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Strengthening families, uniting communities, and cultivating youth to
become leaders of the future
become leaders of the future
and Patchogue.
SNAP has been Suffolk County’s designated agency for adolescent pregnancy prevention and
services coordination since 1985, and has a long and established record of success and expertise
in planning and delivering an array of youth development services which focus on pregnancy,
HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease prevention. Our agency has enjoyed solid, bipartisan
support since its inception. SNAP receives grant funding from the Suffolk County Youth Bureau, New
York State Department of Health, Bureau of Child and Adolescent Health, AIDS Institute, New York
State Office of Children and Family Services, and Maternity and Early Childhood Foundation, the
United Way of Long Island, and the State Education Department of the University of the State of New
York 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program.
Our charge has been to help Suffolk adolescents prevent premature sexual activity and pregnancy,
to ameliorate the negative consequences of adolescent childbearing by helping pregnant and
parenting adolescents become self sufficient, effective parents, and to bring additional pregnancy
prevention resources to Suffolk County. In 1985, SNAP’s first year of operation, there were 4,179
pregnancies to young women ages 10 –19. In 2000, there were 1,911. Programs such as ours are
credited with helping to significantly lower the incidence of adolescent pregnancy.
SNAP has been Suffolk County’s designated agency for adolescent pregnancy prevention and
services coordination since 1985, and has a long and established record of success and expertise
in planning and delivering an array of youth development services which focus on pregnancy,
HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease prevention. Our agency has enjoyed solid, bipartisan
support since its inception. SNAP receives grant funding from the Suffolk County Youth Bureau, New
York State Department of Health, Bureau of Child and Adolescent Health, AIDS Institute, New York
State Office of Children and Family Services, and Maternity and Early Childhood Foundation, the
United Way of Long Island, and the State Education Department of the University of the State of New
York 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program.
Our charge has been to help Suffolk adolescents prevent premature sexual activity and pregnancy,
to ameliorate the negative consequences of adolescent childbearing by helping pregnant and
parenting adolescents become self sufficient, effective parents, and to bring additional pregnancy
prevention resources to Suffolk County. In 1985, SNAP’s first year of operation, there were 4,179
pregnancies to young women ages 10 –19. In 2000, there were 1,911. Programs such as ours are
credited with helping to significantly lower the incidence of adolescent pregnancy.