Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) proposes to allocate funds to implement Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) PS18-1807, Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention. The project period will be 5 years, with a 12-month budget period and an anticipated award date of August 1, 2018.This NOFO will provide support for education agencies to help school districts and schools develop and implement sustainable program activities to:1) Reduce HIV infection and other STDs among adolescents; and 2) Reduce disparities in risk for HIV infection and other STD infection.Throughout the 5-year cooperative agreement, awardees will conduct activities demonstrated to improve the health of middle school and high school students by collection and use of quality surveillance data, the implementation of effective prevention practices, and demonstration and evaluation of innovative strategies within their jurisdictions.