Overview

• The Administration for Children and Families sent a letter on June 20 demanding that California strip gender identity content from its Personal Responsibility Education Program within 60 days
• The PREP program is separate from the state’s official K-12 curriculum and relies on roughly $6 million in annual federal grants to deliver evidence-based sexual health education to adolescents
• California’s Department of Public Health and the governor’s office said they are reviewing the HHS directive and have until August 19 to comply or face the loss of federal support
• The Trevor Project, Planned Parenthood Northern California and Equality California have condemned the funding threat and launched petitions defending inclusive education for LGBTQ+ youth
• The action follows the Supreme Court’s recent ruling upholding a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors and the administration’s cuts to LGBTQ+ crisis hotline services