Adolescent Health and Safety

The Department of Health and Senior Services, in cooperation with schools and health agencies across the state, recognizes the consequences of teenage sexual behavior and administers appropriate programs. Special efforts are made to ensure that teens have access to essential reproductive health services such as

Family planning
Pregnancy testing
Emergency contraception

New Jersey Personal Responsibility Education Program (NJ PREP) -- List of Grantees: More...

Special Programs: aimed at teen pregnancy include
Report of Advisory Council on Adolescent Pregnancy
Adolescent parenting education

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): are also of special concern, since they potentially affect health and fertility later in life. More...

Sexual Violence: More...

Highway Traffic Safety: More...

Suicide Prevention: More...

For more information on goals and grants, visit

• New Jersey Abstinence Education Program (NJ AEP) – List of Grantees [pdf 34k]
• Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) RFA – TA Meeting - Responses to Questions [pdf 155k]
• Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) – Request for Application [pdf 433k]
• NJ Abstinence Education Project -- Request for Applications
• Grant funding available to implement Coordinated School Health
• School and Community-based Programs and Grants
• Coordinated School Health Program Directory