Description

The purpose of South Carolina’s federal Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) subgrant program is to provide support to eligible organizations to implement education exclusively on sexual risk avoidance that teaches youth to voluntarily refrain from sexual activity. The program is designed to teach youth personal responsibility, self-regulation, goal setting, healthy decision-making, a focus on the future, and the prevention of youth risk behaviors such as drug and alcohol use without normalizing teen sexual activity.
 

Program Office

Office of Student Support

Eligible Applicant 

An eligible applicant is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose proposed program curricula meets all A-H Title V, Section 510 definitions of Abstinence Education, as defined in the 2017 Social Security Act (Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 710). The curricula also must be deemed research-based by WeAscend.org.

Total Funding Available 

Approximately $1,110,000

Funding Detail 

The SCDE anticipates awarding more than one subaward. The minimum award is $100,000, and the maximum award cannot exceed $600,000. See the request for proposals (RFP) for more information.

Project Term 

October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027

Application Due Date

November 6, 2026

Technical Assistance Session 

The SCDE’s Office of Student Support (OSS) will offer a pre-application technical assistance webinar via Microsoft Teams on October 8, 2026, from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. Please use this Microsoft Teams link to register for the webinar.

Documents 

Request for Proposals (DOCX, 1.12mb – 10/1/2026)
Application Link
Budget Narrative Template (XLSX, 14.0kb – 10/1/2026)

Program Web Page 

Student Support