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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all necessary documents with the State of California Department of Health Services to provide teen pregnancy services under the Community Challenge Grant Program, execute the Third Amendments to Agreement Nos. 28131, 28132, and 28155 to extend the term, and execute new agreements with Centro Cha and The Children's Clinic for a one year period; and increase appropriations in the Health Fund (SR 130) and in the Department of Health and Human Services (HE) by $210,000.
(Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since 1994, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has been providing
teen pregnancy prevention services under the Community Challenge Grant from the State
of California Department of Health Services, Offce of Family Planning (State). Services
have included: prevention education and informational presentations; education and
support for'teen parents, and parents and caregivers of adolescents; peer-provided
services; clinic outreach; mentoring; and community awareness. Teen pregnancy
prevention services are offered to all at-risk populations in the greater Long Beach area.
The overall purpose of the program is to promote and support the well-being, health , and
development of Long Beach's youth. Goals of the program include reducing teen and
unintended pregnancies, promoting the roles of males in the prevention of these
pregnancies, and increasing community involvement in building healthy familes through
awareness of teen unintended pregnancies. Since the inception of this program, thousands
of Long Beach youth have received pregnancy prevention information , clinic referrals
service learning, and mentoring services. Under the agreement, $1 050 000 has been
provided for five years beginning July 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2010.
Research released in July 2004 (most recent evaluation study) indicates that both
decreased sexual activity and increased contraceptive are equal contributors to the decline
in teen p...
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