The Family Room Blog

ACF 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.

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FYSB 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.  

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Missing 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.

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This 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.

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Calling on Partners to Help People Stay Covered

The end of the Public Health Emergency and Continuous Enrollment

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ACF 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.

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Doing 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. 

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Ushering 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.

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Teen Dating Violence Can Lead to Human Trafficking, but Healthy Relationships Can Prevent Both

Katherine Chon and Kimberly Waller discuss the importance of promoting healthy relationships early in life to prevent and disrupt cycles of abuse, including human trafficking.

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