Federal grant programs / Department of Health and Human Services

Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program (93.297)

Also known as TPP Program

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$439 million
• Grant awards155
• Typical award$2.8 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$89.6 million
• Size rank403 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreements

Key findings

• Annual funding was roughly flat, $87.8 million in fiscal 2021 and $89.6 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 403rd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 40% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 37 states and territories.

What the program funds

The purpose of the Teenage Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program is to support competitive grants to public and private entities to (1) replicate effective teen pregnancy prevention program models that have been shown to be effective through rigorous evaluation and (2) develop and test additional models and innovative strategies to prevent teen pregnancy through research and demonstration projects.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Any private (either profit or nonprofit) or public entity located in a State is eligible to apply for an award. “State” includes, in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. (42 U.S.C. § 201(f) (PHS Act, Section 2(f)); see also, 45 C.F.R. § 75.2). Eligible entities include private (either profit or nonprofit) or public faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, and American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander organizations.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) describe the expectations for the use of funds under the initiatives funded under is listing. Each NOFO is available on grants.gov under this assistance listing number and describes the specific expectations for how assistance may be used, including any restrictions on use. Restrictions on allowable costs are described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity;

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

OAH funded 84 grantees through the TPP program on July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018. No additional awards are expected. Continued annual funding for the current grantee beyond the first year of the grant is generally level with initial award amount and is contingent upon the availability of funds, satisfactory progress of the project, and adequate stewardship of Federal funds.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Awards range from $500,000 to $1,500,000 per year.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Nonprofits received 70% of the money, state and local governments 12% and colleges and universities 12%.

By state

36 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.