93.787: Title V Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program (Discretionary Grants)

93.787

Active

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) [HHS]

Sept. 12, 2022

Sept. 12, 2022

The purpose of the Title V Competitive SRAE Program is to fund projects to implement education exclusively on sexual risk avoidance that teaches youth participants to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity. Title V Competitive SRAE is a prevention education program targeted to youth ages 10 to 19. Eligible applicants are expected to submit plans for the implementation of sexual risk avoidance education that normalizes the optimal health behavior of avoiding non-marital sexual activity. The program is designed to teach youth the holistic and individual societal benefits associated with personal responsibility; self-regulation; goal setting; healthy decision-making; a focus on future goals; and how other youth risk behaviors, such as drug and alcohol usage, increase the risk for teen sex. Programmatic services must be medically accurate and complete; age-appropriate; based on adolescent learning and developmental theories for the age group receiving the education; and culturally appropriate, recognizing the experiences of youth from diverse communities, backgrounds, and experiences. Education on sexual risk avoidance must address each of the following topics: (A) The holistic individual and societal benefits associated with personal responsibility, self-regulation, goalsetting, healthy decision making, and a focus on the future. (B) The advantage of refraining from non-marital sexual activity to improve the future prospects and physical and emotional health of youth. (C) The increased likelihood of avoiding poverty when youth attain self-sufficiency and emotional maturity before engaging in sexual activity. (D) The foundational components of healthy relationships and their impact on the formation of healthy marriages and safe and stable families. (E) How other youth risk behaviors, such as drug and alcohol usage, increase the risk for teen sexual activity. (F) How to resist and avoid, and receive help regarding, sexual coercion and dating violence, recognizing that even with consent teen sex remains a youth risk behavior.

B - Project Grants (Discretionary)

Eligible applicants for FY2021 awards are limited to local organizations and entities or consortia with the capacity to develop and implement Title V Competitive SRAE projects in states and territories that did not accept Title V State SRAE funding. Applicants located in and/or proposing to manage a project from an ineligible state cannot propose a project that serves an eligible state. Funds are not available for FY2021 new awards in Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as a portion of FY2021 allocations will be used to fund the second year of the two-year project of competitive grants awarded in FY2020. Eligible applicants for FY021 new awards are organizations and entities, including faith-based organizations or consortia, in the following states and territories: Alaska, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau.

Title V Competitive SRAE discretionary grant program will fund organizations to provide youth ages 10 to 19 with education on sexual risk avoidance (voluntarily refraining from sexual activity) and other risky behaviors.

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