ACF News

The framework focuses on improving the wellbeing of Native populations and communities through a wide range of ACF programs and technical assistance resources. The primary intent is to move ACF resources upstream to promote prevention, intervene for those in crisis, and support individuals, families, and communities in need of healing. This ACF framework supports broader Department of Health and Human Services efforts on this critical issue.

The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) recently awarded $20.59 million to support the National Domestic Violence Hotline, the Alaska Native Tribal Resource Center on Domestic Violence, and 26 Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Children Demonstration Grants.

The Family and Youth Services Bureau’s (FYSB) Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) program in HHS’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF), recently awarded approximately $30 million in awards to 158 community-based organizations. The funding will allow the grantees to help reunite youth with their families, and provide mental and physical health services, food, clothing, and emergency shelter for runaway or homeless youth.

Eight school districts across the country received $4.3 million in awards to develop and implement programs to prevent human trafficking victimization. The Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education Demonstration Program, awarded by the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) in consultation with the Department of Education and the Department of Labor, is one of the first federal programs specifically designed to build resiliency to human trafficking in children and youth.

Today, Trump administration officials toured two Oklahoma City Community HOPE Centers, highlighting flexibilities that are available to states in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) block grant program. CCDF provides federal funding to states to support child care services for low-income working families.

This week the Administration on Children, Youth and Families at HHS’ Administration for Children and Families awarded $31.63 million to 79 organizations that help young adults make healthy decisions in life. These groups educate youth on sexual risk avoidance, which includes voluntarily refraining from sexual activity.

This week HHS’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) awarded $4 Million to six Tribal College and University Head Start (TCU-HS) Partnership Programs. This funding will be used to increase the number of qualified education staff working in American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

Today 49 states, plus the District of Columbia were awarded bonuses for increasing the number of children adopted from foster care. The funding, announced by HHS’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF), can be used to enhance the state’s child welfare system.

The U.S. Children’s Bureau, Casey Family Programs, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Prevent Child Abuse America® are partnering to launch a national effort to prove it is possible to fundamentally rethink child welfare by creating the conditions for strong, thriving families where children are free from harm.

The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) awarded $8.7 million to eight child support agencies to develop nine programs that educate teens and young adults about the financial, legal, and emotional responsibilities of parenthood. The agencies will collaborate with youth job development programs, foster care transition services, juvenile justice agencies, teen pregnancy prevention programs, community colleges and public schools to integrate child support and responsible parenting education into a wide range of youth centered systems.