SIECUS Releases the Fiscal Year 2007 Edition of the SIECUS State Profiles
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Highlights and trends from this edition of the State Profiles include:
· According to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and confirmed by SIECUS’ research, which oversees the Title V abstinence-only-until-marriage program, 25 states will no longer be participating in the program at the end of Fiscal Year 2008. This totals nearly $24 million in unspent monies.
· Health data released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the last year reveal one in four teenage girls are infected with an STI and nearly half of all African American teenage girls are infected.
· Other data from the biennially released Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System shows little change in important health behaviors. This data shows disparities in sexual health behaviors among race, ethnicity, and geographic location.
· Texas received the highest amount of funding: $18,213,472.
· Four states received no abstinence-only-until-marriage funding: Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, and Vermont. This is the first time since 1998 that any individual state has no federal abstinence-only-until-marriage funding coming into its jurisdiction.
· The majority of abstinence-only-until-marriage funding is concentrated in southern states; these 17 states received nearly half of all allocated funding ($84.6 million).
· Kentucky and Illinois distribute the greatest amount of funding to anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs).
· CPCs receive abstinence-only-until-marriage funds in 23 states, totaling nearly $14 .
· Evidence continues to mount against abstinence-only-until-marriage programs with the first ever Congressional hearing on the effectiveness of federally funded abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. The majority of the health professionals called for an end to federal funding for the programs and said that funds should instead be spent on comprehensive sexuality education that has been proven to be effective.
· Three states passed laws requiring sex education to be medically accurate if taught in public schools. Additionally, the State Boards of Education in California and the District of Columbia passed updated standards for sex education, requiring it to be comprehensive, age-appropriate, and medically accurate.
· According to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and confirmed by SIECUS’ research, which oversees the Title V abstinence-only-until-marriage program, 25 states will no longer be participating in the program at the end of Fiscal Year 2008. This totals nearly $24 million in unspent monies.
· Health data released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the last year reveal one in four teenage girls are infected with an STI and nearly half of all African American teenage girls are infected.
· Other data from the biennially released Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System shows little change in important health behaviors. This data shows disparities in sexual health behaviors among race, ethnicity, and geographic location.
· Texas received the highest amount of funding: $18,213,472.
· Four states received no abstinence-only-until-marriage funding: Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, and Vermont. This is the first time since 1998 that any individual state has no federal abstinence-only-until-marriage funding coming into its jurisdiction.
· The majority of abstinence-only-until-marriage funding is concentrated in southern states; these 17 states received nearly half of all allocated funding ($84.6 million).
· Kentucky and Illinois distribute the greatest amount of funding to anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs).
· CPCs receive abstinence-only-until-marriage funds in 23 states, totaling nearly $14 .
· Evidence continues to mount against abstinence-only-until-marriage programs with the first ever Congressional hearing on the effectiveness of federally funded abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. The majority of the health professionals called for an end to federal funding for the programs and said that funds should instead be spent on comprehensive sexuality education that has been proven to be effective.
· Three states passed laws requiring sex education to be medically accurate if taught in public schools. Additionally, the State Boards of Education in California and the District of Columbia passed updated standards for sex education, requiring it to be comprehensive, age-appropriate, and medically accurate.
Seems that we're making progress on coming back up from a recent renewal of the dark ages.
Nexa