Seventy-nine organizations that educate youth on sexual risk avoidance, which includes voluntarily refraining from sexual activity, were awarded $31.63 million this week. Announced by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families at HHS’ Administration for Children and Families, the funding is for groups helping young adults make healthy decisions in life.
“Our goal is that all young people have access to prevention education services that promote the success sequence of graduating from high school, getting a full-time job and waiting until marriage to have children,” said Elizabeth Darling, Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families. “Funding for programs that educate youth on avoiding non-marital sex and other risky behaviors by teaching them to focus their efforts on making healthy decisions and setting goals that lead to self-sufficiency and success in life is critical.”
The Title V Competitive Sexual Risk Avoidance Education program is designed to teach youth personal responsibility, self-regulation, goal setting, healthy decision-making, establishing future goals, and how other youth risk behaviors, such as drug and alcohol use, increase the risk for teen sex. Similarly, the General Departmental-funded Sexual Risk Avoidance Education projects will provide youth with strategies to help them set goals that lead to self-sufficiency and marriage before engaging in sexual activity.
The Title V Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program is authorized and funded by Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 710), as amended by Section 50502 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Pub. L. No. 115-123) and extended by Section 3821 of the CARES Act, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-136).
General Departmental-funded Sexual Risk Avoidance Education is authorized by Section 1110 of the Social Security Act, (42 U.S.C. § 1310), and specifically by the appropriation for General Departmental Management for the Office of the Secretary under Division A, Title II of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, (Pub. L. No. 116-94).
The following organizations received the Title V Competitive Sexual Risk Avoidance Education grants (in those states or territories that did not accept State Title V funding in FY20), and are funded for the period of September 30, 2020 through September 29, 2022:
|
Grantee |
City |
State |
Award |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Grace Health Care, Inc.** |
Pago Pago |
AS |
$67,531.00 |
|
Able Works** |
East Palo Alto |
CA |
$450,000.00 |
|
Another Choice Another Chance** |
Sacramento |
CA |
$402,976.00 |
|
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Redlands-Riverside** |
Redlands |
CA |
$344,032.00 |
|
California Youth Partnership** |
Redding |
CA |
$449,998.00 |
|
CityServe Network** |
Bakersfield |
CA |
$450,000.00 |
|
Corona Life Services** |
Corona |
CA |
$450,000.00 |
|
EntreNous Youth Empowerment Services, Inc.** |
Compton |
CA |
$450,000.00 |
|
First Assembly of God of Victorville** |
Victorville |
CA |
$450,000.00 |
|
Office of Samoan Affairs of California** |
Los Angeles |
CA |
$450,000.00 |
|
RealOptions** |
San Jose |
CA |
$450,000.00 |
|
Shores of Hope |
West Sacramento |
CA |
$250,000.00 |
|
Stay Focused |
Bakersfield |
CA |
$449,848.00 |
|
The Obria Group, Inc. |
Tustin |
CA |
$450,000.00 |
|
Worship Centre Church** |
Fowler |
CA |
$450,000.00 |
|
Nehemiah Gateway Community Development Corporation |
Wilmington |
DE |
$166,938.00 |
|
1960** |
Richton Park |
IL |
$450,000.00 |
|
Abstinence & Marriage Education Resources, Inc. |
Mount Prospect |
IL |
$450,000.00 |
|
Abstinence & Marriage Education Resources, Inc. |
Mount Prospect |
IL |
$450,000.00 |
|
MYSI Corporation** |
Chicago |
IL |
$430,500.00 |
|
Future Leaders Outreach Network |
Kansas City |
KS |
$235,228.00 |
|
Young Women On The Move, Inc.** |
Kansas City |
KS |
$226,903.00 |
|
Fish Out of Water Career Development Center, Inc.** |
Fayetteville |
NC |
$449,655.00 |
|
The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education** |
Raleigh |
NC |
$450,000.00 |
|
The C.W. Williams Community Health Center, Inc. |
Charlotte |
NC |
$445,938.00 |
|
Northern Lights Youth Services, Inc. |
Hillsboro |
ND |
$120,133.00 |
|
Beyond Visions, Inc. |
St. Thomas |
VI |
$36,864.00 |
|
Wyoming Families First |
Cheyenne |
WY |
$80,534.00 |
|
Total |
$10,007,078.00 |
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The following organizations are recipients of the General Departmental-funded Sexual Risk Avoidance Education grants for the period of September 30, 2020 through September 29, 2023:
|
Grantee |
City |
State |
Award |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Intersections, Inc. |
Pago Pago |
AS |
$415,841 |
|
Pacific Youth and Community Development** |
Pago Pago |
AS |
$445,834 |
|
Arizona Youth Partnership |
Tucson |
AZ |
$445,834 |
|
Catholic Charities Community Services, Inc.** |
Phoenix |
AZ |
$370,766 |
|
Child & Family Resources Inc.** |
Tucson |
AZ |
$445,834 |
|
East Los Angeles Community Union |
Los Angeles |
CA |
$445,834 |
|
PRO Youth and Families, Inc. |
Sacramento |
CA |
$407,035 |
|
Center for Relationship Education** |
Denver |
CO |
$445,718 |
|
Life Network** |
Colorado Springs |
CO |
$445,834 |
|
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary)** |
Denver |
CO |
$434,422 |
|
Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area, Inc. |
Washington |
DC |
$393,481 |
|
Be Strong International, Inc. |
Miami |
FL |
$445,834 |
|
E3 Family Solutions, Inc.** |
Bushnell |
FL |
$445,834 |
|
Gang Alternative, Inc.** |
Little Haiti |
FL |
$445,834 |
|
Life-Skills, Empowerment and Development Services (Leads), Inc.** |
Largo |
FL |
$445,057 |
|
Live the Life Ministries, Inc. |
Tallahassee |
FL |
$402,927 |
|
Recapturing the Vision International Inc.** |
Pinecrest |
FL |
$444,252 |
|
Trinity Church, Inc. |
Miami |
FL |
$445,834 |
|
Unity Family Community Center, Inc.** |
Williston |
FL |
$425,328 |
|
Columbus Wellness Center Outreach & Prevention Project, Inc. |
Columbus |
GA |
$419,810 |
|
Family Wellness Outreach Center of Georgia** |
Albany |
GA |
$445,834 |
|
More Than Conquerors Inc.** |
Conyers |
GA |
$443,655 |
|
Wholistic Stress Control Institute, Inc. (WSCI) |
Atlanta |
GA |
$397,536 |
|
West Care Pacific Islands, Inc.** |
Hagatna |
GU |
$445,834 |
|
Family Legacy Foundation** |
Chicago |
IL |
$300,000 |
|
Clarity of South Central Indiana Inc.** |
Columbus |
IN |
$371,387 |
|
PATH, Inc. |
Portage |
IN |
$445,834 |
|
Safe Havynn Education Center** |
Slidell |
LA |
$445,056 |
|
John Hopkins University** |
Baltimore |
MD |
$444,266 |
|
Future Leaders Outreach Network |
Kansas City |
MO |
$445,834 |
|
The Curators of the University of Missouri-St. Louis** |
St. Louis |
MO |
$445,834 |
|
CNMI Public School System** |
Saipan |
MP |
$341,256 |
|
Strategic Solutions for Families Inc.** |
Booneville |
MS |
$346,761 |
|
Diaspora Community Services** |
Brooklyn |
NY |
$445,834 |
|
New York University** |
New York |
NY |
$445,357 |
|
Sunset Park Health Council Inc.** |
Brooklyn |
NY |
$437,740 |
|
Operation Keepsake |
Twinsburg |
OH |
$444,612 |
|
The RIDGE Project, Inc. |
McClure |
OH |
$445,834 |
|
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma** |
Durant |
OK |
$444,520 |
|
Pregnancy Alternatives Center** |
Lebanon |
OR |
$445,834 |
|
Crisis Pregnancy Center of the Lehigh Valley |
Allentown |
PA |
$445,834 |
|
The Children's Council** |
Lancaster |
PA |
$334,829 |
|
Universidad Central del Caribe** |
Bayamon |
PR |
$445,831 |
|
Pee Dee Healthy Start, Inc.** |
Florence |
SC |
$445,834 |
|
South Dakota Department of Health |
Pierre |
SD |
$300,000 |
|
Change Happens |
Houston |
TX |
$445,834 |
|
Community Action Corporation of South Texas** |
Alice |
TX |
$351,715 |
|
Seasons of Change, Inc.** |
Arlington |
TX |
$445,834 |
|
Texas State University** |
San Marcos |
TX |
$421,875 |
|
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston** |
Houston |
TX |
$445,555 |
|
Mission West Virginia, Inc. |
Hurricane |
WV |
$445,834 |
|
Total |
$21,574,936 |
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**NOTE: These indicate first time Sexual Risk Avoidance awardees.
For additional information about the Title V Competitive Sexual Risk Avoidance Education and General Departmental-funded Sexual Risk Avoidance Education programs, please visit: /fysb/programs/adolescent-pregnancy-prevention.
Quotes
“Our goal is that all young people have access to prevention education services that promote the success sequence of graduating from high school, getting a full-time job and waiting until marriage to have children."— Elizabeth Darling, commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families
“Funding for programs that educate youth on avoiding non-marital sex and other risky behaviors by teaching them to focus their efforts on making healthy decisions and setting goals that lead to self-sufficiency and success in life is critical.”— Elizabeth Darling, commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families
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