The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092) to Health Care Education & Training Inc., a non-profit organization based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The grant supports the Indiana Proud and Connected Teens (IN-PACT) project, which aims to provide comprehensive sexual health education and youth development services to...
This $588,655 federal Project Grant was awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct the "Adaptations and Impacts Understanding Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs" (AIM-UP) project. The AIM-UP project aims to advance the understanding of how evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs can be effectively adapted and...
The federal Project Grant award of $448,650 was provided by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092). The award supports the "Lake County Horizon Project" implemented by the nonprofit organization Path Inc., doing business as "Path A Positive Approach To Teen Health", located in Portage, Indiana. The project aims to bring comprehensive sexual health education and mentoring...
This $1,156,440 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) aims to increase the adoption and implementation of evidence-based sexual health programs in South Texas schools. The 5-year study will rigorously evaluate the ICHAMPSS 2.0 (Choosing and Maintaining Effective Programs for Sex Education in Schools) implementation strategy, which is designed to boost knowledge and skills...
This $112,500 cooperative agreement, awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under CFDA 93.079 "Cooperative Agreements to Promote Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention and School-Based Surveillance", aims to improve the health and well-being of middle and high school students in Indiana. The award supports the implementation of the "What Works in Schools" program model, which focuses on reducing adolescent risk behaviors,...
This $267,000 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) will fund a study to assess the clinical and implementation outcomes of a point-of-care sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing strategy to improve HIV prevention service delivery in adolescents. The research will be conducted by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The study aims to evaluate how a new point-of-care testing modality for gonorrhea and...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $2,500,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to Education Training & Research Associates (ETR), a non-profit organization, under the Cooperative Agreements to Promote Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention and School-Based Surveillance program (CFDA 93.079). The five-year project, effective September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2029, will focus on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school...
This federal Project Grant award of $886,852.00 was provided by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families to support the "WYCO SHIFT (WYANDOTTE COUNTY SEXUAL HEALTH INFORMATION FOR TEENS)" project. The grant is funded through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092), which aims to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among youth ages 10-19 and pregnant/parenting youth under 21. The award will support the Unified...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will support time-sensitive research on barriers to pregnancy care in the Midwest United States amidst recent policy shifts restricting access to abortion. The $873,810 award to Indiana University Indianapolis will fund a two-phase study to: 1) recruit 500 pregnant people searching for abortion information...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Cooperative Agreements to Promote Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention and School-Based Surveillance program (CFDA 93.079) provides $180,000.00 to Case Western Reserve University to implement the "What Works in Schools" model in middle and high schools in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The five-year project period runs from August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2029. The primary...
HCET INDIANA CONNECTED AND SUPPORTED TEENS (IN-CAST) PROJECT - INDIANA YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS ARE A PARTICULARLY HIGH-RISK GROUP FOR NEGATIVE SEXUAL HEALTH OUTCOMES; YET, VERY FEW EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS (EBP) SPECIFICALLY TARGET THIS EXTREMELY HIGH-RISK POPULATION, THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS, AND THEIR SPECIFIC SITUATIONAL CONSTRAINTS. THE HEALTH CARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, INC. (HCET) INDIANA CONNECTED AND SUPPORTED TEENS (IN-CAST) PROJECT WILL SERVE 1,400 ADOLESCENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF INDIANA (400 YOUTH IN YEAR 1, 500 YOUTH IN YEAR 2, AND 500 YOUTH IN YEAR 3), AGES 14-18, INORDINATELY IMPACTED BY TEEN PREGNANCY AND STDS, SPECIFICALLY YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE AND ADJUDICATED/JUVENILE JUSTICE YOUTH (INCLUDING THOSE IN DETENTION, RESIDENTIAL, TREATMENT, AND EMERGENCY PLACEMENT). THE HCET IN-CAST PROJECT IS A SYSTEMS LEVEL APPROACH THAT INCORPORATES MULTIPLE LEVERAGE POINTS TO ADDRESS SHARED RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR TEEN PREGNANCY. IN-CAST DELIVERS AN INDIVIDUAL, INTERPERSONAL, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND COMMUNITY LEVEL POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT APPROACH TO ACHIEVING OPTIMAL HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELL-BEING FOR ADOLESCENTS. HCET IN-CAST WILL REDUCE TEEN PREGNANCY AND STD/HIV FOR SYSTEMS-INVOLVED YOUTH THROUGH THE REPLICATION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED POWER THROUGH CHOICES PROGRAM, AND OTHER EFFECTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS, INCLUDING PARENT/CAREGIVER EDUCATION, YOUTH-SERVING PROFESSIONALS AND PROVIDERS EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND TOOLKITS, COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING, AND CONVENING OF A YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. HCET WILL SERVE 140 PARENTS/GUARDIANS/FOSTER PARENTS WITH IN-CAST SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES AND RESOURCES (30 IN YEAR 1, 50 IN YEAR 2, AND 60 IN YEAR 3). HCET WILL SERVE 80 KEY STAKEHOLDERS, DECISION MAKERS, AND STAFF IN JUVENILE CORRECTIONS AND FOSTER CARE INCLUDING JUDGES, SUPERVISORS, ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP, CASE MANGERS, COUNSELORS/THERAPISTS, AND TEACHERS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES OVER THE THREE YEAR PR OJECT PERIOD. THE IN-CAST SYSTEMS APPROACH IMPACTS YOUTH, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, PARENTS/CAREGIVERS, AND YOUTH-SERVING PROFESSIONALS AT MULTIPLE LEVERAGE POINTS AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BOTH CHANGE ADOLESCENTS? ATTITUDES, BELIEFS, AND BEHAVIORS RELATED TO SEXUAL RISK AND OTHER RISKY BEHAVIORS, AS WELL AS AFFECT LONG-LASTING CHANGE IN THE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT BY ENABLING SUSTAINABILITY OF THE INTERVENTION.