Young & PrEPared is a collection of sexual/reproductive health services. These services are catered for youth ages 12 – 24 with an emphasis on being affirming to the LGBTQ+ community.
Our sexual health services include HIV & STD testing, HIV medical care, STD treatment, PrEP & PEP services, sexual heath workshops, life skills groups, 1-on-1 counseling, and community events.
The services that we provide are confidential sexual health services; therefore, no parental consent is required.
Our services are here to support you in feeling empowered to make the best decisions for yourself.
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), or sexually transmitted infections (STIs), are infections that are passed from one person to another through sexual contact. They are usually spread during vaginal, oral, or anal sex. But sometimes they can spread through other sexual contact involving the penis, vagina, mouth, or anus. This is because some STDs, like herpes and HPV, are spread by skin-to-skin contact.
Some STDs can be passed from a pregnant person to the baby, either during pregnancy or when giving birth. Other ways that STDs may be spread include during breastfeeding, through blood transfusions, or by sharing needles.
There are more than 20 types of STDs, including:
Sexually The only way to know your HIV status is to get tested. Knowing your status gives you powerful information to keep you and your partner healthy.
There are three types of HIV tests: antibody tests, antigen/antibody tests, and nucleic acid tests (NAT). Antibodies are produced by your immune system when you’re exposed to viruses like HIV.
Antigens are foreign substances that cause your immune system to activate. If you have HIV, an antigen called p24 is produced even before antibodies develop.
HIV tests are typically performed on blood or oral fluid. They may also be performed on urine.
HIV self-tests provide results within 20 minutes.
With a rapid antibody test, usually done with blood from a finger stick or with oral fluid, results are ready in 30 minutes or less.
The rapid antigen/antibody test, done with blood from a finger stick, takes 30 minutes or less.
It may take several days to receive your test results with a NAT or antigen/antibody lab test.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) is medicine taken to prevent getting HIV. PrEP is highly effective for preventing HIV when taken as prescribed.
PrEP reduces the risk of getting HIV from sex by about 99%.
PrEP reduces the risk of getting HIV from injection drug use by at least 74%.
PrEP is less effective when not taken as prescribed. Since PrEP only protects against HIV, condom use is still important for the protection against other STDs.
Condom use is also important to help prevent HIV if PrEP is not taken as prescribed.
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Business Hours
- Mon - Fri
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- Sat - Sun
- Closed
Free Lyft rides to PrEP appointments.
Support to ensure that your medical appointments are excused absences and that your visits are kept confidential.
Access to a support system that will provide check-in opportunities and appointment reminders.
Referrals into other services including gender care, mental health, food support, and clothing assistance.
You can receive up to a $30 Target incentive for completing an HIV & STD screening.
- You may be eligible to receive a $50 incentive for attending your first PrEP medical appointment.
- All of our peer conversation groups have incentives starting at $20.
- There are opportunities to receive additional incentives for referring your friends to our services.
