Adolescent Parent Programs
Policy
Federal and State Policy
- Workshop Summary: Title IX - Access to Education for Pregnant and Parenting Students
- MN Statute 257.33, 2007 Regarding Minor Parents and Their Children
- State Policies in Brief: Minors’ Rights as Parents, Guttmacher Institute, 2008
- Keeping Pregnant and Parenting Students from Dropping Out: A Guide for Policymakers and Schools, National Women’s Law Center & Healthy Teen Network
Policy Related to Public Benefits
- MFIP for Minor Caregivers, Minnesota Department of Human Services, 2008
- Graduate to Independence: MFIP Teen Parents Informational Brochure, Minnesota Department of Human Services, 2006
- Helping Adolescent Parents Meet their Summer Work Activities Under MFIP, MOAPPP/Affirmative Options Coalition, July 2008
- MFIP Data for Families Started by Teen Birth (Female under 20) (PDF), MOAPPP May 2008
- Add It Up: Teen Parents and Welfare…Undercounted, Oversanctioned, Underserved, CLASP 2002
- Improving TANF for Teens, Journal of Poverty Law and Policy 2005
- Frequently Asked Questions: Tapping TANF for Reproductive Health or Teen Parent Initiatives, CLASP 1999
- Opportunities to Help Youth in Foster Care: Addressing Pregnancy Prevention in the Implementation of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 2009
Join the MOAPPP Adolescent Parent Advocacy Network
- Join the MOAPPP Advocacy Network to stay connected to policy and funding issues related to youth development programs, adolescent sexual health and support for adolescent parents and their children. You will receive e-mail alerts when it is important for you to take action and advocate.
