HHS Announces Programs that Would Have, but Cannot, Receive $19.4 Million in Grants for Tier 1 of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
HHS will award $5.2 M for Tier 2
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
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Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) announced the organizations it was prepared to issue awards to as part of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program, but to which HHS cannot issue those awards, because of lawsuits filed by organizations that opposed the funding opportunity announcement. The intended grantees would have received a total of $19.4 M to fund 41 new TPP program Tier 1 grants. These grants would have implemented a wide variety of teen pregnancy prevention curricula in diverse communities, populations, and settings across 36 States, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.
One court dismissed a challenge to HHS’s funding announcements, which would have cleared the way for HHS to issue these grants. But two other courts issued orders at the end of August prohibiting HHS from issuing these grants under the funding opportunity announcement. Those suits were brought by Planned Parenthood of New York City and Multnomah County in Oregon. None of those plaintiffs will receive funds under the FY 2018 Tier 1 Funding Opportunity Announcement because the court orders prohibit it.
Tier 1 projects are ready to replicate one of two effective adolescent programs that include the protective factors shown to be effective in preventing teen pregnancy and/or sexual risk behaviors with the result of improving healthy youth decision-making and enhancing protective factors. Approved applicants chose curricula that replicated one of two evidence-based programs: the Tool to Assess the Characteristics of Effective Sex and STD/HIV Education Programs or the Systematic Method for Assessing Risk-avoidance Tool (SMARTool).
In a separate part of the TPP program not covered by those court orders, OAH is announcing $5.2 million for Tier 2 cooperative agreements to develop and test new and innovative strategies to prevent teen pregnancy, improve adolescent health and address youth sexual risk holistically by focusing on protective factors. Fourteen awards are being made to a broad range of organizations (universities, school districts, State health departments, and non-profit organizations), to implement both sexual risk reduction and sexual risk avoidance approaches, and interventions using a variety of implementation strategies and curricula.
The overall goal of the TPP program is to give youth the information and skills that will enable them to prevent pregnancy and related risks, in order to successfully navigate from adolescence into adulthood. Tier 1 and Tier 2 are designed to serve teens most vulnerable to teen pregnancy, STDs, multiple partners, and other risks associated with sexual activity.
Tier 1 approved, but unfunded awards:
| Organization | City | State | Recommended Funding Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambassadors for Christ Youth Ministries Inc. | Pine Bluff | AR | $500,000 |
| The East Los Angeles Community Union | Los Angeles | CA | $500,000 |
| County of Sacramento | Sacramento | CA | $500,000 |
| The Center for Relationship Education | Denver | CO | $499,485 |
| State of Connecticut Department of Public Health | Hartford | CT | $500,000 |
| Assoc. of Maternal & Child Hlth Program | Washington | DC | $498,499 |
| OIC of Broward County Inc. | Fort Lauderdale | FL | $500,000 |
| Be Strong International Inc. | Palmetto Bay | FL | $500,000 |
| Bethany Christian Services of Georgia | Atlanta | GA | $500,000 |
| Gibson Community Hospital | Gibson City | IL | $349,936 |
| Health Care Education and Training Inc. | Indianapolis | IN | $500,000 |
| Social Innovation Laboratory | Emporia | KS | $372,194 |
| Lake Cumberland District Health Department | Somerset | KY | $499,007 |
| Southwest Louisiana Area Health Education Center | Lafayette | LA | $500,000 |
| Family Services of the Merrimack Valley | Lawrence | MA | $399,826 |
| Child Trends Inc | Bethesda | MD | $500,000 |
| AFC Scholarship Foundation Inc. | Waldorf | MD | $500,000 |
| Bethany Christian Services of Michigan | Grand Rapids | MI | $500,000 |
| Asian Media Access Incorporated | Minneapolis | MN | $500,000 |
| Better Family Life Inc. | St. Louis | MO | $500,000 |
| SR1 | Ridgeland | MS | $298,000 |
| Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services | Helena | MT | $500,000 |
| Duke University | Durham | NC | $500,000 |
| New Jersey Physicians Advisory Group Inc. | Fanwood | NJ | $500,000 |
| Capacity Builders Inc. | Farmington | NM | $434,009 |
| Southern Nevada Health District | Las Vegas | NV | $500,000 |
| Sunset Park Health Council Inc. | Brooklyn | NY | $500,000 |
| Gay Men's Health Crisis Inc. | New York | NY | $500,000 |
| City of Columbus | Columbus | OH | $500,000 |
| Northwest Family Services | Portland | OR | $500,000 |
| Delta Community Supports Inc. | Blue Bell | PA | $305,489 |
| Health Rhode Island Department of | Providence | RI | $500,000 |
| United States Parents Involved in Education | Lugoff | SC | $500,000 |
| Rural America Initiatives | Rapid City | SD | $499,995 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee | Knoxville | TN | $281,851 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | Dallas | TX | $487,561 |
| University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr San Antonio | San Antonio | TX | $500,000 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond | VA | $481,484 |
| Unique Xpression Ministries Inc | St. Thomas | VI | $488,409 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee | Milwaukee | WI | $500,000 |
| Mission West Virginia Inc. | Hurricane | WV | $500,000 |
Tier 2:
| Organization | City | State | Funded Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services | Tucson | AZ | $375,000 |
| Morehouse School of Medicine | Atlanta | GA | $374,773 |
| Sexual Health Education Inc. | Cedar Rapids | IA | $375,000 |
| Kent Intermediate School District | Grand Rapids | MI | $375,000 |
| Delta Health Alliance Inc. | Stoneville | MS | $374,943 |
| Public Health And Human Services Montana Department Of | Helena | MT | $375,000 |
| National Indian Youth Leadership Development Project Inc. | Albuquerque | NM | $375,000 |
| Healthy Visions | Montgomery | OH | $375,000 |
| Thrive Inc. | Oklahoma | OK | $375,000 |
| Northwest Family Services | Portland | OR | $374,463 |
| Public Health Management Corporation | Philadelphia | PA | $375,000 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio | San Antonio | TX | $373,492 |
| Urban Strategies LLC | Arlington | VA | $370,270 |
| Washington State Department of Health | Tumwater | WA | $375,000 |
| TOTAL: $5,242,941 | |||
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