Program Reach : Healthy Respect

Another article about the contest. For more information go to http://www.programreach.org.

Date Contest Rewards Creativity Of White Plains Teens | The White Plains Daily Voice WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Dating isn’t what it used to be. Now, Westchester County teenagers have a chance to show their imagination, earn p ...

Press Release from January 12, 2015:
“It is simply unacceptable for school-based health centers to allow hundreds of prescription medications and thousands of needles to go missing and not keep an accurate accounting of medical records,” said Dr. Nanci Coppola, CEO of Program Reach. “This is a shocking failure of school administrators, their healthcare professionals and the State Health Department, all of whom are responsible for our children’s safety. We commend Comptroller DiNapoli for shining a light on this dangerous breakdown.”

Dr. Coppola called the Department of Health’s commitment to policy changes a step in the right direction, but said increased oversight and accountability measures that monitor their results are needed to ensure reforms are working.

Needles, drugs missing at city school health centers: report Hypodermic needles, contraceptives, prescription drugs have disappeared from health centers in schools, report said.

The survey of 7th and 8th grade students in Yonkers is also discussed in an article in the Yonkers Rising newspaper.

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Program Reach in the news again!

Results of a student survey showing the effects of parental involvement in regard to s*xual activity News 12 reports on survey conducted by Program Reach which was taken by 7th and 8th grade students in Yonkers, NY. The survey found: "The more input parents ...