In late 2008, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy informally surveyed state and local program leaders to determine whether funding for teen pregnancy prevention had increased or decreased. We received responses from 20 states and several communities. Fully half of the responding states reported cuts from both public and private funding sources. Other programs received flat funding year after year, even though program costs have risen with inflation.

Read the entire fact sheet at http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/resources/pdf/Briefly_TPPP_Budgets.pdf.

Virginia Department of Health's Partners in Prevention Program: Ball Talk in Fredericksburg

The Virginia Department of Health's Partners in Prevention program focuses on unplanned pregnancy prevention among 20-29 year-olds. This builds on an ongoing effort in the state to reduce non-marital births by funding ten local grantees who are reaching out to individuals through community colleges and vocational schools, parole and probation offices, subsidized housing, and family planning clinics. Two of the sites currently funded reach large numbers of young men through basketball leagues. As a condition of participating, the men must complete an educational session on family planning, healthy relationships, and male responsibility before the games begin.

You can view highlights from the recent matchup between the teams from the Bragg Hill Family Life Center and the Twin County Prevention Coalition and learn more about the Partners in Prevention Program on the Campaign's YouTube page:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeeqUHbXPhY&feature=channel_page.

Call for Nominations: National Campaign Youth Leadership Team

The National Campaign is now accepting applications for the 2009-2010 Youth Leadership Team (YLT). Applications must be submitted by June 22, 2009. Download the YLT application packet at http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/about-us/PDF/YLT-application-packet.pdf.

The YLT is a select group of 14- to 17-year-olds from across the nation who work with The National Campaign in a variety of ways. In the past, YLT members have:

had their opinions published in publications which reach thousands of other teens and adults each year;
served as teen spokespeople for media and press outlets such as USA Today, The New York Times, MTV, and The Washington Post;
visited Capitol Hill and met with their Senators and Representatives to talk about teen pregnancy prevention; and
developed creative teen pregnancy prevention projects in their own communities.

YLT members must be:

14-17 years of age as of June 22, 2009;
committed to working in their community to prevent teen pregnancy during and between YLT meetings;
able to travel at least two times over an 18-month period to attend YLT meetings in Washington, DC and other Campaign-sponsored events;
interested in talking to local and national media about the role of teens in teen pregnancy prevention; and
willing to work respectfully with others.

We invite you to nominate any teens who you believe would make a positive contribution to our work. This is a unique, fun, and valuable learning experience, as well as an impressive addition to a college resume. Feel free to nominate teens directly or to forward our YLT Application Packet to an organization or individual that might want to nominate a teen.

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