Welcome to Project Prevention

Our Mission

Project Prevention offers cash incentives to women that are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol to use long-term or permanent birth control.

Project Prevention is a national, 501 (C) 3 organization that has paid clients in 39 states and the District of Columbia.

Our mission is to reduce the number of substance exposed births to zero.

Because every baby deserves a sober start!

The Sad Reality

It is estimated that 11-15% of babies born in the United States are exposed to alcohol or drugs in utero (Poulsen, 1991.)

In 1992-93 221,000 women used illegal drugs during their pregnancy. (NIDA, 1996)

Nearly 3% of pregnant women use illicit drugs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003)

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Quote of the Month

Ernestine Pitts is 40, addicted to crack, and has just had her 17th child in 24 years. She's been in and out of rehab, eaten out of garbage cans when she was strung out, and straddled the line between the right and wrong paths.

Excerpt from Philadelphia Inquirer article written by Angela Couloumbis.

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