Teen Pregnancy: A New Prevention Option According to the Center for Disease Control, teen pregnancy has seen a slight downward shift in recent years. However, this does not mean that the epidemic is somehow under control. In fact, the CDC has reported a much higher rate of teen births, sexually transmitted diseases, and abortions than in other Western industrialized countries. There are several factors that play a huge role in reducing this number of teen pregnancies and they can easily be resolved when plans that actually work are implemented. Teen pregnancy in the United States carries underlying costs, including increased family and low economic costs, and increases long-term impacts on teen parents and their children. According to the CDC, teen pregnancies account for approximately $9 billion in costs to taxpayers each year due to the increased cost of child care and lost tax revenue. Additionally, teen pregnancy is the primary reason students drop out of school, leaving them with a reduced ability to move out of the low-income bracket and obtain additional education to improve the family's lifestyle. Furthermore, children born to teenage parents are more at risk for lower academic performance and tend to drop out of school themselves. They typically have more health problems, are incarcerated at some point in their lives – typically during adolescence, and are more likely to fall into the same pit of having children at an early age. continuous cycle with children of teenage parents becoming teenage parents themselves. There are several reasons for the increase… middle of paper ... stands ready to provide training and technical assistance to all organizations funded in the initiative at both the state and community levels. The key is to develop partnerships to promote the reduction of teen pregnancy through key components of the CDC's Teem pregnancy prevention program. The main components or model for the programs included: Implementation of evidence-based and evidence-informed prevention programs. Connecting adolescents to quality healthcare. Stakeholder education Sustainability Based on these findings the program is designed to measure and show progress in reducing teen birth rates by 10% in target communities. They should reduce teenage pregnancies in the target communities. And increase the percentage of young people who abstain from or delay sexual intercourse and increase the consistent and correct use of condoms and other effective contraceptive methods.