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Breaking the Cycle
of Teen Pregnancy and
Children in Poverty
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Introduction to Our Program
• Insert Teacher Name
• Insert Program of study you teach
• Insert Intended class or program that
needs funding
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Program Objectives
Program Overview:
• Lower teen pregnancy rates
• Increase parenting skills
• Increase child care knowledge, from prenatal stage through
infancy
• Decrease high school drop-out rates
Expected Outcomes:
• Reduced teen pregnancy rates
• Reduced child abuse and neglect incidences
• Reduced child poverty rates within our community
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Program Description
• Location: Insert school name, city, state
• Learners: 14- to 17-year-old students
• Primary Focus: Teen pregnancy prevention, parenting skill
enhancement, child care career preparation
• Purpose of Funding: Purchase infant simulators and
curriculum materials
• Amount Requested: Insert amount desired: $
• Number of Students Reached: Insert number
(To determine, multiple class size x number of sections x semesters
x 4-year expectancy of simulators. For example, 30 students x 2
sections x 2 semesters x 4 years = 480 students)
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RealCare Program:
Addressing the Need
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On average, a U.S.
teenager becomes
pregnant every minute!
Kost, K., Henshaw, S., & Carlin, L. (2010). U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity .
Retrieved January 2010, from http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/USTPtrends.pdf.
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Teen Pregnancy
• In 2011, girls between the ages of 15-19 gave birth to
329,797 babies.
• Only 38 percent of mothers who have children before
age 18 obtain a high school diploma.
• Less then 2 percent of women who have a baby by age
18 will receive a college degree by age 30.
• Over the past 20 years, the median income for college
graduates has increased 19 percent while the median
income for high school dropouts has decreased 28
percent.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 2013
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Child Abuse & Neglect
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Children of adolescent
mothers are twice as likely
to be abused as those born
to 20- or 21-year-olds.
Hoffman, S.D., By the Numbers: The Public Costs of Adolescent Childbearing. 2006, The National Campaign to
Prevent Teen Pregnancy Washington, DC.
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Shaken Baby Syndrome
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Of the estimated 3,000 children
diagnosed with Shaken Baby Syndrome
in the United States, 25 percent will die.
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Almost 78 percent of survivors have
neurodevelopmental abnormalities or
sustain permanent lifelong disabilities.
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There is a significant cost for the
continuing medical and special
educational needs of these children
Barlow KM, Thomas E, Minns RA. The neurological and
neuropsychological outcome of non-accidental head injury. European
Journal Of Paediatric Neurology; 3: 6:A139(Abstract).
Abusive Head Trauma
(Shaken Baby Syndrome) is
the leading cause of death
in child abuse cases in the
United States. ... 19952012
The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. All rights ...
Copyright © 2014
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What does all of this cost?
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Total Cost to Society
• Teen childbearing in
the United States cost
taxpayers (federal,
state and local) at
least $9.4 billion in
2010.
According to a Counting It Up 2013 released by The
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned
Pregnancy.
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The Cost to Society & Taxpayers (You)
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Welfare and food stamps: 75 percent of teen mothers end up on welfare
within five years of the birth of their first child. Teen Pregnancy—So What? P. 5, 2002, The National
Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, available at www.teenpregnancy.org/whycare/sowhat.asp
– The costs of providing public assistance benefits, welfare and food stamps: $2.2
billion annually.
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Medical care: Cost to provide medical care to teen mothers and their
children: $2 billion annually. Hoffman, S.D., By the Numbers: The Public Costs of Adolescent Childbearing. 2006,
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Washington,DC.
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Foster care: The public costs associated with children of adolescent
mothers who end up in foster care were $2.3 billion in 2004. Hoffman, S.D., By the
Numbers: The Public Costs of Adolescent Childbearing. 2006, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Washington, DC.
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Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS): Two thirds of SBS children die or suffer
permanent disability. From Child Abuse Medical Diagnosis and Management by Robert Reece, M.D.
– Medical care for a severely injured SBS child ranges from $300,000 to over
$1,000,000 for the first five years. For survivors of SBS with severe long-term
consequences, the cost can be as much as $3,000,000 the first five years of a
child’s life. http://fha.maryland.gov/ohpetup/eip_shknbaby.cfm
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The Connection
between Teen Pregnancy
& Poverty
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Teen Pregnancy & Poverty Connection
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Poverty is almost inevitable for an unmarried teenage mother: more
than 75 percent are on welfare within five years of the birth of their first
child. Why it Matters? Assessed 1/12/2009, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
The rise in out-of-wedlock childbearing and the increase in single
parenthood are major causes of high levels of child poverty.
Marriage: America’s Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty By Robert Rector, September 16, 2010.
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/09/marriage-america-s-greatest-weapon-against-child-poverty
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Children born to teen mothers are more likely to live in poverty.
Seventy-eight percent of children born to unmarried teen mothers who
did not graduate from high school live in poverty. Annie E. Casey Foundation 2007.
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/fact_teenpreg_2010-12.pdf
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The daughters of teen mothers are 22 percent more likely to become
teen mothers themselves. Hoffman, S.D., By the Numbers: The Public Costs of Adolescent Childbearing.
2006, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Washington, DC.
http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/costs/pdf/report/BTN_National_Report.pdf
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“What are the chances of a child
growing up in poverty if… ”
1) The mother gave birth as a
teen?
27%
if one of these facts apply
2) The parents were unmarried
when the child was born?
42%
if two of these facts apply
3) The mother did not receive a
high school diploma or GED?
64%
if three of these facts apply
Simply put: If these three facts apply, a child’s
chances of growing up in poverty are 9 times greater
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But if none of these things
happen, a child’s chance of
growing up in poverty is
7 percent.
The National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy
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The Solution:
An evidence-based learning system
reduces both teen pregnancies and
severe injuries to infants while
improving the lives of children and
reducing the associated costs.
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An Effective Education
Program Includes:
• The financial, social and lifestyle impact of parenting
– Helps teens begin to realize that pregnancy as a teen will have immediate and
long-lasting consequences on all aspects of their lives.
– Teen Pregnancy Prevention curriculum and child care skills practice helps to
avoid other societal costs associated with drug and alcohol use and abuse and
Shaken Baby Syndrome.
• A realistic and multi-sensory infant care experience
– This makes instruction long-lasting and highly impactful by:
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Being intrusive and time-intensive
Being physically demanding
Being socially stigmatizing
Providing immediate and summary feedback
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The Total Parenting Experience
Impact on Goals &
the Physical Change
Impact of Alcohol
& Drugs on Baby
Discusses how teen pregnancy
compromises individual goals and
develops understanding of the
physical impact on a mother.
Teaches the effects drug and
alcohol usage while pregnant
has on infants in utero.
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10 1-hour lessons
149 pages of content
56 PowerPoint slides
The Physical
Change
Eliminating SBS
and abuse:
Eliminating Shaken
Baby Syndrome
& Child Abuse
Coping Skills
Teaches coping skills and the impacts
of rough handling on infants.
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1-hour lesson
131 pages of content
25 PowerPoint slides
Your Choices:
affecting in
utero Baby
The Reality of
Baby
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1-hour lesson
133 pages of content
28 PowerPoint slides
Healthy Choices
An evidence-based,
comprehensive teen
pregnancy prevention and
parenting skills system that’s
reinforced with three days of
infant simulation care.
(Crying, feeding and sleepless
nights included!)
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17 1-hour lessons
259 pages of content
125 PowerPoint slides
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Current Program Reach
• Most teen pregnancy prevention programs only reach a small
fraction (estimated at <2 percent) of high school females who take
Family & Consumer Science programs.
• Even fewer teens are reached in urban areas.
• It is imperative to reach a larger number of teens.
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What can you do?
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By partnering together,
we can address the problem
• We have the program and
methodology
Program
• Community educators and
trainers will enlighten students
• Educators need funding to
procure materials
Reduced Teen
Pregnancy,
Reduced Poverty,
Reduced Societal
Cost
Educators &
Community
Based Programs
Investment
in our Youth
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Company information
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Organizational Facts
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Realityworks was founded in 1994 as Baby Think It Over, Inc. to better
address teen pregnancy prevention, parenting skills, child abuse and
neglect through educational products. In 2003, the company became
Realityworks, Inc.
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Product lines have since expanded into other areas of education and
into other market segments such as public health, social service
agencies and youth organizations.
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Realityworks is proud to have impacted over 6,000,000 young people in
over 16,000 schools and organizations by implementing solutions in 67
percent of U.S. school districts. Programs extend to more than 89
countries worldwide.
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Realityworks has 47 employees and is headquartered
in Eau Claire, WI.
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