Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2023 ACF ACYF SR 0035
The Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program is a discretionary federal grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), and the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB). It provides funding for projects that deliver sexual risk avoidance education focused on teaching participants how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity. The program is designed for communities where young people face elevated risk, especially areas with high teen birth rates and/or populations at greater risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The broader intent is to strengthen youth decision-making and reduce negative outcomes by equipping participants with practical tools and supportive resources to prevent pregnancy, prevent STIs, and avoid related risky behaviors.
A key expectation for applicants is that proposed programming is built on credible, medically accurate information and is delivered in a way that reflects established evidence and real-world best practices. Specifically, applicants must commit to using medically accurate content that can be referenced to peer-reviewed publications or trusted sources from educational, scientific, governmental, or health organizations. In addition, projects must use sexual risk avoidance curricula and/or strategies that follow an evidence-based approach, meaning applicants should show how research findings are intentionally incorporated into program design and delivery while still fitting the needs, culture, and desired outcomes of the specific youth population being served.
The grant also emphasizes a broader youth development frame rather than focusing narrowly on sexual behavior alone. Applicants are expected to teach the benefits of self-regulation and skills that support long-term stability and wellbeing, including success sequencing concepts often tied to poverty prevention, healthy relationship education, goal setting, and strategies for resisting sexual coercion and dating violence. Programs should also address other youth risk behaviors, such as underage drinking and illicit drug use, but must do so without normalizing teen sexual activity. In practical terms, this means the education should reinforce risk avoidance and protective choices while still giving youth concrete skills to handle pressure, build boundaries, and pursue personal goals.
In terms of funding details, the opportunity is listed as “Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program” under Funding Opportunity Number HHS 2023 ACF ACYF SR 0035, with CFDA Number 93.060 and an activity category aligned with income security and social services. The award ceiling is $450,000, and the agency anticipated making around 50 awards under this announcement. The posting date was May 19, 2023, and the original application deadline was July 18, 2023, with electronic submissions due no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the deadline date.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of applicants capable of running community, school-linked, or youth-serving education initiatives. Eligible entities include state, county, city/township, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits (including both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) organizations, as long as they are not higher education institutions when claiming that category); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. Overall, the program is structured to support a wide range of organizations that can deliver structured, medically accurate, evidence-informed sexual risk avoidance education to youth in higher-need settings.Apply for HHS 2023 ACF ACYF SR 0035
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children Families - ACYF/FYSB in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.060.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 19, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 18, 2023 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $450,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 50 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program: FAQs
1) What is the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program grant?
The Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program is a discretionary federal grant opportunity that funds projects delivering sexual risk avoidance education. Funded programs teach participants how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity and provide practical tools and supportive resources intended to prevent pregnancy, prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and reduce related risky behaviors.
2) Which federal agency administers this funding opportunity?
This opportunity is offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), and the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB).
3) What is the program’s main goal?
The program’s intent is to strengthen youth decision-making and reduce negative outcomes by equipping young people with practical tools and supportive resources that promote sexual risk avoidance and protective choices.
4) Who is the intended population for funded programs?
Funded projects are designed for communities where young people face elevated risk, especially areas with high teen birth rates and/or populations at greater risk of STIs.
5) What topics should SRAE-funded programming cover?
Programming is expected to focus on sexual risk avoidance (including teaching participants how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity) while also using a broader youth development frame. The opportunity emphasizes skills and supports tied to long-term stability and wellbeing, including self-regulation, healthy relationship education, goal setting, success sequencing concepts often tied to poverty prevention, and strategies for resisting sexual coercion and dating violence. Programs should also address other youth risk behaviors (such as underage drinking and illicit drug use) without normalizing teen sexual activity.
6) Does the grant require medically accurate information?
Yes. Applicants are expected to commit to using medically accurate content that can be referenced to peer-reviewed publications or trusted sources from educational, scientific, governmental, or health organizations.
7) Does programming need to be evidence-based?
Yes. Projects must use sexual risk avoidance curricula and/or strategies that follow an evidence-based approach. Applicants should show how research findings are intentionally incorporated into program design and delivery while still fitting the needs, culture, and desired outcomes of the specific youth population being served.
8) Can an applicant adapt the curriculum to fit a specific community?
Yes. The opportunity describes an expectation that evidence and research findings are incorporated while still fitting the needs, culture, and desired outcomes of the youth population being served.
9) Are applicants expected to address issues like coercion and dating violence?
Yes. The grant emphasizes equipping youth with concrete skills to handle pressure, build boundaries, and pursue personal goals, including strategies for resisting sexual coercion and dating violence.
10) Can programs address alcohol and drug use?
Yes. Programs should address other youth risk behaviors such as underage drinking and illicit drug use, but they must do so without normalizing teen sexual activity.
11) What is the funding opportunity number and CFDA number?
The opportunity is listed as “Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program” under Funding Opportunity Number HHS 2023 ACF ACYF SR 0035, with CFDA Number 93.060.
12) What is the award ceiling?
The award ceiling listed in the opportunity is $450,000.
13) How many awards were anticipated?
The agency anticipated making around 50 awards under this announcement.
14) When was the opportunity posted?
The posting date was May 19, 2023.
15) What was the application deadline for this announcement?
The original application deadline was July 18, 2023.
16) What time were electronic applications due on the deadline date?
Electronic submissions were due no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the deadline date.
17) What types of organizations are eligible to apply?
Eligibility is broad and includes: state governments; county governments; city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits (including 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) organizations, as long as they are not higher education institutions when claiming that category); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses.
18) Does the opportunity support different delivery settings, such as community-based or school-linked programs?
Yes. The opportunity notes that eligible applicants include organizations capable of running community, school-linked, or youth-serving education initiatives.
19) What is the activity category associated with this grant?
The activity category is aligned with income security and social services.
20) What is the overarching expectation for how programs should approach youth sexual health education?
The opportunity emphasizes a risk-avoidance and youth-development approach: reinforce protective choices and risk avoidance, rely on medically accurate and evidence-informed curricula/strategies, build decision-making and self-regulation skills, and address related risk behaviors without normalizing teen sexual activity.
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