TANF and FBCO Partnerships

Nearly twenty years ago, the Office of Family Assistance hosted the Faith-based and Community Organizations (FBCO) Initiative to better understand and enhance the partnerships between Federal, State, or local governments and FBCOs to provide employment and self-sufficiency services to TANF participants and other low-income populations. While this initiative has since ended, the promising work of the public sector and FBCO collaborations has not. This webpage provides resources intended to help identify, establish, maintain, and strengthen partnerships between TANF agencies and FBCOs.
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TANF Faith-Based and Community Organizations Initiative Toolkit Resources

Toolkit

These resources come directly from the field, and consist of tools used by leading practitioners--both TANF officials and FBCO leaders--throughout the country. Examples include inter-agency Memoranda of Understanding, tracking and referral forms…

Comprehensive Case Studies: TANF Faith-Based and Community Organizations Initiative

Report

During Phase 3 of the project (2009-2010), in close partnership with the OFA Federal Project Officer, the project team conducted two-day site visits with each leading organization, which included faith-based organizations, community-based…

Snapshots of Promising Practices: TANF Faith-Based and Community Organizations Initiative

Report

As part of Phase 2 of the Initiative (2008-2009), this report is based on the analysis of the 139 promising programs (see the Compendium) and offers a window into a subset of the nation’s leading faith- and community-based intermediary…

FBCO Partnerships with TANF Agencies: A Compendium

Report

As part of Phase 1 of the project (2007-2008), the TANF FBCO team collected information on 139 promising partnerships between Federal, State, or local governments and FBCOs that provide employment and self-sufficiency services to TANF…

Understanding Barriers and Successful Strategies for Faith-Based Organizations in Accessing Grants Final Report

Stakeholder Resource

Since 2001, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which has the largest grant portfolio in the federal government, has taken internal steps to identify and address barriers to discretionary grants for faith-based organizations…

Partnerships That Work: Preliminary Findings from the TANF Faith-Based Community Organization Initiative

Report

Authored by ICF International, this paper was funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance. The paper presents the preliminary findings from an ongoing U.S…