[영문]Ethnicity and racialised identity have been salient themes in USA research and policy on teenage parenthood, in contrast with the UK context. This article presents findings from interviews with professionals in support services for young parents, with three main conclusions. Firstly, appropriate data collection systems are not in place to establish whether minority young parents face specific barriers in accessing services. Secondly, professionals? accounts converge with young parents? accounts, emphasising age rather than ethnicity as shaping patterns of identification and stigmatisation. Lastly, professional ?ecologies of practice? exist in some tension with the homogenising emphasis of UK national policy discourses.