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| Name of Grantee: | Professional Counseling Resources, Inc. |
| Federal Project Officer: | Barbara Spoor (202) 401-4724 |
| Target Population: | Legally married couples, (primarily), engaged couples and romantically involved couples interested in marriage. |
| Federal Award Amount: | $250,000/year |
| Program Name: | Collaborative Fatherhood Program of Wilmington, DE |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area: | 3 (single activity) |
Allowable Activity: Healthy Marriage - skill-based marriage education (#1); marriage preparation programs (#2); marital inventories (#3); premarital counseling (#4); relationship skill education (#5); counseling, mentoring, and information about the benefits of marriage (#6); education regarding how to control aggressive behavior (#7); and divorce education and reduction programs (#8).
Organization Description: PCR and its partners have operated numerous projects requiring recruitment, family and youth development, counseling, training, staff supervision, agency coordination, and grants management. PCR has decades of experience administering programs designed to strengthen at-risk families.
Use of ACF Program Grant Funds: The primary goal of the project is to provide pre-marital education and marriage skills training, as well as marriage enhancement and skills training for 200 couples. The program will consist of a “Basic Program” for couples who score high on a pre-enrollment assessment, and an “Intensive Program” for couples who appear at greater risk of disintegration, as well as “Special Services” for couples in the Basic and Intensive programs.
| Name of Grantee: | District of Columbia Department of Human Services |
| Federal Project Officer: | Tanya Howell (202) 205-8714 |
| Target Population: | Fathers/Male Teenagers residing in Washington, DC |
| Federal Award Amount: | $2,000,000/year |
| Program Name: | District of Columbia Fatherhood Initiative (DCFI) |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
Allowable Activities: Healthy Marriage, Responsible Parenting and Economic Stability
Organization Description: The Department of Human Services (DHS) administers social service programs and services that primarily benefit low-income District of Columbia residents. DHS has an annual budget for FY 2006 of $485,806 million. DHS conducts major programs and services for the city such as TANF, Medicaid/D.C. Health Families, food stamps, family services, early childhood development and vocational rehabilitation services.
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The Department of Human Services (DHS) will use these funds to expand and enhance the existing District of Columbia Fatherhood Initiative (DCFI). DCFI will incorporate smaller, faith and community-based organizations into the fatherhood initiative and provide capacity building, grants management, and program assistance. In addition, expand the service delivery to a larger pool of low-income fathers and a broader range of fathers in need – from fathers with children with disabilities, to fathers who are non-English speaking, and to fathers in need of intensive clinical case management services in order to eliminate crisis level barriers within their families.
| Name of Grantee: | National Organization of Concerned Black Men, Inc. |
| Federal Project Officer: | Barbara Spoor (202) 401-4724 |
| Target Population: | 80 Fathers & their families residing in Ward 7 & 8 |
| Federal Award Amount: | $250,000/year |
| Program Name: | CBM Fatherhood Initiative |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area: | 3 (single activity) |
Allowable Activity: Responsible Parenting - skill-based parenting education (#1); disseminating parenting practices information (#2); counseling, mentoring, and mediation (#3); disseminating information on the causes of domestic violence and child abuse (#4); and encouraging child support activities (#5).
Organization Description: Concerned Black Men (CBM) – National Organization is a non-profit organization that provides services to improve the condition of children and their families. CBM provides a variety of youth and family development programs as well as designed intervention strategies in the areas of parent literacy, academic performance, abstinence, substance abuse and other behavior modification efforts.
Use of ACF Program Grant Funds: The grantee will provide program services in Wards 7 and 8 to 80 youth and low income parents living in Washington, DC. To enhance responsible parenting the program will rely on the Strengthening Families Program (SFP) curriculum. This curriculum seeks to improve parenting skills, family relationships, and child well-being using family systems and cognitive behavioral approaches. In addition the program will use Exploring Relationships in Marriage with Fragile Families Curriculum, designed for improving communication and couple relationship skills.
| Name of Grantee: | Latin American Youth Center |
| Federal Project Officer: | Seledia Shephard (202) 401- 5722 |
| Target Population: | 30 Adolescent and young Adult Fathers |
| Federal Award Amount: | $250,000/year |
| Program Name: | Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area: | 3 (one allowable activity area) |
Allowable Activities: Responsible Parenting-skill based parenting (#1); counseling (#3); domestic violence and conflict resolution (#4); Economic Stability-work services, job search and training, education (#1).
Organization Description: The Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) family of organizations is a network of youth centers, public charter schools and social enterprises incorporated in 1974 as a 501 ©(3) nonprofit organization. The center has worked with over 5,000 children, youth and adults in the District’s Latino, Caribbean, African-American and African communities.
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The primary focus of this project is Responsible Parenting. The purpose of the LAYC program Father to Father/Padre to Padre is to reach 30 adolescent and young adult fathers each year or 150 over 5 years. The program will service young men ages 16-30 from Washington, DC with a focus on the neighborhoods surrounding the youth center in Wards 1, 2, and 4, which have the highest concentration of Latinos and other minority youth in the city. The program will provide a range of services including effective parenting skills, life skills, educational and work skills development (including English and computer classes); domestic violence prevention and conflict resolution, crisis intervention and group counseling.
| Name of Grantee: | Healthy Families/Thriving Communities Collaborative Council |
| Federal Project Officer: | Seledia Shephard (202) 401-5722 |
| Target Population: | 210 fathers who are current DC residents and involved in probation/parole system; 250 Collaborative, private partner, and public agency staff trained in curriculum |
| Federal Award Amount: | $500,000/year |
| Program Name: | Promoting Responsible Fatherhood: D.C. Fatherhood Education, Empowerment and Development Program |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area: | 4 (one allowable activity) |
Allowable Activity: Responsible Parenting - skill-based parenting education (#1); disseminating parenting practices information (#2); counseling, mentoring, and mediation (#3); disseminating information on the causes of domestic violence and child abuse (#4); and encouraging child support activities (#5).
Organizational Description: The Healthy Families/Thriving Communities Collaborative Council, non-profit organization, was established in 1997 to provide leadership in the development of citywide neighborhood-based family support systems, including parent support groups, job fairs, safe visitation centers, and job preparation skills.
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The project will: remove economic and social barriers that prevent fathers from being involved in their children’s lives; train men in skills to help them become responsible fathers; establish WatchDOGS (Dads of Great Students) groups at local elementary schools; connect fathers with essential social services such as housing, employment readiness training, and employment assistance; and train community based organizations and social service staff to work effectively with fathers.
| Name of Grantee: | Department of Human Resources, MD |
| Federal Project Officer: | Charles Sutton (202) 401-5078 |
| Target Population: | Fathers who are incarcerated or ex-offenders and their spouses/partners |
| Federal Award Amount: | $441,513/year |
| Program Name: | Winning Fathers |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area: | 5 (any of the 3 activity areas) |
Allowable Activity Areas: Healthy Marriage - Skill-based marriage education (#1); Enhancing relationship skills (#5); Counseling, mentoring, benefits to children (#6); Controlling aggressive behavior (#7); Responsible Parenting - Skills-based parenting (#1); Good parenting practices (#2); Counseling, mentoring and mediation (#3); Domestic Violence and child abuse (#4); Child Support (#5).
Organization Description: For over 30 years, the Maryland Department of Human Resources (DHR) has provided quality human services and assistance to Maryland’s children and families. DHR’s mission is to aggressively pursue opportunities to assist people in economic need, strengthen families, increase prevention efforts and protect vulnerable families and adults. Additionally, DHR administers a comprehensive set of employment and supportive service programs designed to promote the positive emotional and economic involvement of fathers in the lives of their children.
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The “Winning Fathers” program will be conducted through a two-tiered partnership. The first tier is the programmatic and support component and the second tier is the administrative, oversight and evaluation component. The programmatic tier will be designed to: 1) enable fathers and their spouses/partners to develop healthy marital relationships in their home and community; 2) develop the couples’ ability to resolve conflicts; and 3) advance the overall well-being of children in the household and improve the families’ economic stability via relationship counseling, parenting skills development, and assistance with child support-related issues.
| Name of Grantee: | National Fatherhood Initiative |
| Federal Project Officer: | Tanya Howell (202) 205-8714 |
| Target Population: | Low-income Fathers and their Children |
| Federal Award Amount: | $999,534/year |
| Program Name: | National Fatherhood Capacity Building Initiative Responsible Fatherhood Capacity-Building Project |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
Allowable Activities: Responsible Parenting
Organization Description: The National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) is a non-partisan and non-sectarian organization founded in 1994. NFI is widely recognized as the leading fatherhood capacity building expert and national voice on fatherhood issues. The NFI has provided national leadership on the issue of father absence.
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) will use these funds to build the capacity of 20-30 non-profit organizations that have, or are interested in implementing, responsible fatherhood programming. NFI will build capacity in four areas: 1) leadership development; 2) organizational development; 3) program development; and 4) community engagement. Capacity building will take place through a weeklong Certification College, 20 hours of individual technical assistance, ongoing program management, and an interactive capacity building resource center.
| Name of Grantee: | Maryland Department of Human Resources |
| Federal Project Officer: | Seledia Shephard (202) 401-5722 |
| Target Population: | 300 married and unmarried fathers and their families |
| Federal Award Amount: | $899,991/year |
| Program Name: | Strong Fathers/Strong Families – A Baltimore Project |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area | 1 (two or more allowable activity) |
Allowable Activities: Healthy Marriage - skill-based marriage education (#1); relationship skill education (#5); and education regarding how to control aggressive behavior (#7). The responsible parenting components include: skill-based parenting education (#1); and disseminating information on the causes of domestic violence and child abuse (#4). ). The economic stability components include: job development and job placement (#1); and offering life skills development (#4).
Organizational Description: The Maryland Department of Human Resources is a state entity that has been in operation for more than 30 years providing services and assistance to children and families. The mission is to pursue opportunities to assist people in economic need; strengthen families; increase prevention efforts; and protect vulnerable children and adults.
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: Funds will be used to help families who have a history of child maltreatment become economically independent through supportive services that include: job placement; life skills education; parenting education; resolving conflicts; strengthening the couple’s commitment to increasing marital stability; balancing co-parenting responsibilities to reduce risk factors leading to maltreatment; education regarding healthy marriage practices; as well as job development and placement. The project will utilize the Marriage Savers Curriculum.
| Name of Grantee: | The Family Health and Education Institute, Inc. |
| Federal Project Officer: | Seledia Shephard (202) 401-5722 |
| Target Population: | 200 participants with 20 to 25 in each group |
| Federal Award Amount: | $500,000/year |
| Program Name: | Promoting Responsible Fatherhood |
| Project Title: | The FHEI Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Program |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area | 2 (two or more allowable activities) |
Allowable Activities: Healthy Marriage - relationship skill education (#5); Responsible Parenting - skill-based parenting education (#1); Economic Stability - helping fathers improve their economic status by providing job search, job training, subsidized employment, and career advancement education (#1).
Organizational Description: The Family Health and Education Institute, Inc. is a non-profit service organization devoted to providing comprehensive human and education services to move lower-income, unemployed and educationally deficient individuals to achieve academic success and attain career-oriented employment opportunities.
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: Improve participants’ communication skills; ability to resolve relationship conflicts; knowledge of skills needed to improve relationships with children, including parenting skills; knowledge and awareness of the importance of building healthy family relationships; knowledge and awareness of conflict resolution and domestic violence issues; knowledge and awareness of career enhancement and family financial management activities; and level of occupational skills. Curricula include: Relationship Enhancement Program and The Inner Journey.
| Name of Grantee: | Identity, Inc. |
| Federal Project Officer: | Charles Sutton (202) 401-5078 |
| Target Population: | Latino Immigrant Fathers and Family Members |
| Federal Award Amount: | $227,272/year |
| Program Name: | 24/7 Dad Program |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area | 3 (single activity) |
Allowable Activity Area: Responsible Parenting - Skill-based parenting (#1); Good parenting practices (#2); Counseling, mentoring and mediation (#3); and Domestic violence and child abuse awareness (#4).
Organization Description: Identity Inc. is a non-profit organization working with Latino families in Montgomery County, Maryland. Identity, Inc.’s mission is to empower Latino youth to reach their full potential through culturally and linguistically competent youth and family-based initiatives.
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: Identity, Inc., purposes to provide skill-based parenting education for Latino fathers using the National Fatherhood Initiative’s 24/7 Dad curriculum, which includes material on self-awareness, caring for the self, fathering skills, parenting skills, the benefits of marriage and relationship skills-building. This program will also conduct a Summer project on Domestic violence each summer that will involve fathers who have completed the 24/7 Dad program in the design and implementation of projects to educate the Latino community about the causes and consequences of domestic violence. Fathers and family members will receive individual and/or family counseling as well as mediation and support to foster positive relationships.
| Name of Grantee: | Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette |
| Federal Project Officer: | Seledia Shephard (202) 401- 5722 |
| Target Population: | Fathers in Fayette County |
| Federal Award Amount: | $250,000/year |
| Program Name: | DADS MATTER |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area | 3 (one allowable activity area) |
Allowable Activities: Responsible Parenting-skill-based parenting (#1); counseling and mentoring (#3).
Organization Description: The Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette, Inc. is a nonprofit that operates employment, education, and training programs in Westmoreland and Fayette Counties in southwestern Pennsylvania. The organization is governed by a twelve-member Board of Directors and has administered over $200 million in federal and state funds since 1983.
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The purpose of this project is enable fathers to improve their relationships and reconnect with their children, and help fathers overcome barriers that often prohibit being effective and nurturing parents. This project will provide fatherhood education curriculum and trainings, monthly activities to engage participating fathers in father/child focused activities with their children, families, and other involved fathers. The program will provide services to a minimum of 1,000 individuals and families; 400 individuals participating in parenting classes and training; 250 individuals participating in monthly reinforcement activities and 100 participating in GED/Remediation services and 250 receiving information on Community Services.
| Name of Grantee: | Employment Opportunity & Training Center – EOTC |
| Federal Project Officer: | Seledia Shephard (202) 401- 5722 |
| Target Population: | Fathers with criminal backgrounds or histories of substance abuse |
| Federal Award Amount: | $223,808/year |
| Program Name: | Promoting Responsible Fatherhood |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area | 3 (one allowable activity area) |
Allowable Activities: Economic Stability-work services, job search and training, education (#1); Healthy Marriage-enhancing relationship skills (#5) and Responsible Parenting-counseling and mediation (#3).
Organization Description: EOTC was incorporated in 1988, and has grown to serve over 2,000 men, women and children annually through life skills and job readiness training, parent-child education, youth mentoring, and other family strengthening services. The agency has a staff of 47 full and part-time employees and an active 17-member board of directors.
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The primary focus of this project is Economic Stability. The goals are to increase levels of self-development, supportive connections and economic self-sufficiency. EOTC’s menu of strength building activities can be tailored to individual needs, with open-entry enrollment and flexible schedules. Intensive training focuses on recovery, healthy relationships, life skills and career development. The program also includes: assessment; work-focused case management; community linkages; transitional work placements; and peer support. The program will serve 100 fathers every 12 months over 5 years.
| Name of Grantee: | Healthy Start, Inc |
| Federal Project Officer: | Seledia Shephard (202) 401- 5722 |
| Target Population: | 350 fathers/male caregivers |
| Federal Award Amount: | $900,000/year |
| Program Name: | Promoting Responsible Fatherhood |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area | 1 (two or more allowable activities) |
Allowable Activities: Healthy Marriage - skill-based marriage education (#1); and premarital counseling (#4). The responsible parenting components include: skill-based parenting education (#1); and counseling (#3). The economic stability components include: helping fathers improve their economic status by providing job search, job training, subsidized employment, and career advancement (#1).
Organizational Description: Healthy Start, Inc. is a non-profit established in 1991 to improve the overall quality of life for children and adults. Through collaborations and the provision of flexible services, efforts have focused primarily on reducing the incidence of infant mortality and low birth weight babies across southwestern Pennsylvania. Other activities include the Male Initiative Program and Resource Mothers Program.
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The goals of the project are to: 1) promote a father’s economic responsibility as a provider; 2) encourage fathers as nurturers and enhance family and social relationships; 3) reduce negative social and economic conditions associated with single parent homes; 4) increase a child’s success by promoting positive father/child relationships; 5) enable fathers to be loving, committed, and responsible; 6) develop support systems for non-custodial fathers; and 7) build leadership capacity around fatherhood issues. The following curricula will be used: the DACC Model Curriculum and the PREP Curriculum.
| Name of Grantee: | Goodwill Industries of Pittsburgh |
| Federal Project Officer: | Charles Sutton (202) 401-5078 |
| Target Population: | Low-income fathers, including incarcerated and recently released incarcerated fathers, and custodial mothers whose income does not exceed 235% of the federal poverty level and who have children involved in various Allegheny County social service agencies |
| Federal Award Amount: | $225,000/year |
| Program Name: | The Fatherhood Collaborative Project |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area | 3 (single activity) |
Allowable Activity Area: Economic Stability - Work services, job search and training, education (#1); Employment training initiatives (#2); Employment materials (#3); and Financial planning and household management (#4).
Organization Description: The Goodwill Industries of Pittsburgh has been regional, State and National leaders in fatherhood programming since 1998. Goodwill Industries has extensive project experience in workforce development and fatherhood programs.
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The purpose of this project is to feature innovative technological and incentive strategies for engaging and retaining participants as well as employ a unique service intensity case management model based on the individual participants needs. Activities such as academic remediation, job training job placement, retention and advancement as well as connection to training initiatives and coordinating with numerous existing employment services and programs will promote Economic Stability and result in improving the economic status of fathers and their families.
| Name of Grantee: | Resources for Children’s Health |
| Federal Project Officer: | Charles Sutton (202) 401-5078 |
| Target Population: | Low income fathers |
| Federal Award Amount: | $250,000/year |
| Program Name: | Focus on Fathers II |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area | 3 (single activity) |
Allowable Activity Area: Responsible Parenting - Skill-based parenting (#1); Good parenting practices (#2); Counseling, mentoring and mediation (#3); and Domestic violence and child abuse awareness (#4).
Organization Description: Resources for Children’s Health (RCH) is a non-profit social services agency whose mission is the promotion of positive parenting, healthy pregnancies and healthy children.
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The purpose of this project is to expand and enhance the fathering services of the Focus on Fathers program, which provides parenting education, case management, peer support and family/child activities for fathers, stepfathers and other male. The Focus on Fathers II program will replicate the current program and provide both direct services to fathers in the form of parenting skills education, case management, peer support and father-child services. The Focus on Fathers II project will place an emphasis on the prevention of domestic and family violence.
| Name of Grantee: | Boat People SOS Inc. (BPSOS) |
| Federal Project Officer: | Barbara Spoor (202) 401-4724 |
| Target Population: | Refugee and Immigrant Fathers: Vietnamese newcomers and torture survivors |
| Federal Award Amount: | $250,000/year |
| Program Name: | Road to Independence through Savings and Education in Virginia (RISE, VA) |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area | 3 (single activity) |
Allowable Activity: Economic Stability - helping fathers improve their economic status by providing job search, job training, subsidized employment, and career advancement education (#1); coordinating with existing employment services (#2); disseminating employment materials (#3); and offering financial planning that encompasses household management, banking, and/or budgeting (#4).
Organization Description: The BPSOS is a national community-based organization with 26 years of service to refugees and immigrants. The Boat People SOS Inc has over 20 programs now serving some 10,000 clients a year. There are four service departments: Community Development (financial education, tax clinics, first accounts), Health and Mental Health Services; Family Services (substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention, after-school activities for youth, adult ESL and marriage and family wellness, and Survivor Services (domestic violence and human trafficking).
Use of ACF Program Grant Funds: The program purpose is to primarily target refugee fathers who are refugee and immigrant population in Northern Virginia with a particular focus on Vietnamese newcomers and torture survivors. This project will enable a total of 600 fathers to achieve economic stability through job training and placement, financial education and individual assets development. The project will build upon the highly successful RISE program currently implemented in MD; North Carolina; Georgia; Texas; Mississippi; and Louisiana. The project will offer services in job training, placement and retention, referral to supportive services; and financial assets development.
| Name of Grantee: | Child Development Resources |
| Federal Project Officer: | Barbara Spoor (202) 401-4724 |
| Target Population: | Men who are expecting, fathers of children up to five years old, low-income, a new parent, and/or fathers of children with disabilities, with an outreach focus on Hispanics |
| Federal Award Amount: | $250,000/year |
| Program Name: | Putting Responsible Fatherhood First |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area | 3 (single activity) |
Allowable Activity: Responsible Parenting - skill-based parenting education (#1); disseminating parenting practices information (#2); counseling, mentoring, and mediation (#3); disseminating information on the causes of domestic violence and child abuse (#4); and encouraging child support activities (#5).
Organization Description: Founded in 1966, CDR brings 40 years of experience in managing comprehensive services for families with children who are at-risk because of poverty or other factors in their environments. Since 1978, CDR has administered over 50 state and federal grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to promote research-based recommended practices that enhance child learning and development, parent education and support including children with disabilities.
Use of ACF Program Grant Funds: The proposed project, “Putting Responsible Fatherhood First”, is designed to ensure that fathers gain the skills they need for responsible fatherhood through facilitated mentoring, relationship-based education and peer support, and educational resources. The project will use the Program Resource Allocation Model (PRAM) to provide three levels of service to fathers. The project’s objectives are to: 1) increased involvement with their child; 2) gain knowledge about parenting, co-parenting, and life-skills; and 3) increase their confidence and esteem as parents; and 4) know about and have access to needed community services.
| Name of Grantee: | Kanawha Institute for Social Research and Action, Inc. |
| Federal Project Officer: | Seledia Shephard (202) 401-5722 |
| Target Population: | 120 families, particularly those with non-custodial fathers, from Kanawha and Cabell Counties |
| Federal Award Amount: | $499,054/year |
| Program Name: | Promoting Responsible Fatherhood: The KISRA Fatherhood Program |
| Project Period: | 9/30/2006-9/29/2011 |
| Priority Area | 2 (two or more allowable activities) |
Allowable Activities: Responsible Parenting - skill-based parenting education (#1). The economic stability components include: helping fathers improve their economic status through career development (#1); and financial planning (#4).
Organizational Description: Kanawha Institute for Social Research & Action, Inc. was established as a 501(c) (3) organization in 1993 with the mission to assess, develop, and implement educational and socio-economic initiatives that serve and empower the members of a community.
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The project is designed to help non-custodial fathers become more involved in their children’s lives through life skills and parenting training; and unemployed and underemployed fathers achieve economic self-sufficiency through the provision of occupational and life skills training. Curricula include: the Foundations of Fatherhood, Tackling the Tough Skills, and FDIC Money Smart.
