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Office of Pregnant and Parenting Student Services (OPPSS)

Southside Virginia Community College in partnership with the Virginia Department of Health is offering a support service to pregnant women, expectant fathers, and parenting students. Our goal is to strengthen the academic achievement and success of actively enrolled pregnant and parenting students.

OPPSS will provide pregnant and parenting students:

• Referrals to academic services and programs

• Referrals and resources for health services

• Referrals to social services and community resources

• Resources for counseling and/or support services for domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking

• Campus based workshops and activities such as parenting skills education, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking awareness & prevention

For More Information: Angela Pulliam-Jones, MA Campus Based Coordinator Estes Community Center 316 N. Main Street Chase City, VA 23924 (434) 736-2167 office (434) 372-0784 fax oppss@southside.edu

Web Links:

• Local VA Health Department Information
   http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/lhd/
• Expecting Parents Information
  http://www.vahealth.org/brightfutures/ (departmental portal)
  http://www.healthyfuturesva.com/default.html (program portal)
• Smoking Cessation Information (Quit Line)
  http://www.vahealth.org/cdpc/tucp/quitnow.htm
• Children's Health Information
  http://www.healthyfuturesva.com/default.html
• VA Nutrition Program for Women, Infants & Children
  http://www.vahealth.org/NuPAFP/General%20Info/
• Family Planning & Birth Control Information
  http://www.vahealth.org/familyplanning/index.htm
  http://bedsider.org/ (do not use “www” or an unrelated site will launch)
• Community Resource Information
  http://www.211virginia.org/211provider/consumer/index211.do
• Breastfeeding Information
  http://www.vahealth.org/NuPAFP/Breastfeed/WIC/bfpc/bfworkschool.htm
  http://www.lalecheleague.org/
• Health/ Social Services
  http://www.vahealth.org/childadolescenthealth/EarlyChildhoodHealth/
  http://dmasva.dmas.virginia.gov/Content_pgs/mch-home.aspx (links to Plan 1st, FAMIS program & other available resources)
• Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking
  http://www.vahealth.org/Injury/sexualviolence/
  http://www.nsvrc.org/
  http://www.vawnet.org/
• Student Parent Support
  http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/oah-initiatives/paf
  http://www.heaasc.org/

This program is sponsored in part by the Virginia Department of Health with funding from:

The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Adolescent Health,
Grant #6 SP1A H000011-02-01