OpportunityTitle: Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention and School-Based Surveillance
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 1. Eligible Applicants:   SEA and TEA.  All 50 state education agencies, plus the District of Columbia, and the territorial education agencies in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau are eligible to apply for Strategies 1 and 2. SEA and TEA are not eligible for Strategy 3.    SHA/THA.  If a state or territorial education agency declines to apply for Strategy 1, the health agency in the same jurisdiction or the health agency&#146;s Bona Fide Agent may apply on their behalf.  Either the education agency or the health agency in a state or territory must be awarded for Strategy 1 and include at least four of the seven sexual behavior questions on the 2015 YRBS questionnaire in order for the education agency in that state or territory to be awarded for Strategy 2.  SHA/THA are not eligible for Strategy 2, 3 or 4.    Three states (Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington) have an established statewide survey that monitors HIV-related risk behaviors and other priority health risk behaviors.  These three states may request a waiver for this requirement to be eligible for program funding.  Waiver requirements can be found at: www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/foa/1308foa/.    ________________________________________  LEA.  Thirty-one Local Education Agencies are eligible to compete for Strategies 1 and 2, and eleven of the 31 LEA are eligible to compete for Strategy 4.  LEA are not eligible for Strategy 3.   11 LEA eligible for Strategies 1, 2 and 4:  Broward Schools, Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, FL  City of Chicago School District 299, Cook County, Chicago, IL  Dade County Schools, Miami-Dade County, Miami, FL   Dekalb County Schools, Stone Mountain, GA  District of Columbia Public Schools, District of Columbia, Washington, DC  Houston Independent School District, Harris County, Houston, TX   Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA  Memphis City Schools, Shelby County, Memphis, TN  New York City Schools, New York City, NY  Philadelphia City School District, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, PA  San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco County, San Francisco, CA     20 LEA eligible for Strategies 1 and 2:  Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore, MD  Boston Public Schools, Suffolk County, Boston, MA   Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, OH  Columbus City School District, Franklin County, Columbus, OH  Dallas Independent School District, Dallas County, Dallas, TX   Denver School District, Denver, CO  Detroit City School District, Wayne County, Detroit, MI   Duval Schools, Duval County, Jacksonville, FL  Fort Worth Independent School District, Tarrant County, Fort Worth, TX   Hillsborough Schools, Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL  Mesa Public Schools, Mesa, AZ  Milwaukee School District, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, WI  Northside Independent School District, Bexar County, San Antonio, TX  Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County, Oakland, CA  Orange County Public Schools, Orange County, Orlando, FL  The School District of Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, FL  San Bernardino City Unified School District, San Bernardino City, San Bernardino, CA  San Diego Unified School District, San Diego County, San Diego, CA  San Juan Department Of Education, San Juan Municipio, San Juan, PR  Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County, Santa Ana, CA    LHA.  If a local education agency declines to apply for Strategy 1 funding, the health agency in the same jurisdiction or the health agency&#146;s Bona Fide Agent may apply on its behalf.  Either the local education agency or the health agency in the same jurisdiction must be awarded for Strategy 1 and include at least four of the seven sexual behavior questions on the 2015 YRBS questionnaire in order for the education agency in that jurisdiction to be eligible for funding for St
Description: The primary purpose of this funding is to build the capacity of districts and schools to effectively contribute to the reduction of HIV infection and other STD among adolescents; the reduction of disparities in HIV infection and other STD experienced by specific adolescent sub-populations; and the conducting of school-based surveillance through YRBS and Profiles implementation. Program activities are expected to reinforce efforts to reduce teen pregnancy rates, due to the shared risk factors for, and intervention activities to address, HIV infection, other STD, and teen pregnancy.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Technical Information Management Section (TIMS)
GrantorContactText: CDC Procurement and Grants Office &lt;br/&gt;(PGO) Technical Information Management Section (TIMS) &lt;br/&gt;Phone:  770-488-2700 &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Dates:      Potential Applicant Conference Calls: CDC/DASH will conduct conference calls for all interested applicants to provide technical assistance (TA) and respond to any questions regarding the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) process.  Interested applicants will need a telephone to join a conference call.  The conference line can hold up to 90 callers:  1-866-764-9780; passcode:  362801.  All calls will be recorded and instructions for accessing calls will be available at: www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/foa/1308foa. Calls will take place for applicants on the following dates:  &#149; National Non-Governmental Organizations on Thursday, February 14, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. U.S. EST  &#149; Local Education/Health Agencies, Thursday, February 14, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. U.S. EST  &#149; State Education/Health Agencies on Thursday, February 14, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time (EST)  &#149; Territorial Education/Health Agencies on Thursday, February 14, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. U.S. EST    Letter of Intent (LOI) Deadline Date: March 15, 2013, 11:59 p.m. U.S. EST, dashfoa@cdc.gov.  The LOI is intended to provide CDC with an estimated number of applicants to anticipate for the competitive process.  This LOI is strongly recommended; however, it is not required.    Application Deadline Date: April 26, 2013, 11:59 p.m. U.S. EST, www.grants.gov