Abstract
Teen-Aid, Inc., is a voluntary service organization dedicated to the rehabilitation of adolescent girls. It maintains close contact with the Juvenile Division of the Philadelphia County Court, which encouraged its formation. Its personnel, in a one- to-one relationship, offer the troubled girl friendship, solace, and strength, and help her to develop self-reliance, poise, and appropriate values. Volunteer women are put through an inten sive training program in which they learn about the types of difficulties besetting teen-age girls and the ways in which they may be handled. Experience has shown that lay volunteers can take a more direct part in service work with juveniles—a part that need not be restricted to fund-raising or publicity.
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