Coffin Corner

From: ACF Dallas (ACF)
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:17 AM
To: African American Healthy Marriage Initiative
Subject: Register to Become An ACF Grant Reviewer

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ACF awards billions of dollars in grant opportunities on an annual basis. These awards are designed to help us carry out our mission, for which we rely upon the work of States, Tribes, and organizations at the local level. In determining which of these projects will be used to execute the ACF mission, we partner with individuals across the nation to serve as objective grant reviewers. Grant reviewers are critical to our grant award process.

As a part of the ACF Accessibility Initiative, key ACF programs are recruiting and engaging new reviewers in the process. The grant review process is mutually beneficial for the Federal government and the reviewers. The Federal government and tax payers benefit from field expertise and knowledge of the reviewers, ensuring that our projects address relevant and emerging issues in the community. At the same time, reviewers obtain knowledge about the Federal grant award process and grant application requirements, which can be taken back to the community and applied when developing proposals.

The purpose of this note is to invite you to register in one of ACF's grant reviewer databases. Below are brief descriptions of some of ACF's key program offices, and links to their respective sites where you can register to become a reviewer. If you have expertise and knowledge in the applicable areas (or know of someone else that does), please follow the link (and/or forward this note) and take the first step in partnering with ACF in its grants review process. If you have already registered with us, thank you for your willingness to partner with us!

Register to become a reviewer for ACF Programs:

Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF): administers the major Federal programs that support social services designed to promote the positive growth and development of children and youth and their families; protective services and shelter for children and youth in at-risk situations; and adoption for children with special needs. These programs provide financial assistance to States, community-based organizations, and academic institutions to provide services, carry out research and demonstration activities and undertake training, technical assistance, and information dissemination.

Link:  https://www.acfgo.com/public/sitePage.aspx?key=Home

Administration for Native Americans (ANA): promotes the goal of self-sufficiency and cultural preservation for Native Americans by providing social and economic development opportunities through financial assistance, training, and technical assistance to eligible Tribes and Native American communities, including American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native Pacific Islanders organizations.  ANA provides funding for community-based projects that are designed to improve the lives of Native children and families and reduce long-term dependency on public assistance. 

Link: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ana/peer_panel/reviewers.html#sub1

Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD): implements the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, known as the DD Act, and the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002. 

Link: http://www.ent-s-t.com/consultant.php

Office of Community Services (OCS): works in partnership with States, communities, and other agencies to provide a range of human and economic development services and activities, which ameliorate the causes and characteristics of poverty and otherwise assist persons in need. The aim of these services and activities is to increase the capacity of individuals and families to become self-sufficient, to revitalize communities, and to build the stability and capacity of children, youth, and families so that they become able to create their own opportunities. 

Link: https://rrm.grantsolutions.gov/ocs/index.htm

Office of Family Assistance, Child Care Bureau (CCB): supports low-income working families through child care financial assistance and promotes children's learning by improving the quality of early care and education and after school programs.

Link: https://www.acfgo.com/public/sitePage.aspx?key=Home

Office of Head Start (OHS): advises the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families on issues regarding the Head Start program (including Early Head Start). The Head Start program provides grants to local public and private non-profit and for-profit agencies to provide comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families, with a special focus on helping preschoolers develop the early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school.

Link: https://www.acfgo.com/public/sitePage.aspx?key=Home

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 From: Pastor Leo & Molly Godzich [info@nameonline.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:06 AM
To: Coffin, Bill (ACF)
Subject: [MARKETING EMAIL]Do Your Friends Know?

Dear Bill,

Do your friends know about CRAZY LOVE?  Do they know about the 15^th Annual International Marriage Conference? Don’t keep it a secret….. They will be SO glad that you told them!!

Click here to email your friends information about Crazy Love: the 15^th International Marriage Conference (more info at View Event Summary below).  You just put in their information and they will be sent an invitation email for this event. Share the good news about Crazy Love with your friends and they’ll probably thank you for the rest of their lives. Or, you just might save a marriage and family, or start someone in marriage ministry, or help a couple discover their destiny togetherâ€"it happens every year at the greatest gathering of marriage inspiration, information and impartation anywhere. So share the loveâ€"Crazy Love!

We look forward to seeing you there!

10) NewsOK coverage of FE (BSF---the rest of the story—BC)

http://www.newsok.com/article/3488478?searched=family%20expectations&custom_click=search

9) Contact Us - National Healthy Marriage Institute
If you you have any questions about the Healthy Marriage Tips column please send an e-mail to marriagetips@healthymarriage.org ...
http://healthymarriageweightloss.com/marriagetipscontactu">healthymarriageweightloss.com/marriagetipscontactus.htm

8) The Dance of a Healthy Marriage | 365 Online Tips
A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time. ~Anne Taylor Fleming The Dance of a Healthy Marriage To...

7) http://www.blackboysreport.org/bbreport.pdf

6) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jftr.2010.2.issue-1/issuetoc

And America’s Families and Living Arrangements

5) Marry, for the health of your baby

Carolyn Moynihan | 20 July 2010

Marriage protects against low birth weight.

4) http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/who_shall_find_a_happy_wife/

And Three Sayings on Marriage | Archdiocese of Washington

3) Twogether in Texas | Inspirations & Creations - Elizabeth Anne ...
By Sallie
To be honest, we took the 8 hour course in order to get our marriage license for free (which is a great incentive!) Neither one of us expected to leave with any earth shattering information. ... The class focused on different aspects of communication including conflict resolution and other tools for a strong, healthy, loving relationship. My favorite part of the class was

And 10 ways to divorceproof your marriage - CNN.com

2) Question: How can I best help my teenage son? (Blended Family ...
By admin
Maintaining a healthy marriage. Spouses must be intentional about keeping their marital partnership strong. Instruct the couple to take time alone to love-on, show affection to, support, talk-to, be present with, and care for one ...

And Making stepfamilies work

Parents of a “blended family” face plenty of challenges, but there are things you can do to make communication easier and help children adjust to their new reality.

1) Keeping Marriages Healthy, and Why It’s So Difficult

Benjamin Karney's research focuses on how marriages change or remain stable over time, and in particular how relationship maintenance is constrained or enhanced by the contexts in which it takes place.

Bill Coffin

Special Assistant for Marriage Education

ACF/HHS

370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW Washington, DC  20447

(202)260-1550(o);

Bill.Coffin@acf.hhs.gov

…We, Government Leaders, invite colleagues and citizens from every political party to engage in renewed

efforts to pursue laws and public policies that promote the well-being of marriages and families…(Excerpt from http://www.hamptonu.edu/ncaamp/proclamation/)

A Guide to Low-Cost Curricula and Resources: Marriage and Relationship, Fatherhood and Parenting,
and Financial Education available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/pdf/curricula_resources_guide_121509.pdf

 http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage 

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/doc/ACF_Curriculum_Assessment_Guide.doc

http://learning.hhs.gov/elearning/cop.asp

Why Marriage Matters, 26 Conclusions from the Social Sciences

#1 Marriage increases the likelihood that fathers and mothers have good relationships with their children.

#26 A child who is not living with his or her own two married parents is at greater risk for child abuse.

http://center.americanvalues.org/?p=7

For previous editions of HM Links & Clips see https://hhsu.learning.hhs.gov/communities/folders.asp?iFolderID=18965

Bill & Pat Coffin 

since 1968 http://www.foryourmarriage.org http://www.smartmarriages.com 

http://www.healthymarriageinfo.org http://www.marriagemagazine.org http://www.bettermarriages.org