About the Compassion Capital Fund (CCF)
Created in 2002, the Administration for Children and Families'
Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) is a key component of the
President's Faith-Based and Community Initiative. The primary
purpose of the CCF is to help faith-based and community
organizations increase their effectiveness, enhance their
ability to provide social services to serve those most in
need, expand their organizations, diversify their funding
sources, and create collaborations to better serve those
in need. The CCF reflects the administration's recognition
that faith-based and community organizations are uniquely
situated to partner with the government in serving poor
and low-income individuals and families, particularly those
with the greatest needs such as families in poverty, prisoners
reentering the community, homeless families, and at-risk
youth.
The CCF administers three grant programs:
The CCF Fact Sheet provides an overview of the Compassion Capital Fund and a brief history of its funding.
The CCF program represents the first appropriated federal funds that are specifically targeted to assist the grassroots organizations that are the focus of
President Bush's faith-based and community initiative.
This section reviews the history of CCF's funding, since its creation in 2002.
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