Why are there different age categories on the Evaluation Guidance forms compared to the budget tables?
The budget tables refer to age in regard to budgets for one category “young people” 13 to 25 years of age. The Guidance forms have three categories for age: 19 or younger; 20 -29; and 30+ years old to capture three important age distinctions: youth, young adults, and older adults. The Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention is working to reconcile any differences in the ways age data are reported. Since different branches may report and/or collect age data in different ways (for example, one group may want more fine-tuned data than three categories will allow), CDC is working to assure that data can be “collapsed” so the categories can fit one another.
