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Education Resourcesfor pregnant or parenting minors Resources on this list are not endorsed or recommended, and the quality of information, service or referral that the resource provides is in no way guaranteed. The resources named here are examples. The omission of others does not mean that they are unavailable or unsatisfactory. Please note that providing legal information, which some resources listed here will do, is not the same as giving legal advice.
Services COURT PROCEDURES North Carolina’s courts control a number of matters affecting pregnant and parenting minors. For example, district courts rule on emancipation, decide whether a 14- or 15-year old may marry, issue civil protection orders for victims of domestic violence, terminate parental rights, approve adoptions, and can permit minors to decide on abortion without parental consent. For information on filing petitions on these subjects, a minor or her attorney may visit or call the office of the clerk of superior court. Many forms are also available at www.nccourts.org. For example, to call up the form and instructions to minors for filing a “Petition for Waiver of Parental Consent for Minor’s Abortion,” click Judicial Forms. Then enter AOC-J-601 in the box for the form number, call up “Public” in the box marked “For” and hit Search. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EDUCATION ALTERNATIVE The Web Academy, an innovation of the Cumberland County Schools, allows high school students to earn credit through Internet courses. Three-fourths of the students are from Cumberland, but the Academy has enrolled one or more students from 70 North Carolina school districts. The cost for residents of Cumberland County is $300 per course. Students outside the county pay $400 per course. (The cost is sometimes paid by students’ home district.) To register, a student must be eligible to graduate from high school; the diploma will be awarded by a high school in his or her district. Pregnant students who are homebound, as well as young parents, have been enrolled. Questions may be addressed to Mark Craft, the school counselor, at MCraft@ccswebacademy.net or Janet Kehoe, the Program Director, at JKehoe@ccswebacademy.net. The Academy’s number is (910) 484-3391. PREGNANCY PREVENTION, PREGNANCY AND PARENTING The Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of North Carolina (APPC-NC) works to prevent adolescent pregnancy and help adolescent parents and their children through statewide publicity campaigns, a resource center and lending library, regional meetings and state conferences, and teen parent and male partner networks. Anyone living in North Carolina may borrow material from the library and staff is often able to find statistics on teen pregnancy in North Carolina. APPC-NC is a private nonprofit agency located at 10001 Main St., Suite D, Chapel Hill, NC 27516. The phone is (919) 932-9885, email is nc4facts@appcnc.org, and web address is www.appcnc.org/. Adolescent Parenting Programs accept young women and men 17 years of age or younger who are pregnant, or expectant fathers, or are the parent of one child. They encourage teens to delay a second pregnancy, finish secondary education, and strengthen parenting skills. Program staff monitor prenatal care and the minor’s child’s physical and emotional health, help a teen find other services, and connect her or him to peers and to the community. Programs are located in these counties: Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Caldwell, Chatham, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Gaston, Greene, Guilford, Henderson, Hertford, Johnston, Lenoir McDowell, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Onslow, Orange, Pender, Richmond, Robeson, Stanly, Swain (open to Graham residents), Union, Vance, and Wake. The state director, Chris Bryant, can be reached at (919) 715-8431. Further information including the phone number of each programs available at http://tppi.its.state.nc.us/info/tppi.htm. CARE-LINE, 1-800, 662-7030, tells callers about human services offered by government, nonprofit and private agencies and support groups. Its health referrals include referrals to agencies that provide abortion. In addition, CARE-LINE has an ombudsman who oversees the handling of callers’ problems, complaints or inquiries about services offered by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. The Office of Citizen Services, a part of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, operates CARE-LINE. The line takes calls Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is closed on state holidays. Spanish translation is available for callers and there is a separate line (1-877 452-2514) for hearing-impaired callers. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Local health departments offer pregnancy diagnosis, prenatal care and referral for delivery. Some departments inform patients about all pregnancy options including abortion and will refer a patient for abortion. Planned Parenthood clinics—These private nonprofit agencies are in Asheville, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Greensboro, Durham, Raleigh, Wilmington and Winston-Salem. The health centers provide comprehensive reproductive health care including counseling on all pregnancy options and referral. Two health centers offer abortions. Planned Parenthood of America’s website, www.plannedparenthood.org, lists the health centers in each state with information on how to contact them. Callers can ask questions or make an appointment by telephoning 1 800 230 PLAN. Raleigh Women’s Health Organization, www.gynpages.com/rwho, (919) 783-0444 or 1-800 532-5383 (national number), offers gynecological services including contraception, sterilization, and abortion. The clinic is a private for-profit agency and one of a number nationwide operated by the National Women’s Health Organization, www.nwho.com.
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of North Carolina, Hispanic Outreach Prevention Portfolio. (2d Edition) 2003, $25—a desk reference for health providers, listing national and NC resources and program highlights from around the country. Available from APPC-NC, http://www.appcnc.org, (919) 932-9885. American Association of University Women, How Schools Shortchange Girls: A Study of Major Findings on Girls and Education. AAUW Educational Foundation/National Education Association 1992, $6.49. Available at http://www.aauw.org or (800) 225-9998. Center for Adolescent Health & the Law—publications on health insurance and services for children, health care consent and confidentiality, and participation by adolescents in research are available from the Center, (919) 968-8850 or http://www.adolescenthealthlaw.org. Dellinger, Anne, and Davis, Arlene M., Health Care for Pregnant Adolescents: A Legal Guide. Institute of Government: Chapel Hill, NC 2001. (available on this web site). Dellinger, Anne, Social Services for Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents: A Legal Guide. School of Government: Chapel Hill, NC 2002. (available on this web site). Manson, Andrea Bazan, et al., Latina Reproductive Health in North Carolina: Demographics, Health Status, and Programs. NC Office of Minority Health, OMH No. 20, 1999. Single copies are available from the Office, (919) 431-1613. Janet Mason, Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect in North Carolina. (2d Edition) Institute of Government: Chapel Hill NC, 2003. $9.00. Available from the Institute, (919) 966-4119 NC Latino Health, 2003: A Report from the Latino Health Task Force North Carolina Institute of Medicine in Collaboration with El Pueblo, Inc. Available at http://www.nciom.org. Project Esperanza: A Guide to Working with Battered Latinas. Available from the NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, (919) 956-9124. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (OCR), Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting Issues Under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. July 1991.—This brochure briefly explains Title IX requirements for treatment of pregnant and parenting students. It notes that equal eduational opportunities for pregnant students is one of OCR’s National Enforcement Strategies for meeting the AMERICA 2000 goals set by the president and governors in 1990; suggests approaches schools might take; and lists the Washington, D.C. and regional offices of OCR.
ACLU-NC, Know Your Rights: A Guide for
Public School Students in North Carolina. Arnoldi, Katherine, The Amazing “True” Story of A Teenage Single Mom. Hyperion: New York, NY, 1998. This is an autobiography in cartoons, slightly altered for privacy reasons, according to the author. Its description of a teen mother’s (eventually successful) struggles against poverty, abuse, her family’s hostility, and rape are very moving. Arthur, Shirley, Surviving Teen Pregnancy: Your Choices, Dreams & Decisions. Morning Glory Press: Buena Park, CA 1996. The author tells teens who are or may be pregnant the importance of learning their status, deciding carefully between childbirth and abortion, and, especially if they choose “active parenting,” setting goals and controlling their future. The author gave birth at age 16 and raised the child. She and her child are both college graduates. Youth Advocacy and Involvement Office, N.C. Dep’t. of Administration, Youth Rights and Responsibilities: A Handbook for North Carolina’s Youth. Available in English and Spanish at http://www.doa.state.nc.us/doa/yaio/yaio.htm
Adolescent Pregnancy Project, UNC School of Government: Guide books explaining the law on minors’ pregnancy and parenting in North Carolina. Center for Law and Social Policy The Benton Foundation’s “Connect for Kids” project National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy North Carolina Board of Education and North Carolina Department of Public Instruction The Family Violence Prevention Fund DPI contact person regarding homeless students
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