Who runs Cincinnati PSI?
In Cincinnati, PSI is run as a partnership between Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS). PSI is one of several community health education programs of Cincinnati Children’s Division of Adolescent Medicine, and affiliated with the Adolescent Health Center of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. The program is overseen by Christopher Kraus, JD, MTS, Adolescent Advocacy Manager, and Paula Braverman, MD, Director of Community Programs. Five professional staff members deliver the program, along with student interns and Americorps community service fellows. Cincinnati PSI also operates PSI PAYOFFSM, a community outreach, training and consultation service for school districts and community groups outside of CPS. PSI PAYOFFSM has helped establish PSI teen leadership programs in the tri-state area, and around the country, including: • Washington, DC • Harlem, New York • Rochester, New York • Corpus Christi, Texas • Richmond, Virgina • Williston, North Dakota
