OpportunityTitle: Connecting Latino and African American Males to Sexual Health Services: An Adaptation of Project Connect
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants  Eligible applicants that can apply for this funding opportunity are listed below:  &#149;Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)  &#149;Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education)  &#149;For-profit organizations (other than small business)  &#149;Small, minority, and women-owned businesses  &#149;Universities  &#149;Colleges  &#149;Research institutions  &#149;Hospitals  &#149;Community-based organizations  &#149;Faith-based organizations  &#149;Federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments  &#149;American Indian/Alaska native tribally designated organizations  &#149;Alaska Native health corporations  &#149;Urban Indian health organizations  &#149;Tribal epidemiology centers  &#149;State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau)  &#149;Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States)  &#149;Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entity    A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application.  If applying as a bona fide agent of a state or local government, a legal, binding agreement from the state or local government as documentation of the status is required.  Attach with &#147;Other Attachment Forms&#148; when submitting via www.grants.gov.
Description: The purpose of the program is three-fold. First, this project will explore the channels necessary for reaching at-risk African American and Latino adolescent and young adult males in urban settings and particularly YMSM among these populations. Second, this project will build on these findings to adapt and evaluate an existing, efficacious program, the Project Connect Health Systems Intervention [Project Connect traditional] to meet the sexual and reproductive health care needs of these adolescent and young adult males. Other trials of Project Connect have done this by developing active partnerships between settings offering access to at-risk adolescents and community health care providers. Schools provide the reach necessary for broad community impact. However, it is important to determine if reaching at-risk adolescent males may necessitate moving outside of a school setting as well as operating within schools. Maintaining the level of reach necessary for this type of broad community impact outside of the school setting will introduce new complications, challenges, and opportunities, but may be necessary to access those adolescent males at highest risk. Third, many adolescents now interact with information, especially health information, in an online environment. To meet the needs of today&#146;s adolescents, Project Connect must evolve [Project Connect online]. Developing an online, easily modified, easily updated, and portable mechanism for online access to good providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare services is critical to meeting the needs of the target population.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: pgotim@cdc.gov
GrantorContactText: CDC PGO &lt;br/&gt;Phone 770-488-2700