Administration for Children and Families Key Priorities
One Department
Unifying systems, improving management of financial and physical assets, consolidating resources, eliminating duplication, and restructuring the workforce to streamline layers and provide enhanced, citizen-centered services.
Prevention
Dedicating resources to prevent the need for intervention services.
Rural Initiative
Strengthening rural families and communities.
Enhancing Early Literacy of Children
Improving the pre-reading and numeracy skills of young children to improve school readiness.
Next Phase of Welfare Reform
Expanding welfare reform efforts to meet all four goals of the original legislation; identifying gaps and changes required to move the welfare reform agenda forward.
Positive Youth Development
Promoting ongoing relationships with adult role models; safe places with structured activities; healthy life styles; opportunities to acquire marketable skills; and opportunities for community service and civic participation.
Faith-Based and Community Initiative
Removing barriers to the full participation of faith-based and other community services in the delivery of social services.
Healthy Marriage Initiative
Helping couples who choose marriage for themselves to develop the skills and knowledge to form and sustain healthy marriages.
Fatherhood
Helping men become responsible, committed, involved fathers.
