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46% of all voting-age women are unmarried, and 55% of all women not registered to vote are unmarried.
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The Value of Prevention

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2008 Federal Poverty Levels (WCCF)

May 6th: National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Tax Day 2007: A Day to Recognize the Value of Prevention
WAWH "Value of Prevention" Press Release 04/16/07
The Public Costs of Teen Childbearing Wisconsin

• Between 1991 and 2004, teen births in Wisconsin cost taxpayers a total of $2.8 billion.

• Teen childbearing in our state cost taxpayers at least $156 million in 2004 alone.

• A majority (62%) of these costs are borne by our state and local governments.

• On average, it costs $5,133 per birth for a child born to a teen mother 17 and younger.

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What Can You Do to Prevent Teen Pregnancy & Poverty?

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State of Working Wisconsin 2006 Report

Poverty Matters: Facing Poverty in Wisconsin

If Truth Be Told Report

The "What If?" Project

By the Numbers Report

Not Another Single Issue

Losing Ground: An Overview of Poverty, Income and Health Insurance Trends Among Women, 2000-2005
Health Disparities
What Are the Chances?

What are the chances of a child growing up in poverty if: (1) the mother gave birth as a teen, (2) the parents were unmarried when the child was born, and (3) the mother did not receive a high school diploma or GED.

*27% if one of these things happen.

*42% if two of these things happen.

*64% if three of these things happen.

But, if none of these things happen, a child's chance of growing up in poverty is 7%.

Vision 2020: End Child Poverty

Wisconsin is a great place to live and raise children, but not everyone shares in our economic prosperity. A staggering number of working families — more than 179,000 Wisconsin kids in 2005 — live below the poverty line. We can change that.

The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (WCCF), the Wisconsin Head Start Association and the Wisconsin Community Action Program Association (WISCAP) have joined forces for one common mission, one shared hope: the end of child poverty by 2020.
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