Title V Competitive Sexual Risk Avoidance Education | HHS 2025 ACF ACYF TS 0007

Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2025 ACF ACYF TS 0007

The Title V Competitive Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program is a discretionary federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within ACYF/FYSB. Its core purpose is to competitively fund projects that deliver sexual risk avoidance education to youth, with programming centered on teaching young people to voluntarily refrain from sexual activity. The initiative is framed around building practical life skills and protective factors, including personal responsibility, self-regulation, goal setting, healthy decision-making, and maintaining a strong focus on future aspirations. Alongside sexual risk avoidance, the program also emphasizes preventing related risk behaviors, such as drug and alcohol use, and it specifically notes that programs should do this without normalizing teen sexual activity.

A key feature of this competition is that it is aimed at filling gaps in states and territories that did not accept the FY 2025 allocations for the Title V State SRAE program. In other words, these competitive awards are intended to support local implementation in jurisdictions where the state-level SRAE funding was not taken up, creating an alternative pathway for services to reach youth through local organizations and partnerships.

Eligibility is focused on local organizations (including faith-based organizations) or consortia that can demonstrate the capacity to develop and run Title V Competitive SRAE projects in the eligible states and territories described above. The opportunity lists a wide range of eligible applicant types in standard federal categories, including county, city/township, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses, among others. Even with these broad categories, the narrative portion highlights the expectation that applicants function as local entities capable of implementing programming on the ground, either independently or through a consortium approach.

There are also clear restrictions: applications from individuals, including sole proprietorships, are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding consideration. Foreign entities are also not eligible and will likewise be disqualified. Faith-based organizations are explicitly affirmed as eligible as long as they meet the program requirements, and the notice states they may compete on the same basis as any other organization. It further references applicable protections and requirements under 45 CFR Part 87 and 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., and states that ACF will not discriminate in selecting recipients based on an organization’s religious character, affiliation, or exercise, which is meant to clarify equal treatment and compliance with federal rules governing partnerships with faith-based organizations.

From a funding and timing standpoint, this is a grant (not a contract) with an award ceiling of $450,000 per award, and the agency anticipates making about 15 awards. The opportunity number is HHS-2025-ACF-ACYF-TS-0007, and it is associated with CFDA/Assistance Listing 93.787. The posting indicates an original application closing date of July 22, 2025, with a creation/posting date of July 8, 2025. Overall, the opportunity is designed for organizations that can quickly stand up or expand structured, skill-building youth education focused on sexual risk avoidance and related risk prevention, particularly in places where state-level Title V SRAE funds were not accepted for FY 2025.

• The Administration for Children Families - ACYF/FYSB in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Title V Competitive Sexual Risk Avoidance Education" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.787.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-07-08.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-07-22. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $450,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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