SNAP specializes in serving vulnerable populations of adolescents in targeted, high risk
communities in Suffolk County. In addition to providing sexuality education for young people
and their families, SNAP programs help youngsters develop competencies and articulate a
positive vision of the future. Leadership, goal-setting, decision-making and communication
skills are reinforced through a variety of classroom-based and after school activities including
peer education, mentoring, role modeling and job shadowing, as well as through more
traditional venues. Our programs emphasize strengthening the long-term stability of natural
supports that promote positive factors for at risk youth. Our Healthy Choices, Women and Men
of the Future, and Big/Little Mentoring Peer Educator Theater Programs are offered during the
after school hours. In addition SNAP offers a Growing Professional Program and Parent
Education Series including Steps to Parenthood and Successfully Teaching Effective Parenting
Skills (S.T.E.P.S.) for pregnant and parenting teens in communities with the highest need.
Additional program services include:
Youth Services
• Information and Referral
• Advocacy
• Character Education
• Life Skills
• Teen Parent Conference
Community Education Programs
• Parent Education Programs
• SNAP Players
Staff Development/Professional Education
• SNAP Network
• Annual Conference
• Case Managers Committee
• Teacher Training
• Staff Training
The agency’s Executive Director served on the Governor’s Task Force on Adolescent
Pregnancy, established in 1984, and more recently served on the subcommittee of State and
Local Partnerships of the New York State Task Force on Out of Wedlock Pregnancies and
Poverty established by Governor Pataki in 1998. She is the former President of the New York
State Council on Adolescent Pregnancy and holds a Master of Science degree in Community
Health and Health Administration.
SNAP’s administrative office is located on the grounds of Southside Hospital in Bay Shore. The
hospital has provided free space and extensive support to SNAP since 1985.
communities in Suffolk County. In addition to providing sexuality education for young people
and their families, SNAP programs help youngsters develop competencies and articulate a
positive vision of the future. Leadership, goal-setting, decision-making and communication
skills are reinforced through a variety of classroom-based and after school activities including
peer education, mentoring, role modeling and job shadowing, as well as through more
traditional venues. Our programs emphasize strengthening the long-term stability of natural
supports that promote positive factors for at risk youth. Our Healthy Choices, Women and Men
of the Future, and Big/Little Mentoring Peer Educator Theater Programs are offered during the
after school hours. In addition SNAP offers a Growing Professional Program and Parent
Education Series including Steps to Parenthood and Successfully Teaching Effective Parenting
Skills (S.T.E.P.S.) for pregnant and parenting teens in communities with the highest need.
Additional program services include:
Youth Services
• Information and Referral
• Advocacy
• Character Education
• Life Skills
• Teen Parent Conference
Community Education Programs
• Parent Education Programs
• SNAP Players
Staff Development/Professional Education
• SNAP Network
• Annual Conference
• Case Managers Committee
• Teacher Training
• Staff Training
The agency’s Executive Director served on the Governor’s Task Force on Adolescent
Pregnancy, established in 1984, and more recently served on the subcommittee of State and
Local Partnerships of the New York State Task Force on Out of Wedlock Pregnancies and
Poverty established by Governor Pataki in 1998. She is the former President of the New York
State Council on Adolescent Pregnancy and holds a Master of Science degree in Community
Health and Health Administration.
SNAP’s administrative office is located on the grounds of Southside Hospital in Bay Shore. The
hospital has provided free space and extensive support to SNAP since 1985.
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