What is this grant opportunity?

This is a federal funding opportunity titled "Relationships, Education, Advancement, and Development for Youth for Life (READY4Life)", offered by Administration for Children and Families - OFA. It is associated with CFDA program 93.086. This FOA is modified. Changes are made to Section III.3 Other, OFA Disqualification Factors, to add a Limit on the Number of Application Submissions under this FOA to one application; and Section V.1 ...

Is this opportunity still open?

No, this opportunity is closed. It closed on July 1, 2020. Check the parent program page for future funding cycles.

How much funding is available?

The award range for this opportunity is $500,000 -- $1,500,000. Total estimated funding: $24,000,000. Expected number of awards: 27.

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Closed · HHS-2020-ACF-OFA-ZD-1838 · CFDA 93.086 · Discretionary

Relationships, Education, Advancement, and Development for Youth for Life (READY4Life)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Administration for Children and Families - OFA, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$500K-$1.5M
Award range: Closed
Status: July 1, 2020
Close date: 27
Expected awards

Compiled by PlainGrants · August 10, 2026

The verdict

Relationships, Education, Advancement, and Development for Youth for Life (READY4Life) is a closed discretionary listing from Administration for Children and Families - OFA that offered $500,000 -- $1,500,000 across 27 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 22 other opportunities from Administration for Children and Families - OFA.

$500K-$1.5M
award range: Closed
application status: 27
expected awards: 93.086
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Relationships is closed (last close July 1, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Administration for Children and Families - OFA still indexes 22 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 1, 2020

Posted Jun 1 Closes Jul 1

Est. Total Funding

$24,000,000

Expected Awards

Instrument

Grant

Description

This FOA is modified. Changes are made to Section III.3 Other, OFA Disqualification Factors, to add a Limit on the Number of Application Submissions under this FOA to one application; and Section V.1 Criteria, Project Approach has been modified to correct an error in the point value assigned to the optional sub-criterion related to job and career advancement and job-driven employment services (from 30 to 35). Applicants are strongly encouraged to review the modified language in its entirety. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA) announces that it will be soliciting applications for the competitive award of grants that support “healthy marriage promotion” activities, including relationship education, parenting, and job and career advancement activities as authorized under 42 U.S.C. § 603(a)(2). The Relationships, Education, Advancement, and Development for Youth for Life (READY4Life) grants will be targeted exclusively to youth, for projects designed to support healthy relationships and marriage, including the value of marriage in future family formation and skills-based healthy relationship and marriage education. Additionally, grants will support activities including parenting (for young fathers and mothers, as applicable), financial management, job and career advancement, and other activities. Projects must be targeted to youth, specified as individuals in high school (grades 9-12), or that are high-school aged or in late adolescence and early adulthood (ages 14 to 24). Applicants must submit proposals designed for youth as specified. Applicants will be strongly encouraged to design programs targeted to one specific program model for one specific service population – e.g., youth in general high school settings, youth aging out of foster care, or youth who are parents– but not multiple models for multiple populations. Grants awarded will support family formation and strengthening activities through one or more of three healthy marriage promotion activities specified under the authorizing legislation: (1) marriage and relationship education/skills (MRES); (2) education in high schools; and (3) public advertising campaigns. ACF is interested in funding a diverse range of projects, from high impact projects, to moderate scope projects, to smaller scope projects. Applicants must provide evidence of organizational capacity to implement their proposed project.

Wide-open applicant board · 15 Grants.gov doors

Relationships prints 15 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +11 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Income Security and Social Services (ISS). 2 other Administration for Children and Families - OFA listings share this eligibility-code string (9% of 23).

Code 00: State governments
Code 01: County governments
Code 02: City or township governments
Code 04: Special district governments
Code 05: Independent school districts
Code 06: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07: Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 08: Public / Indian housing authorities
Code 11: Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Code 12: Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13: Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20: Private institutions of higher education
Code 22: For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Code 23: Small businesses
Code 25: Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

ACF Applications Help Desk app_support@acf.hhs.gov

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