Department of Health Awards Abstinence Education Grants
NASHVILLE – Thirteen agencies across Tennessee have been awarded a total of $3,204,300 in funding to provide abstinence education programs. The funding provision is a continuance of Tennessee’s efforts to reduce adolescent and unplanned pregnancies.
"The State of Tennessee is committed to promoting positive youth development and preventing the negative physical, emotional and financial outcomes that may be associated with early initiation of sexual activity such as pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases,” Maternal and Child Health Director Michael D. Warren, MD, MPH, FAAP, said. “We support our community partners in this effort to protect the health of Tennesseans.”
Abstinence education grant recipients and award amounts are as follows:
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RECIPIENT
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AMOUNT
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Boys and Girls Club of the Monroe Area, Madisonville
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$300,000
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Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, Knoxville
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$210,300
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Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc., Morristown
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$300,000
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Fashioned in His Image Total Women’s Center, Inc., Nashville
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$162,600
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Full Circle Women’s Services, Athens
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$154,200
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Gibson County Special School District, Dyer
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$270,000
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Lake County Board of Education, Tiptonville
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$141,900
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Life Choices Crisis Pregnancy Support Center, Dyersburg
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$300,000
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New Vision, Inc., Nashville
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$300,000
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Rise Up!, Johnson City
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$270,000
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Why Know Abstinence Education, Inc., Hixson
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$300,000
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Women’s Care Center of Rhea County, Inc., Dayton
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$200,400
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YMCA of Middle Tennessee, Nashville
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$294,900
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Abstinence education grant awards are for a three-year term. Each grantee is required to match 75 percent of the funding award it receives from the Department of Health. The funding will support comprehensive, evidence-based and medically accurate community-based education programs.
Information on funding opportunities provided by the Department of Health is posted on online at http://health.state.tn.us/vendors.htm.