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Teen Parents
Bearing a child as a teenager is often associated with many difficulties for the
mother and her child, as teen parents are generally not ready for the
responsibilities of raising a child. Teen parents are generally less prepared
financially to support a child and poverty carries its own set of risk factors
for children as described elsewhere on this website. Babies born to teen
mothers are also at a higher risk of low birth weight and infant mortality.
The rate of births to unwed mothers 10-17 years of age in
Florida and Pinellas County has begun to increase after years of steady decline.
In 2006, births to unwed mothers per 1000 population age 10-17 years in Pinellas
County was 4.1, fractionally below the state average and lower than other
counties of similar size except Palm Beach County.

Funded Agencies:
Alpha House
of Pinellas – Residential
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