Family and workforce centers of america (FWCA) READY4LIFE program - family and workforce centers of america will implement a 17-hour primary workshop model featuring evidence-based love notes…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $2.498 million cooperative agreement to Family and Workforce Centers of America on September 30, 2025, under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086).

FWCA will implement the READY4LIFE program, a 17-hour primary workshop model delivering evidence-based Love Notes curriculum, Money Habitudes financial literacy training, and Winning the Workplace Challenge to youth ages 14–24 in high schools across St. Louis City and County. The program equips participants with relationship, communication, and goal-setting skills to support completion of high school, obtaining full-time employment, and establishing stable families before having children. Services target areas with higher rates of family instability. FWCA will serve 3,150 participants over the five-year project period.

Performance runs through September 29, 2030, with all work conducted in St. Louis County, Missouri. The award supports the program's goal of strengthening families through skills-based healthy relationship education integrated with employment and economic advancement opportunities.

Family and workforce centers of america (FWCA) READY4LIFE program - family and workforce centers of america will implement a 17-hour primary workshop model featuring evidence-based love notes curriculum, money habitudes financial literacy training, and winning the workplace challenge to serve youth in high schools and late adolescence (18-24) in ST. Louis city and county. The program will equip youth with relationship, communication, and goal-setting skills needed to achieve the success sequence: completing high school, obtaining full-time employment, and marrying before having children. Services will be delivered in areas youth face higher rates of family instability. FWCA will serve 3,150 participants over the five-year project period.