Teen birth rate falls to a 36-year low in Vermilion County

DANVILLE – Fourteen-year-old Candace St. Pierre was pressured to have sex once, but she knew how to handle the situation.

"I was able to think about the conversations we had in Smart Moves, and I said, 'No,'" she said.

Candace participated in the Boys and Girls Club's Smart Moves program, which uses role-playing scenarios between boys and girls to teach the importance of abstinence, the negative consequences of being sexually active and how to deal with a challenge to have sex. It also addresses self-esteem issues.

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