We empower, encourage, inform & support.

SERVICES

OUR MISSION

EMPOWER

We empower students to make healthy choices about life, love, sex and relationships by connecting them to medically-accurate information, community resources, safe adults, as well as their families and good friends.

ENCOURAGE

We encourage honest conversation between parents and their children by educating and motivating families to make healthy decisions concerning dating relationships, self-esteem and sex.

INFORM & SUPPORT

We inform and support preteens, teenagers, and young adults as they face the often confusing issue of sexual health through our 3 school programs that are reaching over 10,000 students a year.

COMPASS SURVEYS

PRE-TEST

POST-TEST

Resources Anchor

Need sexual health medical services? We are here to help!

Pregnancy testing, STI testing and treatment, and sexual health services | Choices Medical
- Joplin: Call or text (417)624-8030
- Or book an appointment online

Need to make a report?

If you have witnessed or think you may have witnessed abuse or trafficking, here are some organizations that you can reach out to:

MO Reporting
KS Reporting
National Abuse Reporting | Call 1-800-656-4673
National Domestic Abuse Hotline | 1-800-799-7233
SWMO Trafficking Reporting | (417)986-3398
National Trafficking Reporting | Call 1-888-373-7888 or text 233733

Need help with mental health?

If you are struggling with your mental health, know that you are not alone and there are many organizations that can help, here are some:

Suicide Prevention Help | Call or text 800-273-8255
Ozark Crisis Center
Mount Hope Counseling Center | Call or text 918.800.1432 to book an appointment.
Rapha House | Call 417.396.8767 or email abrower@raphahouse.org to book an appointment.

Need immediate assistance?

If you are having an emergency, please contact 911 immediately. If you are needing non-emergency immediate assistance, here are some resources:

Clothing | New Life Evangelistic Free Store: (417)781-1100
Health and Safety resources | The Alliance of SWMO
Temporary Housing | Children’s Haven
Transitional Housing | LovinGrace
Drug and Alcohol Addiction Resources |Help.org

ABOUT

ABOUT

Connection Institute is the Prevention Department of LifeChoices Health Network in Joplin, MO. The goal of this department is to offer resources, education, and guidance to encourage teens to make healthy choices. This goal is met through three programs: Project ID, Compass, and Amplify.

Project ID is a 5-day, pre-teen risk-avoidance and empowerment program for 5th and 6th-grade students, Compass is a 5-day adolescent sexual risk avoidance program for 7th, 8th, and 9th-grade students, and Amplify is an engaging assembly-formatted event for high school 10-12th graders designed as a "booster shot" to our Compass Program.

Each program is designed to build off of the previous to build long-lasting healthy relationships and coping skills. We strive to empower students to navigate the craziness of life, relationships and dating with confidence by providing medically and statistically accurate, evidence-based information alongside attention-grabbing visual and local resources available to students and their families.

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