Goal One: Promote Economic and Social Well-Being for Individuals, Families and Communities
1.1 Promote family-sustaining employment for low-income parents and their families
- 1.1.1 To actively promote state and tribal utilization of subsidized employment in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program through technical assistance - Office of Family Assistance
- 1.1.2 To encourage and support skill-building activities in state and tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families programs drawing from promising models in health and career pathways demonstrations - Office of Family Assistance
- 1.1.3 To actively promote and encourage states and tribes to offer workforce and child support case management services for unemployed non-custodial parents through policy guidance, initiatives, and technical assistance efforts - Office of Child Support Enforcement
- 1.1.4 To promote summer jobs efforts in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Community Service Block Grant-funded programs in order to increase employment for teens and young adults - Office of Family Assistance
1.2 Promote strong, healthy and stable families
- 1.2.1 To establish a working group to develop integrated fatherhood strategies and services across Administration for Children and Families programs - Immediate Office of Assistant Secretary
- 1.2.2 To promote and expand outreach information and services to veterans and military families - Office of Child Support Enforcement
- 1.2.3 To promote strategies intended to increase employment and reliable support for children, reduce the routine use of jail for child support nonpayment, emphasize the importance of family ties, and reduce recidivism of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated parents - Office of Child Support Enforcement
- 1.2.4 To promote access to safe and healthy homes for households with elderly, disabled or young children by providing Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program outreach, education and service provision that raises awareness of the dangers associated with extreme environmental factors - Office of Community Services
- 1.2.5 To identify models and best practices that strengthen families by facilitating financial stability through asset building - Office of Community Services
1.3 Increase assets for low-income individuals and families
- 1.3.1 To expand the Assets, Savings, Support, Education, and Training (ASSET) Initiative with a strengthened focus on financial education and debt reduction - Office of Community Services
- 1.3.2 To promote outreach concerning Earned Income Tax Credit, other refundable tax credits, and financial literacy among Administration for Children and Families grantees, stakeholders and partners - Office of Community Services
- 1.3.3 To promote, through technical assistance and spotlighting best practices, efforts to support low-income individuals in making sound Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) investments - Office of Community Services
1.4 Help strengthen communities
- 1.4.1 To increase the number of Healthy Food Financing Initiatives in rural areas in order to reduce food deserts and bring new jobs to such areas - Office of Community Services
- 1.4.2 To award funding that will allow local Community Development Corporations to create economic development projects that create at least 850 jobs in low-income communities - Office of Community Services
- 1.4.3 To promote the strategic use of Community Services Block Grant funds to address the highest priority areas of local anti-poverty needs, identified through high quality community needs assessments and community planning efforts that involve low- income representatives, elected leaders, and other community representatives, in the development of measurable plans - Office of Community Services
- 1.4.4 To promote best practices and effective measurement of Community Services Block Grant efforts to revitalize neighborhoods by addressing education, housing, health, and employment in a comprehensive manner - Office of Community Services