Archives Closed Schools T-Z: Teen-Age Parent Program

Other Name: Emerson Teenage Parent Program (TAPP)

Last Address: 542 West Kentucky Street

Year Opened: 1968

Year Closed: 1975

The Teen-Age Parent Program (TAPP) began as a joint program of the Louisville Public Schools and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA).  The program originally offered classroom services in the old Fenner Memorial Lutheran Church building at 2100 West Jefferson Street. In September 1970 the program moved to the downtown branch of the YWCA at 604 S. 3rd Street for increased classroom space and a central location.  In 1973 the program relocated again, going to the former Mary D. Hill School building on Kentucky Street.  It moved to the former Emerson Elementary School in 1975 and became Emerson TAPP. The spelling of the name later changed to Teenage Parent Program.