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Funded Partners: National Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
Institute for Youth Development (IYD)

CONTACT INFORMATION
Eva McGann
Project Director

Institute for Youth Development*


 

IYD promotes a comprehensive risk-avoidance message for youth regarding the most common risk behaviors: alcohol, drugs, sexual activity, tobacco, and violence. IYD assists a national network of policymakers, community leaders, youth-serving agencies, school-based abstinence educators, and community and faith-based organizations to promote sexual abstinence among teens.

IYD's Program in Action

IYD is funded to provide Capacity-Building Assistance for Promoting Sexual Abstinence: Youth Development Strategies.

  • Implementing three regional capacity-building workshops during Year 3 on integrating and expanding positive youth development strategies in abstinence education programs.
     
  • Providing four 1-hour Web casts during Year 3 on positive youth development strategies and program development and implementation.
     
  • Providing technical assistance and resources on positive youth development principles and practices and program development and implementation (via telephone, email, mail, in person).

Other NGOs funded under this category:

See Also

Funding Announcement 601 [pdf 245K] (CDC-RFA-DP06-601). Provides more information on the NGO funding requirements for providing capacity-building assistance.

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Page last reviewed: May 14, 2008
Page last modified: May 15, 2008
Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health

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