Bureau of Community-Based & Primary Prevention
Division of Community Health & Prevention
Illinois Department of Human Services
Program Description
Target:
In-school and after-school programs are offered to students ages 10 to 19.
Purpose:
To promote abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage.
Services:
The school-based programs are curriculum-driven and taught over periods of up to ten weeks in elementary, middle and high school settings to students ages 10 to 19. The after-school programs are community-oriented, and include motivational activities,
seminars, workshops, town hall assemblies, and youth or church group activities. Media and other public and parental activities also occur.
Delivery Method:
Program funds will be used to support 30 community-based non-for-profit agencies that deliver abstinence centered, character focused education to adolescents and their parents residing in identified high-need areas of the state.
Program Data
Abstinence Education Program Program Data
| Performance Indicators |
SFY03 |
SFY04 |
SFY05 |
SFY06 |
| Grant Amount (Numbers in 000's) |
$3,086.10 |
$1,722.80 |
$2,697.20 |
$2,694.40 |
| Number of Grantees |
30 |
29 |
35 |
26 |
| Number Served |
58633 |
73855 |
55000 |
45000 |
Program Effectiveness
- In FY06, approximately 50,000 unduplicated students were served in 25 of the 102 counties in Illinois. Of those served, approximately 49% Caucasian, 21% were African- American, 18% were Hispanic and 12% were other.
