Community Based Abstinence Education Programs & ADHS Abstinence Education Programs

The mission of the Community Based and ADHS Abstinence Education Programs is to promote abstinence as a healthy choice though implementation of programs designed to change a culture about out-of-wedlock sexual activity. Community-based programs are implemented primarily for school-age children, grades 6 through 12, and secondarily for parents. There are seven sites from around the state included in the evaluation

The program evaluation that LeCroy & Milligan Associates, Inc. is conducting is designed to examine both the process and impact of the programming. The process evaluation examines how the programs promote the message of abstinence until marriage. The impact evaluation occurred in the last three years of the project and measured short-term and long-term program impact by looking at changes in participants' attitudes, skills, and behavior.

Annual reports are completed in June and July for the CBAE and ADHS programs, respectively.