COVID-19 Response: Letter to Our Community

To Our Teen Success, Inc. Community:

​This is a difficult time for our young families. The challenges and barriers they were facing as young parents before the health crisis remain, but now they are experiencing all of the additional challenges of the effects of COVID-19. Many of our young moms and their extended families have lost their jobs or are unable to work. We’re working on connecting them and their families to critical resources.

Additionally:

• Our staff are continuing to meet virtually with our young mothers to ensure they have essential items such as diapers, wipes, and health products, and know where and how to access additional resources such as free lunches through the schools  and mental health services if needed. Staff are doing no-contact drop-offs of diapers, wipes, and other parenting essentials for our participants. 
• Together, our young mothers and their Advocates are coming up with ways to keep working towards their education, so they will still be on their path to graduation and post-secondary once they are able to return to school. It looks a little different for each member depending on what school they were attending, and what access to technology they have at home.
• We are piloting different ways to keep our participants connected to one another, so they aren’t facing the isolation and these uncertain times alone.
• We are ensuring our young families are able to continue to develop their parenting skills and have ways to play and learn with their children so both mothers and children can thrive through these difficult times. Advocates are sharing different ways to interact with their children at home, and also reminding them the importance of self-care, so they can then keep caring for their children.

 
Through these challenging times, we remain as committed as ever to supporting young mothers and their children on their pathways to prosperity.
 
Sincerely,
Karin Kelley

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