This program should be expanded.
I hope this isn’t supported with taxpayers money.
Compared to how many out of a random 125 girls of the same demographic attending the same schools?
IF the program's participants actually have fewer pregnancies than a comparable group, it's probably due to the additional attention and support of positive choices, rather than the money.
I’ll pay them $8 a week to have sex with me (j/k)
I think this sounds like a great program. First I’ve heard of it but it makes sense.
An asprin can be an extremely effect birth control pill. All you have to do is hold it firmly with you knees.
Pay me $75K and I promise I will not knock up any teenagers.
The math here is quite interesting. The program costs $75,000 and enrolls 24 girls. Each girl gets $365 a year for not getting pregnant.
24 x 365 = 8,760. (paid to the girls)
75,000 - 8,760 = 66,240 (????)
Who is getting the 66,240 that is not paid to the girls in the program?
Seems to me the money would be better used is each of the 24 girls were given $3,000 a year for each year they did not get pregnant. The would give them a good start on their first year of college. The math for my program...
24 x 3,000 = 72,000 for the girls in the program
75,000 - 72,000 = 3,000 for the administration of the program.
Don’t misunderstand me. It is good to get involved with mentoring teenagers and encouraging them to make the right choices for the future. But I can’t help but think more could be helped if the helpers were not keeping most of the pie for themselves.