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

ID: HHS-2025-ACF-OFA-ZD-0013 • Type: Posted
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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 and relationship education activities including parenting, and job and career advancement activities as authorized under Section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act. The Relationships, Education, Advancement, and Development for Youth for Life (READY4Life) grants will be targeted exclusively to projects designed to provide healthy marriage and relationship education skills, parenting (for young fathers and mothers as applicable), financial management, job and career advancement, and other activities, to youth that are high-school aged (grades 9-12) or in late adolescence and early adulthood (ages 14 to 24), including parenting and/or pregnant youth. Grants awarded will support family formation and healthy marriage promotion activities under the authorizing legislation, through marriage and relationship education/skills (MRES). Applicants must provide evidence of organizational capacity to implement their proposed project for the community specified.
Background
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA) is soliciting applications for grants under the Relationships, Education, Advancement, and Development for Youth for Life (READY4Life) program. This initiative aims to support healthy marriage and relationship education activities, including parenting and job advancement, targeting high-school-aged youth (grades 9-12) and young adults aged 14 to 24, particularly those who are parenting or pregnant. The program seeks to promote family formation and healthy marriage through education in relationship skills.

Grant Details
The READY4Life grants will fund projects that provide comprehensive services aimed at helping youth build healthy relationship skills. Key components include:
- At least 12 hours of curriculum-based workshops focused on marriage and relationship education/skills (MRES), parenting skills, financial management, job advancement activities, and conflict resolution.
- Projects must serve specific populations such as youth in high schools or out-of-school settings.
- Applicants must demonstrate organizational capacity to implement their proposed projects effectively.
- The program emphasizes the importance of strategic collaboration among community partners to achieve programmatic goals.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include state, county, city, township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments; public housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status; private institutions of higher education; and for-profit organizations. Individuals and foreign entities are not eligible.

Period of Performance
The project period is planned for five years with five one-year budget periods. Non-competitive continuation grants may be offered for years 2 through 5 based on satisfactory progress.

Grant Value
The total expected funding for the program is $22 million, with a minimum award amount of $400,000 and a maximum award amount of $1,250,000 per project for the first budget period. A total of 26 awards are anticipated.

Place of Performance
Projects must have a physical presence in the community where services are provided.
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Overview

Agency
Office of Family Assistance (OFA) [HHS - ACF]
Category of Funding
Income Security and Social Services
Funding Instruments
Cooperative Agreement
Grant Program (CFDA)
93.086 - Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
Grants.gov
On 7/15/25 the Office of Family Assistance posted grant opportunity HHS-2025-ACF-OFA-ZD-0013 for Relationships, Education, Advancement, and Development for Youth for Life (READY4Life) with funding of $23.1 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 93.086 Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants. It is expected that 26 total grants will be made worth between $400,000 and $1.3 million.

Timing

Posted Date
July 15, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
July 29, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Closing Date Explanation
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date.
Last Updated
July 15, 2025, 3:46 p.m. EDT
Version
2

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Small businesses
Special district governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
City or township governments
County governments
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Independent school districts
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
State governments
Additional Info
All public and private entities are eligible to apply under this funding opportunity announcement (including, but not limited to, state, territorial, local, and quasi-governmental agencies, Native American tribal governments and tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations, independent school districts, public, private or Tribal institutions of higher education, and for-profit entities). Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity. Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at and, subject to the protections and requirements of 45 CFR Part 87 and 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization's religious character, affiliation, or exercise.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$1,250,000
Floor
$400,000
Estimated Program Funding
$23,100,000
Estimated Number of Grants
26

Contacts

Contact
Administration for Children and Families - OFA
Contact Email
ofa@grantreview.org
Contact Phone
(202) 690-7110

Documents

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