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Administration for Children and Families en español
Mission Statement
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is the Federal agency responsible for programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. Highlights of the ACF activities include: funding of State, community, and private sector efforts to protect the rights of people with developmental disabilities; promotion of the self-sufficiency of Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Basin Tribes and communities; provision of cash assistance to families based on need, income, and resources; provision of child care to low-income working families and funding of State efforts to provide quality child care services for low-income family members who work, train for work, or attend school; child support enforcement; helping States keep families together by funding services to families in crisis; funding a wide range of State, Territory, and tribal services including employment, education, housing, health, and emergency services; funding of foster care and adoption assistance programs; administering the Head Start, Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) training, and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) programs; through the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN), funding of State, local, university, voluntary organization, and nonprofit agency programs that address the problems of abused and neglected children; funding of State automated systems; advising the President and Secretary of Health and Human Services on concerns, programs, and services for people with mental retardation; funding refugee assistance and repatriation programs; and provision of crisis intervention and family reunification services to runaway and homeless youth and their families.
Contact Information
Administration for Children and Families en español
370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW
Washington DC 20447
Phone: 215-861-4000
Fax: 215-861-4070
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/resources/hispanic/
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A federal government website managed by the Office on Women's Health in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.200 Independence Avenue, S.W. • Washington, DC 20201
202-690-7650 • Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST (closed on federal holidays).
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A federal government website managed by the Office on Women's Health in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
200 Independence Avenue, S.W. • Washington, DC 20201