Champions For Children, Inc.

Champions For Children, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Tampa, Florida, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering family-strengthening and responsible fatherhood services to the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF), working as a prime recipient on one cooperative agreement and as a sub-recipient on multiple awards from state grantees.

The organization's recent federal footprint is concentrated entirely within HHS ACF's family services portfolio. Champions For Children holds a $2.498 million Cooperative Agreement award under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086), effective through September 29, 2030. Under this award, the organization implements the Fathers Resource and Networking Community (FRANC) program in Hillsborough County, Florida, providing evidence-based responsible fatherhood services to fathers aged 18 and older. FRANC combines curricula including PREP and Nurturing Fathers programs with case management and employment support services, targeting 1,170 participants with a completion goal of at least 720 participants finishing all required sessions over the five-year grant period. Service delivery leverages partnerships with local workforce agencies and community organizations to address barriers to family stability and economic self-sufficiency through parenting competencies, relationship skills development, and job readiness training.

Champions For Children also acts as a sub-recipient under seven awards from the Florida Department of Children and Families, all dated April 15, 2024, for direct client services. The organization accounts for 36% of awards as a prime recipient and 64% as a sub-recipient across an 11-award portfolio spanning from 2006 through September 2025. Combined federal dollars obligated total $17.8 million. The vendor is present across three distinct HHS customer agencies, though ACF accounts for 100% of recent award activity. Activity shows a clustering pattern — one award in 2006, one in 2015, one in 2020, seven in 2024, and one in 2025 — indicating recent acceleration in federal family-services programming rather than sustained historical engagement. The organization does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its entire federal footprint is grant-funded.