(1) single parents should have access to a comprehensive range of services to enable them to make suitable plans for the care of their children and themselves;
(2) youths under the age of 18 years who are pregnant or who are parents of a child for whom they are unprepared to provide adequate care and protection are of special concern;
(3) this State has a continuing interest in preventing the problems associated with teenage pregnancy;
(4) to the end of preventing the problems associated with teenage pregnancy, single young people who are at risk of parenthood should have access to appropriate counseling and health services; and
(5) if the family of a single parent is unavailable, unwilling, or unable to provide financial, material, and emotional support to a single parent, then this State must provide timely services that will:
(i) be an effective alternative to costly long term foster care; and
(ii) prevent the neglect or abuse of a child of the single parent.
(1) single parents should have access to a comprehensive range of services to enable them to make suitable plans for the care of their children and themselves;
(2) youths under the age of 18 years who are pregnant or who are parents of a child for whom they are unprepared to provide adequate care and protection are of special concern;
(3) this State has a continuing interest in preventing the problems associated with teenage pregnancy;
(4) to the end of preventing the problems associated with teenage pregnancy, single young people who are at risk of parenthood should have access to appropriate counseling and health services; and
(5) if the family of a single parent is unavailable, unwilling, or unable to provide financial, material, and emotional support to a single parent, then this State must provide timely services that will:
(i) be an effective alternative to costly long term foster care; and
(ii) prevent the neglect or abuse of a child of the single parent.
(1) single parents should have access to a comprehensive range of services to enable them to make suitable plans for the care of their children and themselves;
(2) youths under the age of 18 years who are pregnant or who are parents of a child for whom they are unprepared to provide adequate care and protection are of special concern;
(3) this State has a continuing interest in preventing the problems associated with teenage pregnancy;
(4) to the end of preventing the problems associated with teenage pregnancy, single young people who are at risk of parenthood should have access to appropriate counseling and health services; and
(5) if the family of a single parent is unavailable, unwilling, or unable to provide financial, material, and emotional support to a single parent, then this State must provide timely services that will:
(i) be an effective alternative to costly long term foster care; and
(ii) prevent the neglect or abuse of a child of the single parent.
