Kansas Abstinence Education Program

When Congress authorized grants to the states for abstinence until marriage education in 1996, KDHE applied for and was granted funding. Since then, Kansas has been the recipient of over $300,000 per year funding in order to coordinate funding to local agencies, organizations and school districts. Local groups provide education services that focus on the needs of middle and high school youth..

Recipients of funding have included the following:

Over 9,000 youth, 3,000 parents, and hundreds of community groups have received education services yearly.

Media Campaign consists of:

• KAEP provides promotional items, with the "Abstinence Message," to local programs for distribution to students
• KAEP Web Site, www.gonnawait.org
• KAEP sponsors ads and publishes articles in the magazine "Family Matters" published by the Kansas Radio Network and distributed to schools and health departments across the state of Kansas.

KAEP is undergoing a long-term evaluation. During Fiscal Year 2006, a formal evaluation of KAEP projects was conducted by Doren Fredrickson, MD, PhD, with Kansas University School of Medicine, 1010 N. Kansas; Wichita, KS 67214.

Information about the KAEP is available at the toll free number (1-800-332-6262) to any interested person.

For further information, contact:
Abstinence Education Consultant (785) 296-1307
Kansas Department of Health & Environment