Teen Xpress wins state award
Teen Xpress, a program offered by the Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families, will be awarded the 2010 Children’s Week Community Innovation Award in Tallahassee on April 12.
The Howard Phillips Center, an advocacy and outreach program, is part of Orlando Health’s Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.
Teen Xpress is a mobile health care unit bringing free physical and mental health care to teens and adolescents who may otherwise not have access to such resources.
United Way of Florida and The Lawton Chiles Foundation designed the Community Innovation awards program and luncheon at the capitol to recognize the collaborative work being done in communities across the state.
Four collaborative projects were reviewed and selected by the independent Southeast Evaluation Association from a statewide pool of applicants. The award winners consist of four or more organizations who worked together to address and solve specific problems in their communities.
The Howard Phillips Center is supported by the Arnold Palmer Medical Center Foundation and serves Central Florida through the following programs: The Developmental Center for Infants & Children/Early Steps, Healthy Families Orange, Orange County Children’s Advocacy Center, the Child Protection Team, the Healing Tree and Teen Xpress.