You are an important part of HiTOPS' community because you care about our youth, understand the challenges of adolescence, and recognize how a young person's future depends on the positive choices she or he makes today.
I ask you to think about the young people in your life and the adults they will become. Each one of these individuals deserves a bright future - in fact our society is counting on their success. With your support, we can provide the resources they need to live, healthy responsible lives.
According to The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, adolescence is "the healthiest period of the lifespan," and at the same time, contains "the highest rates of risk-taking behavior and potentially life-threatening consequences." Adolescents, who are already a medically under served population, are often a choice away from life altering actions.HiTOPS is here to ensure safe passage through this critical stage in their lives with education, services and support. Please help us to assist them.
HiTOPS' model, developed by nurse practitioners, combines education and clinical care designed exclusively for adolescents. Our work begins with puberty education for pre-adolescents, continues with middle schoolers (and their teachers and parents) on topics such as Bullying/Cyberbullying. For high school age youth, HiTOPS trains its peer educators to deliver age-appropriate workshops designed to inform their peers about actions and consequences, and empowering them to make positive decisions. Older teens and college students, benefit from integrated, confidential health care at HiTOPS.
HiTOPS is the "trusted adult" they tell you about in school.
HiTOPS' model, developed by nurse practitioners, combines education and clinical care designed exclusively for adolescents. Our work begins with puberty education for pre-adolescents, continues with middle schoolers (and their teachers and parents) on topics such as Bullying/Cyberbullying. For high school age youth, HiTOPS trains its peer educators to deliver age-appropriate workshops designed to inform their peers about actions and consequences, and empowering them to make positive decisions. Older teens and college students, benefit from integrated, confidential health care at HiTOPS.HiTOPS is the "trusted adult" they tell you about in school.
-Teen, Focus Group, 2010
There are no other programs in the state that offer this menu of services under one roof - HiTOPS is the only free-standing adolescent health center in New Jersey. HiTOPS' long-standing expertise with adolescents is unmatched, as is the ability to refer young people, parents, and health professionals to other appropriate teen-friendly resources when a request is outside of HiTOPS' scope of services.
HiTOPS has conversations with kids that parents don't want to have.
-Teen, Focus Group, 2010
There are no other programs in the state that offer this menu of services under one roof - HiTOPS is the only free-standing adolescent health center in New Jersey. HiTOPS' long-standing expertise with adolescents is unmatched, as is the ability to refer young people, parents, and health professionals to other appropriate teen-friendly resources when a request is outside of HiTOPS' scope of services.
HiTOPS has conversations with kids that parents don't want to have.
-Teen, Focus Group, 2010
Your support makes a difference. Please click here to go to HiTOPS website and make a donation. Your contribution is a gift to a young person, and that gift is their future.
On behalf of the adolescents we serve, thank you in advance for your support.
Warm Regards,
Elizabeth M. Casparian, Ph.D.
Executive Director
