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October 9, 2007

HHS Announces $7.8 Million for New Adolescent Family Life Prevention
Demonstration Grant Projects

The Office of Populations Affairs of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) today announced evaluation-intensive Adolescent Family Life (AFL) Prevention
Demonstration Grants totaling $7.8 million over five years based on performance and
availability of funds.

Adolescent Family Life (AFL) prevention demonstration programs implement and
evaluate innovative approaches to the delivery of abstinence education activities and
services targeting youth 9-18. AFL prevention projects are also required to have a strong
education component for parents to assist them in helping their children remain abstinent.

“These programs have proposed innovative methods of teaching and supporting kids in
making a decision to abstain from sex until marriage, by providing an array of
educational and supportive activities to youth and their parents,” said Johanna Nestor,
director of the AFL program.

The new AFL grantees have dedicated over 20-25 percent of their budgets for evaluation
activities. Evaluation activities include having a viable comparison group strategy, using
the AFL core data instrument for both treatment and comparison groups, and longitudinal
follow-up of the target population. Programs are required to use an independent
evaluator affiliated with a college or university in the grantee’s state. Through these
efforts, community-based projects aim to find effective means, within the context of the
family, to promote premarital abstinence.

To help youth remain abstinent, programs intend to equip youth with skills to enable
them to make healthy choices. These programs take into account how youth develop
physically and emotionally and seek to provide developmentally appropriate educational
and supportive services.

Additional information about the AFL program can be found at:
http://opa.osophs.dhhs.gov/.

Organization: Program Reach 
Location: Bronx, New York
Program Description: This program will serve 600 4th – 6th grade students per year in
the Yonkers Public Schools. Healthy Respect Character
Education (HREP), tutoring and dance classes along with parent
workshops will be offered
Amount Funded: $475,000

Organization: Colorado State University
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Program Description: This program will target the family unit and will serve an
estimated 300 adolescents, 300 parents and 800 siblings. The
Care to Wait program offers abstinence and character education
workshops to the entire family to help strengthen parent
influence in the lives of their children.
Amount Funded: $410,843

Organization: Public HealthAuthority of Cabarrus County
Location: Kannapolis, NC
Program Description: This program will target an estimated 350 7th grade students
with the Worth the Wait curriculum and multiple youth
development activities. The program will follow this group of
students through 8th and 9th grades.
Amount Funded: $475,000

Organization: Vista Community Clinic
Location: Vista, CA 
Program Description: The Junior REACH (Recreation, Employment readiness, Academic
Achievement, Communication Skills, and Health Lifestyles) will
serve an estimated 225 youth ages 9-12 years old. The afterschool
program uses a strong abstinence curriculum in addition
to supporting activities.
Amount Funded: $475,000

Organization: Catholic Healthcare West, dba Northridge Hospital Center
Location: Northridge, CA
Program Description: An estimated 450 children in the 7th and 8th grades will receive a
multi-faceted abstinence education program in the classroom.
The target population is primarily Hispanic. High school students
will facilitate the classes. Parent nights and theater productions
will also be offered.
Amount Funded: $457,566

Organization: Demoiselle 2 Femme, NFP
Location: Chicago, IL 
Program Description: This project will offer a comprehensive youth development
program with a deep focus on abstinence education. The project
will target African American girls ages 14-19 in an after-school
setting with the PRIDE curriculum. Supportive activities will be
offered such as retreats, college tours and mentoring.
Amount Funded: $475,000

Organization: Friends First 
Location: Littleton, CO
Program Description: An estimated 400 students and 300 parents will services from
this new project. The Quinceanera program will target 12-15
year old adolescents with abstinence education. Their families
will also be involved. The STAR mentoring program will provide
adult mentors as well
Amount Funded: $474,800

Organization: Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse
Location: Syracuse, NY
Program Description: This project will implement the Choices Enhanced program which
will work on parent-child connectedness and will teach the
Families United to Prevent Teen Pregnancy curriculum.
Supportive activities will also be offered. An estimated 225
youth per year will be targeted.
Amount Funded: $474,998

Organization: Lake County Health Department
Location: Waukegan, IL
Program Description: This project will implement the FOCUS program which includes
abstinence education, parent sexual health education workshops
and support, parent-child connectedness activities and positive
future orientation. It will target 180 6th-8th grade students and
their parents. Participants will be primarily Latino or African
American.
Amount Funded: $475,000

Organization: Adolescent and Family Comprehensive Services, Inc.
Location: Bronx, NY 
Program Description: The FLAP (Family Life Abstinence Project) will provide services
through classroom instruction and after-school sessions that will
allow youth to acquire knowledge and skills that will instill the
important message of abstinence from premarital activities. The
population will be predominately African American and Hispanic
and an estimated 1,000 youth will be served
Amount Funded: $475,000

Organization: Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley
Location: Dayton, OH 
Program Description: The “Teens Making a Choice” program will target youth who are
involved with the child protection agency. The Wait Training
curriculum in combination with strong supportive activities will
be implemented. An estimated 100 students will be served per
year with intensive services.
Amount Funded: $470,735

Organization: Prima Prevention Partnership
Location: Tucson, AZ 
Program Description: The “Families’ Trust” program will expand existing abstinence
education services to include a parental component, familial
component, mental health/counseling and parent-child
resources. The Choosing the Best curriculum will be used and
an estimated 800 students and 200 parents will be served.
Amount Funded: $421,741

Organization: Austin Learning Academy
Location: Austin, TX 
Program Description: This project will offer an intensive after-school abstinence
education program in four Austin middle schools. Abstinence
education, asset building activities, tutoring/homework
assistance and monthly family workshops will also be
implemented.
Amount Funded: $473,000

Organization: Healthy Connections, Inc.
Location: Mena, AR 
Program Description: This project will incorporate multiple strategies to promote
abstinence: in-school curriculum (Choosing the Best), parent
activities and education, community service projects, community
needs projects and case management will also be implemented
to support youth who are remaining abstinent. An estimated
100 students per year will be targeted.
Amount Funded: $428,941

Organization: HOPE Worldwide 
Location: Baltimore, MD
Program Description: The Healthy Communities Baltimore (HBC) will implement the
Positive Youth Choice abstinence education curriculum,
mentoring activities and academic support for an estimated 200
students per year. These activities will be implemented in local
YMCA’s
Amount Funded: $474,955

Organization: Fifth Ward Enrichment Program, Inc.
Location: Houston, TX
Program Description: An estimated 200 youth will be served using various abstinence
curricula, civic engagement and leadership development, parent
engagement and education as well as life skills training. This
project specifically targets young African American males.
Amount Funded: $475,000

Organization: Augusta Partnership for Children, Inc.
Location: Augusta, GA
Program Description: Approximately 1,000 7th-11th grade students will receive the
Choosing the Best curricula. A sub-set of this number will
receive after-school programming, parent education activities,
and peer mentoring opportunities.
Amount Funded: $419,439