PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To reduce morbidity and mortality by preventing cases and complications of sexually transmitted diseases (STD). Project grants under Section 318c awarded to State and local health departments emphasize the development and implementation of nationally uniform prevention and control programs which focus on disease intervention activities designed to reduce the incidence of these diseases, with applied research, demonstration, and public and professional education activities supporting these basic program activities authorized under Section 318b of the Public Health Service Act.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. HEALTH;
- Communicable Diseases;
- Education and Training;
- General Health and Medical;
- Health Services Planning and Technical Assistance;
- Prevention and Control;
2. INCOME SECURITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES;
- Prevention;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;
- Local;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);