Children's Institute, Inc.: News Article: Request for Proposals: Project Fatherhood Community Grants Program

July 9, 2010

Request for Proposals: Project Fatherhood Community Grants Program

Children’s Institute, Inc. (CII) announces a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Project Fatherhood ^SM Community Grants Program. Made possible with funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the program will identify small faith-based and community-based organizations that will collaborate with CII to replicate the agency’s Project Fatherhood ^SM groups.

For more than a century, CII has provided the healing, support, and resources children and families need to thrive through innovative programs and policies. A good example is the agency’s Project Fatherhood ^SM. Developed in 1996, the project works to increase the involvement of primarily urban, low-income, disadvantaged fathers in the lives and upbringing of their children. Project Fatherhood ^SM provides fathers with comprehensive parenting skills and support activities. Recognized as a model program by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Project can now reach more fathers through grants to additional community-based organizations.

Awards of up to $50,000 per organization will be available for one project year. Match funds—cash or in-kind services—totaling ten percent (10%) of the total funded amount (maximum of $5,000) are required. An objective is for grantees to sustain their program beyond the funding period.

Eligibility Criteria
Organizations will:

• be a community-based or faith-based organization, AND
• have 6 or fewer full-time equivalent (FTE) staff positions, OR
• have an annual operating budget less than $300,000, OR social services as a major part of their activities, OR
• be headquartered in local communities.
• have an existing site that serves children and families in a SPA in Los Angeles County.

Please download the RFP for additional criteria and review our FAQs.

Applicants must provide services to all eligible persons regardless of a potential participant’s race, gender, age, disability or religion. Applicants cannot, on the basis of race, gender, age, disability or religion, treat one person differently from another in determining eligibility, benefits or services provided, or applicable rules. The projects and activities assisted under these awards must be available to fathers and expectant fathers who are able to benefit from the activities on the same basis as mothers and expectant mothers. Applications are due August 13, 2010 (see RFP for submission details).

Visit projectfatherhood.org to learn more about the Project Fatherhood ^SM Community Grants Program.

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