Closed · HHS-2025-ACF-OFA-ZJ-0014 · CFDA 93.086 · Discretionary

Family, Opportunity, Resilience, Grit, Engagement – Fatherhood (FORGE Fatherhood)

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
66
Expected awards

The verdict

Family, Opportunity, Resilience, Grit, Engagement – Fatherhood (FORGE Fatherhood) is a closed discretionary listing from Administration for Children and Families - OFA that offered $400,000 -- $1,250,000 across 66 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.

$400K-$1.3M
award range
Closed
application status
66
expected awards
93.086
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Family, Opportunity, Resilience, Grit, Engage… is closed (last close July 29, 2025). 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 29, 2025

Posted Jul 15 Closes Jul 29

Est. Total Funding

$55,000,000

Expected Awards

66

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 "activities to promote responsible fatherhood" under each of the three broad categories of promoting or sustaining marriage, responsible parenting, and economic stability activities authorized under Section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act. This funding will be targeted exclusively to projects designed for adult fathers, defined as fathers that are age 18 and older. Eligible fathers (or father figures) must have children who are age 24 or younger. Fathers will include those in the general population (or "community fathers"), as well as fathers who are returning, or have returned, to their families and communities, following incarceration. ACF is interested in funding a diverse range of projects, including varying project scopes and populations to be served.

Wide-open applicant board · 13 Grants.gov doors

Family, Opportunity, Resilience, Grit, Engage… prints 13 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +9 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: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Income Security and Social Services (ISS). Only 1 other Administration for Children and Families - OFA listing share this exact eligibility-code string (4% 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 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.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Tanya Howell ofa@grantreview.org

What to do next

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