{"id":10298,"date":"2015-12-17t13:21:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-17t18:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.k12fl.com\/advocates-blog\/advocates-blog-advocates-blog\/omnibus-spending-bill-some-wish-list-items-plus-a-little-coal-in-our-stocking\/"},"modified":"2019-09-16t17:04:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16t21:04:27","slug":"omnibus-spending-bill-some-wish-list-items-plus-a-little-coal-in-our-stocking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.k12fl.com\/世界杯2022亚洲预选赛b组 \/omnibus-spending-bill-some-wish-list-items-plus-a-little-coal-in-our-stocking\/","title":{"rendered":"omnibus spending bill: some wish list items plus a little coal in our stocking"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

in a victory for the youth sexual health community, the omnibus funding bill includes level funding of $101 million for tppp, keeping this essential program at the same funding level as last year. it also included $33.1 million for the centers for disease control and prevention\u2019s (cdc) division of adolescent school health (dash), a $2 million increase over last year\u2019s funding level.<\/p>\n

unfortunately, congress didn\u2019t hear us when we told them abstinence-only-until-marriage (aoum) programs withhold lifesaving sexual health information for young people. the omnibus actually doubles the annual funding for aoum (or \u201csexual risk avoidance\u201d) programs to $10 million. whether they call them abstinence-only-until-marriage or \u201csexual risk avoidance\u201d, we know these programs are harmful to young people. by denying young people information about contraception and condoms, and refusing to teach the skills they need to protect from unplanned pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and hiv, we are ignoring reality and robbing them of skills they will need throughout their lives.<\/p>\n

congress is expected to pass this omnibus bill, as is. and while we applaud their efforts to protect and expand sexual health education resources for young people through tppp and dash funding, we are sorely disappointed in the increases to abstinence-only-until-marriage programs.<\/p>\n

we\u2019d like to see more steps forward without any steps back when it comes to young people\u2019s sexual health.<\/p>\n