SC Campaign Annual Report 2012-2013 December 2013 | Page 10

Research as
our Guide
Research has always been the guiding
force behind our work at the SC Campaign.
Here’s a sampling of what we have learned
in the past year.

SC has the

11th

highest

47%
decline

teen
birth rate
in the US

in South Carolina’s
teen birth rate
over the past two
decades

Nearly

60%

of South Carolinians

15 teens
age 15-19 give
birth every
day in SC

8 in10

agree the state
should fund
distribution of
contraceptives for
sexually active teens

73% of teen births
in South Carolina
are to
18-19 year olds

More than

South Carolinians

support sex education in schools that
emphasizes abstinence and teaches about
contraception
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PARTNERS IN PREVENTION
The Office of Adolescent Health has awarded Children’s
Trust of South Carolina (Children’s Trust) funding to
develop programs and services to support pregnant and
parenting teens in South Carolina. As the lead agency,
Children’s Trust will partner with the SC Campaign, The
Benefit Bank of South Carolina and the SC Center for
Fathers and Families to complete the project.
The majority of grant funds ($1.4 million W"