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The Family Tree Choices Program to Reduce Maternal Mortality Due to Violence

Award Number: ASTWH210104
ORGANIZATION: OFFICE ON WOMEN'S HEALTH
OPDIV: DHHS/OS
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: DEMONSTRATION
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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The Family Tree Choices Program to Reduce Maternal Mortality Due to Violence - The Family Tree Information, Education & Counseling Center Choices Program (TFTCP) started in 2021 after the only Batterer Intervention Program (BIP) in Acadiana closed because the facilitator retired. Judge Castille and Reggie Thomas, Lafayette City Marshal reached out to the Executive Director and asked for her to start an evidence based treatment program for abusers. In an effort to reduce maternal deaths due to violence, TFTCP provides Anger Management Classes, Batterer Intervention Programs, education and behavioral health services for at-risk perinatal families in the seven-parish area of the Louisiana Office of Public Health Region IV (Acadiana). The seven parishes included in the service area are Acadia (rural), Evangeline (rural), Iberia (urban), Lafayette (urban), St. Landry (rural), St. Martin (rural) and Vermillion (rural). Lafayette Parish serves as the hub of all these parishes. These families experience disparities in perinatal health including maternal mortality resulting from multiple factors including race, education, poverty, and/or living in a rural area, which are common stressors, associated with violence and suicide. The purpose of the Choices Program is to increase public knowledge of intimate partner violence and suicide related maternal mortality, decrease recidivism and to reduce maternal deaths due to violence. TFTCP has a muti-concept approach involving 1) health education provided to participants of The Family Tree Healthy Start Program (TFTHSP), 2) evidence based anger management and batterer intervention programs for participants and their spouses of Healthy Start, Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) and other prenatal home visiting programs and 3) trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) to both survivors, perpetrators and children of domestic violence.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $300,000 )
2024	2024	THE FAMILY TREE INFORMATION, EDUCATION, AND COUNSELING CENTER	1602 W PINHOOK RD STE 100A	LAFAYETTE	LA	70508	LAFAYETTE	USA	Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health	00	4	9/20/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$300,000
2024	2023	THE FAMILY TREE INFORMATION, EDUCATION, AND COUNSELING CENTER	1602 W PINHOOK RD	LAFAYETTE	LA	70508	LAFAYETTE	USA	Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health	01	3	10/10/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2022	THE FAMILY TREE INFORMATION, EDUCATION, AND COUNSELING CENTER	1602 W PINHOOK RD	LAFAYETTE	LA	70508	LAFAYETTE	USA	Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health	01	3	10/10/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $300,000

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $300,000 )
2023	2023	THE FAMILY TREE INFORMATION, EDUCATION, AND COUNSELING CENTER	1602 W PINHOOK RD	LAFAYETTE	LA	70508	LAFAYETTE	USA	Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health	00	3	9/22/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$300,000
2023	2022	THE FAMILY TREE INFORMATION, EDUCATION, AND COUNSELING CENTER	1602 W PINHOOK RD	LAFAYETTE	LA	70508	LAFAYETTE	USA	Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health	00	3	9/22/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $300,000

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $300,000 )
2022	2022	FAMILY TREE INFORMATION EDUCATION & COUNSELING CENTER	1602 w pinhook rd ste100a	Lafayette	LA	70508	LAFAYETTE	USA	Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health	00	2	9/12/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$300,000
2022	2021	FAMILY TREE INFORMATION EDUCATION & COUNSELING CENTER	1602 w pinhook rd ste100a	Lafayette	LA	70508	LAFAYETTE	USA	Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health	00	2	9/12/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $300,000

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $300,000 )
2021	2021	Family Tree Information Education & Counseling Center	1602 W Pinhook Rd Ste100a	Lafayette	LA	70508	LAFAYETTE	USA	Advancing System Improvements for Key Issues in Women's Health	00	1	9/22/2021	NEW	$300,000
														Subtotal = $300,000

Grand Total All Awards = $1,200,000

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The Family Tree Choices Program to Reduce Maternal Mortality Due to Violence

Award Number: ASTWH210104

ORGANIZATION: OFFICE ON WOMEN'S HEALTH

OPDIV: DHHS/OS

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: DEMONSTRATION

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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