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Florida Grants

The Father First Initiative needs great community partners to help promote fatherhood and mentoring throughout the state of Florida. If you’re interested, explore the grant opportunities below to see if you qualify.   

About the Grants 

The Florida Legislature passed House Bill 7065 in their regular session in 2022 and Governor Ron DeSantis signed it shortly after in April of 2022. The legislation did  numerous things to impact fatherhood and fatherlessness in the state of Florida, including over $27 million to fund the Responsible Fatherhood Initiative and multiple grant programs.

The three grant opportunities were created to promote fatherhood and mentoring in the state by funding community-based nonprofits that work to address the comprehensive needs of fathers, provide evidence-based education programs to fathers, and provide mentorship programs for at-risk male students. The first round of Requests for Application (RFAs) were released in March of 2023. The award postings for those grant awards were on July 28, 2023. The next Comprehensive Needs of Fathers Grant RFA has been posted and can be found here.

Here are the organizations that were awarded grants in July of 2023  

Grant Writing Training    

Grant Writing
Training    

January 8, 2024

1:00-2:15 PM

Please register below for training to assist you in applying for the currently open RFA.

January 17, 2024

10:00-11:15 AM

Please register below for training to assist you in applying for the currently open RFA.

January 25, 2024

6:00-7:15 PM 

Please register below for training to assist you in applying for the currently open RFA.

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