Promoting Adolescent Health Through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention and School-Based Surveillance

For programmatic technical assistance:
Elizabeth Coke Haller
School Health Team Leader
Phone: 770.488.6203
Email: ehaller@cdc.gov

For financial, awards management, or budget assistance:
Manal Ali
Grants Management Specialist
Phone: 770.488.2757
Email: mali@cdc.gov

Promoting Adolescent Health Through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention and School-Based Surveillance grant program will provide funding to help school districts and schools develop and implement program activities designed to reduce HIV infection and other STDs among adolescents and reduce disparities in HIV infection and other STDs experienced by some populations, including rural populations.

Grantees will be expected to do one or more of the following:

• Collect and report profile data for policy and program improvements
• Educate youth about sexual education, emphasizing HIV and STD prevention
• Increase adolescent access to key sexual health services
• Track policies, educate key decision makers on policy issues, and help districts and schools implement policies, including laws, regulations, procedures, administrative actions, incentives, or voluntary practices of governments and other institutions, related to HIV/STD prevention
• Reduce disparities in HIV infection and other STD experienced by teenage (aged 13-19 years) black and Latino young men who have sex with men

Eligible entities include:

• State education agencies (SEAs)
• Tribal education agencies (TEAs)
• State health agencies
• Tribal health agencies
• Local education agencies

Only certain applicants are eligible to apply for certain funding priorities. See the specific eligibility section of the program guidance.

Links to the full announcement and online application are available through grants.gov.

Conference calls will be conducted for potential applicants. For a list of dates, times, and registration information, see page one of the program guidance.