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.
According to the link GOPGuide posted at #9, most of the cost is for a program administrator.
Based on the information at the link, the program is effective in reducing pregnancies among the specific at-risk population.