North Carolina program pays girls not to get pregnant

The program pays $1 a day to girls ages 12-to-17 not to get pregnant. Recent graduates of the program have cashed in more than $2,000.

The program is designed to keep girls from getting pregnant, get them to graduate high school and lastly, get them enrolled in college. Funded by a four-year state grant, the program pays each girl $7 a week not to get pregnant and attend mandatory meetings. The money is deposited into a college savings account. The program was started by Hazel Brown and a group called College-bound Sisters at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Brown says this program makes the dreams of young girls possibly. Nearly 100 per cent of the girls who finish the program go on to graduate college.