State Abstinence Until Marriage—Emerging Programs RFP Grant

The State Abstinence Until Marriage—Emerging Programs funding aims to support innovative programs that promote Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE). Designed for organizations not yet validated by evidence-based data, it encourages new outreach methods and activities in priority areas. Key criteria include a focus on local service area organizations and the use of consistent curriculum for no more than three years, ensuring unique approaches to abstinence education.

Description
The State Abstinence Until Marriage—Emerging Programs funding is intended for programs or organizations that have not reached the level of evidence-based data to show validation of activity related to Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE), but that have apparent potential to accomplish the goals of abstinence education. Criteria used to identify qualifying emerging programs include, but are limited to,
New, innovative outreach methods, not previously used in SRAE.New outreach activities in priority areas of the state.Novel programs that use local service area organizations designed to increase sexual risk avoidance.Use of the same curriculum for no more than 3 years.