June 1999

73rd General Convention: A047a

Resolved, That the life-saving work of prevention education in the Episcopal Church be continued by providing further Provincial training in the use of materials developed by this Church for the prevention of AIDS among teens; and that the ministry of prevention be expanded to young adults, a population at especially grave risk for infection, through development or adaptation of existing resources, to include emphasis on abstinence as well as on proven harm and risk reduction strategies; and be it further

Resolved, That $15,000 per year be appropriated for further Provincial training, with such sums to be matched by at least one dollar in funding from other sources for every five dollars from the budget of the Church; and be it further

Resolved, That the sum of $25,000 be appropriated for development and publication of a prevention resource for young adults.

Note: Although this resolution was passed, it was not funded.