Quick Facts
Funds to Neighborhood Organizations
Through the end of June 2011, the Strengthening Communities Fund program expended $39 million in Recovery Act dollars.
9%Of young men between ages 12 and 16 in 1996 became fathers before turning 20
According to new estimates from the Child Trends Research Brief, which presents some information about characteristics of teen fathers at the birth of their first child.
Children in Child Care
number of children under age 5 in some type of child care setting every week
ages 15-19, have spoken with their parents about both abstinence and birth control.
About 65% of girls and 53% of boys received formal sex education on both topics, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
more likely to give birth than white teen girls, according to the CDC.
FYSB's Personal Responsibility Education Program targets youth who are homeless, in foster care, living in rural areas, or from minority groups.
receive a high school diploma by age 22, compared to nearly 90% of women who did not give birth during adolescence.
FYSB's adolescent pregnancy prevention grantees give young people the tools they need to postpone parenthood.
66,000Incarcerated women
Nationwide are mothers of minor children, according to the National Resource Center on Justice Involved Women. A recent publication reveals ten truths that matter when working with "justice involved" women.
$430Average monthly child support payment
Or $5,150 per year, according to Support Providers: 2010, the new Census Bureau statistics in the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
