As part of the federal government’s
ongoing efforts to support youth in making healthy decisions about
their relationships and behaviors, in February 2018, Congress
updated Title V, Section 510 of the Social Security Act to
authorize the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) grant program.
Administered by the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) within
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), SRAE funds programs
that teach adolescents to refrain from sexual activity. The
programs will also provide education on personal responsibility,
self-regulation, goal setting, healthy relationships, a focus on
the future, and preventing drug and alcohol use. SRAE replaces the
Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Education grant program, which
Congress had passed as part of welfare reform in the mid-1990s. The
SRAE legislation calls for a national evaluation of the program and
also that ACF report to Congress on the evaluation findings. As
part of ACF’s SRAE national evaluation activities, ACF is
conducting a National Descriptive Study. The study will focus on
all SRAE grantees. It will start with a basic descriptive analysis
of how SRAE grantees designed and implemented their programs, then
will continue with an in-depth nationwide study of program
implementation and youth outcomes. Ultimately, the National
Descriptive Study will generate an understanding of program design
and implementation features that will inform current and future
programs and policy. This information collection request (ICR)
focuses on the National Descriptive Study’s Early Implementation
Study (NDS-EIS).
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USC 710 Name of Law: Title V, Section 510 of the Social
Security Act
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