CCA forge fatherhood program - center for community alternatives will provide services to reentering fathers in onondaga county, new york through their forge fatherhood program

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Center For Community Alternatives, Inc. $1.499950 million in cooperative agreement funding on September 30, 2025, to deliver the FORGE Fatherhood Program under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086).

The program delivers 30 hours of curriculum-based workshops on responsible parenting, healthy marriage, and economic stability to reentering fathers in Onondaga County, New York. Workshops are held both in-facility at the Onondaga County Correctional Facility and in the community at Center For Community Alternatives' downtown Syracuse office. Over the five-year grant period ending September 29, 2030, the program serves 386 reentering fathers, with at least 350 participants completing workshops and 116 securing employment with retention support to improve family functioning and economic mobility.

The program will deliver 30 hours of curriculum-based workshops on responsible parenting, healthy marriage, and economic stability both in-facility at the onondaga county correctional facility and in the community at CCA's downtown syracuse office. Over the five-year grant period, the program will serve 386 reentering fathers, with at least 350 participants completing workshops and 116 securing employment with retention support to improve family functioning and economic mobility