Richard & Stacey Urban founded ULTRA Teen Choice to provide education, peer counseling and accountability relationships for youth that will empower them to be successful in life by choosing abstinence from sex outside of marriage and abstinence from drugs, alcohol and tobacco.

Major Accomplishments of ULTRA Teen Choice

· 1997 to Present  Provide Classroom HIV/AIDS and Teen pregnancy prevention education for over 3000 public school and community youth in grades 6 to 12.

· 2003 to present  Provide classroom and community peer counseling for over 1500 youth in grades 6 to 12.

· 2003 to present  Provide ULTRA Teen Choice Service Clubs plus additional educational and recreational activities for youth at Stuart-Hobson Middle School, Kramer Middle School,  Eastern Senior High School and School Without Walls Senior High School, in Washington, DC, serving youth from Wards 2, 6 , 7, and 8.  Over 250 youth have participated in ULTRA Teen Choice Service Clubs.

· 1998 to present:  Provided 16 training workshops for 170 individuals interested in implementing the ULTRA Teen Choice program in their community or organization.

· 2003 to present:  Conducted group & individual parent and community information meetings for over 80 people to provide information & get feedback.

· 2005 to present:  Held the Reality Check Fundraising Breakfast and annual fundraising campaign to raise community awareness of ULTRA & its mission with 150 attending.

· ULTRA Teen Choice is a graduate of the 2005-2006 District of Columbia Office or Partnerships and Grants Development Strengthening Partners Initiative.

· 2006 to present: Serve as the primary host and organizer for Abstinence Awareness Week in Washington, DC during the second week in March each year.

. 2009 to 2010  Became a grantee of the US Dream academy violence prevention initiative in Ward 6 and partnered with 12 different Ward 6 youth serving nonprofit organizations, schools, and churches to provide abstinence centered HIV prevention, peer counseling, and mentoring.