2026 GD-SRAE Toolkit

Alignment with ACF vision, mission, values, priorities, and guiding principles (Up to 10 Points) 

ACF’s published Vision, Mission, Values, Priorities, and Guiding Principles inform programmatic and administrative expectations under this funding opportunity. 

Applicants must demonstrate alignment by describing how the proposed project advances relevant ACF priorities through program design and evaluation. Applicants should clearly identify which ACF priorities are relevant and explain how those priorities are reflected in the proposed approach. 

The chart below shows how Love Notes supports the ACF values. You will need to expand this with how your organization and grant activity support the values.

Marriage-centered sexual risk Avoidance Approach (Up to 10 bonus points) 

Below is Dibble’s Certification of Abstinence Education. You will need to add in your application how your educational activities and Implementation Plans focus exclusively on abstinence education.

To receive a signed copy of this Certificate, please complete the Materials and Training Budget and send to Aaron @ DibbleInstitute.org.

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PUBLISHER CERTIFICATION OF

MARRIAGE-CENTERED SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE APPROACH

Love Notes 4.2 AO – GD-SRAE Marriage-Centered Edition

The Dibble Institute®, publisher of Love Notes: Relationship Skills for Love, Life, and Work, 4.2 Abstinence Only Adaptation (AO), certifies that this GD-SRAE Marriage-Centered Edition, distributed under HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-SR-0012 meets the requirements of 42 U.S.C. § 710(b)(1)-(4) and documents lesson-level alignment for the NOFO’s marriage-centered bonus points.

Legislative PurposeLove Notes 4.2 AO exclusively teaches abstinence until marriage as the only grant-funded sexual-risk-avoidance strategy. Lessons 11-12 make it the behavioral standard – deciding vs. sliding, personal boundaries, refusal and assertiveness skills. Lesson 11 distinguishes emotional, social, spiritual, and physical intimacy, framing sex within the trust and permanence of marriage. Each participant develops a personal plan for waiting until marriage.§ 710(b)(3)
Required Topic ALessons 1-3 build a future relationship vision, examine family-of-origin patterns, and clarify future expectations. Lessons 4, 8, 9, and 11 teach self-regulation and pacing relationships to protect future goals. Lesson 8’s Success Sequence – complete education, obtain full-time work, marry before having children – links intentional sequencing to self-sufficiency and reduced poverty. Lessons 11-13 integrate abstinence, emotional maturity, goal-setting, and responsible parenthood.§ 710(b)(3)
Required Topic BThough the messaging of the advantages of refraining from non-marital sexual activity are woven throughout the curriculum, Lessons 4, 8, 11, and 12 spend more time exploring the benefits – physically, mentally, and emotionally – of refraining from non-marital sexual activity.§ 710(b)(3)
Required Topic CLesson 8 teaches Decide, Don’t Slide and the Success Sequence – complete education, obtain full-time work, and marry before having children – linking sequencing with self-sufficiency and reduced poverty. Lesson 13 highlights the benefits of emotional maturity and self-sufficiency, alongside abstinence, as a way to avoid poverty.§ 710(b)(3)
Required Topic DLessons 4-5 teach the building blocks of healthy relationships – patient love, shared values, choosing a good match, commitment, respect, and sexual boundaries – foundations for healthy marriages.§ 710(b)(3)
Required Topic ELessons 3, 5, and 12 address alcohol and drug-related sexual risk.§ 710(b)(3)
Required Topic FLessons 6-7 distinguish healthy relationships from abuse, covering warning signs, safe exit, consent, and coercion/trafficking prevention. Lessons 3, 5, and 12 address alcohol- and drug-related sexual risk. Lessons 11-12 build boundary-setting, refusal, and assertiveness skills to protect the decision to wait until marriage.