Sunday, May 28, 2023
5/28/2023
Shelby County Schools (SCS) proposes to provide Component 1 and Component 2 services in the metropolitan statistical area of Memphis, TN, a high-need, high-poverty city that is currently ranked as the nation’s highest MSA with a population of 1,000,000+ in terms of both overall poverty and poverty among children. The Year 1 work plan for Component 1 (School-Based Surveillance) supports one overarching five-year goal: Increased understanding of youth risk behaviors and school health policies and practices by education and public health agencies that support the program’s intermediate and long-term outcome goals as specified within the DASH 1807 logic model and as measured by the YRBS and School Health Profiles. As in previous administrations of the YRBS in SCS, the survey will be administered to both middle and high school students, with separate analyses for students in regular schools and students in Alternative Schools. Analysis will also be requested for students in a subset of a minimum of 20 Priority Schools – regular and Alternative Schools receiving services in all three identified approaches within Component 2. The short-term outcomes will be to obtain weighted YRBS and School Health Profiles data for the District and subgroups and to develop baselines for intermediate and 5-year outcomes. The YRBS data will be used to monitor whether Component 1 and 2 grant activities are leading to longer term outcomes, namely, decreasing the percentages of adolescents who participate in sexual risk behaviors and increasing the percentages of adolescents who participate in sexual risk avoidance behaviors. The Profiles data will be used to assess the intermediate outcomes identified in the logic model, which include increasing the number of schools that deliver exemplary sexual health education (SHE), improving students’ access to youth-friendly sexual health services (SHS), and creating and maintaining a safe and supportive environment (SSE) for students. The Year 1 work plan for Component 2 (School-Based HIV Prevention) builds on current work within SCS as a DASH 1308 recipient. A minimum of 20 Priority Schools serving at least 10,000 students will be identified to receive all three approaches throughout the five years of the project. A preliminary set of 31 Priority Schools has been identified, including 8 Alternative schools, 3 high schools housing SBHCs, and 21 schools (8 high schools, 11 middle schools, 2 middle/high schools) ranked high in an analysis of epidemiological and demographic zip code data; school demographic and climate data; SHE, SHS, and/or SSE partnerships with community organizations; and participation in DASH 1308 grant-funded professional development sessions. Parent engagement strategies used in DASH 1308 will be continued in these schools, especially as students transition in and out of the Alternative program. Within the Priority Schools the current pilot project incorporating service learning EBIs in SHE will be expanded, and new Priority Schools activities will include a Youth Advisory Ambassador program and a GSA club initiative. A major focus of Year 1 activities will be strengthening Priority School staff capacity for SHS referrals and facilitating SHS for Priority School students in the District’s three SBHCs, which will operate under a new extended-hour schedule in 2018-19.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
