In your community, you have teachers, parents, and religious leaders. You've got doctors and nurses. You've got guidance counselors, principals, health department officials, and community leaders.

You also have Metro TeenAIDS. Metro TeenAIDS can give you counseling, peer education, pregnancy testing, gynecological exams, HIV testing, and support groups. The highly trained staff at Metro TeenAIDS knows where you're coming from -- we work with young people every day.

Metro TeenAIDS is at 651 Pennsylvania Ave S.E. The phone number is (202) 543-9355.

Here are some organizations that can support you:

Where can I go for help?

• Sasha Bruce Youthwork
  741 Eighth Street SE
  Washington DC 20003-2802
  crisis hotline -- (202) 547-7777
  fax -- (202) 675-9358
  administrative -- (202) 675-9340
  

• Covenant House
  1015 15th St. NW
  Washington, DC 20005
  DC office -- (202) 610-9600
  fax -- (202) 610-9610
  

• Covenant House Community Service Center
  3400 Martin Luther King Ave. SE
  Washington, DC 20032
  phone -- (202) 610-9630
  fax -- (202) 610-9640
  

• Metro TeenAIDS' "Project Lifeguard"
  MTA office -- (202) 543-9355
  

• SMYAL (Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League)
  410 7th St. SE
  Washington, DC 20003
  phone -- (202) 546-5940
  

• HIV Community Coalition
  phone -- (800) 588-2437
  

• Youth Positive
  phone -- (202) 546-3704
  

Where can I get tested?

These are the testing sites that Metro TeenAIDS recommends.

MTA's undercover youth evaluators found that these sites protect your privacy, have late afternoon/weekend hours, don't pass judgement on your behavior, clearly explain the test and its results, help you figure out how to stay healthy, and are either free or low cost (under $10).

in DC:

• Congress Heights -- SE (202) 645-0393
• 15th Street -- NE (202) 727-0398
• Planned Parenthood -- NW (202) 347-8500
• Washington Free Clinic -- NW (202) 667-1106

in Virginia:

• Alexandria Adolescent Clinic -- (703) 820-8003
• Alexandria Health Department -- (703) 838-4389
• Arlington Health Department -- (703) 228-5175
• Planned Parenthood Falls Church -- (703) 533-5651

in Maryland:

• Healthy Teens & Young Adults Clinic, Landover (301) 324-5144
• Metro TeenAIDS: (301) 699-8900
• PG County Health Department, Forestville -- (301) 817-3130
• Planned Parenthood, Hyattsville -- (301) 422-6066
• University of Maryland Health Center -- (301) 314-8180

Where can I get advice?

This site contains information on basic HIV facts, HIV transmission/protection, and talking to young people about AIDS. It also contains an advice section where you can leave your questions. Other sources of good information are listed below.

• Metro TeenAIDS -- (202) 543-9355
• Virginia STD/AIDS Hotline -- (800) 533-4148
• Virginia STD/AIDS Hotline En Espanol -- (800) 322-7432

• 24-hour National AIDS Hotline -- (800) 342-AIDS
• 24-hour National AIDS Hotline En Espanol -- (800) 344-SIDA
• 24-hour National AIDS Hotline TTY -- (800) AIDS-TTY
• National Runaway Hotline -- (800) 621-4000
• National AIDS Clearinghouse -- (800) 243-7012