Metro Teen Aids
Metro Teen Aids
651 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington DC 20003 ::
Phone: Main Office, Policy & Advocacy: (202)543-8246
Freestyle, Youth and Volunteer Inquiries: (202) 543-0094
Clinical Services, Program Evaluation, Marketing & Communications: (202) 543-0094
Fax (202) 543-8249
Website: http://www.metroteenaids.org/
Metro TeenAIDS is a community health organization dedicated to supporting young people in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Through education, support, and advocacy, MTA works to prevent the spread of HIV, promote responsible decision making, and improve the quality of life for young people infected with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS.
Metro TeenAIDS provides resources to help young people fight AIDS and support each other. MTA is the only organization in the Washington DC-metro area focusing all of its efforts on the unique prevention, education, and treatment needs of young people.
Advancing the overall health of at-risk and HIV-infected adolescents is within our community’s power. Metro TeenAIDS advances community prevention efforts by:
• mobilizing young people in support of their peers,
• battling stigma and indifference by raising community awareness about the threat HIV/AIDS poses to young people,
• providing HIV information and innovative prevention strategies to young people and the adults in contact with them,
• uniting with other organizations to ensure that teenagers receive adolescent-appropriate and easily accessible prevention, health care, and counseling services as well as safe recreational opportunities; and,
• developing comprehensive programs which address the many co-factors of adolescent HIV infection — including low self-esteem, drug and alcohol abuse, dangerously unproductive free time, and exposure to peer groups which encourage unhealthy and risky behavior.
