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Administration for Children and Families US Department of Health and Human Services
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday, August 2, 2004
Contact: Chris Downing
ACF Press Office (202) 401-9215

Grants for Child Support Development Projects Awarded

HHS’s Administration for Children and Families today announced the awarding of over $1.4 million in grants to thirteen state and non-profit organizations to advance the performance of the nation’s child support enforcement system.

”The grants we are announcing today are part of our ongoing effort at HHS to enhance the child support program and improve the financial and emotional well being of children,” said Dr. Wade F. Horn, assistant secretary for children and families. “This initiative will allow us to examine new ways to augment child support enforcement services to increase support collections, promote fatherhood and healthy marriage and help struggling families take care of their children.”

Several grants are designed to improve responsiveness of child support to its consumers, including ethnic and cultural minorities, as well as those whose cases are touched by the judicial system:

Three grants were awarded to states and non-profit organizations to educate the public on parental responsibility and promote the importance of healthy marriage to a child’s well being:

Four grants were awarded to states to help parents meet child support and family responsibilities:

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Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are available at www.hhs.gov/news

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Last Updated: August 2, 2004