Assistance program
Pregnancy Assistance Fund Program
$34.7 Million committed in FY2018–FY2022
- Agency
- Office of Assistant Secretary for Health, Health and Human Services, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 93.500
- What it does
- The Pregnancy Assistance Fund (PAF) grant program provides support for States and Tribes to develop and implement programs to improve the educational, health, and social outcomes for expectant and parenting teens, women, fathers, and their families. The PAF aims to strengthen access to and completion of education (secondary and postsecondary); improve child and maternal health outcomes; improve pregnancy planning and spacing and reduce the likelihood of repeat teen pregnancies; increase parenting skills for mothers, fathers, and families; strengthen co-parenting; decrease intimate partner violence; and raise awareness of available resources.
- Who benefits
- 1. States, which include the District of Columbia, any commonwealth, possession, or other territory of the United States, and any Federally-recognized Indian Tribe, reservation, consortium or council 2. Education, Health, Non-profits, Community-based organizations, and entities within tribal communities.
- Who applies
- Eligible applicants are from States, which include the District of Columbia, any commonwealth, possession, or other territory of the of the United States and any Federally-recognized Indian tribe, reservation or consortium or council (referred to as “States or tribesâ€), for the development and implementation of programs for expectant and parenting teens, women, fathers and their families. The authorized representative from the State or tribe must apply for grant funds available through this announcement to assist expectant and parenting teens, women, fathers and their families.
- Authorized by
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148 SEC. 10211 - 10214
- Program site
- http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah ↗
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- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments