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The present report focuses on the results of one of the earliest intervention programs for low-income pregnant adolescents. The program was designed to provide under one roof
intensive medical, educational, social and psychological services. Traditionally, there has been a great deal of risk for both the adolescent mother and her infant. The results of this study demonstrate that given a reasonable opportunity, individuals who are in a high risk category and supposedly uninterested will respond. Medical complications and prenatal and perinatal mortality were reduced while individuals made considerable educational progress and aimed for further achievement.