Overview

• Letters from HHS’s Administration for Children and Families give jurisdictions 60 days to strip references to so‑called “gender ideology” from Personal Responsibility Education Program materials.
• The notices flag items such as asking for pronouns, definitions of transgender or two‑spirit, and references to gender‑affirming care as outside PREP’s scope.
• California’s PREP grant was terminated last week after the state refused to revise its curriculum, and officials there maintain their materials are medically accurate and reserve the right to challenge the decision.
• More than $81 million in combined funding is at stake nationwide, with New York facing over $6 million at risk and Pennsylvania, Georgia, Ohio and Alabama also identified for multi‑million‑dollar potential losses.
• PREP funds sex‑education programs that teach abstinence and contraception and prioritize vulnerable youth, and initial state responses range from New York reviewing the directive to Georgia moving to revise materials and Alabama noting no sessions are currently planned.