Education Training & Research Associates

Education Training & Research Associates, doing business as ETR, is a California-based nonprofit organization providing behavioral health education, adolescent sexual health programming, and evidence-based prevention curricula to federal agencies as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) under GSA Schedules and direct delivery orders, with no set-aside designations. ETR competes full-and-open and has held federal contracting authority since 2000.

ETR's customer base is heavily concentrated in health and education agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pittsburgh commands 100% of combined potential value across the tracked portfolio with three awards totaling $81.4 million, including a $4.8 million delivery order for national technical assistance and professional development under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (ultimate completion September 15, 2026). The National Science Foundation leads by award count with 18 grants focused on teacher preparation and computer science education equity, followed by CDC Pittsburgh with 10 awards. The Department of Defense Education Activity holds three awards totaling $495 thousand for health education seat licenses serving grades 6-12 at military-connected schools; the most recent delivery order of $164,942.35 was issued July 8, 2026, with completion July 7, 2027. GSA Federal Acquisition Service accounts for $8.6 million across three awards anchored by ETR's February 2026 Multiple Award Schedule contract ceiling of $1.4 million running through February 24, 2031. The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health complete the active set. Award concentration across the top five customer agencies (by potential value) reaches 100% of tracked dollars.

ETR's primary vehicle portfolio includes the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (50 task orders, $8.1 million combined potential value) and a single-award indefinite delivery contract with DoDEA (2 task orders, $330 thousand combined potential value). The GSA Schedule labor offering spans 95 unique categories at hourly rates between $56.78 (Project Assistant, bachelor's level) and $447.89 (Subject Matter Expert IV, master's level with 14 years experience), with no security-cleared positions. Representative mid-range rates include Senior Training Specialist at $83.87/hr, Designer III at $122.87/hr, and Senior Program Manager V at $140.08/hr.

On the grant side, ETR acts as prime recipient across multiple federal grant programs. The Office of Adolescent Health (under HHS) funds four cooperative agreements including the RYSE Innovation Hub (cooperative agreement running through September 14, 2028) supporting youth-driven innovation in sexual health equity, the Teen Talk High School Refresher evaluation (cooperative agreement, ultimate completion June 26, 2026) testing a 5-hour pregnancy and STI prevention curriculum in rural California schools with approximately 1,500 students and 20 schools, and Yes & Know! (cooperative agreement, ultimate completion June 26, 2026), a fully digital intervention for youth ages 14–19 in rural communities. The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion awarded a cooperative agreement for Connections for Health: Centering School Connection and Health for Rural Young People (ultimate completion September 29, 2027). The National Science Foundation funds a project grant (ultimate completion May 31, 2027) investigating factors influencing computer science teacher retention in high-need schools, led by ETR in partnership with New York University, California State University Fresno, and Louisiana Tech University across school districts in New York, California, and Louisiana.

ETR subcontracts minimally (2% of recent awards). A single identified federal contract sub-award dates October 15, 2024, under CDW Government LLC for training and technical assistance supporting the Administration for Children and Families. On the grant side, ETR has served as sub-recipient under the California Department of Public Health (two sub-awards, July 1, 2024) for reproductive health and teen pregnancy prevention programming, and under Children's Hospital Los Angeles (November 18, 2021) for pregnancy prevention intervention targeting highly mobile youth.

Award activity has moderated in recent years (four awards in 2023, five in 2024, two each in 2025 and 2026), and the recompete cliff exposes $165 thousand in combined potential value completing within the next twenty-four months. Combined dollars obligated across all awards ($127.1 million) exceed combined potential value by 40%, indicating substantial prior-year obligation depth.