Education Training & Research Associates

Education Training & Research Associates, doing business as ETR, is a California-based nonprofit organization specializing in behavioral health, adolescent health education, and evidence-based prevention programming. Registered in SAM.gov since 2000 with tax-exempt corporate status, ETR has established itself as a trusted federal contractor and grantee with extensive experience delivering health education, technical assistance, and research services across multiple federal agencies. The organization brings substantial expertise in adolescent sexual health, mental health support, STEM education initiatives, and implementation science to its federal partnerships.

ETR has demonstrated significant federal contracting capacity through multiple prime contract awards totaling approximately $4.97 million. The organization currently holds a delivery order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention valued at $4.81 million, awarded in September 2024, for national technical assistance and professional development services performed in Santa Cruz, California. Additionally, ETR received a Department of Defense Education Activity delivery order valued at $164,942.35 in September 2025 to provide health education seat licenses for middle school grades 6-8 and high school grades 9-12, with completion scheduled for September 2026. The organization also completed a $30,000 firm fixed price purchase order from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in September 2023 to host a youth-led innovation challenge focused on universal primary prevention in Santa Cruz, California. Beyond prime contracts, ETR has served as a subcontractor to Research Triangle Institute on multiple modifications of a subcontract spanning from 2021 through October 2024, demonstrating sustained partnerships on federally funded research initiatives. None of ETR's contract awards utilized set-aside designations, reflecting the organization's competitive selection based on technical merit and demonstrated expertise.

ETR maintains an active grant portfolio encompassing cooperative agreements and project grants from multiple federal agencies totaling significant federal investment. The organization holds cooperative agreements with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion for the "Connections for Health" initiative focused on school connection and health for rural young people, awarded in September 2024 with completion scheduled for September 2029. ETR also manages multiple cooperative agreements from the Office of Adolescent Health, including the RYSE Innovation Hub awarded in September 2023 to develop youth-centered solutions for sexual health equity through an innovation incubation model, the YES & KNOW! fully digital intervention evaluation awarded in September 2023 in partnership with University of California San Francisco to test efficacy among rural youth aged 14-19, and the Teen Talk High School Refresher evaluation awarded in September 2023 in partnership with Health Connected to assess effectiveness in preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among rural California youth. ETR also holds a cooperative agreement from the Administration on Children Youth and Families for NEXT4YOU+, a mobile relationships-based program for youth in foster care, awarded in September 2021 with completion through September 2026. Additionally, ETR serves as lead organization on a National Science Foundation project grant awarded in June 2022 examining factors influencing retention and effectiveness of computer science teachers in high-need schools, partnering with New York University, California State University Fresno, and Louisiana Tech University across multiple school districts. ETR has further served as a subgrantee to the California Department of Public Health, Florida State University, and Children's Hospital Los Angeles on various initiatives related to reproductive health, pregnancy prevention, and implementation science research dissemination since 2021.

ETR holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract from the Department of Defense Education Activity valued at $164,942.35, awarded August 25, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of August 24, 2026. This indefinite delivery vehicle procures health education seat licenses for middle school students in grades 6-8 and high school students in grades 9-12 in accordance with a Performance Work Statement, enabling DOD Education Activity schools to provide standardized health curriculum across military-connected student populations. The contract represents a competitive single-award determination without set-aside designation, indicating the government selected ETR as the sole source capable of meeting the specified requirements. The indefinite delivery structure allows for flexibility in implementation through potential task orders or delivery schedule adjustments throughout the performance period to accommodate enrollment fluctuations or program modifications within the capped ceiling value. This contract vehicle demonstrates ETR's capacity to serve as a primary education content provider to a major federal education agency while maintaining the operational flexibility required by DOD Education Activity's diverse school system serving military families across the United States.