According to the Center for Disease Control, only 50% of teen mothers receive a high school diploma, compared to the 90% graduation rate of teen girls without children.
A whopping 1/3 of American YouthWorks’ students are pregnant or parenting; this makes them more likely to drop out. As a solution, we created our parent and child development center for moms and dads just like Stephanie. It costs more for our school to operate a child care facility, but we think it’s worth it. You see, contrary to what many people believe about teen parents, we’ve learned that the young moms and dads in our program are some of our most motivated students!
The last two valedictorians at American YouthWorks have been parents. In fact, many say that their own children are the reason they want to finish high school; they want to be positive role models and stable providers.
We need your help to keep our teen parents, like Stephanie, in school!
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| Stephanie and her son |
Stephanie said, “sometimes when teenagers get pregnant, they drop out of high school, but I don’t see it that way. I want to graduate, go to college and give my kids a better life than I had. My parents didn’t graduate high school and they always struggled to find jobs and earn a living. I don’t want to go through that with my kids. I want to be someone in life.”
Your investment in our parent and child development center will ensure that moms and dads, just like Stephanie, get the better life they are striving for. Without our child care facility, many parenting students would drop out of high school. Your generous gift will help our students earn their critically important high school diploma, graduate with job skills and build a healthy, happy family.
Please, donate today. Give our students the opportunity to be bright, productive members of our community!
| We can accept your gift through our secure online cart, powered by eTapestry. Or you can mail a check to American YouthWorks, 1901 E. Ben White Blvd., Austin, TX 78741 and put “child care” in the memo line. Call Rachel at 512-744-1904 if you would like to speak to someone about donating. |
