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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Contact: ACF Press Office
(202) 401-9215
ACF Awards $118 Million to Promote Marriage, Fatherhood
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) today announced $118,644,219 in grant awards to 225 grantees to promote healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood.
“These programs will help couples form and sustain healthy marriages, and equip men to be involved, committed and responsible fathers in the lives of their children,” said HHS Assistant Secretary for Children and Families Wade F. Horn, Ph.D.
While ACF has many grants that support responsible fatherhood and healthy marriage, this set of grants is newly authorized by Congress under the recently reauthorized Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
These grants, overseen by ACF’s Office of Family Assistance, must have procedures in place to address issues of domestic violence and ensure that program participation is voluntary. Grant funds may be used for the following purposes:
- Competitive research and demonstration projects to test promising approaches to encourage healthy marriages and promote involved, committed and responsible fatherhood;
- Technical assistance to states and tribes;
- Marriage education, marriage skills training, public advertising campaigns, high school education on the value of marriage and marriage mentoring programs; and
- Promoting responsible fatherhood through counseling, mentoring, marriage education, enhancing relationship skills, parenting and activities to foster economic stability.
For the full list of grantees, go to:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/grantees/list10-06.htm
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