§ 40-19-1. Legislative findings. The general assembly finds: (1) In 1988, there were one thousand four hundred sixty-one (1,461) births to adolescents under the age of twenty (20) in the state. (2) Adolescents coping with a pregnancy have a greater risk than the average pregnant woman for: (i) Inadequate nutrition; (ii) Prenatal care starting well […]
§ 40-19-2. Comprehensive parenting and pregnancy program established. The state, under the supervision of the department of human services, shall establish the statewide comprehensive adolescent pregnancy and parenting program, which will include the existing department of human service programs, Project Hope, and Pawtucket’s school-based adolescent pregnancy project, providing both school-based and community-based services including, but […]
§ 40-19-3. Powers and duties of the department of human services. The department of human services shall, within the specific appropriation for this program, establish and evaluate the statewide comprehensive adolescent pregnancy and parenting program to be established pursuant to § 40-19-2 and shall make and establish rules and regulations as are deemed necessary to […]
