Aiming For Healthy Families Inc.

Aiming For Healthy Families, Inc. is a community-based, non-profit organization headquartered in Corinth, Mississippi, that has served thousands of youth for over 20 years promoting prevention initiatives and positive youth development programs. As a woman-owned, tax-exempt corporate entity registered in SAM.gov since 2006, the organization receives federal grant funding to implement evidence-based youth education programs targeting vulnerable populations in rural and underserved counties in northeast Mississippi. Aiming For Healthy Families, Inc. provides comprehensive youth development and health education services through federal grant awards, with a primary focus on reducing teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and promoting relationship skills among high school and middle school students in targeted geographic areas.

The organization's federal grant portfolio demonstrates a sustained commitment to youth sexual risk avoidance education and positive youth development, with five active or recently completed cooperative agreements and project grants funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Most recently, in September 2025, the organization received a $412,619 Cooperative Agreement under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086) for the five-year "Strengthening Youth and Nurturing Connections (SYNC)" project, which will serve 1,575 high school students across Aberdeen, Amory, and Monroe County school districts using the Love Notes 4.1 and Money Habitudes for Teens curricula. Prior grants include the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and Sexual Risk Avoidance Education programs funded by the Office of Adolescent Health and Administration on Children, Youth and Families, targeting Lee, Prentiss, Pontotoc, Alcorn, Itawamba, and Tippah counties. These programs implement evidence-based curricula such as Love Notes, Mind Matters, and Choosing the Best, delivered through 8-12 hour workshops in school settings to address risk factors at the youth, family, and community levels, with services including community mobilization, referrals to supportive services, and safe educational environments designed to help youth develop relationship skills, self-esteem, and economic stability as they transition to adulthood.