The Rappahannock Teen Abstinence Program (RappTAP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating our community on the value of sexual abstinence in youth. RappTAP's vision is to prevent teen pregnancies and promote abstinence by encouraging responsible decision making through educating and empowering youth.

For 10 years we’ve been carrying the message that sex is worth waiting for to thousands of teens and parents in schools, churches, and community settings. RappTAP presents a scientifically accurate abstinence message to youth and adults. We use Worth the Wait® abstinence education curriculum to instruct students as part of the school Family Life Education requirements. RappTAP provides speakers for all audiences free of charge. We are funded through a federal Community Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) grant from The Department of Health and Human Services. For more information about what we do, or for information on sex and how to talk to your kids about sex, please contact us.

• NOT everybody is doing it, in fact the number of teens who have ever had sex declined from 51% in 1991 to 45% in 2001.
• 73% of teens do not think it is embarrassing to say they are virgins.
• Most (60% of boys and 77% of girls) teens who have had sex wish they had waited longer to have sex.
• 58% of teens say sex is not acceptable for high school-age teens,
  even when precautions are taken against pregnancy and STDs.
• 94% of teens say they should be given a strong abstinence
  message.
• Teens decide to delay becoming sexually active for many different
  v reasons. Some of their reasons for waiting may be the same as yours.