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Arkansas teen pregnancy-prevention groups tell Senate committee programs are effective but face funding cliff
Summary
Four nonprofit youth programs told the Senate Public Health Committee they have evidence of substantial declines in teen births where they operate but that federal pass-through funding ended Sept. 30 and left organizations serving thousands without sustained support.
Representatives from four nonprofit positive youth development programs told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee that their curricula have contributed to steep declines in teen birth rates in areas where they operate, but that the programs face immediate funding shortfalls.
Elizabeth Bryant, executive director of Reality Check Incorporated, said the teen birth rate in Arkansas has fallen "from 51 to 25 per thousand over the past decade," and that Reality Check’s local evaluations show strong pre/post commitments to abstinence goals and other risk-avoidance measures. Bryant told the committee the group served…
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