Now more than ever, finding places to get services can be really hard. Whether it’s medical care, homework help, dealing with police, or just finding a place to chill, how can you know where to go? Here’s the answer! The Guide is a resource guide for youth, by youth.

The Adolescent Initiative Project, under the guidance of our Youth Taking Charge Board, has produced the third edition of the well-read and well-known Guide. You’re holding a directory of resources that are approved and endorsed by other adolescents just like you. It’s been updated with the most current information available.

We hope you find what you’re looking for. Remember, if there are any words you don’t know, be sure to check the glossary at the back.

If you need help using The Guide or locating resources for you or someone you know, just call us! We want to talk to you.

Peace,

Dawn Dickerson
(212)305-1189

Elizabeth Lee
(212)342-0154

Special thanks to Laila Hochhausen, Iolani Grullon, and Sujeidy Marte for their help in compiling this edition of The Guide.Thanks also to the Offices of Assemblyman Keith L.T.Wright and Manhattan Borough President C.Virginia Fields for their contributions to previous editions of the Guide.

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The Adolescent Initiative Project (AIP) is part of the Partnership for Family Health (formerly the Northern Manhattan Women and Children HIV Project). Its mission is to increase access to health care for youth in northern Manhattan.AIP has a youth board and coordinates a network for northern Manhattan adolescent service providers.

The Partnership for Family Health is a collaboration between the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health,Harlem Hospital Center, Metropolitan Hospital Center,Mt.Sinai Hospital,New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Campus,and St.Luke ’s Roosevelt Hospital Center.

PFFH is dedicated to providing a coordinated system of care for HIV-infected and affected families,women,children,and adolescents in northern Manhattan.Services include but are not limited to:HIV counseling and test- ing,comprehsive medical care for HIV-infected familes including prenatal care and pediatric care,case management,social services and referrals, access to research and clinical trials,and educational events.