Narrative: e.

Colorado has established goals and taken action to prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies, with special emphasis on teenage pregnancies, and established numerical goals for reducing the illegitimacy ratio. Colorado works with county departments of human/social services and educational and health agencies to reduce the out-of-wedlock birth rate, with a special emphasis on teenage pregnancies. Specifically, all Colorado residents are eligible to receive services intended to reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies and/or encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families if paid exclusively with federal TANF funds. The federally funded Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) intends to decrease teen pregnancies through the implementation of sexual health education that is evidence-based, age appropriate, trauma informed, and comprehensive. The funding also requires that PREP grantees address at least three of the six federally outlined Adult Preparation Subjects: financial literacy, adolescent development, employment and education goals, healthy life skills, healthy relationships, and/or adult/child communication. These can be addressed via components of the evidence based curricula, or by the implementation of additional curricula designed to address these specific topics. Colorado PREP grantees utilize a two-generational approach to ensure that both the youth involved in PREP curricula, and the trusted adults in their lives receive information and education on the prevention of STIs, HIV and untimely pregnancy. All programming aligns with the requirements outlined in the Colorado Human Sexuality Education legislation, HB19-1032.