... families who are meant to benefit from public services. We call these systems of care "deficit-driven." By passing SB 528, California is giving the foster care youth that fall into this "pregnant while in foster care" schema a real chance of making a better life ... federal funding stream for preventing foster teen pregnancies. President Obama's proposal would for the first time focus federal funding specifically on preventing foster teens from getting pregnant. The new initiative would be funded at $12 million per year through unspent abstinence funds. Instead of being returned to ......

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