“Better yet, wait.”
---CBM

This comprehensive program encourages young people that the best way to avoid premature parenthood and sexually transmitted  diseases is to remain abstinent until marriage. Teen participants are helped to understand social pressures to have sex, and are given skills, information and adult support to postpone sexual involvement.

 Goals

• To help teens gain a better appreciation of the consequences of premarital sex
• To encourage youths that remaining abstinent until marriage is the best life choice, and give them skills to make postponement of sexual activity more likely 
• To provide leadership, life skills and youth development opportunities for young participants
• To offer teens the opportunity to act as peer mentors so that they can teach younger children the benefits of abstinence
• To provide parents with skills, knowledge and confidence to speak with their children about sexual issues
  

CBM Abstinence is funded by the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs, which is a part of the Office of Population Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services.

To review the CBM "One Mind...One Message" Abstinence Leadership Program in action, please click on the following hyperlinks:

Project Site: PR Harris Educational Center
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf1T8SUojK0

Project Site: Friendship Edison Southeast Academy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5zZSAwlDr0

Project Site: Sousa Middle School
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN2IFFfscNg