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Ms. Tardi indicated that the figures shown are for live births <br />to girls 13 to 19 and do not include abortions. Nationally, 50 <br />percent of teen pregnancies are terminated by abortions. She <br />pointed out that currently we have two girls in our Teen Parent <br />Program who attend the middle school, and Indian River County <br />follows the national trend of significant increases in births to <br />girls who are 12 to 15 years of age. The Dropout Prevention <br />Program includes many programs, but the State mandates that if we <br />have no other program for dropout prevention, we will have a <br />program to serve teen parents. We are required to do all that we <br />can to make sure they do not drop out of school. We are required <br />to make sure they have child care, either providing it on-site or <br />contracting with local sites. We must insure transportation for <br />the parent and the infant, and we must set up connections to health <br />care and social services. Every effort must be made to keep <br />teenage parents in school and connect them with social services so <br />that they receive adequate prenatal care and know how nutritionally <br />to take care of themselves. Then they will have healthy babies, be <br />able to parent their infants, and they will be employed and will <br />not have to rely on the welfare system. <br />15 <br />JAN 311994 <br />BOOK 91 PALE 6,'31 <br />Table 6 <br />Number of Teenage Pregnancies* <br />by Race <br />Indian <br />River County, 1989-1992 <br />Year <br />White <br />Nonwhite <br />Total Yearly <br />• <br />Average <br />N <br />n <br />% N n <br />% <br />IRC FL <br />1988 <br />830 <br />56 <br />6.7 204 51 <br />25.0 <br />10.3 9.3 <br />1989 <br />818 <br />78 <br />9.5 202 52 <br />25.7 <br />12.7 9.5 <br />1990 <br />900 <br />61 <br />6.8 213 46 <br />21.6 <br />9.6 9.2 <br />1991 <br />832 <br />62. <br />7.5 199 45 <br />22.6 <br />10.4 9.2 <br />1992 <br />821 <br />65 <br />7.9 201 ..62 <br />30.8 <br />12.4 9.0 <br />Note: <br />Teenage pregnancies include those woman between the ages of 13 to 19 years. <br />Source: Florida Vital Statistics <br />Ms. Tardi indicated that the figures shown are for live births <br />to girls 13 to 19 and do not include abortions. Nationally, 50 <br />percent of teen pregnancies are terminated by abortions. She <br />pointed out that currently we have two girls in our Teen Parent <br />Program who attend the middle school, and Indian River County <br />follows the national trend of significant increases in births to <br />girls who are 12 to 15 years of age. The Dropout Prevention <br />Program includes many programs, but the State mandates that if we <br />have no other program for dropout prevention, we will have a <br />program to serve teen parents. We are required to do all that we <br />can to make sure they do not drop out of school. We are required <br />to make sure they have child care, either providing it on-site or <br />contracting with local sites. We must insure transportation for <br />the parent and the infant, and we must set up connections to health <br />care and social services. Every effort must be made to keep <br />teenage parents in school and connect them with social services so <br />that they receive adequate prenatal care and know how nutritionally <br />to take care of themselves. Then they will have healthy babies, be <br />able to parent their infants, and they will be employed and will <br />not have to rely on the welfare system. <br />15 <br />JAN 311994 <br />BOOK 91 PALE 6,'31 <br />