The President’s budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 proposed a new Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) initiative to address the rising teen pregnancy rates by replicating evidence-based models and testing innovative strategies. The new Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) will coordinate its efforts with other Federal offices such as the Administration for Children and Families, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other appropriate HHS offices and operating divisions.

The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Pal-Tech a three-year contract to support the Office of Head Start (OHS) through the Head Start Resource Center (HSRC). Pal-Tech has been the contractor for HSRC – previously the National Head Start Training and Technical Assistance Resource Center – since 1996.

Pal-Tech has recently been awarded the Familiarization (FAM) Training for the United States Coast Guard Trailerable Aids to Navigation Boat (TANB). The 26-foot TANB is a high performance work boat for Aids to Navigation Teams (ANTs). Most work done by ANTs involves trailering the TANB to local boat ramps and launching to service the wide variety of structures and buoys for which ANTs are responsible.