Closed · HHS-2025-ACF-OFA-ZB-0109 · CFDA 93.086 · Discretionary
Helping Every Area of Relationships Thrive - Adults (HEART)
Federal grant opportunity posted by Administration for Children and Families - OFA, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $400K-$1.3M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 29, 2025
- Close date
- 40
- Expected awards
The verdict
Helping Every Area of Relationships Thrive - Adults (HEART) is a closed discretionary listing from Administration for Children and Families - OFA that offered $400,000 -- $1,250,000 across 40 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $400K-$1.3M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 40
- expected awards
- 93.086
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Helping Every Area of Relationships Thrive - Adults (HEART) - is cataloged under number HHS-2025-ACF-OFA-ZB-0109 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 93.086, posted by Administration for Children and Families - OFA. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on July 15, 2025. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is $400,000 -- $1,250,000. The agency has projected $34.6 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 40 awards. If the agency funds the expected 40 awards from the $34.6 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $866,000. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on July 29, 2025. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$400,000 -- $1,250,000
Close Date
July 29, 2025
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date.
Posted
July 15, 2025
Est. Total Funding
$34,650,000
Expected Awards
40
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA) announces its plan to solicit applications for the competitive award of grants that support "healthy marriage promotion" activities as authorized under Section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act. This funding will be targeted exclusively to projects designed for adult individuals or adult couples, defined as persons who are age 18 and older. Applicants will be asked to submit proposals that are designed to implement programs that include a broad array of service provision strategies. These include curriculum-based skills development and services designed to support family strengthening activities through one or more of seven activities specified under the authorizing legislation: marriage and relationship education/skills (MRES); pre-marital education; marriage enhancement; divorce reduction activities; marriage mentoring; public advertising campaigns; and activities to reduce the disincentives to marriage. ACF is interested in funding a diverse range of projects, from high impact projects, to moderate scope projects, to smaller scope projects, as well as smaller new/initial projects.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category codes 00, 01, 02, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 11, 12, 13, 20, 22, 23. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Taffy Compain ofa@grantreview.org
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