Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies (PREIS)
PREIS funds rigorous evaluations of innovative programs to prevent adolescent pregnancy among high-risk youth, requiring evidence-based approaches and a focus on adulthood preparation topics.
Funder: Administration for Children & Families - ACYF/FYSB
Due Dates: August 18, 2026: Full application submission deadline
Funding Amounts: $750,000–$900,000 per award (first year); 5-year project period; estimated total program funding $10,000,000; ~12 awards expected
Summary: Supports rigorous impact evaluations of innovative adolescent pregnancy prevention interventions for high-risk and vulnerable youth populations.
Key Information: Minimum 20% of funding must go to an independent, third-party evaluator.
Description
This opportunity funds organizations to rigorously evaluate innovative adolescent pregnancy prevention strategies among high-risk and vulnerable youth. Projects must implement and test interventions that have promising preliminary evidence but have not yet undergone a randomized controlled trial (RCT) or quasi-experimental design (QED). The program requires interventions to address at least three out of six Adulthood Preparation Subjects (APS), including healthy relationships, adolescent development, financial literacy, parent-child communication, educational and career success, and healthy life skills. Rigorous, independent evaluation is required, and projects must target populations such as youth in foster care, juvenile justice, trafficking victims, runaway/homeless youth, youth with HIV/AIDS, expectant and parenting youth under 21, and youth in high teen birth rate areas.
