The FORGE Fatherhood—Family, Opportunity, Resilience, Grit, Engagement Program supports responsible fatherhood by promoting healthy marriage, responsible parenting practices, and economic stability activities.
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/29/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The FORGE Fatherhood—Family, Opportunity, Resilience, Grit, Engagement program will provide funding for projects that promote responsible fatherhood under three broad categories:
- Promoting or sustaining marriage.
- Promoting responsible parenting.
- Fostering economic stability.
This funding will be targeted to projects designed for adult fathers (age 18 and older). Eligible fathers (or father figures) must have children age 24 or younger and may be:
- Married or unmarried biological fathers.
- Expectant fathers.
- Adoptive fathers.
- Stepfathers.
- Father figures, such as grandfathers or foster fathers.
The activities funded under this NOFO are inspired by these qualities of fatherhood: Family, Opportunity, Resilience, Grit, Engagement. Projects will provide a broad array of services to adult fathers. In addition to essential services to strengthen positive father-child engagement, ACF seeks projects that provide:
- Robust services to promote or sustain healthy marriage and relationships.
- Robust services to improve employment and economic stability opportunities. Economic stability activities include job-driven employment and job skills development.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $55,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,250,000
- Award Floor: $400,000.
Grant Period
The project period has 5 one-year budget periods.
Funding Information
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- State governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Independent school districts
- Special district governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
