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NH Teen Pregnancy Center Closing Its Doors

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LEBANON, N.H. -

A residential program that serves teenage mothers in parts of New Hampshire and Vermont is closing its doors, in part because of declines in teen birthrates.
 
But the closing of Hannah House in Lebanon, N.H., will leave some teenagers without the social services they have come to depend on.
 
Nationwide teen pregnancies have been declining for two decades and New Hampshire and Vermont have had among the lowest rates of teen pregnancies in the country.
 
Hannah's House has rooms for six young women who are pregnant or are new mothers.
 
Vermont Public Radio reports that recently the house had only one resident.
 
Executive Director Randy Walker says the trend now is to place young mothers with relatives.
 
He says officials hope to save outreach programs.

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