Relations and Support

The Parents Speak Up National Campaign is a national public education campaign developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to encourage parents to talk to their children early and often about waiting to have sex.

The www.4parents.gov website is part of the Parents Speak Up National Campaign and is intended to help parents face the challenges of the pre-teen and young-teen years.

Our Partners

To better serve our community, the Hispanic Outreach Center has formed a Hispanic Abstinence Coalition (HAC) in each of seven targeted large cities: Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, San Antonio, Phoenix, and in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Hispanic Abstinence Coalition (HAC) is a local group of community-based organizations that raises awareness about and supports the Parents Speak Up National Campaign, while providing parents the necessary culturally sensitive tools to talk to their children early and often about waiting to have sex until marriage. Each HAC provides the Parents Speak Up Workshops, which are available in English and Spanish, and conducts an annual Fiesta Nite event for parents and their preteens and teens.

HAC Lead Agencies

Chicago, IL
Confederation of Spanish American Families
2151 W. 21st Street
Chicago, IL 60608
Office: 773-843-0545
Fax: 773-843-0737
Contact person: Verónica Cruz

The Confederation of Spanish American Families (CSAF) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization firmly committed to serving the Hispanic community in Chicago, IL by offering an array of educational services that foster healthy lifestyles for adolescents and parents. These include abstinence education, relationship skills, marriage education, and parenting skills. CSAF is the Lead Agency of the Hispanic Outreach Center (HOC), a component of the Parents Speak Up National Campaign (PSUNC), which is a nationwide public education campaign funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The HOC supports the goals and objectives of the campaign by raising awareness and support for the campaign in the Hispanic Community.

Los Angeles, CA
TBA

Miami, FL
Abstinence Between Strong Teens Int’l Inc.
18151 SW 98th Ct.
Miami, FL 33157
Phone: 305-969-7829
Fax: 786-242-1981
Contact Person: Keisha Culmer

Abstinence Between Strong Teens Int’l, Inc. (ABST) is a501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that educates youth primarily about waiting to have sex. ABST has educated over 100,000 students in Miami-Dade County, ages 9-18, in the past 15 years. We are committed to developing our youth in the areas of sexual abstinence, career exploration, self-esteem, goal setting, and problem-solving skills. ABST also offers a Parent Empowerment Program, with parent workshops that equip parents with the tools necessary to speak to their children about postponing sexual activity until marriage while promoting responsible parenting. As a follow-up, we also form abstinence/mentoring clubs in the school systems and churches providing continuing education and events focused toward STD prevention, teen-pregnancy prevention, and character building.

New York, NY
Directions for Our Youth
21 West 86th St.
New York, NY 10024
Phone: 212.362.4020
Fax: 212.362.4023
Contact person: Andrea Feduzi

Directions for Our Youth works in the most troubled schools, in the most distressed neighborhoods to help those students most in need. Our goal is to provide leadership and inspiration through workshops, mentors, college visits, the arts and recreation.
Directions focuses on community development and youth empowerment. Directions strives to ensure that young people receive the necessary resources for attaining health, education and information which will enable sound decision-making. Finally, Directions for Our Youth partners with other nonprofit organizations, government agencies, foundations and corporations to extend the reach and impact of our mission.

Phoenix, AZ
Creciendo Unidos
202 East McDowell Rd. Suite 255
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Phone: 602-374-4054
Contact person: Guille Sastre and Maria Choi

Creciendo Unidos / Growing Together (CU) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to unite and strengthen families to support one another in growing to their full potential as leaders and contributors to build healthier communities for our children. CU does so by working with whole families, assisting family members to create healthy family dynamics while at the same time working with individual members to reach their potential.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA (Sonoma County)
Vineyard Workers Services
17962 Sonoma Highway
Boyes, California 95416
Phone: (707) 933-0897
Contact person: Kenneth Ramirez and Mario Castillo

Vineyard Workers Services (VWS) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing the farm worker community with suitable housing and assistance in meeting their related human needs. Additionally, VWS is expanding its services to parents as the lead agency of the Hispanic Abstinence Coalition in the San Francisco Bay area to raise awareness of and support the Parents Speak Up National Campaign, a nationwide public education campaign by the US Department of Health and Human Services to encourage parents to talk to their kids about waiting to have sex.

San Antonio, TX
Benitia Family Center
4650 Eldridge Avenue,
San Antonio, TX 78237
Phone: (210)433-9300
Fax: (210)432-6739
Contact person: Jose Mata

The Benitia Family Center is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to value the dignity of all people by providing opportunities for personal development, growth and the well-being of families, helping them become active and productive participants in their community. We provide programs in counseling, youth development, adult education and neighborhood outreach.