Strategic Spartanburg

Teen pregnancy is closely linked to a host of other critical social issues (e.g.,overall child well-being, school failure, welfare dependency, and work force development.). Simply put, when children are born to parents who are ready and able to care for them as opposed to parents who are still children themselves, we notice significant reductions in social problems afflicting children, families and society as a whole. This indicator demonstrates that while teen pregnancy is a serious, expensive, multi-generational issue, it is clearly not a hopeless one When proven effective approaches are applied, progress occurs.