Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Receive HHS Awards

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of Population Affairs (OPA), announced approximately $23 million in funding to foster innovation, provide new research and expand the evidence to support and advance equity in the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program. The TPP program is a national, competitive program that provides funding to replicate and scale evidence-based programs and develop and evaluate new and innovative approaches to prevent unintentional teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among adolescents, promote positive youth development and advance equity in adolescent health.

Through the TPP program, HHS seeks to advance equity in adolescent health by supporting projects that create, identify and scale effective approaches in communities and populations with the greatest needs and facing significant disparities across the country to improve adolescent health and well-being. Collectively, 18 new Tier 2 projects, along with the 53 new Tier 1 projects announced in June 2023, demonstrate how the TPP program is responsive to the needs of youth, their families and communities.

“All the new interventions address gaps in the current evidence base and have the potential to contribute new evidence-based interventions for future implementation to scale through OPA’s TPP program,” said Jessica Swafford Marcella, HHS deputy assistant secretary for population affairs.