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HEALTHY MARRIAGE DEMONSTRATION, PRIORITY AREA 7

IMPLEMENTING LOVE NOTES 4.2 AO TO REDUCE UNMARRIED TEEN BIRTHS AND BUILD HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP SKILLS AMONG YOUTH AGES 10-19 ACROSS 10 NW FLORIDA COUNTIES, WITH SUBRECIPIENT HREC. - BAY COUNTY MARRIAGE AND FAMILY INITIATIVE (BCMFI), TOGETHER WITH ITS CIRCUIT 1 SUBRECIPIENT, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS EMERALD COAST (HREC), REQUESTS THREE YEARS OF GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION (GD-SRAE) FUNDING TO SERVE YOUTH AGES 10 TO 19 ACROSS A TEN-COUNTY SERVICE AREA COVERING ALL OF JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 14 AND ALL OF JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 1 IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THIS REGION HAS SOME OF THE STATE'S HIGHEST RATES OF UNMARRIED TEEN BIRTHS, FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT, AND YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR; CIRCUIT 14 RANKS 2ND OF FLORIDA'S 20 JUDICIAL CIRCUITS ON UNMARRIED TEEN BIRTHS IN BOTH THE 15-17 AND 18-19 AGE BANDS, AS WELL AS ON YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE. BCMFI WILL DELIVER LOVE NOTES 4.2 ABSTINENCE ONLY (AO), AN EVIDENCE-BASED SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE AND POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM SUPPORTED BY A FIVE-YEAR, $4.8 MILLION RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE, EMERGENCY SHELTERS, AND TRANSITIONAL LIVING FACILITIES, ALONGSIDE YOUTH REACHED THROUGH SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PARTNER SITES. TO ENSURE AGE-APPROPRIATE DELIVERY ACROSS THE FULL 10-19 TARGET POPULATION, BCMFI WILL USE BOTH THE STANDARD LOVE NOTES 4.2 AO EDITION FOR AGES 14-19 AND THE LOVE NOTES MIDDLE SCHOOL ADAPTATION FOR AGES 10-13. PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE LOVE NOTES 4.2 AO WORKSHOP DELIVERY, UNIVERSAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING EDUCATION, REFERRALS TO YOUTH-FRIENDLY SERVICES, AND TWO CIRCUIT-LEVEL YOUTH ADVISORY BOARDS PROVIDING ONGOING PARTICIPANT INPUT INTO PROGRAM DESIGN. OVER THE THREE-YEAR PROJECT PERIOD, BCMFI PROJECTS SERVING APPROXIMATELY 3,405 YOUTH ACROSS APPROXIMATELY 92 COHORTS, PHASING IN FROM ITS CURRENT BAY AND OKALOOSA COUNTY FOOTPRINT TO 8 OF 10 COUNTIES BY YEAR 2 AND FULL TEN-COUNTY COVERAGE BY YEAR 3.

THE COMMUNITY BASED DOULA PROGRAM

P17AC00700

SUPPORT FREDERICK DOUGLASS BICENTENNIAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS

SUPPORT FOR A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT COMMEMORATE THE VISIT OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS TO IRELAND AND EXPLORE ISSUES LIKE IDENTITY, MIGRATION AND RACE IN CONTEMPORARY IRELAND. IT WILL HIGHLIGHT CONTEMPORARY TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, A KEY BILATERAL POLICY ISSUE.

MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT