S.1437 - Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011 as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies. as introduced.

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Barbara Boxer

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7/28/2011--Introduced.Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the inf
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7/28/2011--Introduced.Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to avoid teen pregnancy and develop healthy relationships. Allows up to 10% of amounts made available for this Act to be allotted for a rigorous, independent evaluation of grant activities. Requires the Secretary to award grants for multimedia campaigns to provide public education and increase public awareness regarding teenage pregnancy and related social and emotional issues. Requires the Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to make grants for research on teen pregnancy, dating violence, and healthy relationships among racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities. Requires the Secretary to direct the interagency adolescent health workgroup within the Office of Adolescent Health to include teen dating violence prevention and healthy teen relationship strategies in the work of such group, with a particular focus among racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities, in consultation with the Federal Interagency Workgroup on Teen Dating Violence chaired by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

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11/23/11
Hand recount looms as margin in Port Orchard mayor race still thin

Matthes now has 1,439 votes to Coppola's 1,437. The margin between the two candidates, if write-in votes are not counted, is .17 percent. According to state law, a hand recount must be done for less than 0.25 percent and a machine recount is ...

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12/30/11
Anita Pregnancy Blog: The Truth According to Paula Garcés

Boxer (D-CA) introduced bills titled The Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act (PDF) of 2011 (H.R. 2678 in the House and S. 1437 in the Senate). The bills offer a research-driven, innovative approach to ...

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about the blog - Pregnant Pause: Getting Bloggy about Teen and ...

Boxer (D-CA) introduced bills titled The Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act (PDF) of 2011 (H.R. 2678 in the House and S. 1437 in the Senate). The bills offer a research-driven, innovative approach to ...

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07/27/11
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112th Congress, 2011–2012. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to ...

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