2018 Responsible Parenting (RP) Fact Sheet

Program Objectives

The purpose of the Responsible Parenting program is to provide a comprehensive array of services to adolescent mothers to delay subsequent pregnancies; consistently and effectively practice family planning; enroll in/continue attending high school, or its equivalent; earn a high school diploma, or its equivalent; develop parenting and life skills that will enable them to cope with social and emotional issues inherent to adolescent pregnancy and parenting; and to encourage the healthy physical and intellectual growth and development of the teen's child.

Program Summary

Contact Information

Responsible Parent Program

401 S. Clinton, 4th FL South

Chicago, IL 60607

312-793-8281

dhs.ecd@illinois.gov