Comprehensive mentoring program between college single parent students and Columbus area high school teen girls and young women who are parenting or pregnant. Empowers parenting girls and young women with the knowledge that education can bring economic self-sufficiency and shows by example that it is possible.

The GRADS program is an in-school secondary program,at every county high school, for pregnant students and young parents. The purpose of GRADS is to increase the likelihood that young parents will remain in school with little interruption until graduation. The program is designed to help students appreciate the importance of prenatal care, learn practical parenting and child development skills, gain orientation to work, and set goals toward balancing work and family responsibilities.