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| This list includes several key priorities that ACF has articulated regarding the focus of its work. These priorities incorporate those expressed by President Bush and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt. PreventionDedicating resources to prevent the need for intervention services. Rural InitiativeStrengthening rural families and communities Enhancing Early Literacy of ChildrenImproving the pre-reading and numeracy skills of young children to improve school readiness. Next Phase of Welfare ReformExpanding welfare reform efforts to meet all four goals of the original legislation; identifying gaps and changes required to move the welfare reform agenda forward.
Positive Youth DevelopmentPromoting ongoing relationships with adult role models; safe places with structured activities; healthy lifestyles; opportunities to acquire marketable skills; and opportunities for community service and civic participation.
Faith-Based Community InitiativesRemoving barriers to the full participation of faith-based and other community services in the delivery of social services. Healthy MarriageHelping couples who choose marriage for themselves to develop the skills and knowledge to form and sustain healthy marriages. FatherhoodHelping men become responsible, committed, involved fathers.
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