Pregnancy & Parenting

Listed below are Healthy Teen Network resources relevant to working with young people who are pregnant or parenting.





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Tip Sheet: Best Practices for Working with Pregnant and Parenting Teens

January 12, 2015

By and large, teen parents want to do what is right for their children. Because they are teens, parents, and often low-income, they need strong support networks and a comprehensive array of resources to help them parent effectively while working toward becoming self-sufficient adults. This tip sheet provides information to better support these young people.

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The Path to Opportunity

November 19, 2014

As Healthy Teen Network celebrates 35 years making a difference in the lives of teens and young families, it’s an opportune time to reflect on the work we are doing to foster a national community where all young people may thrive. Two young mothers, Tashira (21) and Graciela (18), along with their assistant principal, Danette Sokacich,…

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Helping Pregnant and Parenting Teens Find Adequate Housing

October 8, 2014

Understanding the resources available and law applicable to young parents to assist them in finding adequate housing is one way to help address the problem of homelessness among adolescent parents in the United States today. The American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law and Healthy Teen Network collaborated to develop an overview of…

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Bricks, Mortar, & Community: The Foundations of Supportive Housing for Pregnant & Parenting Teens: Findings from the Field


Articulating core components based on what we know ensures success among pregnant and parenting teens utilizing supportive housing services that embrace them and helps set a standard for the field. The identification of the core components provides guidance for supportive housing programs to meet the needs of pregnant and parenting teens by providing the supports…

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An American Frame: Teen Pregnancy and Parenting


Interested in gaining more support for pregnant and parenting teens? Tired of seeing them maligned in the media? Healthy Teen Network is working to reframe pregnant and parenting teens in the US to change public opinion and gain political support. The FrameWorks Institute in collaboration with Healthy Teen Network assessed current frames in the media…

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Keeping Pregnant and Parenting Students from Dropping Out: A Guide for Policymakers and Schools


Providing better support for pregnant and parenting students is a critical step for schools to take in their efforts to reduce dropout rates. Graduating from high school improves pregnant and parenting teens’ chances of going on to further education and the workforce and avoiding poverty and/or the need to rely on public assistance. It also…

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BDI Logic Model for Working with Young Families Resource Kit


In response to a need voiced by professionals working with young families, Healthy Teen Network designed a Behavior-Determinant-Intervention (BDI) Logic Model for Working with Young Families in collaboration with various professionals in the field.

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Gaining Support for Teen Families: Mapping the Perceptual Hurdles


Healthy Teen Network, along with a National Advisory Group, and the FrameWorks Institute have completed Phase One of a two year effort dedicated to identifying and implementing new ways of talking about pregnant and parenting teens to gain support for this population.

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Supporting Teen Parents without Shame

October 7, 2014

Guest Blog Post by Lisette Orellana When I was 15 years old, I dreamed of changing the world. I don’t know what I was going to do—or how—but I knew that I’d make the world  better one day. I was a great student, and teachers always said I had a bright future ahead of me…until…

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Helping Pregnant and Parenting Teens Find Housing


In 2002, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the U.S. Department of Justice estimated that there are 1,682,900 homeless and runaway youth under eighteen years of age in the United States. Of this number, anywhere from 6 to 22% are pregnant. This means that there could potentially be almost 400,000 homeless and…

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