Sacramento Head Start Alumni Association

ACF Key Priorities For 2002

Sep 13, 2002

Administration for Children and Families Key Priorities 2002

To support the CHSA community we have researched and selected resources which may supply you with valuable information. The following links are not formally endorsed by ACF or CHSA. If you have additional web sites that would be useful, please contact CHSA.

ACF Key Priorities For 2002 - Dr. Wade F. Horn, Assistant Secretary for children and families has announced the Administration for Children and Families Key Priorities for 2002. Head Start Region IX QIC offer extensive resources on these priorities. http://www.devassoc.com/hsqic/


Enhancing Early Literacy of Children: Improving the pre-reading and numeracy skills of young children to improve school readiness.

HeadsUp! Reading
http://www.huronline.org/
Early Steps to Reading Success http://www.caeyc.org/esrs/esrs_home_tbl.html
Greater L.A.'s Path to Literacy
Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeleshttp://www.literacynetwork.org/
Enhancing Early Literacy of Children
Literacy Center. Net ?– The Early Childhood Education Network
http://www.literacycenter.net/parents_teacher/index.htm


Fatherhood/Healthy Marriage: Helping men become responsible, committed, involved fathers. Helping couples who choose marriage for themselves to develop the skills and knowledge to form and sustain healthy marriages.

Bush welfare plan will push love, marriage

By Lawrence M. O?’Rourke -- Bee Washington Bureau

Published 5:30 a.m. PST Monday, Feb. 25,2002

http://24hour.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/1686307p-1761180c.html
The National Marriage Project

The State University of New Jersey

http://marriage.rutgers.edu/about.htm

The Marriage Movement: A Statement of Principals
http://www.marriagemovement.org/



Positive Youth Development: Promoting ongoing relationships with adult role models: safe places with structured activities: Healthy life styles: opportunities to acquire marketable skills: and opportunities for community service and civic participation
The Institute for Youth Development
http://www.youthdevelopment.org/
Center for Youth Development & Policy Research

Academy for Educational Development

http://cyd.aed.org/

National Youth Summit

June 26, Washington D.C.

http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/fysb/index_text.htm
Girl Power

National Public Education Campaign

http://www.girlpower.gov/
4H

National 4H Web, For Youth by Youth
http://www.4-h.org/
National 4H Council
http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/
Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/sdfshapp.html
Youth Opportunity (YO) Movement
US Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration
www.usworkforce.org/factsheets/yomovement.pdf
21st Century Community Learning Centers
CCLC Program is a key component of President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act.
http://www.ed.gov/21stcclc/
AmeriCorps
http://www.americorps.org/
National Organizations for Youth Safety
A coalition working together to provide help and resources to improve health and safety issues in communities.

http://www.noys.org/
National Youth Network
Founded by Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/nyn/
Neighborhood Networks
Delivering Technology Access to America's Communities

http://www.hud.gov/nnw/nnwindex.html
Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ccb/geninfo/ccdfdesc.htm

Faith-based/Communities Initiatives: Removing barriers to the full participation of faith-based and other community services in the delivery of social services.

Reconstructing California?’s Social Safety Net
The Center for Religion and Civic Culture
http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/religion_online/welfare/

Not by Bread Alone: Social Science, Social Policy and the Quest for Meaning in Human Communities

Conference on Faith Based Initiatives and Urban Public Policy

http://www.law.uchicago.edu/lectureconf/meares/papers/
loury.html

California Council of Churches and California Church Impact

http://www.calchurches.org/
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Brief description of federal grants programs

http://www.cfda.gov
The Federal Commons
"One-stop" for links to the federal grant information

http://www.cfda.gov/federalcommons/
The HHS Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
http://www.hhs.gov/faith/
The DOL Center for Faith-Baised and Community Initiatives
http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/
The HUD Center for Faith-Baised and Community Initiatives
http://www.hud.gov/offices/fbci/index.cfm
The ED Center for Faith-Baised and Community Initiatives
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OIIA/faithandcommunity/contact.html
Unlevel Playing Field: Barriers to Participation by Faith-Baised and Community Organizations in Federal Service Programs (White House, August 2001)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/08/unlevelfield.html
Rallying the Armies of Compassion (White House, Jan. 2001)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/reports/faithbased.html
The President's Management Agenda, Fiscal Year 2002 (Office of Management and Budget, August 2001), ch. 6: Faith-based and Community Initiative
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2002/mgmt.html

Next Phase of Welfare Reform: Expanding welfare to reform efforts to meet all four goals of the original legislation: identifying gaps and changes required to move the welfare reform agenda forward.

Welfare Reform and California?’s Faith-Based Communities

The Center for Religion and Civic Culture

http://www.welfareinfo.org/

Welfare Reform State Links

The Administration for Children and Families

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/welfare/stlinks.htm

Research and Commentary on Key Issues

Urban Institute Focus

http://www.urban.org/news/focus/focus_welfare.html


Rural Initiative: Strengthening rural families and communities.

Rural Housing Service

USDA

http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/
The Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
http://www.nonprofithousing.org/index.htm
Rural Community Assistance Corporation
http://www.rcac.org/
Housing Assistance Council

http://www.ruralhome.org/index.htm - Loans to groups that plan for housing projects.

Prevention: Dedicating resources to prevent the need for intervention services.


One Department: (ACF Admin) Unifying systems, improving management of financial and physical assets, consolidating resources, eliminating duplication and restructing the workforce to streamline layers and provide enhanced, citizen-centered services.