Submitted by yasmin.mazloomdoost on Fri, 2017-07-07 10:27
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, July 7, 2017
Friday, July 7, 2017
The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces the award of $22,023,940 in 16 grants through the OAH Pregnancy Assistance Fund (PAF) Program to states and tribes to improve the educational, health, social, and economic outcomes for expectant and parenting teens, women, fathers and their families. The grants start on July 7, 2017.
Funded grants will develop and implement programs to provide an integrated and seamless network of supportive services to young families in multiple primary settings – high schools, community service centers, and Institutions of Higher Education. They will adopt a holistic, integrated, and multigenerational approach by directly delivering and/or providing linkages and referrals in five core services domains: (1) Personal Health; (2) Child Health; (3) Self Sufficiency, Education and Employment; (4) Concrete Supports; and (5) Parenting Support.
The newly awarded PAF Program grantees are as follows:
California Department of Public Health/Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health | $1,360,940 |
Children's Trust of South Carolina | $1,360,940 |
Health Research, Inc./New York State Department of Health | $1,304,609 |
Iowa Department of Public Health | $1,350,592 |
Kansas Department of Health & Environment | $1,153,249 |
Massachusetts Department of Public Health | $1,360,940 |
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services | $1,360,940 |
Minnesota Department of Health | $1,360,940 |
New Jersey Department of Children & Families | $1,360,940 |
Oklahoma State Department of Health | $1,360,939 |
Oregon Health Authority | $1,360,939 |
Pennsylvania Department of Health | $811,152 |
Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc. | $709,548 |
Virginia State Board of Health (Richmond City Health District) | $1,360,399 |
Washington State Department of Health | $1,360,939 |
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction | $1,360,939 |
Additional resources on providing services to expectant and parenting youth and preventing teen pregnancy are available from the OAH TPP and PAF Resource Center.
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