The National Campaign’s Statement on Congress Passing FY 2012 Appropriations Bill.
On December 16 and 17, 2011, the House and Senate respectively passed an omnibus appropriations bill funding federal programs through the remainder of FY 2012. The bill was the product of extensive negotiations among House and Senate appropriators of both parties and reflects a number of evident compromises. The bill essentially maintains level funding for most key programs to prevent teen and unplanned pregnancy.
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Letter Supporting Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
Over 100 national, state, and local organizations have signed a letter urging Congress to protect funding for evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs.
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Overview of Federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Funding 2011
Summary of federal funding streams for teen pregnancy prevention, along with information about grantees who received funding.
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Description of OAH Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program 2011
Overview of The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) evidence-based Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program.
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Briefly - Policy Brief: Preventing Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy Makes Good Economic Sense
Teen and unplanned pregnancy costs taxpayers billions of dollars every year, and contributes to a cycle of poor education and other outcomes that affect the long-term strength of our workforce. This brief summarizes key research on the economic arguments for why cutting funding for evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs or Title X, or weakening Medicaid family planning in any way would be penny wise and pound foolish.
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Preventing Pregnancy Among Older Teens
This brief from the National Conference of State Legislatures gives background on teen pregnancy among older teens, ways to reach them, and steps for state and federal governments to take action.
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National Campaign Letter on Title X Funding
On April 25, 2011 The National Campaign submitted its Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 appropriations request for the Title X Family Planning Program. The National Campaign requested a funding level of $327 million, consistent with the President’s FY 2012 budget.
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National Campaign Letter on Teen Pregnancy Prevention Funding
On April 25, 2011 The National Campaign submitted its Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 appropriations request for the Office of Adolescent Health’s evidence-based Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Initiative. The National Campaign requested a funding level of $118.5 million for FY 2012, consistent with the amount in the President’s FY 2012 budget.
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The National Campaign Statement on FY 2011 Budget Agreement
On April 12th, Congressional appropriators released the details of the Continuing Resolution agreed upon over the weekend by President Obama, Speaker John Boehner, and Majority Leader Harry Reid to fund the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2011. This includes funding for two important programs that help to reduce teen and unplanned pregnancy: the Office of Adolescent Health’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative at $105 million (down from $110 million) and the Title X Family Planning Program at $300 million (down from $317 million). The deal also requires stand-alone votes to prohibit any funds within the spending bill from going to Planned Parenthood or its affiliates and to defund the Affordable Care Act. In response to this, The National Campaign issued this statement.
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Letter from Republican former members of Congress supporting continued funding for teen pregnancy prevention
On April 4, 2011, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy released a letter from Republican former members of Congress to House and Senate leadership supporting continued funding for evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs. $110 million for this program was proposed for elimination in the continuing resolution for FY 2011 that passed the House on February 19, 2011.
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The Critical Link: Preventing Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
April 2010
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The National Campaign Statement on Signing of H.R. 3590 and Passage of H.R. 4872
On March 25, 2010, Congress passed H.R. 4872, the Reconciliation Act of 2010. The passage of this budget reconciliation package includes important previously agreed upon modifications to the Senate health reform legislation (H.R. 3590 – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) which was passed earlier in the week. The National Campaign released the following statement on the signing of H.R. 3590 and the passage of H.R. 4872.
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Summary of Provisions Related to Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy in H.R. 3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. This landmark health reform legislation, which will be phased in over the next four years, includes numerous provisions to improve the nation’s health care system, including several related to teen and unplanned pregnancy. The following chart provides a brief synopsis of the provisions that are related to these critical social issues.
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National Campaign Statement on the Teen Pregnancy Increase
The National Campaign released the following statement on new, sobering teen pregnancy data released by the Guttmacher Institute in January 2010. The report provides national data through 2006 state-level through 2005, and highlights a three percent increase in the teen pregnancy rate between 2005 and 2006 (as was predicted by the increase in the teen birth rate during the same time period.) Read the statement
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National Campaign Statement on Congress' Passing the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative Into Law
The National Campaign released the following statement on behalf of the Senate's passage of a package of spending bills for FY 2010,
which included a historic new investment in efforts to prevent teen pregnancy. The House of
Representatives approved the spending bills last Thursday (12/10/09), and the President is expected to sign it into law by Friday, December 18th.
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National Campaign Statement on Senate Finance Committee 10/13/09 Vote
On October 13, 2009, the Senate Finance Committee passed its health reform bill, which includes a substantial and much-needed investment in teen pregnancy prevention programs. The Personal Responsibility Education for Adulthood Training (PREAdulthood Training) program would provide a total of $75 million to help young people avoid teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including $50 million to states and territories for proven, evidence-based programs each year for the next five years. As an organization dedicated to preventing teen and unplanned pregnancy and deeply committed to research and evidence, we applaud Chairman Baucus and the committee for the focus on strong science.
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National Campaign Statement in Support of the Ryan DeLauro Bill
The National Campaign has long believed that reducing conflict and respecting a range of deeply held opinions is essential to making progress on the important issue of reducing both teen and unintended/unplanned pregnancy. The Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act, authored by Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Tim Ryan (D-OH), is an important example of this reasonable, inclusive perspective.
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President Obama’s Budget Proposal for Preventing Teen Pregnancy: Thoughts from The National Campaign
As an organization dedicated to preventing teen and unplanned
pregnancy and deeply committed to research and evidence, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy strongly supports President Obama’s budget proposal for funding evidence-based programs to prevent teen pregnancy. This proposal emphasizes good science, encourages research and innovation, and increases the overall investment in preventing too-early pregnancy and parenthood at a time when the teen birth rate is on the rise.
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Briefly: Teen Pregnancy Prevention in the President’s FY 2010 Budget
On May 7, 2009, the Obama-Biden Administration released its FY2010 budget. The budget proposes a new initiative to prevent teen
pregnancy using evidence-based and promising models. The summary below is our effort to synthesize key points from several different
budget documents to provide the fullest possible picture of the Administration’s proposal.
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Briefly - Policy Brief: Funding to States and Communities for Effective Teen Pregnancy Prevention Interventions
There is persuasive and growing evidence that a number of programs can delay sexual activity, improve contraceptive use among sexually active teens, and/or prevent teen pregnancy. At present, the federal government’s primary investment has been in abstinence education rather than programs with strong evidence of success, which focus both on encouraging young people to postpone sex and to use contraception carefully and consistently if they are sexually active. Investment in programs that have been proven effective in changing teen sexual behavior should be increased in order to sustain our nation’s progress in reducing teen pregnancy.
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Briefly: A Summary of Effective Interventions
The U.S. teen birth rate increased 3% between 2005
and 2006—the first increase in 15 years—and despite a 38% decline
in teen pregnancy since the early 1990s, it is still the case that three
in ten girls become pregnant by age 20. Investment in programs
that have been proven effective in changing teen sexual behavior is
now more important than ever if the nation’s progress in reducing
too-early pregnancy and parenthood is to be sustained.
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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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Briefly: Some Thoughts on Abstinence
One of the questions we are most frequently asked is, “What is the National Campaign’s position on
abstinence?” This research brief discusses our take on abstinence from a variety of angles in the hopes of a giving a thorough - but brief - answer to a complex question.
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Cost of Teen Childbearing
This report and web section documents the public costs of teen childbearing at both the national and state level.
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National Campaign Statement on Abstinence-Only Education
These comments were submitted by National Campaign CEO Sarah S. Brown to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform during a hearing on domestic abstinence-only programs.
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Putting What Works to Works
In 2002, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy was awarded a grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help states and communities improve their teen pregnancy prevention efforts. Launched in October 2002, the project --- "Putting What Works to Work" --- is a multi-phased effort that identifies and consolidates research-based practices that prevent teen pregnancy, translates this research into user-friendly materials, and works directly with states and communities to incorporate such practices into their work. PWWTW will be led by the National Campaign with assistance from Child Trends, Philliber Research Associates, and other well-respected leaders in the field of adolescent well-being, research, and evaluation.
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