Thinking Forward:HHS Competitive Abstinence

GrantFY 2015-2016

Southeast Community ResourcesAnd Partners

Grant Goal

• The purpose of the CAE program is to provide funding for additional tools to address the rates of teen

• pregnancy among adolescent youth who are at greatest risk ( black, latino, foster care youth) of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and

• most likely to bear children out of wedlock.

How will it get done?Grantees under this program will be expected to

develop a• targeted and medically accurate approach to

reducing teen pregnancies through abstinence education.

• focus on the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by teaching youth decision-making skills

• to delay initiation of sexual activity and engage in healthy relationships.

Positive Youth Development Strategy

• Promoting Healthy Transitions to Adulthood Through Positive Youth Development

• Promoting the behavioral health and social and emotional well-being of vulnerable young people through a strengths-based, positive youth development (PYD) approach.

• Historically, many programs concentrated on a specific problem behavior, like teen sexual activity, and involved narrowly focused interventions and educational activities for that problem.

• Increasing protective factors, however, has highlighted the important roles that multiple aspects of young people's attitudes, behaviors, relationships, and environments have in predicting problem behaviors like early sexual activity.

Thinking Forward

• Provide services to 200 6-8 graders to the Greater Baltimore and Chicago area (100 annually)

• Administrative and program staff hosted by faith congregations

• 9 month Saturday focused positive youth development program

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Program Structure• Abstinence & Health Education • Mentoring• Leadership development• Information and referral• Career planning and job shadowing• Tutoring and education support• Volunteer Recruitment• Real world exposure• Community service• Wrap-around youth development

Recruitment

• Recruit 100 youth annually • Recruitment will begin 2 months before the

start date • Using website, flyers, word of mouth, local

youth serving organizations including partner congregations and moa agencies

• At least two coed cadres of 25 will be conducted semi-annually.

Partnerships• Establish Partnership and MOA’s for participant

referrals and service providers with:• Public Schools, • Health Department’s,• Social Service Departments• Public Housing Authority• Mentoring Organizations• Chamber of Commerce• Arts and sports organizations

Abstinence Program & Curriculum

• The primary focus of this 5 month program will be ½ day 8 sessions September –December, February –May

• Led by site coordinator and leaders• Using xxxxxxxxx Curriculum• Youth community service project• After school tutoring available during

weekdays (academic enrichment)• Special events to cultural and sporting

events• Career exploration/ mentoring • Discussion panels and guest lecturers• Writing and expressing yourself

Congregational Role and Support

• Volunteer recruitment• Participant recruitment• Office space• Programmatic support• Sustainability • Fundraising • Community support

SECR’s Role

• Lead applicant• Manage and hire program staff• Training and technical assistance• Coordination of volunteers• Coordination of program activities• Reporting

Target population

• Middle schoolers 6 to 8th graders• Individuals at risk for teenage pregnancy • Individuals with generational teen

pregnancy • African-American and Latino youth

Community service

• Every class will identify, plan, lead and participate in a community service project to benefit their local community

Staff

• Project director-1• Site coordinators-2• Youth leaders- 4

Evaluation

• Recruitment• Graduation• School attainment • Participation in continuing activities• Understanding of std and pregnancy

prevention• Understanding of community resources

and services

Evaluación cont

• Participation in community service• Participation in post graduate activities• Number maintaining abstinence for 6

months or more• Number maintaining abstinence 1 year or

more

Need

• Teen pregnancy rates• Violence• Graduation

• Letter of support Chicago mayor• Letter of support baltimore mayor• Congressional Cummings • Pastors• Schools