Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

Wednesday evening, July 31, the House's Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (HHS) revealed its version of the TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) Block Grant plan. The plan contains no funds for pregnancy prevention and out-of-wedlock births.

The Subcommittee on Health and Human Services will meet again this morning, Thursday, August 1 at 8:00 a.m. in Room 643 of the Legislative Office Building. Please come to the committee meeting and voice your opposition to the plan. If you cannot attend the meeting because of the timing of this notice, please contact legislators on August 1 and 2. Your calls, e-mail messages, faxes, and/or personal visits are extremely important and necessary in order to reverse the actions of the subcommittee!

The Senate’s version of the budget allocates $600,000 in TANF funds to Teen Pregnancy Prevention. PLEASE ASK THE HOUSE MEMBERS TO DO MORE!

Restoration of $600,000 will mean ten of the 23 projects that have been cut can be saved. However, that is not sufficient to continue reducing the number of pregnancies to teens in North Carolina. The services provided by the current projects prevent pregnancies, keep pregnant and parenting students in school and help them to graduate and become better parents, thus keeping them off public assistance in future years.

The Senate’s version of the budget allocates $1,000,000 in TANF funds to Out-of-Wedlock Births. PLEASE ASK THE HOUSE MEMBERS TO DO MORE!

These funds are allocated to local health departments throughout the state and are used to reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock births. An additional 6,306 low-income women are being served annually and 7,200 were being served before these funds were cut in 2001. Annually these funds help to prevent approximately 900 pregnancies and out-of-wedlock births, thus saving over $9.5 million in Medicaid expenses that would have been paid as a result of such pregnancies and births. (Elimination of the services provided by the out-of-wedlock money will result in the loss of $500,000 in federal Title X funds.)

Contact members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Jim Black.

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Home Alerts Programs Members	Reply-To: "Patricia Yancey" <pyancey@bellsouth.net> From: "Patricia Yancey" <pyancey@bellsouth.net> To: "Individuals Interested in Pregnancy Prevention" <pyancey@bellsouth.net> Urgent! Urgent! ALERT FROM THE ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION COALITION OF NORTH CAROLINA URGENT ALERT -- THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2002 SAVE PREGNANCY PREVENTION AND OUT-OF-WEDLOCK BIRTHS INITIATIVES! Wednesday evening, July 31, the House's Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (HHS) revealed its version of the TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) Block Grant plan. The plan contains no funds for pregnancy prevention and out-of-wedlock births. The Subcommittee on Health and Human Services will meet again this morning, Thursday, August 1 at 8:00 a.m. in Room 643 of the Legislative Office Building. Please come to the committee meeting and voice your opposition to the plan. If you cannot attend the meeting because of the timing of this notice, please contact legislators on August 1 and 2. Your calls, e-mail messages, faxes, and/or personal visits are extremely important and necessary in order to reverse the actions of the subcommittee! TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION -– THE HOUSE'S BUDGET CONTAINS NO FUNDS! The Senate’s version of the budget allocates $600,000 in TANF funds to Teen Pregnancy Prevention. PLEASE ASK THE HOUSE MEMBERS TO DO MORE! Restoration of $600,000 will mean ten of the 23 projects that have been cut can be saved. However, that is not sufficient to continue reducing the number of pregnancies to teens in North Carolina. The services provided by the current projects prevent pregnancies, keep pregnant and parenting students in school and help them to graduate and become better parents, thus keeping them off public assistance in future years. REDUCTION OF OUT-OF-WEDLOCK BIRTHS --– THE HOUSE'S BUDGET CONTAINS NO FUNDS! The Senate’s version of the budget allocates $1,000,000 in TANF funds to Out-of-Wedlock Births. PLEASE ASK THE HOUSE MEMBERS TO DO MORE! These funds are allocated to local health departments throughout the state and are used to reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock births. An additional 6,306 low-income women are being served annually and 7,200 were being served before these funds were cut in 2001. Annually these funds help to prevent approximately 900 pregnancies and out-of-wedlock births, thus saving over $9.5 million in Medicaid expenses that would have been paid as a result of such pregnancies and births. (Elimination of the services provided by the out-of-wedlock money will result in the loss of $500,000 in federal Title X funds.) WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IMMEDIATELY: Contact members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Jim Black. Let legislators know that the TANF funds for pregnancy prevention are needed in order to keep the state's teen pregnancy rates from rebounding. Share the following points with legislators. Fifty-six teens get pregnant each day in North Carolina. Out of 46 states and the District of Columbia, NC has the sixth highest pregnancy rate in the USA. NC's teen pregnancy rate among the Hispanic population is the highest in the nation. Over the years and over the objection of prevention advocates, state and federal funds appropriated to teen pregnancy prevention have been supplanted with TANF money; now the TANF funding is being cut. In fiscal year 2001-2002, NC spent $1,039,390,739 in TANF, WIC, Medicaid and food stamps for families that were begun by teens. Funding pregnancy prevention and intervention programs is less expensive than supporting teens that have babies. Reduction in the incidence of out-of-wedlock births is one of the federal goals for TANF. Teen pregnancies occur at all income levels, but 85 percent of teens that actually give birth are poor or near-poor, making them less able to support the child. Evaluations by independent evaluators have documented the success of the state's pregnancy prevention projects. Please concentrate on the following members of the House of Representatives and the Speaker. The Honorable Jim Black Speaker of the House of Representatives Room 2304, Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601-1096 O: (919) 733-3451 E-mail: Jimb@ncleg.net MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOM. ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Rep. Beverly Earle (D) (Co-chairperson) Room 535, Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27601-1096 O: (919) 733-5747 O: (704) 333-7180 (Mecklenburg) E-mail: Beverlye@ncleg.net Rep. Edd Nye (D) (Co-chairperson) Room 639, Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27601-1096 O: (919) 733-5477 O: (910) 862-3679 (Bladen Co.) E-mail: Eddn@ncleg.net Rep. Walter Church (D) Room 1311 Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601-1096 O: (919) 733-5805 O: (828) 874-2141 (Burke Co.) E-mail: Waltc@ncleg.net Rep. Debbie A. Clary (R) Room 1211 Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601-1096 O: (919) 733-5654 O: (704) 480-1407 (Cleveland) E-mail: Debbiec@ncleg.net Rep. Mark Crawford (R) Room 1209, Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601-1096 O: (919) 733-5605 O: (828) 258-3332 (Buncombe) E-mail: Markc@ncleg.net Rep. Billy Creech (R) Room 602 Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27601-1096 O: (919) 715-4466 O: (919) 934-3847 (Johnston) E-mail: Billyc@ncleg.net Rep. Theresa Esposito (R) Room 418-C Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27601-1096 O: (919) 715-3009 O: (336) 765-5176 (Forsyth) E-mail: Theresae@ncleg.net Rep. Verla Insko (D) Room 2121 Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601-1096 O: (919) 733-7208 H: (919) 929-6115 (Orange) E-mail: Verlai@ncleg.net Rep. Thomas Wright (D) Room 528, Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27601-1096 O: (919) 733-5754 O: (910) 350-5921 (New Hanover) E-mail: Tomw@ncleg.net CHAIRPERSONS OF THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE Rep. David Redwine (D) (Co-chairperson) Room 635, Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27601-1096 O: (919) 733-5829 O: (910) 754-4326 (Brunswick Co.) E-mail: Davidr@ncleg.net Rep. Ruth Easterling (D) (Co-chairperson) Room 631, Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27601-1096 O: (919) 733-5900 O: (704) 375-5934 (Mecklenburg Co.) E-mail: Ruthe@ncleg.net Rep. Pete Oldham (D) (Co-chairperson) Room 634, Legislative Office Building Raleigh, NC 27601-1096 O: (919) 715-2530 H: (336)767-6936 (Forsyth Co.) E-mail: Warreno@ncleg.net Rep. Gregg Thompson (R) (Co-chairperson) Room 1002 Legislative Building Raleigh, NC 27601-1096 O: (919) 733-5828 O: (828)7650-1998 (Mitchell) E-mail: Greggt@ncleg.net Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of North Carolina 10001 Main Street, Suite D --- Southern Village Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 Telephone: 919-932-9885 Fax: 919-932-7223 www.appcnc.org
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Please concentrate on the following members of the House of Representatives and the Speaker.

Please concentrate on the following members of the
House of Representatives and the Speaker.