Zoi Title V SRAE Program - Summary: Corona Life Services DBA Zoi (Zoi) requests $450,000 annually, $900,000 across the 2-year project period, to deliver sexual risk avoidance education (SRAE) that teaches youth to voluntarily refrain from nonmarital sexual activity. Zoi has served Riverside and San Bernardino Counties since 1998, delivering SRAE since 2020 across three federal awards totaling $2,610,044 and reaching more than 3,000 youth and parents at a 90% completion rate against the 75% federal measure. California did not accept FY 2026 Title V State SRAE allotments, leaving this project as the primary SRAE source for the target community (TC). Incumbent staff fill every key position, and Zoi will fill the 0.25 FTE Community Engagement Coordinator role before implementation, ensuring full functionality within 90 days of award. AMTC & Associates will provide the Project Performance Evaluation (PPE). Target population(s) to be served: The project will serve 1,000 youth ages 13 to 19, 500 each year, in ZIP codes 92404, 92405, 92408, 92410, 92411, 92415, 92507, 92509, 92551, 92553, 92570, 92860, 92879, 92881, 92882, and 92530. Programming occurs across 12 sites: three high schools, one middle school, and eight community sites, all of which have hosted SRAE programming. Participants will include youth in foster care, experiencing homelessness, and at risk of trafficking. Needs to be addressed: County averages conceal acute need in the TC, where poverty and family instability run well above state levels. The teen birth rate in the TC reaches 18.2 per 1,000, nearly double the California rate of 9.3. Teen gonorrhea reaches 603.5 per 100,000, nearly triple the state rate. Poverty affects 18.5% of residents and 24.2% of children under 18, and 47.2% of children live with unmarried parents. Proposed services: Zoi will deliver the evidence-based curriculum REAL Essentials, published by the Center for Relationship Education, in ten 1-hour sessions inclusive of positive youth development (PYD). Content teaches all six statutory A-F topics and the Success Sequence for Poverty Prevention, is medically accurate and complete, age-appropriate, and culturally appropriate, and normalizes avoiding nonmarital sexual activity as optimal. Trauma-informed delivery and universal human trafficking education reinforce content. Educators screen 100% of participants and refer identified needs to youth-friendly partners that do not normalize sexual activity outside of marriage, urgent needs within 72 hours. A Youth Leadership Council meets quarterly, and participation is voluntary. Expected outcomes: By program exit, 75% of youth will increase intentions to delay sexual activity until marriage, self-regulation skills, skills to resist sexual coercion, and intentions to follow the Success Sequence; 85% will report satisfaction; and 80% of parents/caregivers and community leaders will report skills and strategies to support youth participants. The project advances three ACF priorities: Promoting Work and Self-Sufficiency, Promoting Marriage and Family Formation, and Ensuring Value Alignment in Funding.
