1. Foster Care and Child Welfare
This was the conclusion of a 2009 survey that found only a third of California child welfare workers discussed these issues with half or more of the youth on their caseload. ... Diffuse responsibility results in delayed prenatal care, as was the conclusion in a study in Illinois, which found that 22 percent youth did not receive any prenatal care during their first six months of pregnancy. ... That began to change in 2009 when Congress created two new programs, the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program and the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP). Both of these programs direct...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate