ELECT - Pregnant and Parenting Teen Program
An Initiative of the Pennsylvania Department of Education
Education Leading to Employment and Career Training:
A Unique Partnership
The Education Leading to Employment and Career Training (ELECT) program enables Capital Area Intermediate Unit to help pregnant and parenting teens earn a diploma or GED certificate, become better parents and make the transition to employment or higher education.
Group and Individual Services:
Designed to address the challenging needs of pregnant and parenting teens, the ELECT program uses group and one-on-one approaches to meet each student's unique needs. The ELECT program has the following components:
- Promotes resiliency and wellness skill
- Vocational, career and job readiness-training
- Health care and nutrition education
- Secondary pregnancy prevention education
- Academic tutoring, mentoring and homework assistance
- Child development and parenting skills
- Help accessing childcare and transportation
- Life skills training and family budgeting
- Intensive case management, including home visits
- Year-round educational activities, including summer contact
- Attendance tracking and retention
- Support for attaining a GED equivalency diploma
- Domestic violence and substance abuse information
- Helping teen dropouts re-enroll in school or a GED program