Health Resources And Services Administration Maternal And Child Health Bureau Division Of State And

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Health Resources And Services AdministrationMater
nal And Child Health BureauDivision Of State And
Community HealthMichele Lawler, M.S., R.D.
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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• Public Law 106-246, the Military Construction
  Appropriations Act of 2001, appropriated 20
  million to the Health Resources and Services
  Administration for the MCH Block Grants Federal
  Set-Aside Program -- which supports Special
  Projects of Regional and National Significance
  (SPRANS) -- earmarked to fund community-based
  abstinence education project grants for FY 2001.

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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• P.L. 106-246 rescinded the 20 million advance
  appropriation for the Adolescent Family Life
  Program provided in the FY 2000
  Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (P.L.
  106-113).

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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• The pending FY 2001 Labor-HHS-Education
  Appropriations Act (H.R. 4577) includes an
  advance appropriation, under SPRANS, of 30
  million for the Community-Based Abstinence
  Education Projects Grants Program for FY 2002.

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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• Program Purpose and Goals
• Provide support to public and private entities
  for the development and implementation of
  abstinence education programs for adolescents,
  ages 12 through 18, in communities across the
  country.
• Funded entities will be required to report on
  four national performance measures.

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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• National Performance Measures
• 1 Proportion of program participants who
  successfully complete or remain enrolled in an
  abstinence-only education program.
• 2 Proportion of program participants who have
  engaged in sexual intercourse.
• 3 Proportion of program participants who report
  a reduction in risk behaviors, such as tobacco,
  alcohol, and drug use.
• 4 The rate of births to female program
  participants.

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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• Eligibility
• Any public or private entity, including an Indian
  tribe or tribal organization, is eligible to
  apply. (State agencies responsible for the
  administration of the Section 510 Abstinence
  Education Grant Program are eligible to apply.)
• Priority for funding will be given to entities in
  local communities which demonstrate a strong
  record of support for abstinence education among
  adolescents.

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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• Program Requirements
• Projects must clearly and consistently focus on
  the Section 510 definition of abstinence
  education and agree not to provide a
  participating adolescent any other education
  regarding sexual conduct in the same setting.
• Grantees may not teach or promote religion.
• In accordance with Title IX, boys and girls must
  be given equal access to educational
  opportunities.

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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• Program Elements
• Projects must involve an educational
  intervention.
• Curricula developed or selected for
  implementation are expected to be responsive to
  the eight elements of the Section 510 abstinence
  education definition.
• Applicants must provide written assurance that
  the selected curricula are not inconsistent with
  any of the eight elements of the Section 510
  abstinence education definition.

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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• Program Elements (continued)
• In addition to curriculum implementation, other
  educational interventions can be funded.
• A project activity may not be inconsistent with
  any aspect of the Section 510 abstinence
  education definition.

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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• Two types of SPRANS Community-Based Abstinence
  Education Project Grants will be funded
• Planning Grants
• Implementation Grants

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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• Planning Grants
• One-year grants ranging from 75,000 to 100,000.
• Anticipate that approximately 15-20 planning
  grants will be funded.

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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• Implementation Grants
• Three-year grants ranging from 250,000 to
  1,000,000 annually.
• Anticipate that approximately 25-50
  implementation grants will be funded.

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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• Time Line
• Federal Register Notice Published on November 17,
  2000
• Letters of Intent due to MCHB by December 1,
  2000
• Application Due Date February 2, 2001

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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• Application Guidance and SPRANS Grant Application
  Form PHS-5161-1
• MCHB website at www.mchb.hrsa.gov (Word Perfect
  version)
• HRSA Grants Application Center
• Telephone [phone]
• E-mail hrsagac_at_hrsa.gov

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SPRANS Community-based Abstinence Education
Grants

• Consistent with other SPRANS grant programs, MCHB
  encourages coordination and collaboration between
  State agencies administering a Section 510
  Abstinence Education Grant and community-based
  organizations applying for a SPRANS
  Community-Based Abstinence Education Project
  Grant.
• Note There is no required match support for a
  SPRANS Community-Based Abstinence Education
  Project Grant.