| ADDITIONAL RESOURCES | |
| The National Campaign statement on House of Representatives' vote on Labor-HHS Appropriations bill | |
| Thoughts from The National Campaign on the President's budget proposal | |
| National Campaign Statement on Release of President Obama's FY2010 Budget Proposal for Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs | |
| Teen Pregnancy Prevention in the President’s FY2010 Budget. | |
| The HHS Budget in Brief provides an overview of the HHS budget and how the budget supports the major initiatives of the Department | |
| Relevant text from the President's budget and the budget appendix (see pages 490-491). | |
| Relevant text from the Congressional Justification for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (see pages 94-95). Full ACF language can be found here. | |
| Summary of teen and unplanned pregnancy prevention-related funding. | |
This Thursday, December 10, the House of Representatives passed its package of FY 2010 Appropriations bills, including the Labor HHS appropriations bill. As you know, the Labor-H bill contains the new teen pregnancy prevention initiative, and will be provide $110 million for competitive grants to organizations across the country for evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs! This is an exciting step forward in providing much-needed funding to states and communities for these critical programs.
The teen pregnancy prevention initiative provides $75 million for programs that have been shown through rigorous evaluation to have positive effects on teens’ behavior, and $25 million for research and demonstration on promising programs. The provision also includes $10 million for technical assistance, training, and other supportive activities to assist the department in effectively running the program, and an additional $4.5 million for program evaluation. Congress has chosen the new Office of Adolescent Health in the Office of the Secretary to administer the initiative.
The Senate is expected to take up its spending bills over the weekend (Saturday, December 12), and the President should sign the bill into law no later than December 18th.