TEAL

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Judith Smith, medical coordinator of the Robert J. Criss Reclamation Center on SW Adams Street in Peoria leads the group Test Early and Live, or TEAL, with a number of at-risk young women including Maikayhla Young, 13, left and Dawntaya Williams, 16. The faith-based group helps to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS through abstinence education and mentorship. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR