PREP Performance Indicators: Nationwide Implementation of PREP Programs
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PREP Performance Indicators: Nationwide Implementation of PREP Programs

Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Evaluation, OPRE Report #2018-23
Published: Apr 30, 2018
Publisher: Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Human Services Family Support Youth Development
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Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP)

Time frame: 2011–2020

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

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Authors

Lara Hulsey

Susan Zief

Lauren Murphy

Key Findings

Key Findings:

  • More than 244,000 youth participated in the PREP program during the 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 reporting periods.
  • Across the country, 3,545 facilitators served youth in 543 PREP programs operated by 472 providers.
  • The most common evidence-based program models implemented were Making Proud Choices!, Teen Outreach Program (TOP), Be Proud! Be Responsible!, and Reducing the Risk.
  • The most common adulthood preparation subjects implemented were healthy relationships, healthy life skills, and adolescent development.
This brief summarizes key characteristics of programs funded through the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP), which aims to reduce teen pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections, and associated risk behaviors. PREP is administered by the Family and Youth Services Bureau within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Funding is awarded to states and territories through formula grants (State PREP), and through a competitive process to tribes and tribal entities (Tribal PREP) and to direct service providers in states and territories that did not take State PREP funding (Competitive PREP).

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