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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION

Dear Colleague:

I am happy to provide you with School-Based and School-Linked Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Teens and Their Children, written by the Institute for Educational Leadership. The report is a synthesis of proceedings from a conference that the National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education conducted in cooperation with EduTech, Ltd.

As we were planning the conference, officials in government and non-government organizations identified programs operating effectively in or with schools. We invited representatives from 15 of these programs to give conference participants the benefit of their experience in working with pregnant and parenting adolescents and their young children. I want to thank these program representatives:

Rosetta Stith and Gracie Dawkins, Paquin School, Baltimore, Maryland
Gerry Maxwell-Jones, Wilde Lake High School
Brian Theiler, Gundersen Lutheran Teen Health Service, LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Margo Jaenike, Horizon Youth Service Center, Cameron County, Texas
Margy Burns, Youth Health Service, Elkins, West Virginia
Denise Simon, Illinois Department of Human Services
Ronda Simpson-Brown, California Department of Education
Sharon Enright, Ohio Department of Education
Sharon Waggoner, Eastern New Mexico University
Sally Hodson, Florence Crittenton School, Denver, Colorado
Marilyn Keeble, Silver Springs High School, Grass Valley, California
Joan Davis, LYFE, New York, New York
Sharon Stewart, Lula Belle Stewart Center, Detroit, Michigan
Patricia Lemus, Young Family Independence Program, King County, Washington
Becky Cunningham, Margaret Hudson Program, Tulsa, Oklahoma

A Compendium of School-Based and School-Linked Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents, produced in conjunction with the conference, is also available by contacting our office. I hope the information is useful to you as you continue your efforts for children and families.

Sincerely, Naomi Karp Director

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