Publications
Critical Judgment: How Juvenile and Family Court Judges Can Help Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy (2009)
The National Campaign and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) have joined forces to help address teen pregnancy and unplanned pregnancy among single, young adults in Juvenile and Family Courts. This publication provides the results of a survey of NCJFCJ members on teen and unplanned pregnancy and related issues as well as a summary of focus groups held with Juvenile and Family Court judges, a detailed case study of how one Miami judge deals with teen and unplanned pregnancy, and a brief look at efforts from other localities.
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Fostering Hope: Preventing Teen Pregnancy Among Youth in Foster Care
The 28-page report summarizes research on the high rates of teen pregnancy among foster care youth, qualitative research from the focus groups and service provider survey, discussions from roundtable meetings in Chicago and Washington, DC, and implications for the field.
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Our Story, Our Words: Youth Speak Out on Sex, Love, and Teen Pregnancy
Teens get lots of advice from adults, but they usually aren't asked to offer their own. That's why The National Campaign asked teens growing up in foster care to tell us what they wanted to know about teen pregnancy prevention and what advice they would give to their peers. This handy, magazine-style brochure tells what teens have to say in their own words.
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10 Tips for Foster Parents
This brief, user-friendly guide offers some ideas to help foster parents strengthen their relationships with foster youth and how best to communicate about sex, love, and relationships. It reflects input from foster parents as well as practitioners who work with them.
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Science Says #27 Issue Brief: Foster Care Youth
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Why It Matters: Teen Pregnancy and Child Welfare
This fact sheet highlights the consequences of early childbearing for teens and their families, as well as the costs to the child welfare system.
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State and Community Efforts to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Among Foster Care Youth: fact sheet
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Fostering Hope: Preventing Teen Pregnancy Among Youth in Foster Care: PowerPoint presentation
This presentation summarizes teen pregnancy data for youth in care, qualitative research findings from Fostering Hope, and examples of what states and communities are doing across the country to help prevent pregnancy among foster teens.
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Other Resources
A Conversation About Teen Pregnancy
Sarah Brown and Judge Jeri Cohen
Juvenile and Family Justice Today (Fall 2009)
Teen Pregnancy in the Courtroom
Paula Parker-Sawyers
APSHA Policy & Practice (October 2009)
Fast Facts: Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Youth Who Ever Lived in Foster Care (2009)
This fact sheet presents
new findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent
Health (Add Health) specifically on the reproductive health outcomes of youth who ever lived in foster care.
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Preventing Teen Pregnancy and Promoting Healthy Relationships Among Youth in Foster Care - A Capitol Hill Briefing
July 16, 2009
The National Campaign, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI), and the National Foster Care Coalition (NFCC) today announced the formation of a new working group on teen pregnancy and foster care. The group will provide recommendations to the Obama Administration and Congress on common sense solutions to help reduce the disproportionately high teen pregnancy rate among youth in and aging out of foster care. The announcement was made at an event on Capitol Hill moderated by Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA). She was joined by Congressmen Michael Castle (R-DE), Jim Cooper (D-TN), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), and Danny Davis (D-IL).
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Briefly: Opportunities to Help Youth in Foster Care: Addressing Pregnancy Prevention in the
Implementation of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 was the most comprehensive child welfare reform law in more than a decade. This brief makes recommendations for how federal, state, and local governments can use provisions in this Act to help young people in and transitioning out of foster care to get the education and health services they need to avoid teen pregnancy.
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Implementation of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
Briefly - Policy Brief: Preventing Pregnancy Among Youth in Foster Care
Teens in foster care—
many of whom suff ered abuse and neglect before leaving their
homes—are at increased risk for getting pregnant and becoming
parents than other teens. This suggests a more intensive and coordinated effort is needed by those concerned with child welfare and teen pregnancy. One important place
to start is to help prevent early pregnancy among youth in foster care and those transitioning out of foster care, and to help those who have
already gotten pregnant to avoid subsequent pregnancies.
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Teen Pregnancy: Reaching Epidemic Levels in Foster Care
Time magazine (July 22, 2009)
Teen Pregnancy Among Youth in Foster Care
Fall 2006
Campaign Update
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Teen Pregnancy Prevention for Youth in Foster Care: transcript
September 2005
A national conference call
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Fostering Hope: Preventing Teen Pregnancy Among Youth in Foster Care: Capitol Hill briefing
January 12, 2005
The National Campaign and ucan are working together to help reduce first and subsequent teen pregnancy among youth in foster care, who are at high risk of early pregnancy and parenting.
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Nuturing Young Mothers: High Pregnancy Rates of Foster Teenagers Shows Growing NeedsSeptember 21, 2006
Chicago Tribune, by Ofelia Casillos
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