Cooperative Agreement U87PS004207

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families awarded a $765,280 Formula Grant on October 1, 2024 to the Virginia State Board of Health (VA SBOH) for the Title V State Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program (CFDA 93.235). The grant supports the implementation of evidence-based prevention education services designed to promote healthy behaviors and reduce sexual risk-taking among youth ages 10 to 19 across the Commonwealth of Virginia. The VA...

This $200,000.00 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) supports the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (RI DESE) in conducting the Rhode Island Youth Risk Behavior Survey (RI YRBS) and School Health Profiles (SHP) statewide health surveys over the period of August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2029. The RI YRBS and SHP surveys provide critical data on...

The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $119,400 cooperative agreement to the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) under the CDC Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283). The five-year award, beginning August 1, 2024, will support the Virginia Behavioral Risk Surveillance System (BRFSS), a public health surveillance program focused on tracking preventable health conditions and behaviors among Virginia...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $2,419,326 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct longitudinal research on the neurobehavioral and psychosocial predictors of health risk behaviors in adolescents and young adults. The key objectives of this 5-year study are to: 1) assess the longitudinal and bidirectional associations between...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs (CFDA 93.136) provides $115,000 to the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) to implement and sustain a school-based health surveillance system. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year award (8/1/2024 - 7/31/2029) include: Administering the Youth Risk Behavior Survey in 2025, 2027, and 2029...

This Cooperative Agreement award from 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" will provide $100,000.00 to the West Virginia State Health Department to improve adolescent health and well-being through school-based surveillance and the "What Works in Schools" program. The funding will be used to hire an epidemiologist to...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families has awarded a $280,910 Formula Grant to the Virginia State Board of Health Office of Emergency Preparedness under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092). This 3-year grant from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026 will fund the implementation of evidence-based programs to educate youth aged 10-19 and pregnant/parenting youth under 21 in Virginia on...

The Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) Virginia Grants Administration Division received a $1,998,940 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the STOP School Violence program (CFDA 16.839) on October 1, 2023. The purpose of this 3-year project is to prevent and reduce school violence by designing and implementing a threat assessment case management tool for all 131 school divisions in Virginia. Key activities include...

The Federal Cooperative Agreement award NU87DP000036, titled "New Mexico Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and School Health Profiles (SHP) Project," is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs (CFDA 93.136). This $112,500 award to the State of New Mexico Department of Health will support the collection and reporting of YRBS and SHP data in New Mexico from August 2024 to July 2029. The...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award NU87DP000022 for $112,500.00 was granted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Assistance Programs for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (CFDA 93.945) program. The award is for the project "IMPROVING ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THROUGH SCHOOL BASED SURVEILLANCE - COMPONENT 3 - YRBS AND PROFILES", with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2029. The award was granted to the Executive Office of...