Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program 

The purpose of the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program is to fund projects to implement sexual risk avoidance education that teaches participants how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity. SRAE Programs also teach the benefits associated with:

• self-regulation

• success sequencing for poverty prevention

• healthy relationships

• goal setting

• resisting sexual coercion

• avoiding dating violence

• resisting youth risk behaviors such as:

  • underage drinking

  • illicit drug use

Grantees use an evidenced based approach and/or effective strategies to educate youth on how to avoid risks that could lead to non-marital sexual activity. SRAE projects are implemented using a Positive Youth Development (PYD) framework as part of risk avoidance strategies, to help participants build healthy life skills, develop individual protective factors that reduce risks, empower youth to make healthy decisions, and provide tools and resources to prevent, pregnancy and STI. Linking program participants to services provided by local community partners that support the safety and well-being of youth is also a key component to the program.

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$75 incentive available for completing the ten (10) hour course!

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