2515-A - Administration.

NY Pub Health L § 2515-A (2019) (N/A)
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(a) stress the development and expansion of primary prevention programs aimed at decreasing the incidence of adolescent pregnancy, and the establishment of a comprehensive and coordinated approach to prevent initial and repeated pregnancy and to deal more effectively with the consequences associated with adolescent parenting;

(b) serve a geographic area where there is a large number of eligible adolescents, or a high rate of adolescent pregnancy;

(c) serve a geographic area where the incidence of infant mortality, low birth weight infants, childhood obesity and the prevalence of low-income families are high and where the availability or accessibility of services for eligible adolescents is low;

(d) utilize existing community resources; and

(e) maximize the use of federal, or other state, private and local resources.