This was the main recommendation of the Sure Start Plus National Evaluation: Final Report.
Advisers would be expected to build relationships with socially excluded young parents, negotiate with families and partners, and give advice.
There would be separate advisers for young men and women, and caseloads would be kept small so work could be fairly intensive.
Antonia Bance, campaigns officer at YWCA England & Wales, which is running a campaign about the problems faced by young mums, called the recommendation "an absolutely excellent idea".
She said the Sure Start Plus pilot, which has run in 20 areas of England since 2001, had led to better support for teenage parents and should be made available throughout the country.
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