Dear Friend-
Are you looking for funding? Want to expand your program or create new opportunities to serve youth in your community? NOW is the time to prepare! More than $87 million has been forecast for Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Sexual Risk Avoidance federal grants. (We expect over $100 million in Healthy Marriage/Relationship and Responsible Fatherhood funding to be announced shortly.) Even though the details of the grants are not yet known, there are things you can do NOW that will help you to be ready without making any financial investments. 1) Make a PLAN - Know the population and the community you intend to serve and understand everything you can about them: needs, demographics, etc.
- In the past, this has meant delivering services to teens in areas with higher than the national average teen pregnancy rate.
- Figure out which settings will offer the best opportunities for your grant activity and why. What are the rules and regulations of working in those settings? (i.e., if working in a school, which class is most suitable for this instruction?)
2) PICK a PROGRAM - Explore the intervention(s) you may want to provide that are best suited for your population and setting. Request a review copy from Dibble for your team and your partners.
(Selecting an evidence-based program may increase your chances of winning. Our Love Notes EBP Model is the only program on the federal list of evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs with five or more positive outcomes. Most importantly, teens taught Love Notes were 46% less likely to get pregnant, compared to the control group 12 months post instruction.)
3) Reach out to PARTNERS - NOW is the time to build relationships with any partners you feel will to make your grant activity successful.
- Brainstorm with them how best to deliver the program, any barriers to participation and how to overcome them, who will be instructing, and best ways to recruit and retain your intended population.
NOW is the time to PLAN, PICK, and PARTNER!
Got questions or want a free review copy of a curriculum? Email me ASAP. All the best, |
