Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. To build on and sustain a professional development infrastructure to empower and promote positive behavior /attitudinal change in adolescents that may: delay initiation of first-time sexual intercourse, reduce their risk of unintentional pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and HIV/AIDS infections. 2. To increase utilization of school- and community-based prevention services among adolescents by providing implementation and expansion of services in high-risk areas of teen birth, STD and HIV/AIDS rates throughout Delaware. 3. For adolescents, adults and families to understand and apply essential sexual and reproductive health information and develop communication skills in order to make positive choices concerning relationships and sexual health. 4. To reduce racial, ethnic and geographic-based sexual health disparities by targeting middle/high school-aged youth with particular emphasis on vulnerable populations including homeless youth and those in foster care.
