Publications
Fostering Hope: Preventing Teen Pregnancy Among Youth in Foster Care
The 28-page report summarizes research on the high rates of teen pregnancy among foster care youth, qualitative research from the focus groups and service provider survey, discussions from roundtable meetings in Chicago and Washington, DC, and implications for the field.
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Our Story, Our Words: Youth Speak Out on Sex, Love, and Teen Pregnancy
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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10 Tips for Foster Parents
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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Science Says #27 Issue Brief: Foster Care Youth
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Why It Matters: Teen Pregnancy and Child Welfare
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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State and Community Efforts to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Among Foster Care Youth: fact sheet
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Fostering Hope: Preventing Teen Pregnancy Among Youth in Foster Care: PowerPoint presentation
This presentation summarizes teen pregnancy data for youth in care, qualitative research findings from Fostering Hope, and examples of what states and communities are doing across the country to help prevent pregnancy among foster teens.
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Other Resources
Teen Pregnancy Among Youth in Foster Care
Fall 2006
Campaign Update
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Teen Pregnancy Prevention for Youth in Foster Care: transcript
September 2005
A national conference call
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Fostering Hope: Preventing Teen Pregnancy Among Youth in Foster Care: Capitol Hill briefing
January 12, 2005
The National Campaign and ucan are working together to help reduce first and subsequent teen pregnancy among youth in foster care, who are at high risk of early pregnancy and parenting.
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Nuturing Young Mothers: High Pregnancy Rates of Foster Teenagers Shows Growing NeedsSeptember 21, 2006
Chicago Tribune, by Ofelia Casillos
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