SC Campaign Receives Grant to Increase Reach

Posted on 16/1/08

The South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy has recently been awarded a Prevention Partnership Grant from the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SC HHS), providing education and training to Medicaid Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Providers (MAPPS). Currently there are 33 MAPPS organizations serving high-risk Medicaid-eligible adolescents in 21 counties.

Funded at $259,305 by SC HHS, the program will provide high-quality technical assistance and training programs—ranging from orientation sessions for new providers and one-on-one counseling to implementing or designing one’s own effective program—all designed to increase the capacity, comfort and knowledge for MAPPS providers working with adolescent clients. “One way to continue recent declines in teen pregnancy is to ensure that providers who serve our state highest risk youth are highly skilled,” said Forrest Alton, Executive Director of the SC Campaign. “Through funding from the SC Department of Health and Human Services, we will be able to train providers on the front lines in the use of science-based approaches to prevent adolescent pregnancy.”

Additional support and training will be available to MAPPS providers through the SC Campaign’s 9th Annual Summer Institute (conference details available at www.teenpregnancysc.org/page/summer), site visits, an annual directors meeting and quarterly regional roundtables.

For more information on the SC Campaign, visit www.teenpregnancysc.org.

About the South Carolina Campaign: The mission of the SC Campaign is to prevent adolescent pregnancy in South Carolina through education, technical assistance, public awareness, advocacy and research. To achieve its mission, the SC Campaign works with a variety of programs – public, private, school and community based – in each of the state’s 46 counties.