The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families’ (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) announces the availability of funds under the Title V Competitive Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program.
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of Palau
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/18/2023
Size of the Grant: $450,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details
The purpose of the Title V Competitive SRAE Program is to fund projects to exclusively implement education in sexual risk avoidance education (defined as voluntarily refraining from non-martial sexual activity). Eligible applicants are expected to submit plans for the implementation of sexual risk avoidance education.
Successful applicants are expected to submit program plans that agree to use medically accurate information referenced to peer-reviewed publications by educational, scientific, governmental, or health organizations; implement sexual risk avoidance curricula and/or strategies with an evidence-based approach integrating research findings with practical implementation that aligns with the needs and desired outcomes for the intended audience; and per the legislation, teach the benefits associated with self-regulation, success sequencing for poverty prevention, healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting sexual coercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors, such as underage drinking or illicit drug use without normalizing teen sexual activity.
The goal of the Title V Competitive SRAE Program is to provide messages to youth that normalize the optimal health behavior of avoiding non-marital sexual activity and other risky behaviors that increase the risk for teen sex. The following objectives of the Title V Competitive SRAE Program are to:
- Implement curricula that includes medically accurate information, based on adolescent learning and developmental theories for the age group receiving the education.
- Implement SRAE curricula and strategies that are culturally appropriate, recognizing the experiences of youth from diverse communities, backgrounds, and experiences.
- Teach risk avoidance skills through methods that do not normalize teen sexual activity
- Target services to youth ages 10 to 19.
SRAE Program Requirements
ACF requires applicants to review evidence-based approaches to determine whether the interventions can be adapted, subject to copyright restrictions, implemented with fidelity, and adhere to the core curriculum components to meet the requirements of programs designed for this grant. The selected interventions must be promising practices or have evidence of effectiveness with the target populations and adhere to the following requirements:
- Interventions and/or strategies selected must be medically accurate and complete; ageappropriate with regard to the developmental stage of the intended audience; and culturally appropriate, recognizing the experiences of youth from diverse communities, backgrounds, and experiences.
- SRA education must ensure the unambiguous and primary emphasis and context for each topic described below is a message to youth that normalizes the optimal health behavior of avoiding non-marital sexual activity.
In accordance with Title V Competitive SRAE legislation, interventions must address each of the following topics:
- The holistic, individual, and societal benefits associated with personal responsibility, selfregulation, goal setting, healthy decision-making, and a focus on the future.
- The advantage of refraining from non-marital sexual activity to improve the future prospects, and physical and emotional health of youth.
- The increased likelihood of avoiding poverty when youth attain self-sufficiency and emotional maturity before engaging in sexual activity.
- The foundational components of healthy relationships and their impact on the formation of healthy marriages and safe and stable families.
- How other youth risk behaviors, such as drug and alcohol usage, increase the risk for teen sex.
- 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.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $4,719,633
- Award Ceiling: $450,000
- Award Floor: $13,501
Project Period
24-month project period with two 12-month budget periods.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are limited to local organizations and entities, including faith-based organizations or consortia, with the capacity to develop and implement Title V Competitive SRAE projects in states and territories that did not accept FY2022 allocations for Title V State SRAE. Applicants located in and/or proposing to manage a project from an ineligible state cannot propose a project that serves an eligible state. The estimated award amount is based upon FY2023 funding available for Title V Competitive SRAE awards and is subject to change.
The NOFO includes the following entities as eligible applicants:
- 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)
- Non-profits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (other than institutions of higher education)
- Private institutions of higher education
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity.
Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity.
State/Territory are eligible Alaska, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, New Hemisphere, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of Palau
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