Teenage Girls in the Child Welfare System Report High Rates of Risky Sexual Activity and Pregnancy [www.acf.hhs.gov]

Leslie Lieberman 9/4/149:06 AM

A June 2014 report from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families finds that adolescent girls involved with child welfare services are at especially high risk of harmful sexual behaviors and negative outcomes. In addition, forced sex is prevalent for this population. According to the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, 3 years after the index report of maltreatment,

almost a third of girls aged 18 to 20 had experienced forced sex,one in eight had unforced sex at age 13 or younger, and almost half had a pregnancy.These risks are more than double those observed in the general population of teenage girls. The full report is attached.

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