The Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) is one of the largest federally funded programs designed to address adolescent pregnancy and prepare youth for successful transition to adulthood. PREP grantees have flexibility in designing and implementing programs, provided they adhere to certain requirements specified in the legislation, including educating youth on at least three of six adulthood preparation subjects (APSs): adolescent development, healthy life skills, educational and career success, parent-child communication, financial literacy, and healthy relationships. This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation brief offers guidance to grantees who want to or already address financial literacy in their PREP program.

The Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) is one of the largest federally funded programs designed to address adolescent pregnancy. PREP grantees have flexibility in designing and implementing programs, provided they adhere to certain requirements specified in the legislation, including educating youth on at least three of six adulthood preparation subjects (APSs): adolescent development, healthy life skills, educational and career success, parent-child communication, financial literacy, and healthy relationships. Incorporating the APSs into PREP programming is important for pregnant and parenting youth, who might need supports in areas beyond, but related to, preventing repeat pregnancies. This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation brief explores how APS programming might be tailored to meet the needs of pregnant and parenting youth participating in PREP.

Sexual risk avoidance education (SRAE) is a primary prevention approach that promotes the development of life skills related to healthy relationships, decision making, goal setting, and self-regulation, as well as the benefits of avoiding non-marital sexual activity and other risky behaviors. This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation tip sheet highlights several practical examples of how the model can be used by practitioners, such as: 

• Referring to the program inputs to ensure that key topics, resources, and systems are in place for successful SRAE programming;
• Using the implementation outputs as measures to monitor program fidelity and continuously improve programs over time; and
• Reviewing expected outcomes to ensure programming targets the factors that research shows are associated with the avoidance of sexual activity among youth.

The Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) grant program—a federally funded adolescent pregnancy prevention initiative administered by the Family and Youth Services Bureau—teaches youth how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity. The primary audience for this Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation report includes those who support SRAE program efforts nationwide, including federal staff, state staff, and provider organizations.

The Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) grant program—a federally funded adolescent pregnancy prevention initiative administered by the Family and Youth Services Bureau—teaches youth how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity. This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation toolkit provides information on instruments that SRAE grant recipients can use to measure youth engagement in SRAE programs and what facilitators do in the classroom that promotes this engagement. Measuring youth engagement and facilitator quality may inform program improvement efforts.

The Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) grant program—a federally funded adolescent pregnancy prevention initiative administered by the Family and Youth Services Bureau—teaches youth how to voluntarily refrain from non-marital sexual activity. This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation brief highlights the experiences of youth that attended SRAE programs.

The Administration for Children and Families funded a rigorous evaluation of an adapted, eight-hour version of Reducing the Risk, teen pregnancy prevention curriculum in rural Kentucky, in 13 high schools. The program was delivered by trained staff from two local health departments in Kentucky with federal grant funding from one of the largest federally funded programs designed to address adolescent pregnancy, Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP). This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation brief provides a final summary of key implementation and impact findings from the evaluation of the adapted version of Reducing the Risk in Kentucky.

On January 16th, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. ET, Ascend at the Aspen Institute will convene experts to discuss how advocates for families – across philanthropy, policy, and systems – can lead with conviction to keep society moving forward. This webinar will offer practical solutions for enhanced leadership in this new era in preparation of the February session on building trust.

The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse released this Driver’s Guide for Young Dads to engage teenage fathers and young adult fathers and support them as they strive to be good dads, adopt healthy lifestyles, and establish effective parenting practices. Young fathers often face more and different challenges than older or experienced fathers in preparing for their new role as fathers. Not only are they still growing emotionally and intellectually as they transition into adulthood, but they also need to learn the ropes of parenting while weighing educational and employment options.