Healthy Families Nampa primarily operates because of the good will of the Nampa community and generous partners.  A five year grant of $554,000 with a 2 to 1 match was awarded to Healthy Families-Nampa on May 7th, 2003 by the federal Department of Health and Human Services. For every dollar the community raises the grant matches it with two dollars. Funding for the Healthy Families-Nampa project is from a Child Support 1115a Demonstration Waiver.  The grant is federal child support money that is set aside to test specific programmatic strategies. The grant awarded to Healthy Families-Nampa Coalition is not coming out of the Idaho State budget. To facilitate this project the waiver sets aside the following child support rules and places a strong emphasis on the monitoring and evaluation components. The Nampa project has a 7 year evaluation period. The 1115a Demonstration Waived rules include:

• Participation to be limited to residents of Nampa, Idaho only, versus to all child support clients in Idaho,
• Federal Financial Participation (FFP) for activities that promote healthy marriages and responsible fatherhood, and
• Federal support funds are able to be matched with private funds. Historically federal funds are matched only with state funds.

Individual or orgranizations donations are currently being accepted. Funds can be mailed directly to the City of Nampa. Please include your name, organization and contact information with each donation. Please make all checks payable Healthy Families – Nampa.

            Attn: Healthy Families - Nampa
            411 Third Street South
            Nampa, Idaho 83651

Online donations will be available in the very near future.

For more information about donations, please contact us