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Applied in 2007

Abstinence Education

ALPHA PREGNANCY TESTING CENTER, SAV-A-LIFE, INC.

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 0
  • Program Participants Last Year: 1200
  • Meets about 1 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 9 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 13

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally reviews the performance of the chief executive officer at least once every two years.
  • Formally approves the budget.
  • Ensures that arrangements with outside fund raising firms are made in writing.
  • Receives information about the financial arrangements with such firms and, if applicable, the anticipated portion of the gross proceeds that goes to the organization.
  • Has formally approved a conflict of interest policy and regularly monitors it to ensure adherence.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.
  • Receives, at least annually, an auditor's management letter and report.
  • Convenes an audit committee.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
Educating young people about the consequences of promiscuous behvior

Measure
Pre and post tests administered through the S.A.F.E. program.

Outcome 2
Young people will learn about developing greater self-respect and the necessity of setting life goals.

Measure
Students are asked to write letters about their life goals and review them upon their graduation from high school.

Outcome 3
Educating young people about sexually transmitted diseases.

Measure
Pre and post tests administered through the S.A.F.E. program.

Outcome 4
Decline in teenage pregnancy as a result of abstinence education.

Measure
Statistics reported from the Guttmacher Institute, 2006 state that the teenage pregnancy rate declined 28% between 1990 and 2002.

Outcome 5
Decline in teenage abortion rate.

Measure
Guttmacher Institute, 2006 reported that by 2002, the teenage abortion rate had dropped by 50%.

Change Process: (self-reported)

Through the abstinence education program, program participants are empowered with information to make positive, life affirming choices and given the tools needed to set goals for their future. The dynamics necessary for forming healthy relationships in all areas of life - work, home, and family are presented in an interactive program designed to educate, motivate and instill strong moral values in each student.