service for immediate assistance so no child or teenager has to worry about their friends or family knowing. The center would not only provide contraceptives, it would also provide education on reproduction and teach how to resist sexual coercion for both genders. As a result of our school system teaching an abstinence only curriculum, our health classes are unable to fully prepare its students on how to prevent pregnancy should they become sexually active. The center would provide discreet

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