Teen Parenting (ELECT)

ELECT Teen Parent Classrooms (TPC) assist pregnant and/or parenting students (females and males) in the completion of their high school education or equivalency so they can make successful transitions into self-sufficiency and parenthood. ELECT Site coordinators provide intensive case management; parenting and child development training; health and nutrition seminars; academic and social service supports; life skills development and home. ELECT Fatherhood Initiative (EFI) is the program component dedicated to young men who are parenting.

History of Teen Parenting (ELECT)

In 1993, Communities in Schools of Philadelphia, Inc. (CISP) opened ELECT programs for pregnant and parenting teens at Ben Franklin, Simon Gratz and William Penn High Schools in Philadelphia. Today — operating as Launch of Philadelphia, Inc. — we provide ELECT services to 28 schools and Educational Options Program (EOP) programs. ELECT is managed by the Office of Family and Community Engagement (FACE) at the School District of Philadelphia (SDP). Launch of Philadelphia, Inc. and four other provider agencies work directly in and with schools to provide administrative supervision, professional staff development, coordination and management of day-to-day program components to a targeted 800 expectant and/or parenting teens. Launch is contracted to provide services to 355 teens across the city.

Each school site has a designated ELECT Site Coordinator (SC) responsible for the coordination of services. With our support, pregnant and parenting teens can get: 

  • Access to credit recovery
  • Tutoring/homework assistance
  • Child development/parenting skills
  • Fatherhood resources
  • Health and nutrition education
  • Homebound instruction access
  • Home visits
  • Individual planning for attendance, academic and social service supports
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Life skills
  • Mentoring
  • Post-high school options including vocational and career planning
  • Summer service delivery
  • Enrichment activities for students and their children
  • Transition Component services for up to 120 days after graduation. 
  • All students are required to have a social security number and must present a valid form of social security verification, as required by the Department of Human Services (DHS).

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for the ELECT program, youth must be:

  • Under the age of 22
  • Attending an educational entity or High School Equivalency program (HSE) approved by PDE
  • An Expectant mother or custodial young parent who is already receiving TANF benefits
  • An expectant mother, custodial or non-custodial parent who is not receiving TANF and whose personal monthly earned income does not exceed 235 percent of the Federal Poverty Income Guideline (FPIG)
  • A male student for whom paternity has been verified via Acknowledgment of Paternity (PA_CS 611) or by the County Assistance Office (CAO) check of the Paternity Tracking System (PTS).

​Contact Information

Email: ELECTinfo@philasd.org
Phone Number: (215) 400-4250