Adolescent Parent Programs
Resources by Content Area
School-Based Programs
- School-Based Programs for Adolescent Parents and Their Young Children (PDF) Susan T. Batten and Bonita Stowell. 1997
- How to Keep Pregnant and Parenting Students from Dropping Out: A Primer for Schools (PDF) National Women's Law Center, 2007
Delaying Subsequent Pregnancy
- Another Chance: Preventing Additional Births to Teen Mothers (PDF) National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, May 2004
- Repeat Teen Childbearing: Differences Across States and by Race and Ethnicity, Child Trends Research Brief, October 2007
- Subsequent Pregnancies and Births Among Adolescent Mothers Fact Sheet, Florida Sate University Center for Prevention, April 2005
- Delaying Second Births Among Adolescent Mothers: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Home-Based Mentoring Program, Pediatrics, October 2006
Child Care/Child Development
- Unique Developmental Needs of Children of Adolescent Parents, Healthy Teen Network, 2003
- Playing Catch-up: How Children Born to Teen Mothers Fare, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, January 2005
- The Children of Teen Parents Fact Sheet, Florida Sate University Center for Prevention, April 2005
Parent Education/Parent Child Attachment
- Promoting Healthy Attachment Between Teen Parents and Their Babies: Challenges of Competing Developmental Agendas, MOAPPP Monitor, Spring 2006
- Early Head Start and Teen Parent Families: Partnership for Success (PDF) Center for Law and Social Policy, 2005
- Talaris Research Institute Talaris Research Institute works to improve the social, emotional and cognitive development of children from the prenatal period through age five by providing parents with tools to raise their children effectively.
Home Visiting/Case Management
- Nurse Family Partnership is an evidence-based, nurse home visiting program that improves the health, well-being and self-sufficiency of low-income, first-time parents and their children. There are currently four nurse family partnership replication sites in Minnesota.
- Dakota Healthy Families provides home visits to support new and expectant parents in the areas of child health and development, positive parenting skills and a safe home environment. Available to residents of Carver or Dakota Counties.
- MN Home Visiting Report 2008 A legislative report detailing the 2008 Family Home Visiting Program, including the success stories of the program, current overview of the program and status report of current activities.
- Educational Outcomes and Family Well-Being of Teen Parents
Father Involvement
- Minnesota Fathers & Families Network (MFFN)
MFFN is designed to enhance healthy father-child relationships by promoting initiatives that inform public policy and further develop the field of fatherhood practitioners statewide. A sample of MFFN Publications and reports include:
• Fathers to the Forefront (PDF) Increasing Healthy Father Involvement with Children, Families and Communities. A five-year plan to strengthen Minnesota families. July 2007
• Do We Count Fathers in Minnesota? Searching for Key Indicators of the Well-Being of Fathers & Families. 2007
• Unmarried Fathers Guide to Paternity, Custody, Parenting Time and Child Support in MN This guide has basic information about paternity, custody, child support, and parenting time for unmarried fathers in Minnesota. Every state has different laws on family law. This guide is for Minnesota only. January 2005 - Unique Needs of Young Fathers – Healthy Teen Network Fact Sheet
- What Works in Responsible Fatherhood Programs: An increasing number of programs focus on improving fathers' involvement with children and families. What features of fatherhood programs really matter? A 2008 National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse brief authored by Child Trends examines experimental evaluations of fatherhood and parenting programs to identify ten promising practices.
- Responsible Fatherhood Spotlight: Teen Fatherhood National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse fact sheet
- Minnesota Resource Center for Fathers and Families The Resource Center creates programs designed to enhance the role of fathers in full parenthood and partnership in parenting their children.
Health: Reproductive, Prenatal and Mental Health
- Prenatal Care Among U.S. Teenagers, Journal of Adolescent Health, 2008
- Depression Raised Risk of Subsequent Pregnancies Among Black Teen Moms, Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, March 2008
- Eating Well During Pregnancy for You and Your Baby, Healthy Teen Network, 2008
- Reproductive Outcomes in Adolescents Who Had a Previous Birth or an Induced Abortion Compared to Adolescents' First Pregnancies, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth January, 2008