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Activate: A Research to Practice Center for Adolescent Health Promotion for Youth Supporting Professionals

Award Number: PHEPA000005
ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF POPULATION AFFAIRS/OFFICE OF FAMILY PLANNING
OPDIV: DHHS/OS
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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Activate: A Research to Practice Center for Adolescent Health Promotion for Youth Supporting Professionals - Child Trends and Chapin Hall are partnering to further refine and carry out the work of Activate, a Research to Practice Center first funded by OPA in 2020 with the goal of promoting adolescent health and preventing teenage pregnancy by bringing adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) research to youth-serving professionals (YSPs). Activate will leverage its current experience and assets (e.g., well-developed systems, methods, plans, and partners—including the Activate Research Alliance and collaborators) to continue its efficient and effective work in the priority area of working with YSPs in the systems that serve youth who are considered vulnerable (i.e., Activate’s focal populations). This population includes youth who have experience with the child welfare and/or justice systems, homelessness, or disconnection from school and work (i.e., opportunity youth). Activate’s focal populations are more likely to experience undesirable sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes. For example, they are more likely to experience a pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, and to have less access to SRH services than their peers. There are several critical gaps in research to practice resources for YSPs who support Activate’s focal populations. YSPs want but often lack access to SRH research syntheses, research-based SRH technical assistance (TA) resources, and training. Our needs assessment found that YSPs have limited access to research-, culturally-, and trauma-informed and gender-affirming information about SRH, and limited access to high-quality SRH care resources and services to best promote youths’ positive SRH outcomes. Our goal is to support the translation of adolescent SRH research into resources for YSPs and to strategically disseminate these resources. We will curate, translate, and disseminate scientific knowledge about SRH by continuing to compile existing research-based resources within the Activate web-based Resource Explorer; synthesizing research on effective or promising practices and programs; developing research-informed TA resources using scientific approaches to research translation; and strategically disseminating research to YSPs, administrators, and policymakers. We will build YSPs’ technical capacity to address SRH through a diverse range of traditional and innovative approaches and trainings about priority SRH topics. We will collaborate with OPA, researchers, YSPs, and youth to develop and facilitate the use of research-based resources to improve public health practice. By adhering to Child Trends’ standards for equitable research and a well-developed equity review process, Activate’s resources will enhance equity and inclusivity to prevent perpetuation of disparities among the focal youth populations who are disproportionately from historically marginalized communities (e.g., youth of color, LGBTQI+ youth). The proposed team from Child Trends and Chapin Hall brings overlapping and complementary substantive expertise, along with shared and distinct track records in the following areas: research translation; conducting research; promoting evidence-based practices; developing research-to-practice resources; partnering with a range of contributors, including researchers, YSP, and youth; and disseminating findings to a range of audiences of professionals who work with Activate’s focal populations across multiple systems.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $1,200,000 )
2025	2025	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	12300 TWINBROOK PKWY STE 235	ROCKVILLE	MD	20852	MONTGOMERY	USA	Public Health Service Evaluation Funds	00	4	9/18/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,200,000
2025	2024	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	12300 TWINBROOK PKWY STE 235	ROCKVILLE	MD	20852	MONTGOMERY	USA	Public Health Service Evaluation Funds	00	4	9/18/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,200,000

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $1,200,000 )
2024	2024	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	12300 TWINBROOK PKWY STE 235	ROCKVILLE	MD	20852	MONTGOMERY	USA	Public Health Service Evaluation Funds	00	3	9/20/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,200,000
2024	2023	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	12300 TWINBROOK PKWY STE 235	ROCKVILLE	MD	20852	MONTGOMERY	USA	Public Health Service Evaluation Funds	00	3	9/20/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2023	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	12300 TWINBROOK PKWY STE 235	ROCKVILLE	MD	20852	MONTGOMERY	USA	Public Health Service Evaluation Funds	02	2	7/12/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	12300 TWINBROOK PKWY STE 235	ROCKVILLE	MD	20852	MONTGOMERY	USA	Public Health Service Evaluation Funds	01	2	5/31/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2022	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	12300 TWINBROOK PKWY STE 235	ROCKVILLE	MD	20852	MONTGOMERY	USA	Public Health Service Evaluation Funds	01	2	5/31/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2022	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	12300 TWINBROOK PKWY STE 235	ROCKVILLE	MD	20852	MONTGOMERY	USA	Public Health Service Evaluation Funds	02	2	7/12/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $1,200,000

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1,092,000 )
2023	2023	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	12300 TWINBROOK PKWY STE 235	ROCKVILLE	MD	20852	MONTGOMERY	USA	Public Health Service Evaluation Funds	00	2	9/13/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,092,000
2023	2022	CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED	12300 TWINBROOK PKWY STE 235	ROCKVILLE	MD	20852	MONTGOMERY	USA	Public Health Service Evaluation Funds	00	2	9/13/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,092,000

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $1,092,000 )
2022	2022	CHILD TRENDS INC	7315 Wisconsin Ave STE 1200W	Bethesda	MD	20814	MONTGOMERY	USA	Public Health Service Evaluation Funds	00	1	9/8/2022	NEW	$1,092,000
														Subtotal = $1,092,000

Grand Total All Awards = $4,584,000

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Activate: A Research to Practice Center for Adolescent Health Promotion for Youth Supporting Professionals

Award Number: PHEPA000005

ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF POPULATION AFFAIRS/OFFICE OF FAMILY PLANNING

OPDIV: DHHS/OS

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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