ACF Memo Clarification About State Abstinence Education Grant Program Funds
March 19, 2007 ACF Memo Clarification About State Abstinence Education Grant Program Funds Federal State Abstinence Education Program (SAEP) grants must be used only to fund abstinence education, but the SAEP-funded programs may be part of a more comprehensive sex education curriculum that includes information about contraception. This memo represents a change in federal emphasis for abstinence education. Previously grantees were given to understand that accepting the SAEP funds prevented comprehensive sex education. However, the SAEP funds are still targeted to fund abstinence-only programs and the SAEP grantees are not permitted to use SAEP funds to present non . . .
