General Departmental Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (GDSRAE)
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-SR-0012
- Agency
-
Administration for Children and Families
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- $300,000 to $450,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
-
- Income Security and Social Services
- Eligible applicants
-
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Small Businesses
- County Governments
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Independent School Districts
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- For Profit Organizations
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- State Governments
- Special District Governments
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- City/Township Governments
- Points of contact
-
- David Lee fysb.nofo.gdsrae@acf.hhs.gov (202) 401-5461
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families seeks applicants to implement sexual risk avoidance education programs, with applications due August 17, 2026. No cost-sharing is required. Total program funding of $19.217 million will support 43 awards ranging from $300,000 to $450,000 per award for the first budget period, with a three-year project period consisting of three one-year budget periods.
Eligible applicants include state and local governments, school districts, public and private higher education institutions, federally recognized and non-federally recognized tribal governments and organizations, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, non-501(c)(3) nonprofits, and for-profit organizations. Individuals, federal entities, and foreign entities are not eligible.
Projects must serve youth ages 10 to 19 residing in areas with high teen birth rates or elevated sexually transmitted infection risk. Programs must teach voluntary refrain from non-marital sexual activity using medically accurate, age-appropriate, and culturally appropriate content referenced to peer-reviewed publications. Required curriculum components include personal responsibility, self-regulation, goal-setting, healthy decision-making, resistance to sexual coercion and dating violence, and benefits of avoiding non-marital sexual activity. Programs must address six statutory topics covering holistic health benefits, future prospects, poverty prevention, healthy relationships, risky behaviors, and sexual coercion.
Applicants must incorporate evidence-based interventions, provide formal training for facilitators, connect participants to youth-friendly community services, and conduct performance measurement using OMB-approved measures. Programs must be fully functional within 90 days of award. Optional local evaluations may use up to 20 percent of annual funding with independent evaluators meeting rigorous standards. Recipients must develop sustainability plans and participate in medical accuracy reviews.
Indirect costs may be charged using an approved negotiated rate or the de minimis rate of up to 15 percent of modified total direct costs. The expected project start date is September 30, 2026.
The program operates under CFDA 93.060.
Synopsis
The Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau announces the availability of funds under the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program. The purpose of the SRAE Program is to fund projects to implement sexual risk avoidance education that teach participants how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity. The services are targeted to participants that reside in areas with high rates of teen births and/or are at greatest risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The goals of SRAE are to empower participants to make healthy decisions, and provide tools and resources to prevent pregnancy, STIs, and youth engagement in other risky behaviors. Successful applicants are expected to submit program plans that agree to: 1) use medically accurate information referenced to peer-reviewed publications by education, scientific, governmental or health organizations; 2) implement sexual risk avoidance curricula and/or strategies with an evidence-based approach to integrate research findings with practical implementation that aligns with the needs and desired outcomes for the intended audience; and 3) teach the benefits associated with self-regulation, success sequencing for poverty prevention, healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting sexual coercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors such as underage drinking or illicit drug use without normalizing teen sexual activity.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| hhs-2026-acf-acyf-sr-0012_.pdf |
On GovTribe
Work this opportunity
- Track it in your pipeline
- Find teaming partners
- Similar grant opportunities
- Ask GovTribe AI about this opportunity