California Health and Safety Code

§ 124175

HSC § 124175 Effective Jan 1, 1996Div. 106 · Part 2 · Ch. 4 · Art. 1

Statute text

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:

(a)Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood is a problem with significant social, medical, educational, and economic consequences to the teen parent and child, her family, and the State of California.

(b)In an attempt to address the problems of pregnant and parenting adolescents, the Governor, in 1985, created the Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Program, that was designed to bring pregnant and parenting teenagers into programs that provide services of demonstrated cost benefit and effectiveness by organizing networks of local agencies focused on providing services to adolescents and ensuring the most timely and effective utilization of services.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.