Teen Parent Program

SAISD has developed a program that is designed to improve school attendance, increase graduation rates, and enhance parenting skills for students who are pregnant and/or parenting and at risk of dropping out of school utilizing program objectives that include as a minimum.

The Teen Parenting Program offers a variety of programs for students, such as:

• Individual counseling, peer counseling and self-help programs;
• Career counseling and job-readiness training;
• Child care for the students’ children on the campus or at a child care facility in close proximity to the campus;
• Transportation for children of students to and from the campus or child care facility;
• Instruction related to knowledge and skills in child development, parenting, and home and family living; and

Assistance to students in the program in obtaining available services from government agencies or community service organizations, including prenatal and postnatal health and nutrition programs.

Funding sources include:

• Pregnancy Related Services
• McKinney Vento Homeless
• Special Education Funds
• Career and Technology
• State Compensatory Education Funds
• Federal Title I Funds