Abstinence is for you . . .
Target Groups
Each year, over 1,000 eligible teens in ten (10) NC counties have an opportunity to participate in informal classes, cultural and college activities, plays, skits, and reflection. Those selected for the program are considered high-risk, resulting from conditions such as homelessness, LGBTQ status, teen parents, residing in poverty communities or Foster care. Research indicates these adolescents are more susceptible to STDs and unplanned pregnancies than their peers.
Divine Faith Baptist Church
Rev. James Williams, Pastor
(252) 266-1735
(Nash and Edgecombe Counties)
Eastern Carolina Human Services Agency, Inc.
Daphany Hill, Executive Director
(910) 347-2151
(Onslow and Duplin Counties)
Who to contact for more information in your area . . .
Edwards Grove Baptist Church
Rev. Calvin L. Stokes, Pastor
(336) 622-2981
(Randolph County)
St. Stephen’s AME Church
Rev. A. O. Carmichael, Pastor
(336) 622-3722
(Randolph County)
Southern Vance High School
Tannis Jenkins, Guidance Counselor
(252) 430-6000
(Vance County)
Success & Beyond Global Enterprises, LLC
Latezes Bridges, President
(252) 436-6033
(Vance County)
Together Transforming Lives, Inc.
Rev., Dr. Danny Ellis, Exe. Director
(252) 230-0406
(Northampton & Halifax Co. Schools)
Vance County Learning Center
Deryl von Williams, CEO
(252) 438-6900
(Vance County)
CJH Educational Grant Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 14264, Raleigh, NC 27620-4264
TEL: 919-832-0306 - FAX: 919-832-9014
Cynthia J. Harris, President
email: charris@cjhgrants.com
Funding for this project was provided by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Grant (CDFA #93.060). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. Federal funds total $649,342 over the 2-year project period with a $28,000 (4.3%) match requirement from in-kind community services, contributions, and donations.
*Donations of time, products, and services are welcome.
For more information on CAE services in North Carolina, contact
Harriett Pavon-Rosado, CJH Leadership Training &
Site Coordinator (919) 497-2064.
Community Partners agreed to offer the Choosing the Best (CtB) curriculum series during this first year. Journey is one of several programs including CtB Way, Path, and Soul Mate. The curriculum teaches teens to delay sexual involvement or to become renewed virgins. Discussions include ways to demonstrate affection without being sexually involved. Key components of the curriculum include: parent involvement, presentations, discussions, presentations, activities, and personal application. Facilitators and teachers from each Partnership attend training from the curriculum developers. For more information on the curriculum, log on to: http://www.choosingthebest.org
Choosing the Best Journey Curriculum
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The Mission
The Competitive Abstinence Education Grant Program is to provide abstinence education to adolescents as defined by Section 510(b)(2)(A)-(H) of the Social Security Act. An “A-H” program is one that has all of the Act’s components including: “(A) has as its exclusive purpose, teaching the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity; and (B) teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard for all school- age children.” Federal grant administrators are “committed to promoting the behavioral health and social and emotional well-being of vulnerable young people through a strengths-based, positive youth development (PYD) approach” (CAE RFP, p. 2 – 3).
Abstinence Education Grant Awarded
In the fall of 2012, CJH Educational Grant Services, Inc. (CJH) was awarded a 2-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to offer the Competitive Abstinence Education Grant Program (CAE). Only nine (9) projects were funded across the country with one in NC. CJH will contract with school districts and local youth-serving nonprofits (Partners) to engage adolescents in a medically-sound, age-appropriate curriculum. Participating teens will receive at least eight (8) hours of instruction with supporting activities to encourage abstinence. Participation is voluntary. Over the next 2 years, CJH and Partners will reach and serve 2,000 adolescents from the following counties: Duplin, Edgecombe, Halifax, Hoke, Nash, Northampton, Onslow, Randolph, Robeson, and Vance County.
Faye Minga (right) - NCCAA staff
Michael Terrance Moore, CEO (left) Lifting Handz, Inc.
