Federal Grant Award Summary

Trinity Church, Incorporated, received a Cooperative Agreement award of $1,028,425 from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086) on September 30, 2025. The five-year award, concluding September 29, 2030, funds the READY4LIFE Project, which delivers evidence-based relationship education and life skills training to high school youth in Miami-Dade County.

The project will serve approximately 2,250 youth in grades 9-12 and high school-aged youth ages 14-17 across priority zip codes with elevated rates of poverty, unemployment, and family instability. Trinity Church will implement a 17.5-hour primary workshop curriculum combining Relationship Smarts Plus, Mind Matters Resilience Education, and Next Gen Personal Finance lessons, with a target of 1,800 youth completing at least 90 percent of workshops. Additionally, the organization will provide supplemental Career Success Sequence workshops to strengthen participants' capacity to pursue further education, secure employment, and establish healthy relationships as they transition to adulthood.