This Why it Matters fact sheet from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy details the impact of teen childbearing on educational attainment and income. It also discusses the receipt of public funds and child…

The National Campaign is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to improve the lives and future prospects of children and families and, in particular, to help ensure that children are born into stable, two-parent…

The National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth (NCFY), a resource of the Family and Youth Services Bureau within the Administration for Children and Families, has recently highlighted its most relevant resources from 2011 relating to teen…

This publication, produced by the Division of Reproductive Health within the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, highlights programs that have been successful…

This guidebook is designed by Advocates for Youth and is intended to help communities and organizations organize activities during National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. It includes information on how to organize a local campaign and events to…

This article appears in an annual report compiled by the Center for Early Childhood Development at the University of Minnesota on coordinating systems for better child outcomes. It highlights a partnership that Ramsey County, Minnesota developed…

There is considerable flexibility within TANF to focus on preventing teen and unplanned pregnancy and many states have made good use of this flexibility to invest TANF funds in a variety of strategies to reduce teen and unplanned or non-marital…

The Child Welfare Information Gateway, through the Administration for Children and Families’ Children’s Bureau, authored these tip sheets to provide parenting skills, such as bonding, attachment, dealing with temper tantrums, raising…

This issue brief authored by Child Trends examines Second Chance Homes, a newer program model, similar to maternity group homes. They serve young, unmarried mothers who can no longer live at home with their own parent. These young women are at…

Teen pregnancy prevention efforts, specifically aimed at high-risk youth, are most effective as part of a youth development framework that addresses multiple risk factors. Positive youth development programs promote healthy development for youth…