Our
Mission
Breaking
the Cycle is a citywide campaign to reduce teen pregnancy in Hartford. Breaking
the Cycle is a community partnership of the City of Hartford, the Hartford
Action Plan on Infant Health, and the Hartford Public Schools.
Our mission is to prevent teen pregnancy in Hartford. Breaking the cycle of teen
pregnancy will help
Hartford
become a city with healthy children, a well educated workforce, and strong
social and economic prospects for its citizens.
Our
five-year goal:
To reduce the teen birth rate
in Hartford for 15 to 17 year olds to 32 births per thousand by the end of
2010.
This
statement is based on the goal to reduce by 50% the teen birth rate in
Hartford
for 15 to 17 year olds over a ten year period from 2003 to 2013.
The
birth
rate for 15 to 17 for
Hartford
in 2003 is 49.6 per thousand teens. To
reduce by 50% over ten years means that we need to reduce the rate by 2.5 points
each year. So that would make our goal rate for 2010 (or at the end of this 5 year plan) 32.1 per
thousand teen girls ages 15-17. Based
on the current teen population that would mean reducing the number of births to
teens 15 to 17 from 140 in 2003 to 91 in 2010.
What
do these goals mean for our community?
If we
achieve these goals, Hartford's birth rate to teens will be closer to the
national average. In 1998, the national teen birth average was 51.1 per 1000.
Hartford's rate during the same year, based on Census population estimates, was
more than double that at 107.7 per 1000.
Five-year
Objectives:
- By 2010 90% of 9th graders
will report that they are avoiding teen pregnancy by sexual abstinence or by
using contraception.
- 5% of adults in targeted leadership
sectors at the end of the 5 year period will demonstrate teen pregnancy
prevention as a priority for
Hartford
through their actions.
- Increase the number of youth serving
organizations that demonstrate teen pregnancy prevention is a priority for
Hartford
through the allocation of resources or the inclusion of teen pregnancy
prevention in programs and initiatives by 50% over the five year strategic
planning period.
- Annual
data collection strategies will demonstrate and document progress toward the
Hartford Action Plan goal for the 2010
Hartford
birth rates.
Key
Breaking the Cycle Initiatives
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