United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-09-29 monographic deposited born digital 50 p. GA 1.13:HEHS/PEMD-95-202 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-PEMD-95-202 P0b002ee18039b304 f:hp95202 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-PEMD-95-202 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-PEMD-95-202 HEHS/PEMD-95-202 Aid to families with dependent children Disadvantaged persons Secondary education Single parents Welfare recipients Minors Women Welfare benefits Employment or training programs State-administered programs AFDC JOBS Program Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program Medicaid Program Food Stamp Program Albuquerque (NM) Transitional Living Program (El Paso, TX) DOL Jobstart Program Time of Your Life Program (Milwaukee, WI) New Jersey School-Based Youth Services Program Wisconsin Learnfare Program Teen Parenting Program (Plainfield, NJ) Ohio Learning, Earning, and Parenting Program Cal-Learn Program (Los Angeles, CA) Letter Report HEHS PEMD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on local programs that help teenage mothers complete their secondary education as a step toward self-sufficiency.<p/>GAO found that: (1) communities have responded to the growth of unwed teenage mothers by creating programs to help them achieve economic self-sufficiency by completing their secondary education; (2) three of the five programs studied increased secondary education completion by actively monitoring school attendance and providing access to child care and transportation; (3) innovative approaches to help teenage mothers complete high school included alternative public schools for pregnant and parenting students, residential facilities for homeless teenage mothers on welfare, and home visiting; (4) all of the 15 cities surveyed required teenage mothers on welfare to continue their secondary education, but 12 of the cities did not monitor the teenage mothers' attendance; and (5) states use of these successful approaches will depend on Congress' decision on whether welfare benefits should be provided to teenage mothers. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-PEMD-95-202/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-PEMD-95-202.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-PEMD-95-202/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-PEMD-95-202.pdf GAO/HEHS/PEMD-95-202 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-PEMD-95-202 Letter Report GAO/HEHS/PEMD-95-202; Welfare to Work: Approaches That Help Teenage Mothers Complete High School; Aid to families with dependent children Disadvantaged persons Secondary education Single parents Welfare recipients Minors Women Welfare benefits Employment or training programs State-administered programs AFDC JOBS Program Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program Medicaid Program Food Stamp Program Albuquerque (NM) Transitional Living Program (El Paso, TX) DOL Jobstart Program Time of Your Life Program (Milwaukee, WI) New Jersey School-Based Youth Services Program Wisconsin Learnfare Program Teen Parenting Program (Plainfield, NJ) Ohio Learning, Earning, and Parenting Program Cal-Learn Program (Los Angeles, CA)