Fellas®: fathers empowered to learn, lead, and achieve success

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Partnership For Maternal And Child Health Of Northern New Jersey, Inc. $3.75 million under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086) on September 30, 2025, for the FELLAS: Fathers Empowered to Learn, Lead, and Achieve Success initiative.

The award funds services designed to promote healthy marriages and relationships, strengthen positive father-child engagement, and improve employment and economic stability opportunities for families in Northern New Jersey. Work is performed in Newark, New Jersey. The period of performance runs from September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2027. The funding is a cooperative agreement, an assistance type that implies collaborative engagement between the federal agency and the recipient on program implementation and monitoring.

The Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program supports activities to strengthen families through skills-based education in healthy relationships, couple and co-parenting engagement, and job and career advancement. The Partnership is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Newark that delivers maternal and child health services, family strengthening initiatives, and community-based health interventions to underserved populations in Northern New Jersey.