Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

To prevent pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents, FYSB supports state, Tribal and community efforts to teach abstinence and contraceptive education.

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Programs

State Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP)

Through the State Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP), FYSB awards grants to state agencies to educate young people on both abstinence and contraception. With efforts toward preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, PREP targets young people who are:

  • Homeless
  • In foster care
  • Living in rural areas or areas with high teen birth rates
  • From minority groups (including sexual minorities)

PREP also supports pregnant youth and mothers under the age of 21.

For more info, please see the   PREP Fact Sheet (PDF)  For a list of grantees, please see the FYSB grantee map and the PREP grantee profiles.

Tribal Personal Responsibility Education Program

Trough the Tribal Personal Responsibility Education Program (Tribal PREP), FYSB awards grants to Tribes and Tribal communities to develop and implement proven and culturally appropriate abstinence and contraceptive education and adolescent pregnancy prevention programs among youth in native communities. Programs follow design guidelines similar to those of State PREP, but are specially designed to honor tribal needs, traditions, and cultures. Competitive grants are available to tribes to combat the disproportionately high rates of teen pregnancy and birth.

For more information, please see the Tribal PREP fact sheet. To find a grantee, please see the FYSB grantee map and the Tribal PREP grantee profiles.

Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Competitive Grants

Through the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Competitive Grants, FYSB awards grants to local organizations and entities to educate young people on both abstinence and contraception. With efforts toward preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, Competitive PREP targets young people who are:

  • Homeless
  • In foster care
  • Living in rural areas or areas with high teen birth rates
  • From minority groups (including sexual minorities)

Competitive PREP grants also support pregnant youth and mothers under the age of 21.

For more information, see the Competitive PREP fact sheet. For a list of grantees, please see the FYSB grantee map and Competitive PREP grantee profiles.

Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies Program (PREIS)

Through Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies Program (PREIS), FYSB supports research and demonstration projects that implement innovative strategies for preventing pregnancy among youths aged 10-19 years.

Successful projects focus on youth who are:

  • Homeless
  • In foster care
  • From racial and ethnic minority groups
  • Living in areas with high teen birth rates
  • Infected by HIV/AIDS
  • Pregnant
  • Mothers under the age of 21, along with their partners

For more information, please see the PREIS fact sheet. For a list of grantees, please see the FYSB grantee map and the PREIS grantee profiles.

Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program (General Departmental-Funded)

The purpose of the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program is to fund projects to implement sexual risk avoidance education that teaches participants how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity. SRAE Programs also teach the benefits associated with:

  • self-regulation
  • success sequencing for poverty prevention
  • healthy relationships
  • goal setting
  • resisting sexual coercion
  • avoiding dating violence
  • resisting youth risk behaviors such as:
    • underage drinking
    • illicit drug use

Grantees use an evidenced based approach and/or effective strategies to educate youth on how to avoid risks that could lead to non-marital sexual activity. SRAE projects are implemented using a Positive Youth Development (PYD) framework as part of risk avoidance strategies, to help participants build healthy life skills, develop individual protective factors that reduce risks, empower youth to make healthy decisions, and provide tools and resources to prevent, pregnancy and STI. Linking program participants to services provided by local community partners that support the safety and well-being of youth is also a key component to the program.

For more information, please see the SRAE (General Departmental-Funded) Fact Sheet. For a list of grantees, please see the FYSB grantee map and the GD SRAE grantee profiles.

Title V State Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Grant Program

The purpose of the Title V State Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program is to fund states and territories to implement education exclusively on sexual risk avoidance 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 youth risk behaviors such as drug and alcohol use without normalizing teen sexual activity.

States use an evidence-based approach and/or effective strategies to educate youth on the optimal health behavior of avoiding non-marital sexual activity and other risky behaviors. Title V State SRAE projects are implemented using a Positive Youth Development (PYD) framework as part of risk avoidance strategies to help participants develop healthy life skills, increase individual protective factors that reduce risks, make healthy decisions, engage in healthy relationships, and set goals that lead to self-sufficiency and marriage before engaging in sexual activity. Linking program participants to services provided by local community partners that support the safety and well-being of youth is also a key component of the program.

For more info, please see the Title V State SRAE Fact Sheet. For a list of grantees, please see the FYSB grantee map and the Title V State SRAE Profiles.

Title V Competitive Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Grant Program

The Title V Competitive Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Grant Program supports funding to projects that provide educational services for youth that normalizes the optimal health behavior of avoiding non-marital sexual activity. Title V Competitive SRAE Programs are designed to teach youth the benefits associated with:

  • personal responsibility
  • self regulation
  • goal setting
  • healthy decision-making
  • focusing on the future
  • preventing youth risk behaviors such as:
    • underage drinking
    • illicit drug use

Grantees use an evidence-based approach and/or effective strategies to educate youth on the optimal health behavior of avoiding non-marital sexual activity and other risky behaviors. Title V Competitive SRAE projects are implemented using a Positive Youth Development (PYD) framework as part of risk avoidance strategies to help participants develop healthy life skills, increase individual protective factors that reduce risks, make healthy decisions, engage in healthy relationships, and set goals that lead to self-sufficiency and marriage before engaging in sexual activity. Linking program participants to services provided by local community partners that support the safety and well-being of youth is also a key component of the program.

For more info, please see the Title V Competitive SRAE Fact Sheet. For a list of grantees, please see the FYSB grantee map and the Title V Competitive SRAE Profiles.

Additional Resources

The Exchange

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The Exchange: Advancing knowledge, collaboration, and partnerships to prepare teens for the future

The Exchange is your one-stop shop for Personal Responsibility Education Program and Sexual Risk Avoidance Education resources from FYSB, including webinars, tip sheets, infographics, training resources, and more.

The Exchange is an interactive destination for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program grantees, partners, and stakeholders to learn, connect, and increase the awareness, visibility, and impact of prevention education. We support organizations in their planning, delivery, and evaluation of APP programs that help prepare teens for the future by providing training and technical assistance, along with data-driven resources.

By connecting people and places, we aim to energize a network of youth-serving organizations to learn from each other’s successes and work together to tackle common challenges.

We Think Twice: Movement for Teens

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We Think Twice (WTT) is a social media campaign designed with teens for teens to help them live their best lives. WTT regularly delivers information, encouragement, tools, games, contests, and other “sticky” content to youth.

We Think Twice:

·         Delivers a comprehensive digital media campaign designed with youth for youth

·         Shifts perceptions and social norms

·         Supports resistance to negative peer pressure

·         Builds teens’ knowledge and skills to form healthy relationships, set goals for the future, and feel empowered to make healthy decisions

·         Supports the goals of FYSB’s Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program and their grantees

 

Encourage youth to get involved @WeThinkTwice , on Facebook & WTT Insiders .


Featured Resources

SNAP Exceptions for Youth Experiencing Homelessness and Exiting Foster Care

November 13, 2023

Food and shelter are critical to the well-being of youth and young adults who are often underserved or marginalized. This dear colleague letter provides information and resources on new exceptions from the Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents (ABAWD) time limits and work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This information can assist youth and young adults experiencing homelessness and transitioning out of foster care who are eligible for SNAP benefits.

Read SNAP Exceptions for Youth Experiencing Homelessness and Exiting Foster Care

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program FAQs: Flexibilities for Grantees Impacted by COVID-19

July 21, 2021

Several of FYSB's APP grantees have submitted questions related to flexibilities in programming, data collection, and the use of federal awarded funds in light of the COVID-19 situation. To address APP grantees' specific programmatic questions and concerns, FYSB has provided responses to several frequently asked questions.  

Read Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program FAQs: Flexibilities for Grantees Impacted by COVID-19

Competitive Personal Responsibility Education Program Grantee Profiles

April 10, 2017

This document provides information about Competitive Personal Responsibility Education Program Grantees.

Read Competitive Personal Responsibility Education Program Grantee Profiles

FY2019 State Personal Responsibility Education Program Awards

February 13, 2019

This table shows the State Personal Responsibility Education Program awards for FY2019.

Read FY2019 State Personal Responsibility Education Program Awards

FY2020 State Personal Responsibility Education Program Awards

May 8, 2020

This table shows the State Personal Responsibility Education Program awards for FY2020.

Read FY2020 State Personal Responsibility Education Program Awards

Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies (PREIS) Grantee Profiles

August 9, 2017

This document provides information about Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies Grantees.

Read Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies (PREIS) Grantee Profiles

Ensuring Medical Accuracy of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (APP) Programs: Grantee Webinar

April 6, 2017

FYSB sponsored a Medical Accuracy Review (MAR) webinar for PREIS and TPREP grantees. The webinar provided and overview of the MAR process and outlined the requirements. The webinar was held on March 21, 2017.

Read Ensuring Medical Accuracy of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (APP) Programs: Grantee Webinar

PREP Research and Evaluation Resources

August 16, 2017

Performance and evaluation projects document how PREP is implemented and who is served, assess program effectiveness, and spur on program innovation.

Read PREP Research and Evaluation Resources

Supporting Statewide Implementation of Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs: Findings from Four PREP Grantees

November 14, 2016

The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) published Supporting Statewide Implementation of Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs: Findings from Four PREP Grantees.

Read Supporting Statewide Implementation of Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs: Findings from Four PREP Grantees