71-3-701 - Project RAP Creation Services. - Tennessee Statutes

71-3-701. Project RAP Creation Services.

(a)  There is created within the department of children's services the responsible adolescent parenting project (also known as “Project RAP”).

(b)  The project shall include information, programs, counseling, and services:

     (1)  For teens who are pregnant with, or who have recently had, their first child; and

     (2)  For foster care teens.

(c)  Project RAP may also include information, programs, counseling and services for other teens at high risk of pregnancy. In administering the project, the department shall strive to improve the parenting skills of those Project RAP clients who are pregnant or who are recent first time parents. The department shall also strive to prevent unintended future pregnancies among the total Project RAP client population and to encourage all project participants to pursue and complete educational and vocational opportunities.

[Acts 1989, ch. 293, § 1; 1996, ch. 1079, § 182.]