It helps young parents set goals and follow through to achieve them. It also pays for child care and transportation to school for those parents who receive AFDC cash assistance. Teen Mother Program Alternative program in the Quincy Public Schools. Pregnant teenagers attend this special class for one or two semesters and then return to their regular program. They participate in their regularly assigned classes plus a parenting class.
Day care is available on-site and each student works in the nursery one hour a day.
Special effort is made to encourage the teen mother's success in school and her success in parenting. Students must be in the high school age range in order to participate. Students come to take classes at the center while their child receives free daycare services. Quincy Conference Annual education conference will be held at Quincy High School with special seminars at the Early Childhood and Family Center and Baldwin Intermediate School. Conference will include keynote speakers from different states and address a variety of topics.