March 30, 2007
Media Stories
Maryville Middle Students Win Abstinence Poster Contest
The Maryville (TN) Daily Times, March 28, 2007
States Turn Down Abstinence-Only Grants
Education Week News, March 28, 2007
Why a Happy Marriage is the Best Stressbuster of All
The London Evening Standard, March 23, 2007
Victory for Faith-Based Groups Partnering With the Government
Christian Newswire, March 21, 2007
Girls' Fertility Chartbook Stirs Debate
The Washington Post, March 20, 2007
Budget Writer Pushes More Money for Marriage Training
Austin (TX) American-Statesman, March 19, 2007
The Wide Spectrum of Sex-Ed Courses
The Washington Post, March 18, 2007
Just Don't ‘Do It,' Teens Advised, Health Teacher Says Abstinence Cool
North Jersey Herald, March 17, 2007
Dad’s Your Date at This Prom [Video Clip]
The Today Show (NBC), March 16, 2007
Abstinence: The New Pink?
The Harvard University Crimson, March 14, 2007
Comic Book Warns About Statutory Rape
Associated Press, March 11, 2007
Abstinence Awareness Week
District of Columbia, Office of the Mayor, March 10, 2007
Recurrent Chlamydia Common in Young Women
Reuters, March 5, 2007
Funding Opportunities
The National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth maintains a listing of organizations identified as potential funding sources for abstinence education programs. The listing includes grant descriptions and contact information.
Take Action Grant Program – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Public Health and Science
The purpose of the Take Action grants is to evaluate local activities that support and promote healthy lifestyles, including programs that encourage youth to make healthy choices and avoid risky behaviors. Grant amounts range from $2,000 to $5,000. Eligible applicants include community- and faith-based nonprofit organizations.
Deadline for applications: March 30, 2007 (applications may be submitted via e-mail)
Compassion Capital Fund Targeted Capacity Building Program – Office of Community Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Grant No. HHS-2007-ACF-OCS-IJ-0036)
Grants of up to $50,000 each will be given to approximately 200 nonprofit organizations, including community-based, faith-based, and tribal organizations. Recipients must use the grants to fund programs focused on at-risk youth, homelessness, healthy marriage, or rural communities. The funds must also be used in one or more of the following areas: leadership development, organizational development, program development, revenue development strategies, and community engagement.
Deadline for applications: April 10, 2007
Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) Program – Family and Youth Services Bureau; Administration on Children, Youth and Families; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Grant No. HHS-2007-ACF-ACYF-AE-0099)
The CBAE program aims to educate young people and create an environment within communities that supports teen decisions to postpone sexual activity until marriage. The anticipated number of awards is 50 to 60, with funding ranging between $250,000 and $600,000.
Deadline for applications: April 23, 2007
The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents – National Institutes of Health
The purpose of this program is to study the effects of spirituality and religiosity on early alcohol and drug use and sexual behavior, particularly in the area of HIV transmission.
Deadline for applications: June 5, 2007
Recent Research
With One Voice 2007: America’s Adults and Teens Sound Off About Teen Pregnancy – The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (February 2007)
This publication is the fifth report in the “With One Voice” series. The authors surveyed adults and teens on the following issues: (a) the impact parents and other adults have on teens, (b) abstinence and contraception, (c) regret, virginity, older partners, and attitudes about teen sex, (d) gender differences, (e) religion, (f) social norms and beliefs, and (g) the media. Teens continue to identify their parents as the most significant influence on their decision about sex. Another key finding is that 93 percent of adults and 90 percent of teens report that providing a strong abstinence message is important. Further, 60 percent of sexually experienced teens wish they had waited to have sex. The report includes detailed information about the survey questions and responses.
Upcoming Events
Abstinence Education Grantees Regional Training
CBAE Grantees and State Title V Coordinators in Regions 8 through 10
May 24–25, 2007
San Francisco, CA – The Hilton Fisherman's Wharf
Deadline for conference registration is May 9, 2007
Deadline for hotel registration is April 27, 2007
Contact: Frank Bazela at abstinence@pal-tech.com
Note: Each grantee is invited to send one person; participation is limited to the first 50 people who register.
Abstinence Education Grantees Regional Training
CBAE Grantees and State Title V Coordinators in Regions 5 through 7
June 28–29, 2007
Chicago, IL – Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro
Deadline for conference registration is June 13, 2007
Deadline for hotel registration is May 29, 2007
Contact: Frank Bazela at abstinence@pal-tech.com
Note: Each grantee is invited to send one person; participation is limited to the first 50 people who register.
Other News/Misc.
Guidance for CBAE Grantees that Implement Separate Religious Programming
This Administration for Children and Families memo informs CBAE grantees that implement both Federally funded abstinence programs and separate, privately funded, religiously based abstinence education programs of important strategies for assuring that the programs are separated by time or location as required by Federal regulation.
Memorandum on Flexibility of States in Administering the State Abstinence Education Grant Program
This Administration for Children and Families memo informs State and territorial agencies administering or eligible to administer Title V, section 510 abstinence education grants (State Abstinence Education Grant Program) of the flexibility States have in implementing the program alongside other separate programs.
ACYF Grant Reviewers Needed
The CBAE program office invites members of the abstinence education community to consider becoming grant reviewers for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF). ACYF provides travel, hotel accommodations, and meals during the onsite review period. In addition, reviewers are reimbursed for local ground transportation expenses and receive daily honoraria of $150; panel chairpersons receive honoraria of $200. For more information, please visit the ACYF grant Web site at www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/grantreview. Or contact the ACYF Reviewer Helpline by calling (866) 796-1613 or e-mailing reviewer@dixongroup.com.
Focus on Staff
 BRIDGET SHEA is a class of 2005 Presidential Management Fellow from St. Charles, Missouri. She received her bachelor of arts in political science from the University of Missouri and her master of social work, with a specialization in social and economic development, from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Shea has direct practice, consulting, and research experience in the fields of domestic violence, legal advocacy, juvenile justice, diversity facilitation, and youth mentoring.
Quote for the Day
"Seventy-five percent of teens do not think it is embarrassing for teens to admit they are virgins."
(With One Voice 2007, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, February 2007) |
