The Indiana Department of Health’s Maternal and Child Health Division seeks to fund community-based organizations, local health departments, hospitals, and not-for-profit organizations within the state of Indiana to implement evidence-based or promising practice programs focused on teen pregnancy prevention and positive youth development.
Donor Name: Indiana Department of Health (IDOH)
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/09/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Foundation’s purpose of this request for applications (RFA) is to fund competitive grants for nonprofit organizations, local health departments, and health education entities within Indiana for the implementation of evidence-based pregnancy prevention programming. Programs should exclusively implement sexual risk avoidance education curricula to provide messaging to youth that normalizes voluntarily refraining from non-marital sexual activity while emphasizing the benefits associated with self-regulation, success sequencing, healthy relationships, and goal setting using a positive youth development framework. Applicants may also apply to implement the Teen Café Model in addition to an evidence-based curriculum. This funding is made available by the Family and Youth Services Bureau and the Indiana Department of Health, Maternal and Child Health Division (MCH)
Intentional focus should be considered on groups which are most at-risk, such as youth in or aging out of foster care, youth in the care of the child welfare system, idle youth (those who are not currently working or in school), school dropouts, youth living in poverty, youth in juvenile centers, youth who are a part of traditionally underserved racial or ethnic groups, LGBTQIA+ youth, and runaway or homeless youth.
Funding Areas
Projects start Oct. 1, 2024 and end Sept. 30, 2026, contingent upon availability of federal funding.
Priority Areas
Applicants will be required to:
- Provide an evidence-based or promising practice pregnancy prevention curricula program and, where appropriate, provide mentoring, counseling, and adult supervision to youth that encourages them to voluntarily refrain from sexual activity through a positive youth development approach
- Provide youth with skills needed to actively avoid risky behaviors and explain how alcohol and drug use increases vulnerability to risk
- Teach young people the definition of “consent” and “active consent” while emphasizing the importance of respect for others and that only “yes” means “yes”
- Teach the importance of attaining self-sufficiency before engaging in sexual activity
Eligibility Criteria
Applicant organization must:
- Be a non-profit organization (as defined by IRS tax determination), health department, hospital, school, or other health care-related entity
- Address all required priority areas (see below)
- Implement an evidence-based or promising-practice program
- Collaborate with traditional and nontraditional agencies or organizations
- Comply with contractual and financial requirements as listed in the budget instructions
For more information, visit IDOH.
