The Office of Pregnant & Parenting Student Services (OPPSS) provides referral and support services to enrolled pregnant women, expectant fathers and parenting students through a partnership with the Virginia Department of Health. The program connects students to campus and community programs and services to help with the challenges that may occur as a student parent. Our goal is to increase the academic success and retention of our enrolled pregnant and parenting students while helping them to reach their educational goals.
The OPPSS Program offers:
Parenting & College: You can do both. We can help.
Gwendolyn Johnson, Coordinator
Duncan Hall, Room 117
540-857-6685
gjohnson@virginiawestern.edu
Local Health Departments:
www.vdh.virginia.gov
Expecting Parents Information:
www.vahealth.org/brightfutures/
www.healthyfuturesva.com/default.html
Smoking Cessation Information (Quit Line)
www.vahealth.org/cdpc/tucp/quitnow.htm
Family Planning & Birth Control Information:
www.vahealth.org/familyplanning/index.htm
bedsider.org/
Breastfeeding Information:
www.vahealth.org/NuPAFP/Breastfeed/WIC/bfpc/bfworkschool.htm
www.lalecheleague.org/
Health/ Social Services:
www.vahealth.org/childadolescenthealth/EarlyChildhoodHealth/
dmasva.dmas.virginia.gov/Content_pgs/mch-home.aspx
Roanoke Baby Basics Mom's Club:
www.bbmomsclub.com
www.text4baby.org
CHIP - Child Health Investment Partnership
chipofvirginia.org
Nutrition - WIC
www.vahealth.org/nupafp
Community Resource Information
www.211virginia.org
www.tapintohope.org
www.rescuemission.net
Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault, Stalking
www.virginiasalvationarmy.org
www.vahealth.org/Injury/sexualviolence/
www.nsvrc.org/
www.vawnet.org/
Student Parent Support:
www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/oah-initiatives/paf
www.heaasc.org/
Department of Social Services
www.dss.virginia.gov
Blue Ridge Women's Center
www.blueridgewoman.org
This program is sponsored in part by the Virginia Department of Health with funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Health, Grant #6 SP1AH000011-02-01.
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