"What is the program? At stake is the Personal Responsibility Education Program or PREP, not to be confused with the HIV prevention medication PrEP, created in 2010 with bipartisan support to provide medically accurate instruction on contraception, abstinence, and healthy relationships for at-risk youth, including those in foster care, juvenile detention, homeless shelters, and rural communities with high teen birth rates."
"The August 26 letters sent to 46 state PREP officials explicitly assign blame to inclusive content. They state that certain materials, including lessons defining gender identity as distinct from sex or offering pronoun guidance, "do not adhere to the PREP statute," which "includes no mention of gender ideology" and focuses solely on facilitating abstinence and contraceptive education. Roughly $81 million in funding could be withheld, suspended, or terminated if states do not comply by October 8 at midnight."
The Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families directed 46 states and territories to remove references to "gender ideology" from federally funded PREP programs. PREP, created in 2010, provides medically accurate education on contraception, abstinence, and healthy relationships for at-risk youth. The August 26 letters flagged materials that define gender identity as distinct from sex or offer pronoun guidance as noncompliant with the PREP statute. Approximately $81 million in funding could be withheld, suspended, or terminated if jurisdictions do not comply by October 8 at midnight. Major state allocations at risk include multi-million dollar grants to New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, and Ohio.
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