Advancing Equity in Adolescent Health through Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs and Services

Background
The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) promotes health across the reproductive lifespan through innovative, evidence-based sexual and reproductive health and family planning programs, services, strategic partnerships, evaluation, and research. The Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program is a national, evidence-based program that funds diverse organizations working to reach adolescents to improve sexual and reproductive health outcomes and promote positive youth development.

Grant Details
The grant aims to advance equity in adolescent health through the replication and scaling of medically accurate and age-appropriate evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs that have been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors. The initiative seeks to improve sexual and reproductive health outcomes, promote positive youth development, and advance health equity for adolescents, their families, and communities. The funding will support projects that focus on areas of greatest need and facing significant disparities by serving communities disproportionally affected by unintended teen pregnancy and STIs. Recipients are expected to engage in a planning period of up to 6 months to select EBPs that are the best fit for the youth and communities served, prepare all settings to implement selected EBPs to scale, and engage youth, parents/caregivers, and key community stakeholders.
Recipients should replicate EBPs with fidelity and quality in 3 or more settings, reaching communities with the greatest need. Additionally, recipients are required to review all materials used within the funded project for age appropriateness, medical accuracy, cultural and linguistic appropriateness, trauma-informed approaches, and inclusivity.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include diverse organizations working to reach adolescents to improve sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Recipients are expected to focus on areas of greatest need and facing significant disparities by serving communities disproportionally affected by unintended teen pregnancy and STIs. Projects should focus on serving youth who are at disproportionally affected by unintended teen pregnancies due to factors such as race, ethnicity, geography, or historical underserved or marginalized backgrounds.

Period of Performance
The period of performance is up to five years with funding ranging from $350,000 to $2 million per year. Recipients will have a six-month planning period during which they will finalize the selection of the EBPs that they will implement within their defined community and population.

Grant Value
$68.6 million is anticipated for an estimated 70 awards. The amount of funding an applicant may request ranges from $350,000 to $2 million per year for a period of up to five years.

Place of Performance
Projects should focus on serving communities disproportionally affected by unintended teen pregnancy and STIs. Recipients should have a defined community(ies), with clear geographic boundaries.