Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2021 ACF ACYF SR 1927
The Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program is a discretionary federal grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), specifically the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) under the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB). Its overall purpose is to fund projects that deliver sexual risk avoidance education, with a central focus on teaching young people how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity. The program is designed for communities where the need is greatest, especially areas with high teen birth rates and/or populations of youth who are considered at higher risk for contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In practical terms, the funding supports local, state, tribal, school-based, nonprofit, higher education, and other eligible organizations in providing structured education intended to reduce pregnancy and STI risk while also addressing related behaviors that can affect youth health and long-term outcomes.
A key emphasis of this grant is that funded projects must be grounded in medically accurate information. Applicants are expected to rely on credible, peer-reviewed sources and recognized educational, scientific, governmental, or health organizations when presenting health information. The opportunity also stresses the use of an evidence-based approach, meaning programs should use established sexual risk avoidance curricula and/or strategies that are supported by research, and they should show how research findings will be translated into practical, real-world implementation. In other words, applicants are not only expected to select sound materials, but also to explain how those materials will be delivered in a way that fits the specific needs, realities, and desired outcomes of the youth they plan to serve.
Beyond sexual decision-making, the SRAE Program sets expectations that education will cover broader protective factors and life skills. Funded projects should teach the benefits of self-regulation and decision-making skills, along with concepts tied to longer-term stability such as success sequencing for poverty prevention. Programs are also expected to promote healthy relationships, goal setting, and skills for resisting sexual coercion and dating violence. In addition, the grant highlights the importance of addressing other youth risk behaviors, including underage drinking and illicit drug use, while maintaining the program frame of sexual risk avoidance. A notable requirement is that these efforts should be delivered without normalizing teen sexual activity, reflecting the program's specific educational orientation.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, this opportunity is listed as HHS-2021-ACF-ACYF-SR-1927 under CFDA 93.060. The award ceiling is $450,000, and the agency anticipated making about 30 awards. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity category is Income Security and Social Services. Eligibility is broad and includes state, county, and local governments; special districts; independent school districts; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations (including both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) entities); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. The notice was created June 15, 2021, with an original closing date of July 15, 2021, and applications were required to be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Overall, the SRAE Program is aimed at supporting structured, research-informed education initiatives that help youth avoid sexual risk by promoting abstinence from non-marital sexual activity, while also strengthening the personal and social skills that reduce vulnerability to pregnancy, STIs, coercion, violence, and other interconnected risk behaviors. The strongest applications are expected to clearly describe the curriculum or strategy being used, demonstrate medical accuracy and evidence grounding, and lay out a realistic implementation plan that fits the target population and community conditions.Apply for HHS 2021 ACF ACYF SR 1927
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children Families - ACYF/FYSB in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.060.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 15, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 15, 2021 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $450,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 30 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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