26:2-172 - Advisory council duties - New Jersey Statutes

26:2-172  Advisory council duties.

3.  It shall be the duty of the advisory council to:

a.  Review past policy proposals, including those contained in the 1988 report of the New Jersey Task Force on Adolescent Pregnancy;

b.  Develop policy proposals for the State to prevent adolescent pregnancy, reduce out-of-wedlock births among adolescents and improve services to at-risk, pregnant, and parenting adolescents;

c.  Assist with and promote a coordinated and comprehensive approach to the social, economic, and health problems of adolescent pregnancy and parenthood among public and private groups;

d.  Collect information on ongoing and new efforts aimed at  preventing adolescent pregnancy and improving services to at-risk, pregnant, and parenting adolescents;

e.  Promote and encourage broad community input, communication and education regarding adolescent pregnancy;

f.  Provide advice to local public and private agencies and schools seeking to mobilize local efforts designed to prevent adolescent pregnancies and assist adolescent parents; and

g.  Coordinate activities generated by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and the Family Planning Program in the State Department of Health and Senior Services.

L.1997,c.229,s.3.