Elizabeth's New Life Center's SRAE Program - Elizabeth’s New Life Center’s SRAE Program Elizabeth’s New Life Center 2201 N. Main St., Dayton, OH 45405 Project Director: Greg Schutte, MSW, LISW-S, gschutte@elizabethnewlife.org Phone: 937-262-7010 x 407 Fax: 937-262-7198 Cell: 937-846-4441 www.ngye.org Project Summary/Abstract Goal, Services, and Staff: Our goal is to teach youth in schools and detention centers in Dayton, Ohio and surrounding communities to avoid nonmarital sexual activity and other risky behaviors linked to adolescent sex. The Go for the Gold curriculum provides long-duration programming to teach healthy relationship skills using a positive youth development approach, recognizing the experiences of youth from diverse communities and backgrounds. Program staff are passionate about positively impacting youth and have over 40 years of combined experience in risk avoidance education. We will teach at least 1,500 youth ages 10-19 in Year 1, 2,500 in Year 2, and 2,000 in Year 3. We will collect and report on all SRAE performance measures. Need and Population Served: We believe all youth are at risk when it comes to teen sexual activity and deserve to hear an unambiguous sexual risk avoidance message, normalizing the optimal health message of avoiding nonmarital sexual activity. Our main focus is to serve as many youth as possible in Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio, due to their higher poverty rate, crime rate, rate of children in foster care, STI rates, unmarried teen birth rate, and single-parent household rates as compared to Ohio and U.S. rates. In addition, we plan to serve youth in five counties surrounding Montgomery County, including low-income rural populations. Our program will be fully implemented within 90 days of the grant award. Outcomes: Entry and exit survey comparisons will show the following short-term outcomes: 1. At least 65% of participants will be much more or somewhat more likely to demonstrate social and emotional skills, e.g., resist or say no to peer pressure; manage emotions in healthy ways; and think about the consequences before making a decision. 2. At least 85% of participants will have a better understanding of what makes a relationship healthy. 3. At least 85% of participants who, after receiving programming, state that they plan to delay sexual intercourse will indicate the following factors as very or somewhat important in their decision: planning for the future; the risk of getting an STI; the risk of getting pregnant or getting someone pregnant; and the possible social and emotional consequences. 4. At least 65% of participants will be much more or somewhat more likely to follow the Success Sequence, e.g., plan to have a steady full-time job before you get married, plan to be married before you have a child. Long-term: We are confident that participants who complete the program will maintain a positive life trajectory by: 1. Remaining on-track with the "Success Sequence" (graduating from high school, getting a full-time job, and getting married before having children) to increase the likelihood of avoiding poverty and of ensuring successful financial, physical, and emotional outcomes in adulthood. 2. Practicing foundational components of healthy relationships to form healthy marriages and safe, stable families.
