First, I would like to give a brief summary of SB 528. ... By passing SB 528, California is giving the foster care youth that fall into this "pregnant while in foster care" schema a real chance of making a better life for them and their children.... The placement process for teens and their children does not work. ... President Obama's proposal would for the first time focus federal funding specifically on preventing foster teens from getting pregnant. ... The federal government long ago recognized the societal costs of teen pregnancy, and since 1981 has funded a number of prog...

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