New CDC initiative to promote healthy teen relationships

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just released a Request For Applications for its new initiative Dating Matters: Strategies to Promote Healthy Teen Relationships. Up to four local, city, or county health departments will receive funding to implement the comprehensive teen dating violence prevention initiative in high-risk, urban communities.

Each funded community will implement the following activities in 5-6 schools:

• CDC-developed student curricula that will be implemented in 6^th and 7^th grade
• Safe Dates which will be implemented in 8^th grade
• CDC-adapted Parents Matter! (adapted for use with teen dating violence) that will be implemented with parents/caregivers of students in 6^th-7^th grade
• Families for Safe Dates that will be implemented with parents/caregivers of students in 8^th grade

Click here to get the funding opportunity announcement.