Human Services News

HHS:

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced awards totaling $58,025,562 through the Compassion Capital Fund (CCF).

The awards, to 420 faith-based and community organizations, are designed to help grass-roots faith-based and community organizations enhance their ability to provide a wide range of social services for those in need.

Those services include aid for homeless persons, at-risk youth and rural communities and initiatives to empower youth and promote healthy marriage.

The second set totals $15,116,280 for 310 faith-based and community organizations under the CCF Targeted Capacity Building Program.

The areas of focus for this program include at-risk youth, homeless persons, rural communities and strengthening marriage.

The third set of awards inaugurates the Communities Empowering Youth (CEY) program, a new program created in response to First Lady Laura Bush's Helping America's Youth initiative.

The primary purpose of CCF is to help faith-based and community organizations increase their effectiveness, enhance their ability to provide social services to serve those most in need, expand their organizations and create collaborations to better serve those in need.