GREENSBORO -- A buck-a-day -- that's the incentive being offered to young girls to keep them from getting pregnant...

Brown said she hopes the program, which pays $1 each day to 12-to-18-year-old girls, will keep them from getting pregnant. In addition to remaining pregnancy-free, the girls must also attend weekly meetings.

The program is funded by a four-year grant from the state...

Under the program, $7 is deposited into an interest-bearing college fund that the girls can collect once they graduate high school.

Some recent graduates earned more than $2,000 and are an inspiration to those still in the program...

If a girl drops out or gets pregnant, her money is divided among the other girls still in the program.

$1 dollar a day to not have sex or get pregnant; not much of an incentive in my view, when these same girls could probably get lots more by 'having' sex, or for that matter, getting pregnant (welfare).

I can see it now.  The young guys in high school hear about the $1 a day program and through the grapevine get word of who signed up for the program. Once the guy knows that, he knows the girl must 'need' money.  He than offers that girl 'more' money for 'having' sex with him.  All he has to do is offer her a condom and say, "Hey, you want to make an extra buck or two on top of that $1 you are getting from the program?"

The idea of putting $7 a week away for college in exchange for graduating from high school; now that I can agree with.  That is a good idea.

What happens if the girl graduates but ends up pregnant just before graduating?  Does she lose all that college money?  I don't think that would be fair.  Maybe they would give her a percentage of the money (subtracting that extra $1 a day sum)?  Anybody know?  I would hope so.  At least she graduated high school.

A lot of 'ifs' involved; but I like the goals.