(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall make grants to public and nonprofit 
private entities for the purpose of carrying out 
projects to prevent teen pregnancies in racial or eth-
nic minority or immigrant communities with a sub-
stantial incidence or prevalence of cases of teen 
pregnancy as compared to the average number of 
such cases in communities in the State involved (re-
ferred to in this Act as ‘‘eligible communities’’). 
(2) REQUIREMENTS
REGARDING
PURPOSE
OF 
GRANTS.—A grant may be made under paragraph 
(1) only if, with respect to the expenditure of the 
grant to carry out the purpose described in such 
paragraph, the applicant involved agrees to use one 
or more of the following strategies: 
(A) 
Promote 
effective 
communication 
among families about preventing teen preg-
nancy, particularly communication among par-
ents or guardians and their children. 
(B) Educate community members about 
the consequences of teen pregnancy. 
(C) Encourage young people to postpone 
sexual activity and prepare for a healthy, suc-
cessful adulthood, including by teaching them 
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skills to avoid unwanted verbal, physical, and 
sexual advances. 
(D) Provide educational information, in-
cluding medically accurate contraceptive infor-
mation, for young people in such communities 
who are already sexually active or are at risk of 
becoming sexually active and inform young peo-
ple in such communities about the responsibil-
ities and consequences of being a parent, and 
how early pregnancy and parenthood can inter-
fere with educational and other goals. 
(3) UTILIZING
EFFECTIVE
STRATEGIES.—A 
grant may be made under paragraph (1) only if the 
applicant involved agrees that, in carrying out the 
purpose described in such paragraph, the applicant 
will, whenever possible, use strategies that have been 
demonstrated to be effective, or that incorporate 
characteristics of effective programs. 
(b) SCHOOL-BASED PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
grants to public and nonprofit private entities for 
the purpose of establishing and operating for eligible 
communities, in association with public secondary 
schools for such communities, projects for one or 
more of the following: 
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(A) To carry out activities, including coun-
seling, to prevent teen pregnancy. 
(B) To provide necessary social and cul-
tural support services regarding teen preg-
nancy. 
(C) To provide health and educational 
services related to the prevention of teen preg-
nancy. 
(D) To promote better health and edu-
cational outcomes among pregnant teens. 
(E) To provide training for individuals who 
plan to work in school-based support programs 
regarding the prevention of teen pregnancy. 
(2) PRIORITY.—In making grants under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to pro-
viding for projects under such paragraph in eligible 
communities. 
(3) REQUIRED
COALITION.—A grant may be 
made under paragraph (1) only if the applicant in-
volved has formed an appropriate coalition of enti-
ties for purposes of carrying out a project under 
such paragraph, including— 
(A) one or more public secondary schools 
for the eligible community involved; and 
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(B) entities to provide the services of the 
project. 
(4) TRAINING.—A grant under paragraph (1) 
may be expended to train individuals to provide the 
services described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
such paragraph for the project involved. 
(c) REPORTING AND EVALUATION.— 
(1) REPORT.—A grant may be made under sub-
section (a) or (b) only if the applicant involved 
agrees to submit to the Secretary, in accordance 
with the criteria of the Secretary, a report that pro-
vides information on the project under such sub-
section, including project outcomes and increased 
education and awareness about the prevention of 
teen pregnancy. The Secretary shall make such re-
ports available to the public. 
(2) EVALUATIONS.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall, directly or through contract, provide for 
evaluations of at least 10 percent or not less than 
6 projects carried out with grants under each of sub-
sections (a) and (b). Each such evaluation shall de-
scribe— 
(A) the activities carried out with the 
grant; and 
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(B) the extent to which the activities were 
effective in changing attitudes and behavior to 
achieve the project strategies consistent with— 
(i) subsection (a)(2) for grants under 
subsection (a); or 
(ii) subsection (b)(1) for grants under 
subsection (b). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) COMMUNITY-BASED
INTERVENTION
PRO-
GRAMS.—For the purpose of carrying out subsection 
(a), 
there 
is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2012. 
(2) SCHOOL-BASED PROJECTS.—For the pur-
pose of carrying out subsection (b), there is author-
ized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
(3) EVALUATIONS.—Of the total amount appro-
priated to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall reserve 10 percent of such amount to 
carry out subsection (c)(2). 
SEC. 3. MULTIMEDIA CAMPAIGNS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants 
to public and nonprofit private entities for the purpose of 
carrying out multimedia campaigns to provide public edu-
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