Rep. Kaptur Celebrates $1,655,600 HHS Award for Pathway, Inc in Toledo

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) is celebrating news today that The Economic Opportunity Planning Association of Greater Toledo, also known as Pathway, Inc., has been awarded $1,655,600 by the Department of Health and Human Services to support the organization’s Brothers United initiative. This initiative will use a community-based partnership approach to facilitate positive father-child and family relationships for 2,850 low-income fathers and young fathers.

“For more than 50 years, Pathway, Inc., formerly the Economic Opportunity Planning Association of Greater Toledo, has helped low-income members of our community become more self-sufficient,” said Rep. Kaptur. “This award builds on a tradition of service by identifying a specific need in the community for services that support responsible fatherhood, and focusing resources on addressing that need. Thanks to this effort by Pathway and support from HHS, thousands of Toledo’s youngest citizens will grow up with a better chance at finding success and building healthy relationships for a lifetime.”

Pathway CEO Cheryl Grice responded, "I was delighted to receive a call from Congresswoman Kaptur's office this afternoon informing me that Pathway was the recipient of HHS funding for our proposed Fatherhood Program. This grant will enable us to continue our efforts to reduce poverty and provide young fathers between the ages of 16 and 24 a pathway to self-sufficiency. We will be able to provide them a parenting "tool kit" that will help them become self-sufficient, effective, nurturing parents. I sincerely appreciate the support Pathway received from Congresswoman Kaptur and her staff. We are equally grateful to HHS for selecting us from among the many applications that were submitted nationally. This is indeed a day for thanksgiving and celebration."

According to Pathway, the Brothers United Program was “designed to help fathers establish and strengthen relationships with their children, improve long term economic stability, and overcome obstacles and barriers that prohibit them from being the most effective and nurturing parents.”

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