Strengths And Weaknesses Of Teenage Pregnancy Prevention

The strengths and weaknesses associated with TANF helps us determine what steps need to be taken to improve the policy in regards to teen pregnancy prevention. The strength that we see is that the policy provides pregnancy prevention programs to educate teens about being safe and about sexual advances. In the United States, teen pregnancy has decreased 45 percent between 1996-2012 (Bast, 2015, p.100). The weaknesses about this policy is the complex rules that teens must follow to become eligible to receive support. There are two rules that only minors, typically under 18, must adhere to. For example, if minor parents are not participating in educational or training activities, the states are prohibited from awarding TANF cash grants to minor …show more content…
Furthermore, federal investments could decrease the chances of teens needing additional financial support in the future.
It is essential for adolescents to receive teen pregnancy prevention strategies that are efficacious which may include; effective and realistic sexuality education, youth development, as well as confidential and affordable access to contraceptive services (Advocates for Youth, 2008). With efficacious interventions, there is the likelihood that these programs are successful in preventing teen pregnancy when assessing the long term effective …show more content…
Supporting families in need can also be an important factor in working to reduce teenage pregnancy(Advocates for Youth, 2008). With more knowledge of resources and effective prevention strategies, there is hope to reduce to the social problem. It would also be important to gather coalition groups that are supporters of teen pregnancy prevention and working together to target the social problem by lobbying to ensure the implementation of effective