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The Administration for Children and Families was created on April 15, 1991, under the authority of section 6 of the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953. The plan allowed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to merge the Office of Human Development Services with the Family Support Administration, along with the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. The newly-formed organization was called the Administration for Children and Families.

ACF is the United States’ largest human services administration. The reorganization placed greater emphasis and focus on the needs of America's children and families. ACF also advises Secretary of Health and Human Services on issues pertaining to children, youth, and families. These issues include child support enforcement, child welfare, child care, family assistance, Native American assistance, refugee resettlement, and more.

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Pictured above is Miss Julia Clifford Lathrop.

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ACF made history when President William Howard Taft appointed its first leader, Julia Clifford Lathrop. Miss Lathrop became the first woman to ever lead a government agency. She was an American social reformer in the area of education, social policy, and children's welfare. She served as the agency’s director from 1912 to 1922.

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Several of the programs ACF administers existed before the agency was created. The most senior program, the Children’s Bureau, was established in 1912. The bureau was the first agency in the world dedicated to child welfare.

Throughout the 20th Century, more anti-poverty programs were created, which eventually found a home at ACF. Today, ACF is home to over 60 different programs such as the Social Security Act, Economic Opportunity Act, the Refugee Act, and more.

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Five Principles of the Administration for Children and Families’ Evaluation Policy

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Five Principles of the Administration for Children and Families’ Evaluation Policy

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What are the 5 Principles of the Administration for Children and Families’ Evaluation Policy?

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ACF programs aim to:

Empower families and individuals to increase their economic independence and productivity

Encourage strong, healthy, supportive communities that have a positive impact on quality of life and the development of children

Create partnerships with front-line service providers, states, localities and tribal communities to identify and implement solutions that transcend traditional program boundaries

Improve access to services through planning, reform and integration

Address the needs, strengths and abilities of vulnerable populations including refugees and migrants

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ACF is committed to working with tribal nations and Indigenous communities across the United States to improve the economic and social well-being of children and families. ACF’s discretionary and mandatory programs award more than $1 Billion each year to tribes, tribal organizations, and Native American organizations to:

Protect and promote the vitality of Native American Languages

Promote healthy prenatal outcomes and healthy development of children

Provide affordable, high-quality early care and afterschool programs

Prevent and protect children from abuse and neglect

Reduce the causes of poverty and foster family economic security

Improve the financial, emotional, and medical support children receive from their parents

Reduce the risk of youth homelessness, adolescent pregnancy, and domestic violence

Prevent human trafficking of Native people and assist survivors

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HHS Extends Refugee Assistance in Historic Eligibility Expansion

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The Administration for Children & Families (ACF) is a division of the Department of Health & Human Services. ACF aims to promote economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities through educational and supportive programs.

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The agency employs approximately 1,700 staff, including 1,200 federal employees and 500 contractors.

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To foster health and well-being by providing federal leadership, partnership and resources for the compassionate and effective delivery of human services

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Integration into U.S. communities takes time and Office of Refugee Resettlement wants all the populations they serve to succeed. 

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ACF is one of 11 operating divisions in HHS. The agency has the second largest budget within HHS — over $62 billion in FY 2021. To put that in perspective, ACF’s budget is larger than whole cabinet agencies like the Department of Justice, Department of Interior, and the Treasury Department.

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The Freedom of Information Act is a federal statute that allows individuals to request access to federal agency records, except to the extent records are claimed as exempt from disclosure under one or more of the 9 exemptions of the Freedom of Information Act.

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We Think Twice: Dreams Over Drama campaign designed to inspire teens to set goals to help shape their future. 

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Strategic Goal 1 is intended to be an explicit part of each of the other four goals, since advancing equity is central to their mission.

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Children, youth, families, individuals and communities who are resilient, safe, healthy, and economically secure

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Dedication…to promoting hope and opportunity for those in need of human services

Excellence…in our performance, exemplified by innovations and solutions that are anchored in available evidence, build knowledge and transcend boundaries

Professionalism…in the manner in which we provide services, the attitude we bring, the relationships we build, and our commitment to the mission of the Administration for Children and Families

Integrity…of the Administration for Children and Families as an organization, personified in ethical conduct by each of us

Stewardship…of the resources entrusted to us by the people of the United States and accountability for and transparency in our actions as public servants

Respect…for those we serve, with whom we work and with whom we partner