Responsible Fatherhood Opportunities for Reentry and Mobility

Post Date

May 8th 2015

Application Due Date

July 7th 2015

Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.

Funding Opportunity Number

HHS-2015-ACF-OFA-FO-0992

CFDA Number(s)

93.086

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Income Security and Social Services

Number of Awards

5

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Independent School Districts
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Public Housing Authorities or Indian Housing Authorities
Non-Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Organizations
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Non-Profits Without 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)

Eligible applicants under this FOA are states (including state, territorial, and tribal institutions of higher education), territories, Native American tribes and tribal organizations, and public and nonprofit community entities (including religious organizations and public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education). Public Institutions of Higher Education - For purposes of eligibility under this FOA, “public institutions of higher education” are defined as two-year community colleges or four-year colleges or universities that are: (1) established by a state, territorial, or tribal government authority; (2) receives funding from state appropriations; (3) is legally authorized within a state to provide a program of post-secondary education; (4) provides an educational program for which the institution awards a bachelor’s degree or provides not less than a 2-year program that is acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor’s degree, or awards a degree that is acceptable for admission to a graduate or professional degree program; and (5) is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association, or is an institution that has been granted pre-accreditation status by such an agency or association. Public or Nonprofit Community Entity - Under this FOA, a “nonprofit community entity” is defined as a public or private nonprofit organization that is representative of a community or a significant segment of a community, and is engaged in meeting human, educational, child-welfare, family well-being, personal growth and improvement, social welfare, or economic growth and mobility needs for the disadvantaged. A public or private non-profit institution of higher education may be eligible to the extent that it can demonstrate that it is a "nonprofit community entity," and applies as such an entity. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Faith-based organizations are encouraged to review the ACF Policy on Grants to Faith-Based Organizations at: http: //www.acf.hhs.gov/acf-policy-on-grants-to-faith-based-organizations. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $7500000

• Award Range:

  $1000000 - $1500000

Grant Description

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA) is announcing its intent to competitively award cooperative agreements for demonstration projects that support activities authorized under the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood provisions of the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-291). Cooperative agreements awarded will support prisoner reentry programs that provide innovative community-centered, skill-based pre- and post-release and supportive services to formerly incarcerated fathers. Programs should be designed to address key outcomes related to healthy relationships and marriage, parenting, economic stability and recidivism. These include, but are not limited to, improved family functioning through healthy couple relationship skill building, improved co-parenting, improved child well-being, strengthening positive father-child engagement, increased economic self-sufficiency and stability through employment opportunities and improving economic mobility. ACF is particularly interested in programs that have the demonstrated ability to incorporate a broad array of community-centered strategies to achieve the overarching Responsible Fatherhood legislative goal.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Administration for Children and Families

• Agency Contact:

  ACF Applications Help Desk
  app_support@acf.hhs.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  ACF Applications Help Desk

• Agency Email Address:

  app_support@acf.hhs.gov

• Location:

  Administration for Children and Families - OFA

• More Information:

  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2015-ACF-OFA-FO-0992