South Carolina Agency Forced To Cut Teenage Pregnancy Program Because Of Budget

Despite recent increases in South Carolina’s teen pregnancy rate, the state Department of Health and Human Resources on Friday announced that budget cuts have forced it to eliminate funding to the Medicaid Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Services program, or MAPPS, the Charleston Post and Courier reports (Coley, Charleston Post and Courier, 9/26).

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Filed under: Pregnancy on October 3rd, 2008