The Administration for Children and Families is accepting applications for its Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program.
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: New Mexico
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 09/16/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The purpose of the Title V Competitive SRAE program is to competitively fund projects to implement sexual risk avoidance education that teaches youth to voluntarily refrain from sexual activity. The program is designed to teach youth personal responsibility, self-regulation, goal setting, healthy decision making, a focus on the future, and the prevention of risk behaviors such as drug and alcohol use, without normalizing teen sexual activity. Projects must do the following:
- Use medically accurate information referencing peer-reviewed publications by educational, scientific, governmental, or health organizations.
- Implement an evidence-based approach integrating research findings with practical strategies that align with the needs and desired outcomes for the intended audience.
- Teach the benefits associated with personal responsibility, self-regulation, goal setting, healthy decision making, and a focus on the future.
- Discourage sexual coercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors such as underage drinking or illicit drug use.
- Be culturally appropriate, recognizing the experiences of youth from diverse communities, backgrounds, and experiences.
- Normalize avoiding non-marital sexual activity.
- Be age-appropriate.
Funding Information
- Estimated total program funding: $529,812
- Minimum award amount for the first budget period (award floor): $250,000
- Maximum award amount for the first budget period (award ceiling): $350,000
Project Period
24 months
Eligibility Criteria
These types of entities may apply:
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits with a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
