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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 (2009)
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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Briefly - Policy Brief: Preventing Pregnancy Among Youth in Foster Care (2008)
Early pregnancy and parenthood is closely linked to a host of other critical issues, including poverty and income disparity, educational attainment, and overall child well-being. Teen pregnancy is also directly related to entry into foster care; which has serious consequences for the child welfare system. 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.
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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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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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Foster Care Webpage
With more than a half million children in foster care, these youth are a group at significant risk for pregnancy. This has serious human and financial consequences for teens, their families, and the child welfare system. However, teens in foster care have been largely overlooked in terms of teen pregnancy prevention and little is known about their needs.
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Fostering Hope: Preventing Teen Pregnancy Among Youth in Foster Care (2005)
This 28-page report developed with UCAN provides (1) quantitative research on the high rates of teen pregnancy among foster care youth, (2) important new qualitative research presenting findings from Chicago-area focus groups in which foster care youth (some who are already teen parents) and foster parents were asked about their perspective on teen pregnancy, and (3) results of an online survey of Chicago-area child welfare service providers.
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Our Story, Our Words: Youth Speak Out on Sex, Love, and Teen Pregnancy (2007)
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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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) 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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Science Says #27 Issue Brief: Foster Care Youth (2006)
This Science Says research brief presents data on pregnancy and birth rates, sexual behavior, and the use of reproductive health services among youth in foster care. In particular, two issues are addressed: (1) how foster care youth compare to youth more generally on these measures, and (2) how older adolescents who remain in foster care fare compared with those who “age out” of the foster care system. (State policies determine whether or not youth remain in foster care beyond age 18. Each year approximately 20,000 adolescents in the foster care system begin living independently.)
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State and Community Efforts to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Among Foster Care Youth
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Ten Tips for Foster Parents (2006)
Youth in foster care are at significant risk for teen pregnancy. 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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Teen Pregnancy Prevention for Youth in Foster Care: a National Conference Call
September 2005
Transcript from an audio conference call.
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Why It Matters: Teen Pregnancy and Child Welfare (2007)
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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