TITLE 
IV—DEMONSTRATION 
GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE CRE-
ATIVE APPROACHES TO TEEN 
PREGNANCY PREVENTION 
SEC. 401. DEMONSTRATION GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE CRE-
ATIVE APPROACHES TO TEEN PREGNANCY 
PREVENTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to several public or nonprofit private entities for the pur-
pose of assisting the entities in demonstrating innovative 
approaches to prevent teen pregnancies. 
(b) CERTAIN APPROACHES.—Approaches under sub-
section (a) may include approaches such as the following: 
(1) Encouraging teen-driven approaches to 
pregnancy prevention. 
(2) Exposing teens to realistic simulations of 
the physical, emotional, and financial consequences 
of pregnancy and parenting. 
(3) Facilitating communication between parents 
and children, especially using programs that have 
been evaluated and proven effective. 
(c) MATCHING FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the costs of 
the project to be carried out under subsection (a) by 
an applicant, a grant may be made under such sub-
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section only if the applicant agrees to make available 
(directly or through donations from public or private 
entities) non-Federal contributions toward such 
costs in an amount that is not less than 25 percent 
of such costs ($1 for each $3 of Federal funds pro-
vided in the grant). 
(2) DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT
CONTRIB-
UTED.—Non-Federal contributions required in para-
graph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evalu-
ated, including plant, equipment, or services. 
Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or 
services assisted or subsidized to any significant ex-
tent by the Federal Government, may not be in-
cluded in determining the amount of such non-Fed-
eral contributions. 
(d) EVALUATION OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall 
establish criteria for the evaluation of projects under sub-
section (a). A grant may be made under such subsection 
only if the applicant involved— 
(1) agrees to conduct evaluations of the project 
in accordance with such criteria; 
(2) agrees to submit to the Secretary such re-
ports describing the results of the evaluations as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate; and 
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(3) submits to the Secretary, in the application 
under subsection (e), a plan for conducting the eval-
uations. 
(e) APPLICATION
FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 
made under subsection (a) only if an application for the 
grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 
is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 
such agreements, assurances, and information, including 
the agreements under subsections (c) and (d) and the plan 
under subsection (d)(3), as the Secretary determines to 
be necessary to carry out this section. 
(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than April 1, 
2013, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report 
describing the extent to which projects under subsection 
(a) have been successful in reducing the rate of teen preg-
nancies in the communities in which the projects have 
been carried out. Such reports shall describe the various 
approaches used under subsection (a) and the effective-
ness of each of the approaches. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized 
to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2008 through 2012. 
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