Funder: Administration for Children and Families - OFA
Due Dates: June 24, 2025 (11:59 pm EST, electronic submission)
Funding Amounts: Award ceiling: $1,250,000 | Award floor: $400,000 | Up to 40 awards | No cost sharing required
Summary: Funds programs for adults to promote healthy marriages and relationships through education, skill-building, mentoring, and public campaigns.
Key Information: Forecasted opportunity; open to a wide range of public and private entities, but not individuals or foreign organizations.
Description
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA), will competitively award grants to support "healthy marriage promotion" activities for adults (age 18+). The program aims to strengthen families and relationships through a variety of service strategies, including curriculum-based skills development, education, mentoring, and public awareness campaigns. Projects may range from high-impact, large-scale initiatives to smaller, new, or pilot efforts.
Eligible activities include:
- Marriage and relationship education/skills (MRES)
- Pre-marital education
- Marriage enhancement
- Divorce reduction activities
- Marriage mentoring
- Public advertising campaigns
- Activities to reduce disincentives to marriage
The funder seeks a diverse portfolio of projects, supporting both established and new organizations.
Due Dates
- Application Deadline: June 24, 2025 (electronically submitted by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time)
- Estimated Award Date: August 29, 2025
- Estimated Project Start Date: September 30, 2025
Funding Amount
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $34,650,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,250,000 per project
- Award Floor: $400,000 per project
- Expected Number of Awards: 40
- Funding Instrument: Cooperative Agreement
- Cost Sharing/Matching: Not required
Eligibility
Eligible applicants include:
- State, county, city, township, and special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and private institutions of higher education (including Tribal institutions)
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized and other tribal organizations)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofits (with or without 501(c)(3) status, except institutions of higher education)
- For-profit organizations (other than small businesses)
- Small businesses
Not eligible: Individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities.
Faith-based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply and will not be discriminated against based on religious character or affiliation.
Application Process
- Applications must be submitted electronically via Grants.gov.
- Ensure submission by the deadline: June 24, 2025, 11:59 pm EST.
- Review the full funding opportunity announcement for detailed application instructions, required documents, and evaluation criteria.
- No cost sharing or matching is required.
Additional Information
- This is a forecasted opportunity; final details may be updated when the official Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is posted.
- Projects must exclusively serve adults (age 18+), either individuals or couples.
- ACF is interested in a range of project sizes and scopes, including new and pilot programs.
- The program is authorized under Section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act.
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