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Teen Pregnancy: State and Federal Efforts to Implement Prevention Programs and Measure Their Effectiveness

HEHS-99-4 Published: Nov 30, 1998. Publicly Released: Dec 14, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) state strategies to reduce teen pregnancy and how states fund these efforts; (2) how welfare reform affected states' strategies; (3) the extent to which programs that are part of states' prevention strategies are evaluated; and (4) what teen pregnancy prevention activities the federal government supports.

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state relationsMedicaidPregnancyProgram evaluationPublic assistance programsSingle parentsState-administered programslocal relationsTeenagersWomenTeenage pregnancy