Project Grant 00000APH002068A

The Puerto Rico Department of the Family was awarded a $100,000.00 formula grant under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Grants to States for Access and Visitation Programs (CFDA 93.597). The grant supports the creation of programs that facilitate access and visitation by non-custodial parents with their children through mediation, counseling, education, and development of parenting plans. The program aims to improve the involvement of...

The Parenting Place, doing business as Family Resources, was awarded a $520,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. The grant was awarded under the Justice Systems Response to Families program (CFDA 16.021) to fund the Justice for Families Project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The Justice for Families Project will improve the response of the criminal and civil justice systems to families by providing...

The Puerto Rico Department of the Family received a $100,000 Formula Grant under the Grants to States for Access and Visitation Programs (CFDA 93.597), administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. This two-year grant, with an award date of October 1, 2024 and a completion date of September 30, 2026, will fund services and activities to facilitate access and visitation for non-custodial parents in Puerto Rico. Typical supported...

The Parents And Children Together organization will receive $366,666 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women's Justice Systems Response to Families program (CFDA 16.021). The award will support the organization's provision of court-based and court-related programs, supervised visitation and safe exchange services, training for professionals working with families in the court system, and civil legal services from...

The Family Service of Rhode Island (FSRI) was awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.839 - STOP School Violence) to implement a three-year violence prevention project in partnership with the Central Falls Rhode Island School District. The project aims to: (1) improve school safety and climate; (2) prevent youth violence, delinquency, and victimization; (3) actively engage families and...

The Puerto Rico Department of the Family received a $639,306 Formula Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. The grant was awarded under the Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Grants program (CFDA 93.590) to support community efforts that develop, operate, expand, enhance, and coordinate initiatives and activities to prevent child abuse and neglect from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Specifically, the Department of...

This $388,107 Project Grant awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program will support the Suffolk County Family Treatment Court in New York to expand its FOCUS program. The funding will enable the court to offer comprehensive support services to the older siblings (ages 7-17) of children aged birth to six whose parents have substance use...

This Project Grant award of $703,268 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) aims to evaluate the efficacy of the "Fathers for Change" intervention in reducing substance use and family violence among fathers with substance use disorders. The study will test the intervention, which targets emotional dysregulation as a common factor underlying substance use and family violence, compared to individual drug...

The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243), awarded a $1,775,386.95 five-year Project Grant (H79SP084100) to Westcare Ohio Inc., operating as East End Community Services Corporation, a registered non-profit organization based in Dayton, Ohio. The "Families Are Essential for Prevention (FEP)"...

The Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families (ACF) awarded a $500,000 Social Services Research and Demonstration (CFDA 93.647) grant to the Alaska Children's Trust (ACT) for the "Pathways to Hope" project. This 12-month project aims to develop an Alaska Native framework for community-led prevention of child sexual abuse. ACT, a non-profit organization based in Anchorage, will leverage the funding to implement innovative child protection and...