Early Head Start and Teen Parent Families: Partnerships for Success

Publication Date: February 2007

Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy

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Research Area: Social conditions

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This issue brief focuses on the special needs of teenage parents and their children ("teen parent families") and on how the unique set of services available through Early Head Start (EHS) programs can support them. Teen parent families face multiple risks, risks that may be substantially different from those faced by families with older parents and that may be further complicated by issues involving disability, abuse, or neglect. These issues are interrelated and must be integrated and addressed as programs design services to meet the needs of this population.