Cbci's heart family strengthening project - community based connections, INC

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $2.5 million to Community Based Connections, Inc. on September 30, 2025, under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086).

Community Based Connections, Inc. will implement the HEART (Helping Every Area of Relationships Thrive) Family Strengthening Program in Broward and Palm Beach Counties, Florida, serving 1,300 adults over the five-year period through September 29, 2030. The program delivers curriculum-based workshops on communication skills, conflict resolution, emotional intimacy, and marriage benefits using the Nurturing Parenting Program, Understanding Dad, and Mom as Gateway curricula. Participants receive case management, mental health counseling, and wraparound services. The recipient will host annual couples retreats in collaboration with local churches, with guidance from trained mentors to strengthen relationship skills.

The Lord's Place serves as a sub-recipient, providing job and career advancement services to participants. The project aims to strengthen marriages, improve family functioning, and enhance parenting skills among adult individuals and couples.

Will implement the heart (helping every area of relationships thrive) family strengthening program in broward and palm beach counties, florida, providing curriculum-based workshops on communication skills, conflict resolution, emotional intimacy, and marriage benefits using the nurturing parenting program, understanding DAD, and MOM as gateway curricula. The project will serve adult individuals and couples through case management, mental health counseling, and wraparound services, while partnering with the lord's place to provide job and career advancement services. Cbci will host annual couples retreats in collaboration with local churches, offering participants guidance from trained mentors to strengthen relationship skills. Over the five-year project period, cbci will serve 1,300 adults, working to strengthen marriages, improve family functioning, and enhance parenting skills among participants.