HHS Awards $23 Million to Support Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
HHS Awards $23 Million to Support Evidence-Based Teen ... HHS.gov
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announces Funding for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of Population Affairs (OPA), is announcing approximately $23 million in funding to foster innovation, provide new research, and expand the evidence to support and advance equity in the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program. The TPP program is a national, competitive program that provides funding to replicate and scale evidence-based programs and develop and evaluate new and innovative approaches to prevent unintentional teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescents, promote positive youth development, and advance equity in adolescent health.
“Our TPP program provides new research on innovative practices or specific populations and settings, which can support greater equity in TPP programming overall,” said Admiral Rachel L. Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health. “The overarching goal is to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health, promote positive youth development, and advance health equity.”
Advancing Equity in Adolescent Health
Through the TPP program, HHS seeks to advance equity in adolescent health by supporting projects that create, identify, and scale effective approaches in communities and populations with the greatest needs and facing significant disparities across the country to improve adolescent health and well-being. Collectively, these 18 new Tier 2 projects, along with the 53 new Tier 1 projects OPA announced in June 2023, demonstrate how OPA’s TPP Program is responsive to the needs of youth, their families, and communities.
“All the new interventions address gaps in the current evidence base and have the potential to contribute new evidence-based interventions for future implementation to scale through OPA’s TPP program,” said Jessica Swafford Marcella, HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs. “These awards reflect the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to both sexual and reproductive health and to prioritizing health equity.”
TPP Tier 2 Rigorous Evaluation Cooperative Agreement Awards
| Grantee Name | Population of Focus and Setting | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Child Trends Inc. | Parents/Caregivers; virtual | $1,000,000 |
| Center for Supportive Schools | Middle school students; in-school | $1,000,000 |
| Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College at Cornell University | Hispanic/Latinx and Black youth; bilingual video game in-person | $999,753 |
| Education, Training, and Research Associates | High school students; in-school | $1,000,000 |
| Education, Training, and Research Associates | Youth ages 14-19; virtual | $1,000,000 |
| Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies | Youth in juvenile justice, foster care and/or experiencing homelessness/runaway; in-person facilitated video | $1,000,000 |
| National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy | Female youth and clinical providers; clinics | $910,000 |
| Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts | High school students; in-school | $1,000,000 |
| Policy and Research L.L.C. | Youth in juvenile justice (or at-risk); video | $999,803 |
| Research Triangle Institute | Expectant and parenting teens; in-person | $903,464 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Youth in foster care and Child Welfare Professionals; congregate care settings | $1,000,000 |
| Seattle-King County Public Health Department | Male youth at risk for or involved in the juvenile justice system or the child welfare system; in-person | $1,000,000 |
| Total | $11,813,020 | |
TPP Tier 2 Adolescent Sexual Health Innovation Hubs Cooperative Agreement Awards
| Grantee Name | Hub Model | Award Amount | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children’s Hospital Los Angeles | Incubator | $1,601,283 | |||||||||
| Education, Training, and Research Associates | Hybrid | $1,963,600 | |||||||||
| The Policy & Research Group | Accelerator | $1,960,948 | |||||||||
| Child Trends Inc. | Accelerator | $1,884,984 | |||||||||
| SDGs | Targets | Indicators |
|---|---|---|
| SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being | Target 3.7: By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programs. | Indicator 3.7.1: Proportion of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods. |
| SDG 5: Gender Equality | Target 5.6: Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences. | Indicator 5.6.1: Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use, and reproductive health care. |
| SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities | Target 10.2: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic, and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status. | Indicator 10.2.1: Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income, disaggregated by age, sex, and disability. |
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Source: hhs.gov
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