Teen Parents Programs

The city of Phoenix operates two programs designed to help young parents handle personal and family responsibilities. Young Families CAN (Comprehensive Assistance Network) identifies and removes barriers to self-sufficiency for single teen mothers enrolled in Arizona's welfare system. STEP-UP (Skills, Training, Education, Employment Program for Unemployed Male Parents) helps meet the needs of teenage fathers by addressing the young fathers' responsibility to become self-sufficient and share the burden of support and parenting of their children.