Policy

The Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy gives young people the opportunity to communicate directly with policymakers about teen pregnancy prevention and teen parenting issues. Policymakers make decisions that impact the life of every teen, but rarely do policymakers have the opportunity to hear what teens and teen parents think about the policies that impact them. The Alliance knows that more effective policies are created when policymakers talk with teens about the policies affecting these youth.

Listening to the voices of young people makes clear many of the challenges that they face, and how public policy can be best directed to ensuring the healthy development of teens, young families and their communities. To learn more about the stories of teens and teen parents across Massachusetts and to listen to them please visit our YouTube Channel.

Please review our fact sheets, budget recommendations, community by community data and policy statements to learn more about teen pregnancy and parenthood issues in your district and Massachusetts as a whole.