(7) 78 percent of white and 70 percent of Afri-
can American teenagers report that lack of commu-
nication between a teenage girl and her parents is 
frequently a reason a teenage girl has a baby. 
(8) One study found that the likelihood of teens 
having sex for the first time increased with the num-
ber of unsupervised hours teens have during a week. 
(9) After-school programs reduce teen risky be-
havior by involving teens in activities that provide al-
ternatives to sex. Teenage girls who play sports, for 
instance, are more likely to delay sex and have fewer 
partners and less likely to become pregnant. 
(10) After-school programs help prevent teen 
pregnancy by advancing good decision-making skills 
and providing teens health education and positive 
role models in a supervised setting. 
(11) Eight in 10 girls and six in 10 boys report 
that they wish they had waited until they were older 
to have sex. 
SEC. 3. EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR PREVENTING TEEN 
PREGNANCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may make grants to local educational agencies, 
State and local public health agencies, and nonprofit pri-
vate entities for the purpose of carrying out projects to 
provide education on preventing teen pregnancies. 
(b) PREFERENCE IN MAKING GRANTS.—In making 
grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to applicants that will carry out the projects under 
such subsection in communities for which the rate of teen 
pregnancy is significantly above the average rate of such 
pregnancies. 
(c) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—A grant may be 
made under subsection (a) only if the applicant for the 
grant meets the following conditions with respect to the 
project involved: 
(1) The applicant agrees that information pro-
vided by the project on pregnancy prevention will be 
age-appropriate, factually and medically accurate 
and complete, and scientifically-based. 
(2) The applicant agrees that the project will 
give priority to preventing teen pregnancies by— 
(A) encouraging teens to delay sexual ac-
tivity; 
(B) providing educational services and 
interventions for sexually active teens or teens 
at risk of becoming sexually active;
(C) educating both young men and women 
about the responsibilities and pressures that 
come along with parenting; 
(D) helping parents communicate with 
teens about sexuality; or 
(E) teaching young people responsible deci-
sion-making. 
(d) 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-
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. 
(e) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—With respect to the 
activities for which a grant under subsection (a) is author-
ized to be expended, such a grant may be made for a fiscal 
year only if the applicant involved agrees to maintain ex-
penditures of non-Federal amounts for such activities at 
a level that is not less than the level of such expenditures 
maintained by the entity for the fiscal year preceding the 
first fiscal year for which the entity received such a grant. 
(f) 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 
(3) submits to the Secretary, in the application 
under subsection (g), a plan for conducting the eval-
uations. 
(g) 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