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Montana State Plan for the 19 TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM Full Plan #25 Effective 01/01/2024 Supersedes #2 01/01/2021. The AHS has received $250,000 of federal funds through federal fiscal year 2023. The goal of Montana PREP is to educate adolescents on both abstinence and contraception to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS, and to help Montana teens go on to lead healthy, productive lives. Key activities of this grant include the provision of funds to six contractors across Montana which includes county health departments, community service centers, and other agencies that serve at-risk teens. Agencies accomplish this by providing middle and high school students with the following evidenced-based curriculum proven to teach refusal skills and change risk-taking behavior: Draw the Line/Respect the Line curriculum helps middle-school students develop personal sexual limits and practice the skills needed to maintain those limits when challenged. Healthy sexual limits will keep youth safer from HIV, other STIs and unplanned pregnancy. Making Proud Choices curriculum is designed for high school students and takes an active approach to prevention of teenage pregnancy and protection against HIV and other STIs that motivates students to change their high-risk behaviors. 3. Montana Title V/Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (MT SRAE) State Sexual Risk Avoidance Education is a two-year grant period. Adolescent Health Section has received $165,587 through fiscal year 2023. The purpose of the Title V/SRAE Program is to provide education to youth ages 10 to 19 years old that normalizes the optimal health behavior of avoiding non-marital sexual activity. The program is designed to teach youth personal responsibility, self- regulation, goal setting, healthy decision-making, a focus on the future, and the prevention of youth risk behaviors such as drug and alcohol usage without normalizing teen sexual activity. AHS is always recruiting for additional contractors and at this time there are two agencies implementing curriculum. Power Up Speak Out! is a Montana based curriculum that encourages middle school students to think critically about healthy relationships, power dynamics, boundaries, and consent. Families Talking Together is curriculum aimed at parents of middle school students to teach them effective communication skills, build parent-adolescent relationships, help parents develop successful monitoring strategies, and teach youth assertiveness and refusal skills. 4. Rape Prevention Education Montana continues to provide education and training regarding rape and sexual assault and provides the following programs: