Help for teenage
girls and boys
throughout Indiana.

Resources for Teens

Helpful Links to Organizations and Their Websites

Indiana 211

Indiana 211’s mission is to facilitate connections between people who need human services and those who provide them. Connect2Help211 serves solely to promote self-sufficiency, change lives and, as a result, improve the quality of life in our communities.

Bedsider

Bedsider.org (Bedsider) is an online birth control support network for women 18-29 operated by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, a private non-profit organization. Bedsider is not funded by pharmaceutical companies. Or the government. Bedsider is totally independent and the info on it is honest and unbiased. Our goal is to help women find the method of birth control that’s right for them and learn how to use it consistently and effectively, and that’s it.

Prevention Reproductive Life Plan

Thinking about your goals for having or not having children and how to achieve those goals is called a reproductive life plan. There are many kinds of reproductive life plans. Your plan will depend on yourpersonal goals and dreams.

Go Ask Alice!

Go Ask Alice! is a health Q&A internet resource produced by the Alice! Health Promotion Program at Columbia University, providing readers with reliable, accurate, accessible, culturally competent information so everyone can make responsible decisions concerning their health and well-being.

LifeSmart Youth

LifeSmart Youth fosters successful lives by empowering youth to make responsible choices and adopt healthy behaviors.

National Human Trafficking Resource Center

The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) is a national anti-trafficking hotline and resource center serving victims and survivors of human trafficking and the anti-trafficking community in the United States. The toll-free hotline is available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year in more than 200 languages. The NHTRC can also be accessed by emailing nhtrc@polarisproject.org, submitting a tip through the online tip reporting form, and visiting the web portal at www.traffickingresourcecenter.org.

Power To Decide

They provide trusted, high-quality, accurate information—backed by research—on sexual health and contraceptive methods so young people can make informed decisions.

Amaze

AMAZE harnesses the power of digital media to provide young adolescents around the globe with medically accurate, age-appropriate, affirming, and honest sex education they can access directly online—regardless of where they live or what school they attend.

AMAZE also strives to assist adults—parents, guardians, educators and health care providers around the globe—to communicate effectively and honestly about sex and sexuality with the children and adolescents in their lives.

Sex, Etc

Sex, Etc. is on a mission to improve teen sexual health across the country. We’ve helped teens with answers to their question about sex, relationships, pregnancy, STDs, birth control, sexual orientation and more.

Scarleteen

Scarleteen is an independent, grassroots sexuality and relationships education and support organization and website.

Safe Teens

Teenagers can use this youth-friendly website to find information on teen pregnancy, STDs, safe sex, relationships, and LGBTQ issues.

Indiana Youth Group

Indiana Youth Group (IYG) serves young people ages 12-24 who self-identify as LGBTQ+, as well as their allies. All programs and services are offered free of charge.