General Departmental Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (GDSRAE) | HHS 2024 ACF ACYF SR 0041

Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2024 ACF ACYF SR 0041

The General Departmental Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (GDSRAE) opportunity is a discretionary federal grant program run by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), specifically the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) within the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF). Its central purpose is to fund projects that deliver sexual risk avoidance education, defined here as education that teaches participants how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity. The program is aimed at communities where youth face elevated vulnerability, particularly areas with high rates of teen births and/or where young people are at greater risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The broader intent is prevention-focused: helping participants build the knowledge, motivation, and practical skills to avoid pregnancy, STIs, and related risk behaviors.

The goals of GDSRAE go beyond a single health outcome and emphasize youth decision-making and protective factors. Funded projects are expected to empower participants to make healthy choices and to provide tools and resources that reduce the likelihood of teen pregnancy and STIs while also addressing other youth risk behaviors. The announcement specifically calls out the importance of teaching benefits associated with self-regulation and healthy relationships, and it highlights concepts such as goal setting, resisting sexual coercion, and preventing dating violence. It also references "success sequencing for poverty prevention," signaling an expectation that programs incorporate life-planning and future orientation components. At the same time, applicants are instructed to address these topics without normalizing teen sexual activity, which is a framing requirement that affects curriculum selection and instructional approach.

A key requirement is that funded programming must be grounded in medical accuracy and evidence-based practice. Applicants are expected to submit program plans that commit to using medically accurate information supported by peer-reviewed publications and credible sources such as educational, scientific, governmental, or health organizations. In addition, applicants are expected to implement sexual risk avoidance curricula and/or strategies using an evidence-based approach that integrates research findings with practical, on-the-ground delivery, and that is tailored to the needs and intended outcomes of the specific audience being served. In practice, this means proposals need to clearly describe what curriculum or model will be used, how it aligns with the target population, how fidelity and quality will be maintained, and how the program will ensure information is accurate and appropriately sourced.

Eligibility for the program is broad across public and private sectors, with a few clear exclusions. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; 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 with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories); and for-profit organizations, including small businesses. Individuals, including sole proprietorships, are not eligible, and foreign entities are also not eligible; applications from either category will be disqualified from merit review and funding consideration. Faith-based and community organizations are explicitly eligible if they otherwise meet the requirements, and the notice states that ACF will not discriminate in selecting recipients based on an organization’s religious character or affiliation, consistent with 45 CFR Part 87 and related federal protections.

From a funding and competition standpoint, the opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number HHS 2024 ACF ACYF SR 0041, CFDA (Assistance Listing) 93.060, with grants as the funding instrument. The award ceiling listed is $450,000, and the agency anticipated making about 30 awards. The posting reflects a creation date of April 23, 2024, and an original application closing date of June 24, 2024. Overall, the opportunity is structured to support multiple organizations in delivering targeted, medically accurate, evidence-informed sexual risk avoidance education in high-need communities, with a strong emphasis on youth development skills and prevention of coercion, violence, and other risky behaviors alongside pregnancy and STI prevention.

• The Administration for Children Families - ACYF/FYSB in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "General Departmental Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (GDSRAE)" 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 2024-04-23.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-06-24. (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, Others.

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