In 2013, SDP entered into a cooperative agreement with the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to receive funding intended to help build SDP’s capacity to develop and implement sustainable program activities that would effectively reduce human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among adolescents; reduce disparities in HIV infection and other STDs experienced by specific adolescent sub-populations; and reinforce efforts to reduce teen pregnancy rates.

Throughout the course of the five-year grant cycle, ORE collected and analyzed data to assess the extent to which the program, known throughout SDP as AIDS Risk Reduction through Education and Staff Training (or “Project ARREST”), achieved its intended goals. ORE also assessed the extent to which the program strengthened and expanded SDP policies and supports to enable schools to prevent and reduce risk behaviors of school-age youth that may result in STI/HIV infection and unintended pregnancy.

This report includes a description of our data sources and evaluation activities, a summary of major successes, a summary of progress made toward originally stated goals (including significant results), and plans for publication.

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