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community-based organizations and public agencies throughout the Georgia to provide before school, afterschool, intercession, and summer services to youth. The mission of DFCS Out of School Services is to provide resources to youth-serving organizations within Georgia who serve families within low-to-moderate income communities during the out-of-school time.

Funding Allocation and MOE

Each year, approximately $15.5M has been awarded to selected agencies with additional Maintenance of Effort (MOE) match support of approximately $35M or more annually. Currently (FFY 2025), Out of School Services is partnering with 28 agencies to provide positive youth development services during the out-of-school time. As in previous programming years, the Georgia Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs continues to serve the largest number of youth and provide the largest amount in match funding for the Department of Human Services and Georgia Division of Family and Children Services’ MOE. In FFY 2024, Out of School Services served more than 30,130 youth through awarded funding.

TANF Purpose #3: Preventing and reducing the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies. Funding Source: Federal TANF and State MOE funds

N. Education and Training on The Problem of Statutory Rape

The Georgia Department of Public Health provides a Rape Prevention and Education program that is completely funded by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant. It is not TANF- or TANF/MOE-funded.

The Georgia Sexual Violence Prevention Program (GASVPP) is in the Medical and Clinical Service Division — Chronic Disease Prevention Section. The Rape Prevention Education Program (RPE) was created as a result of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and was last reauthorized in 2022. Funding through the Rape Prevention and Education Program formula grants are provided to states and territories to support rape prevention and education programs conducted by rape crisis centers and state sexual assault coalitions.

The Rape Prevention and Education program is guided by six prevention principles, which are:

• Preventing the first-time occurrence of sexual violence, • Reducing risk factors and enhancing protective factors linked to sexual violence perpetration and victimization, • Using the best available evidence when planning, implementing, and evaluating prevention programs, • Implementing comprehensive strategies that address individual, relationship, community, and societal factors, • Analyzing state and community data, such as health and safety data, to inform program decisions and monitor trends, and • Evaluating prevention efforts and using the results to improve future program plans.