Funded NGOs

The following non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receive funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to provide intensive technical assistance and capacity-building support to local and state education agencies to improve health and educational outcomes among children and adolescents.

Technical Assistance and Capacity Building

CDC funding is used to provide intensive technical assistance and capacity-building support for education agencies in one of four approaches:

1. strengthening the effectiveness of instructional materials and their delivery;
2. strengthening the effectiveness of health services initiatives that reduce HIV infection and other STDs;
3. strengthening the effectiveness of initiatives to create and maintain safe and supportive environments in schools; and
4. addressing policy and practice in state education agencies.

School-based Activities During COVID-19 Pandemic

CDC funding is used to mitigate the impacts of disruptions related to COVID-19 by providing training to education agencies to address the social, emotional, and mental health needs of school faculty and staff as well as how to support students’ social, emotional, and mental health needs.

Agency contact information and program descriptions

Advocates for Youth receives funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to:

Provide training, follow-up support, and technical assistance to local education agency partners to build their ability to (1) strengthen the effectiveness of instructional materials (guided by a scope and sequence that reflects essential knowledge and skills for reducing sexual risk behaviors within the context of a high-quality health education program), and (2) strengthen instructional delivery in classrooms.
Provide training, follow-up support, and technical assistance to local education agency partners to build their ability to strengthen the effectiveness of sexual health services required activities.
Provide infrastructure development, professional development, training, and technical assistance to education agency partners to support return to school efforts post COVID-19 closures.

Location:

Washington, DC

Contacts:

Jennifer Augustine (Principal Investigator)
Daniella Thorne (Program Manager) (3A)
Mary Beth Szydlowski (Program Manager) (3B)
Brittany Broaddus-Smith (Program Manager)

Jennifer Augustine (Principal Investigator)
Daniella Thorne (Program Manager) (3A)
Mary Beth Szydlowski (Program Manager) (3B)
Brittany Broaddus-Smith (Program Manager)

Website:

https://advocatesforyouth.org/

American Academy of Pediatrics receives funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to:

Provide training, follow-up support, and technical assistance to local education agency partners to build their ability to strengthen the effectiveness of sexual health services required activities.
Provide infrastructure development, professional development, training, and technical assistance to education agency partners to support return to school efforts post COVID-19 closures.

Location:

Itasca, IL

Contacts:

Carolyn McCarty (Principal Investigator)
Pryscilla Bolander (Program Manager)

Carolyn McCarty (Principal Investigator)
Pryscilla Bolander (Program Manager)

Website:

https://www.aap.org

American Psychological Association receives funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to:

Provide leadership and technical support to LEA partners to strengthen their work to establish and maintain safe and supportive school environments in schools, especially for youth at highest risk of HIV infection and other STD.
Provide infrastructure development, professional development, training, and technical assistance to education agency partners to support return to school efforts post COVID-19 closures.

Location:

Washington, DC

Contacts:

Clinton Anderson (Principal Investigator)
David P DeVito (Program Director)

Clinton Anderson (Principal Investigator)
David P DeVito (Program Director)

Website:

http://www.apa.org

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles receives funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to:

Provide leadership and technical support to local education agency partners to strengthen their work to establish and maintain safe and supportive school environments in schools, especially for youth at highest risk of HIV infection and other STD.
Provide infrastructure development, professional development, training, and technical assistance to education agency partners to support return to school efforts post COVID-19 closures.

Location:

Los Angeles, CA

Contacts:

Mia Humphreys (Principal Investigator)

Website:

https://www.chla.org

Child Trends Incorporated receives funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to:

Increase the capacity of multi-sector, state-level leadership teams to assess and coordinate model policy development and implementation at the state and local levels.
Provide infrastructure development, professional development, training, and technical assistance to education agency partners to support return to school efforts post COVID-19 closures.

Location:

Bethesda, MD

Contacts:

Brandon Stratford (Principal Investigator)
Kaylor Garcia (Program Manager)

Brandon Stratford (Principal Investigator)
Kaylor Garcia (Program Manager)

Website:

https://www.childtrends.org

National Coalition of STD Directors receives funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to:

Increase the capacity of multi-sector, state-level leadership teams to assess and coordinate model policy development and implementation at the state and local levels.
Provide infrastructure development, professional development, training, and technical assistance to education agency partners to support return to school efforts post COVID-19 closures.

Location:

Washington, DC

Contacts:

Stephanie S. Arnold Pang (Principal Investigator)
Christy Altidor (Program Manager)

Stephanie S. Arnold Pang (Principal Investigator)
Christy Altidor (Program Manager)

Website:

http://www.ncsddc.org