A volunteer task force formed to come up with a contingency plan for those utilizing YouthPride's services should the LGBT organization close released a detail plan Monday, Feb. 20, after members issued a statement saying they now consider the agency closed after it received no response from Board President Jordan Myers about his directive from last week to dissolve the agency on Friday, Feb. 17.

YouthPride Executive Director Terence McPhaul, however, told the GA Voice the agency remains open.

For youth seeking counseling services, information on support groups and HIV testing, these options have been made available from the task force:

CHRIS Kids Counseling Center
404-564-3430
Contact: Shawna Arthurs, LCSW

Odyssey Counseling Center
(age 17 and up)
404-762-9190
Contacts: Bill Lane, LPC
Margaret Brown, LCSW

National suicide hotlines:

1-800- SUICIDE
1-800-784-2433
    Or
1-800-273-TALK    
1-800-273-8255

Support groups:

St. Mark United Methodist Church will host the support groups.
Contact: Josh Noblitt
[email protected]

TransandFriends facilitator contacts:    
Sarah Meng & Sir Jesse McNulty            
[email protected]             
404-590-2819
[email protected]  

All other support groups:
Terence McPhaul
404-502-8431

Private counselors:

Charlie Bright, LPC
404-863-1034

Stephanie K. Swann, PhD, LCSW
404-906-1862
www.stephanieswann.com

Tana Hall, LPC
404-245-5797

AIDS testing:

AID Atlanta will provide testing at its location.
404-870-7700