[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 63837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25486]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[CFDA Number: 93.086]
Announcement of the Award of a Single-Source Program Expansion
Supplement to One Grantee Under the Community-Centered Responsible
Fatherhood Ex-Prisoner Reentry Pilot Project Grants
AGENCY: Office of Family Assistance, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Announcement of the award of a single-source program expansion
supplement to The RIDGE Project in Defiance, OH to support the
Community-Centered Responsible Fatherhood Ex-Prisoner Reentry Pilot
Project activities that promote responsible fatherhood through the
provision of subsidized employment, family reunification, and economic
stability services to formerly incarcerated fathers designed to move
individuals and families to self-sufficiency.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Family Assistance (OFA), Division of State and Territory TANF
Management (DSTTM) announces the award of a single-source program
expansion award of $131,666 to The RIDGE Project in Defiance, OH.
The RIDGE Project is a 501(c)(3), faith-based organization founded
in 2000 and provides a broad range of services in Ohio to over 30,000
individuals a year with over 100,000 units of service each year. Their
mission is to strengthen families through youth development, marriage
and fatherhood programs, workforce development, and reentry programs
designed to equip people to achieve social and economic self-
sufficiency. Activities include the provision of economic stability,
subsidized employment, and supportive services. Upon release from
prison, participants continue in the program and are served by The
RIDGE Project or one of its regional partners.
The primary purpose is to eliminate barriers for fathers to achieve
social and economic self-sufficiency through subsidized employment for
individuals preparing to reenter their communities or those who have
recently returned to their communities following incarceration. The
RIDGE Project also implements three legislatively specified activities:
Healthy marriage, responsible parenting, and economic stability.
The program expansion supplement will support the project's
culinary arts training and employment, designed to prepare program
participants for careers in the culinary field. According to recent
data from the People Report Workforce Index, which surveys restaurant
human resources departments and recruiters on trends in employment,
continued job growth is anticipated in the food service industry, with
high levels of recruiting difficulty, and a rise in vacancies/turnovers
expected. Employers are reporting that though they have hundreds of
applicants, they are finding it increasingly difficult to find
employees with the right skill set.
The RIDGE Project will begin offering an 8-week Culinary Arts
training to formerly incarcerated fathers who have successfully
completed their flagship responsible fatherhood and economic stability
program and have evidenced their commitment to responsible fatherhood
and show an aptitude and interest in the food service industry.
The program will provide students with the basic skills necessary
to function in an entry-level capacity in a restaurant or commercial
kitchen. Successful students will complete the program having achieved
the ServSafeTM Certification, and will have demonstrated the
core skills necessary to begin work in food preparation or as a line
cook entrance chef. Finally, upon satisfactory completion, The RIDGE
Project's Workforce Development Department will function to assist the
fathers with job placement, including subsidized wages in local
restaurants.
DATES: September 30, 2012-September 29, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robin Y. McDonald, Division Director,
Office of Family Assistance, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 5th Floor
East, Washington, DC 20047. Telephone: (202) 401-5587 Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Community-Centered Responsible
Fatherhood Ex-Prisoner Reentry Pilot Project (HHS-2011-ACF-OFA-FO-0196)
grants support to organizations that offer community-centered, pre-and
post-release responsible fatherhood and supportive services to formerly
incarcerated fathers, with the primary purpose of eliminating barriers
and supportive services to social and economic self-sufficiency.
Statutory Authority: The award is made under the authority of
Claims Resettlement Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-291).
Susan Golonka,
Deputy Director, Office of Family Assistance, Administration for
Children and Families.
[FR Doc. 2012-25486 Filed 10-16-12; 8:45 am]
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