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Teenage Pregnancy,
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Appendix B: Expenditures
and Investments Cost Formulas
Expenditures Cost Formula.§ Advocates
for Youth used the following cost formula to calculate the total fiscal
year 1996 federal expenditures to support families in which the first
birth occurred while the mother was a teenager.
Fiscal Year 1996 Expenditures |
TOTAL |
Medicaid |
{[(Annual
number of adult Medicaid recipients eligible based
on AFDC status) x (Average annual Medicaid outlay
per AFDC adult)] + [(Annual number of child Medicaid
recipients eligible based on AFDC status) x (Average
annual Medicaid outlay per AFDC child)]} x (55%*) |
=
A |
Medicaid (Administrative
Costs)
|
(Medicaid
total administrative costs) x (55%*) |
=
B |
Aid
to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) |
(AFDC
expenditures) x (55%*) |
=
C |
Food
Stamp Program |
(Average
monthly number of Food Stamp recipients) x (Average
monthly Food Stamp allocation) x (% of AFDC recipients
also receiving Food Stamp Program) x (12 [months])
x (47%*) |
=
D |
Food
Stamp Program (Administrative
Costs)
|
(Food
Stamp Program total administrative costs) x (47%*) |
=
E |
Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC) |
(Total
WIC budget) x (55%*) |
=
F |
Social
Services Block Grant (SSBG) |
(Total
SSBG funding level) x (% of SSBG funds dedicated
to programs for pregnant and parenting teens) |
=
G |
Maternal
and Child Health Services Block Grant |
(Total
MCH budget) x (% of MCH budget dedicated to programs
for pregnant and parenting teens) |
=
H |
Adolescent
Family Life (AFL) Program |
(Total
AFL budget) x (% of AFL budget dedicated to programs
for pregnant and parenting teens) |
=
I |
Total Expenditures
= (A + B + C + D + E + F + G + H + I) |
Investments
Cost Formula. Advocates
for Youth used the following cost formula to calculate the total
fiscal year 1996 federal investments in the prevention
of teenage pregnancy.
Fiscal Year 1996 Investments |
TOTAL |
Medicaid |
(Total
Medicaid appropriations for family planning) x (%
recipients of Medicaid family planning who are teens) |
=
A |
Healthy
Schools, Healthy Communities (HSHC) |
(Total
HSHC appropriations dedicated to health education
in each site) x (Number of HSHC sites providing health
education) |
=
B |
|
Healthy
People 2000 (Preventive
Health and Health Services Block Grant) |
(Total
budget dedicated to Objective 5.1 of Healthy
People 2000) |
=
C |
Community
Health Center (CHC) Program |
(Total
CHC budget dedicated to implement GAPS) |
=
D |
Community
Coalition Partnership Program for the Prevention
of Teen Pregnancy (CCPPPTP) |
(Total
CCPPPTP grant awarded to each community) x (Number
of CCPPPTP communities) |
=
E |
National
Family Planning Program |
(Total
Title X appropriations) x (% recipients of Title
X services who are teens) |
=
F |
Maternal
and Child Health Services Block Grant |
(Total
MCH budget) x (% of MCH budget dedicated to teen
pregnancy prevention) |
=
G |
Adolescent
Family Life (AFL) Program |
(Total AFL budget) x (% of AFL budget dedicated to teen
pregnancy prevention) |
=
H |
Total Investments
=
(A + B + C + D + E + F + G + H) |
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§ The
expenditures cost formula is adapted from Expenditures
and Investments: Adolescent Pregnancy in the South, Volume
II (1997).
* Estimated
percent of recipients who were teens at the birth of
their first child and/or children of families begun by a teenage
birth.
Source/Citation:
Feijoo AN. Teenage Pregnancy,
the Case for Prevention: An Updated Analysis of Recent Trends & Federal
Expenditures Associated with Teenage Pregnancy. Washington, DC: Advocates
for Youth, 1999.
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