The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to develop and test new and innovative strategies to prevent teen pregnancy, promote healthy adolescence and address youth sexual risk holistically to result in healthy decision making and future thriving by enhancing protective factors with youth,
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with supplementary focus possible at the systems-level and/or with families and/or caregivers.
Projects are expected to have high potential to enhance protective factors shown to improve the health of adolescents aged 10-1 9. Projects will be funded to evaluate and test programs or strategies to improve adolescent health and address youth sexual risk holistically by focusing on protective factors.