Hrsa Awards $31 Million In New Grants To Support Abstinence Education
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced 50 new grants totaling more than $31 million to help communities develop and put in place abstinence-only education programs for adolescents ages 12 through 18.
HRSA awarded the three-year Community-Based Abstinence Education implementation grants to public and private organizations, including community-based and faith-based groups, hospitals, health centers, school systems and other youth services agencies.
Abstinence education interventions are designed to reduce the number of adolescents who engage in premarital sexual activity and, consequently, the number of pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases among unmarried teens. Projects also encourage teenagers to avoid risky behaviors associated with early sexual involvement, such as alcohol and drug use.
The Abstinence Education Grant Program, funded as part of HRSA’s Special Projects of Regional and National Significance, began in FY 2001. In the first three years of the program, 102 implementation grantees have provided abstinence education services in communities nationwide.
Recipiants of FY 2004 Community-Based Abstinence Education Grants by Organization, City, State and award are: Alabama State University Montgomery Ala. $740,211
Fayetteville Public Schools Fayetteville Ark. 447,099
Catholic Social Service of Central & Northern Arizona Mesa Ariz. 776,171
Arizona-Mexico Border Health Foundation Tucson Ariz. 631,792
Pima Youth Partnership Tucson Ariz. 729,365
Teen Awareness, Inc. Fullerton Calif. 800,000 The Await & Find Project Hayward Calif. 800,000 Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa Santa Rosa Calif. 361,605 Best Friends Foundation Washington D.C. 754,785 Osceola County Health Department Kissimmee Fla. 799,791 Thinksmart Abstinence Education Program/Catholic Diocese of Orlando Orlando Fla. 800,000 James B. Sanderlin Family Center St. Petersburg Fla. 371,761 Choosing the Best, Inc. Atlanta Ga. 799,910 East Central Georgia Consortium Thomson Ga. 799,814 Carefirst Prevention Services Chicago Ill. 754,879 Family Centered Educational Agency, Inc. S. Holland Ill. 400,840 Carenet Pregnancy Services of DuPage Westmont Ill. 295,442 St. Vincent Hospital & Health Services, Inc. Indianapolis Ind. 768,646 A Positive Approach to Teen Health, Inc. Valparaiso Ind. 469,266 Door of Hope Pregnancy Care Center Madisonville Ky. 317,067 Character Counts in Maine S. Portland Maine 499,000 New Genesis, Inc. Kalamazoo Mich. 737,925 Providence-St. John Health Southfield Mich. 262,516 Booneville School District Booneville Miss. 282,784 Community Matters, Inc. Brandon Miss. 784,227 Mississippi Community Development Corp. Jackson Miss. 800,000 The Mississippi Community Education Center Jackson Miss. 750,600 Impact Community Development Corp. Montclair N.J. 439,307 Columbus Hospital Newark N.J. 393,500 Best Choice Educational Services, Inc. Albuquerque N.M. 536,583 Catholic Charities of Buffalo Buffalo N.Y. 800,000 Jewish Child Care Association New York N.Y. 797,010 Ross County Health District Chillicothe Ohio 800,000 The RIDGE Project, Inc. Holgate Ohio 800,000 Eugene Pregnancy Support Center Eugene Ore. 368,560 Pennsylvania Association of Latino Organizations Harrisburg Pa. 799,569 Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America Philadelphia Pa. 799,500 HOPE Worldwide Wayne Pa. 798,418 Heritage of Rhode Island W. Kingston R.I. 400,260 Alpha Center Sioux Falls S.D. 294,962 Why kNOw Abstinence Education, Inc. Chattanooga Tenn. 474,855 Centerstone Community Mental Health Centers, Inc. Nashville Tenn. 781,000 Communities in Schools-Corpus Christi, Inc. Corpus Christi Texas 613,335 Jordan Community Development Corporation Dallas Texas 312,776 Celebrate Kids, Inc. Fort Worth Texas 800,000 JOVEN San Antonio Texas 752,312 Scott & White Memorial Hospital Temple Texas 799,341 McLennan County Collaborative Abstinence Project Waco Texas 800,000 Teen-Aid, Inc. Spokane Wash. 800,000,br.Rosalie Manor Milwaukee Wis. 798,000
TOTAL: $31,694,784
