Protecting the Health and Well-Being of all Children by Preventing the Worst Forms of Child Labor
On this World Day Against Child Labor, we reflect on the 3.3 million children who experience forced labor every year around the world.
Read Full PostaboutProtecting the Health and Well-Being of all Children by Preventing the Worst Forms of Child LaborACF is Open for Business: GCS Hosts First Advanced Planning Brief to Industry
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Government Contracting Services (GCS) recently held its inaugural Advanced Planning Brief to Industry (APBI), on May 9-11, 2023.
Read Full PostaboutACF is Open for Business: GCS Hosts First Advanced Planning Brief to IndustryProposed Rule to Help Tribes Support Families
OCSE proposes eliminating Tribes’ share of program costs
Read Full PostaboutProposed Rule to Help Tribes Support FamiliesFYSB and SAMHSA Celebrate the Possibilities of Prevention in Strengthening our Youth, Families, and Communities
During National Prevention Week, the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) discusses coordination efforts to share critical messages with youth and families that foster promoting substance misuse prevention and positive mental health in their communities.
Read Full PostaboutFYSB and SAMHSA Celebrate the Possibilities of Prevention in Strengthening our Youth, Families, and CommunitiesMissing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) Awareness Month
Every May 5th, grassroots advocates call on us to wear red to make visible the Indigenous women, girls, and people who have disappeared and have been murdered. Furthermore, they call on us to disrupt the crisis of violence that continues to impact Indigenous communities disproportionately.
Read Full PostaboutMissing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) Awareness MonthThis National Foster Care Month, be the Champion; Support Youth Mental Health
For children and youth in foster care—who have faced adverse childhood experiences, separation from family members, and inconsistent support from adults—mental well-being is especially important. This National Foster Care month be the champion that values and supports their mental health.
Read Full PostaboutThis National Foster Care Month, be the Champion; Support Youth Mental HealthCalling on Partners to Help People Stay Covered
The end of the Public Health Emergency and Continuous Enrollment
Read Full PostaboutCalling on Partners to Help People Stay CoveredACF Funds Help Provide Legal Support to Thousands of Afghan Families
Through ILSAA, Afghan arrivals can receive translation and interpretation services, basic legal education, and even transportation and lodging for the asylum interviews.
Read Full PostaboutACF Funds Help Provide Legal Support to Thousands of Afghan FamiliesDoing Things Differently; Shifting from Cultures of Surveillance to Communities of Support
Observing National Child Abuse Prevention Month and emphasizing a prevention-focused approach to better support families that thrive.
Read Full PostaboutDoing Things Differently; Shifting from Cultures of Surveillance to Communities of SupportUshering in Meaningful Change for Survivors and Introducing ACF’s New Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is establishing the new Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services (OFVPS), permanently moving the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) Program to become its own office.
Read Full PostaboutUshering in Meaningful Change for Survivors and Introducing ACF’s New Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services