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Facts About Young Mothers
In Central Brooklyn the average birth rate to teen mothers in 2003-2004 was 106/1,000. This is higher than Brooklyn’s overall rate of 73/1,000 and New York City’s overall rate of 75/1,000. Additionally, in Central Brooklyn about 18% of residents between the ages of 16 and 19 are unemployed, and Bedford-Stuyvesant has more than 38,000 persons over the age of 18 who have neither a high school diploma nor a GED.
In 2003, New York City Comptroller issued a report that more In New York City, an estimated 20,000 mothers under age 21 had yet to complete high school. Of these 20,000 mothers, 8,368 are teen mothers under age 18 were required by law to be in school. These 8,368 students are the equivalent of more than six average-sized (1,285 student) New York City high schools.
In 2005, a report by New York City Public Advocate Betsey Gotbaum estimated that one in six girls in the city’s foster care system were either pregnant or parenting but were not being provided adequate services.
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The Brooklyn Young Mothers’ Collective provides disadvantaged young mothers with a comprehensive set of services focused on their educational attainment and social development to help them to become self-sufficient adults.
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