Community Effort Addresses Teen Pregnancy
A community wide collaboration is credited with helping to reduce teenage pregnancy in Holyoke Massachusetts. Officials acknowledge there is much work yet to do, as Holyoke has the highest teen birth...
View ArticleBerkshire Non-Profit Launches Teen Pregnancy Awareness Campaign
Berkshire County, Massachusetts has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the state. In Pittsfield, a local organization kicked off a campaign that intends to raise awareness of this issue.
View ArticleMassachusetts Teen Birth Rate Now Lowest in State History
According to the 2010 Massachusetts Birth Report released by the state Department of Public Health earlier this week, the most recent data shows the rate of teenage women aged 15 to 19 having children...
View ArticleBerkshire County School District Seeks to Strengthen Sex Ed Programs
The Pittsfield Public School’s Curriculum Subcommittee has been meeting with district and community partners to address the city’s troubling teen pregnancy rate by expanding and strengthening programs...
View ArticleCommunity Effort Addresses Teen Pregnancy
A community wide collaboration is credited with helping to reduce teenage pregnancy in Holyoke Massachusetts. Officials acknowledge there is much work yet to do, as Holyoke has the highest teen birth...
View ArticleBerkshire Non-Profit Launches Teen Pregnancy Awareness Campaign
Berkshire County, Massachusetts has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the state. In Pittsfield, a local organization kicked off a campaign that intends to raise awareness of this issue.
View ArticleMassachusetts Teen Birth Rate Now Lowest in State History
According to the 2010 Massachusetts Birth Report released by the state Department of Public Health earlier this week, the most recent data shows the rate of teenage women aged 15 to 19 having children...
View ArticleBerkshire County School District Seeks to Strengthen Sex Ed Programs
The Pittsfield Public School’s Curriculum Subcommittee has been meeting with district and community partners to address the city’s troubling teen pregnancy rate by expanding and strengthening programs...
View ArticleStory Project Seeks To Put Young Mothers In Different Light
A group of young mothers who became pregnant as teenagers are sharing their stories in a research project aimed at changing public perceptions. Some of the accounts were shown publicly for the first...
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