3.0.0 1790 2023-01-11T20:41:49Z 2023-01-11T20:41:49Z Senate S S 2007-07-16 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-16T21:50:48Z Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2007 110 468 HR 2007-02-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-07-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-07-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-07-26 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-07-30 False Health AIDS (Disease) Academic performance Child health Contraceptives Counseling Data banks Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Ethics Evaluation research (Social action programs) Families Family planning and birth control Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Health counseling Health education Health information systems Human immunodeficiency viruses Immigrant health Immigration Medical research Medical statistics Mental health Minorities Minority health Nonprofit organizations Parent and child Public service advertising School health programs Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Sex education Sexual abstinence Sexually transmitted diseases Social Welfare Teenage pregnancy Women Health 00 2007-07-16 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-03T19:20:44Z Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for projects to prevent teen pregnancies in racial, ethnic minority, or immigrant communities with a substantial incidence or prevalence of cases of teen pregnancy compared to the average number in communities in the state.

Allows the Secretary to make grants to: (1) carry out activities to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among teens; (2) provide necessary social and cultural support services regarding teen pregnancy; (3) provide health and educational services related to the prevention of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among teens; (4) promote better health and educational outcomes among pregnant teens; and (5) provide relevant training for individuals who plan to work in school-based support programs.

Requires the Secretary to make grants to: (1) provide public education and increase awareness with respect to the issue of reducing the rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among teens and related social and emotional issues; and (2) establish and operate a National Clearinghouse for Teen Pregnancy Prevention.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants for research on the prevention of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among teens in such communities.

Allows a grant to be made under this Act only if the applicant agrees that: (1) all information provided pursuant to the Act will be age-appropriate, factually and medically accurate and complete, and scientifically based; and (2) information, activities, and services under the grant will be provided in the language and cultural context that is most appropriate for individual groups.

]]> Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to make grants to carry out activities to prevent the incidence of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among teens in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1790is/xml/BILLS-110s1790is.xml 2007-07-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.