Page 21

Iowa’s TANF State Plan: Attachments Goal 1: Seventy-five percent of adolescent youth receiving Community Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs will have increased self-confidence to resist peer pressure for premature sexual behavior.

Goal 2: Seventy-five percent of middle school youth who receive Community Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs will report enhanced behavioral disposition to sexual abstinence.

Goal 3: Seventy-five percent of high school youth who receive Community Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention programs will report increased communication skills to talk with partners, parents/guardians and others about responsible sexual expression.

Outcomes reported by the Iowa HHS

Adolescent births among females under age 20 declined by almost 11 in every 1,000 from 2001 to 2004. A slight increase occurred in 2005 – 2008 and again in 2016, with decreases occurring every year since 2009.

Live Births to Mothers under age 20

Year Iowa Population Estimates 15-19 years old (Female ONLY) ¹ Total Number of Births to Mothers under 20² Ratio per 1,000 total births² Rate of Births to Mothers under 20 (Per 1,000 females 15-19 years old) 2001 NA 3,608 95.9 NA 2002 NA 3,420 91.1 NA 2003 NA 3,420 87.2 NA 2004 NA 3,260 85 NA 2005 NA 3,358 85.5 NA 2006 108,514 3,524 86.8 32.48 2007 105,943 3,565 87.3 33.65 2008 109,377 3,629 90.2 33.18 2009 105,755 3,448 86.9 32.60 2010 107,798 3,059 79.4 28.38 2011 106,050 2,706 70.8 25.52 2012 104,540 2,532 65.5 24.22 2013 107,797 2,298 58.9 21.32 2014 107,952 2,069 52.1 19.17 2015 105,191 1,624 41.2 15.44 2016 105,728 1,793 45.1 16.96