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Metro Council for Teen Potential

431 Jay Street | 585.325.4910 ext: 1218
  • Metro Council for Teen Potential (MCTP) is a coalition of youth-serving organizations that promotes youth development and youth health in the City’s most stressed neighborhoods.  Baden Street Settlement has been the host agency for MCTP for over 20 years.  MCTP supports 35 member agencies, schools, and health centers to implement strength-based and evidence-based approaches to ensure youth success and to prevent teen pregnancy.  Between 2010 and 2022, teen birth rates in Rochester declined by 62% and continue to decrease.
  • Resources and support continue to be made available to Rochester teens to promote healthy relationships and safe choices.  MCTP works with the City of Rochester, RCSD, Cause wave, URMC, Planned Parenthood, Center for Youth and others to implement life skills, arts, and health programs and youth leadership activities.  MCTP engages youth to develop social marketing messages to promote healthy behaviors, and delivers the Family Talk communication workshop series for parents.  Learn more about MCTP at https://metrocouncilrochester.org/
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Robert Darrisaw Jr.

Program Director of Metro Council for Teen Potential

Robert Darrisaw Jr. is a Rochester native who has worked with Baden Street Settlement of Rochester since November 2023. He is a graduate of Wilson Magnet High School and SUNY Brockport, where he majored in Social Work. Robert is currently the Program Director of Metro Council for Teen Potential, a collaborative program that promotes youth health and development. He cultivated a passion for human services during his undergraduate years, where he made significant contributions to grassroots organizing, community service, and advocacy for marginalized and disenfranchised communities. As a former youth development specialist, Robert is committed to finding innovative ways to engage with youth and establish interagency collaborations. He holds two mottos very dearly and often repeats them: “We must be accessible and available to our youth, meeting them where they are,” and “Your current situation does not define your final destination. You have the ability to change or create your narrative, not society.”