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Rigorously Evaluating Approaches to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Problematic Sexual Behavior among Youth
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA · RFA-CE-27-016
$0 – $400,000
Not specified
Independent school districts, Small businesses, Special district governments, Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, County governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, City or township governments, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, State governments, Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
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Eligibility details
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About this opportunity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated gold standard research proposals to rigorously evaluate programs and policies for their impact on primary prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA) or problematic sexual behavior (PSB) among youth. For the purposes of this NOFO: CSA is defined as sexual victimization during childhood (younger than 18 years of age) perpetrated by an adult. PSB is defined as sexual behaviors among children (younger than 18 years of age) that are not developmentally appropriate and have the potential to cause harm to the child or children involved (including behaviors that are unintentionally harmful or inappropriate as well as behaviors intended to cause harm). Research funded under this announcement will strengthen the evidence base for primary prevention of CSA and PSB. Applicants must propose to rigorously evaluate a program or policy for primary prevention of CSA or PSB that addresses one of the following three research priorities: Programs or policies focused on primary prevention of CSA or PSB in digital spaces (e.g., downloading or possession of illegal images of children, nonconsensual image sharing, use of artificial intelligence to create fake explicit images of children); Programs or policies addressing the use of digital spaces for commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) or sex trafficking (e.g., online recruitment of minors for sexual content creation, online advertisements soliciting minors for commercial sex acts, using technology to facilitate in-person meetings with minors for the purpose of sex); Organizational policy approaches focused on primary prevention of CSA or PSB in youth-serving organizations (e.g., community centers, youth development organizations, juvenile residential care facilities, faith-based organizations, group foster care).
Funding geography: Not specified — review source. A funder’s address does not establish eligibility.
Review original source ↗Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: Federal. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.
Source fields and evidence
id: 363147
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opportunityNumber: RFA-CE-27-016
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opportunityTitle: Rigorously Evaluating Approaches to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Problematic Sexual Behavior among Youth
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revision: 2
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agencyDetails: {"code":"HHSCDCERA","seed":"HHS-CDC-HHSCDCERA","agencyName":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA","agencyCode":"HHS-CDC-HHSCDCERA","topAgencyCode":"HHS"}
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owningAgencyCode: HHS-CDC-HHSCDCERA
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cfdas: [{"id":434526,"opportunityId":363147,"cfdaNumber":"93.136","programTitle":"Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs"}]
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forecastDesc: <p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated gold standard research proposals to rigorously evaluate programs and policies for their impact on primary prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA) or problematic sexual behavior (PSB) among youth. For the purposes of this NOFO:</p><ul><li data-list-item-id="ed4b7e5d6ad5a3dd9102950b20b41e1a6">CSA is defined as sexual victimization during childhood (younger than 18 years of age) perpetrated by an adult.</li><li data-list-item-id="ed188d662b8149d8f1d09c28e3f4ae1f5">PSB is defined as sexual behaviors among children (younger than 18 years of age) that are not developmentally appropriate and have the potential to cause harm to the child or children involved (including behaviors that are unintentionally harmful or inappropriate as well as behaviors intended to cause harm).</li></ul><p>Research funded under this announcement will strengthen the evidence base for primary prevention of CSA and PSB.</p><p>Applicants must propose to rigorously evaluate a program or policy for primary prevention of CSA or PSB that addresses one of the following three research priorities:</p><ol><li data-list-item-id="e80a909d715e8ebf71937bc5ab72f68ad">Programs or policies focused on primary prevention of CSA or PSB in digital spaces (e.g., downloading or possession of illegal images of children, nonconsensual image sharing, use of artificial intelligence to create fake explicit images of children);</li><li data-list-item-id="e7fd9ba6ca9a2e23a3d15bf42f0dcd0a5">Programs or policies addressing the use of digital spaces for commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) or sex trafficking (e.g., online recruitment of minors for sexual content creation, online advertisements soliciting minors for commercial sex acts, using technology to facilitate in-person meetings with minors for the purpose of sex);</li><li data-list-item-id="eec59608285e0578a380aace0d4875e6a">Organizational policy approaches focused on primary prevention of CSA or PSB in youth-serving organizations (e.g., community centers, youth development organizations, juvenile residential care facilities, faith-based organizations, group foster care). </li></ol>
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applicantEligibilityDesc: Additional information to be provided in the NOFO.
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fundingInstruments: [{"id":"G","description":"Grant"}]
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fundingActivityCategories: [{"id":"HL","description":"Health"}]
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awardFloor: 0
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awardCeiling: 400000
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costSharing: false
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lastUpdatedDate: Jul 13, 2026 03:29:58 PM EDT
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status: forecasted
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