2026-2027 Statement of Need Guidelines

Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Youth Development Grant Program

The Georgia Division of Family & Children Services, Prevention and Community Support (PCS) section is excited to announce the release of the 2026-2027 Statement of Need for the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Youth Development Grant Program. The Prevention and Community Support (PCS) section will accept Statement of Need (SoN) applications for funding of the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Youth Development Grant Program under the Title V State SRAE Grant Program from the United States Department of Health and Human Services. 

The purpose of this program is to provide education to youth that normalizes the optimal health behavior of avoiding non-marital 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 usage without normalizing teen sexual activity. Applicants are encouraged to develop flexible, medically accurate, and effective programming plans responsive to their target population’s specific needs. These plans must provide sexual risk avoidance education and, where appropriate, mentoring, counseling, and adult supervision to promote healthy behaviors for avoiding sexual activity. Applicants should demonstrate their ability to include sexual risk avoidance education within an intensive youth development framework. 

To be eligible for funding under this announcement, programs are required to adhere to the federal definition of sexual risk avoidance education. Funding will be provided to the following eligible applicants.

• · Public government entity, K-12 public school systems, post-secondary institutions or 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (in existence for at least 24 months); 
• · Serve as the fiscal agent for the contract and the point of contact to DFCS-PCS or provide a Memorandum of    Understanding (MOU) with fiscal agent; and
• · Be responsible, liable, and oversee financial, program and post-award reporting requirements.

Statement of Need (SoN) Release: Monday, March 16, 2026  Statement of Need detailing application guidelines, proposals, and contract requirements will be posted on the DFCS-PCS website.

Statement of Need (SoN) Webinar: Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Morning Session Registration Link: https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/206b70bf-a967-45a7-8bf3-ac275f1c89c5@512da10d-071b-4b94-8abc-9ec4044d1516

Afternoon Session Registration Link: https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/07bdbfa7-a0df-4318-a216-47d31e91ca95@512da10d-071b-4b94-8abc-9ec4044d1516

All questions regarding the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Youth Development Grant Program Statement of Need (SoN) Funding Opportunity must be submitted in writing to gadfcs.prevention@dhs.ga.gov. 

Questions will not be accepted, and responses will not be provided after the submission deadline of 12pm on April 17, 2026

Submission Deadline: Friday, April 17, 2026 by 12pm (noon). Proposal submissions must be received in their entirety by the April 17th deadline as directed in the FY27 SRAE Statement of Need (SoN).

Contract Period: October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

• Attendance at one (1) informational Meeting is mandatory for agencies/organizations interested in submitted a proposal for the FY2027 funding cycle. 
• Please note, PCS reserves the right to modify, reschedule, or cancel the informational sessions at any time. 

Thank you.