The Administration for Children and Families – ACYF/CB is soliciting proposals fort its National Center for its Enhanced Post-Adoption Support to serve as the focal point for national post-adoption expertise and evidence-informed training and technical assistance (T/TA) services to support states, tribes, and territories in developing and implementing comprehensive and intensive post-permanency support programs.
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/27/2023
Size of the Grant: $4,000,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
The purpose of this funding is to create, through a cooperative agreement, a National Center for Enhanced Post-Adoption Support (The Center). Support programs will provide long-term, continuous support (up to 2 years) to the entire adoptive family and may include crisis intervention services, adoption competent counseling and mental health services, educational advocacy, and respite support. These supports and services will help ensure the well-being and stability of children and youth after achieving permanency through adoption or guardianship.
The grant recipient will focus on meeting the following goals:
- Create a national center with the expertise and evidence-informed T/TA services that will support and build the capacity of the STTs in their development and delivery of comprehensive, intensive, and culturally responsive post-permanency support programs;
- Ensure the Center is a comprehensive repository of knowledge and best practice that can benefit all STTs; and
- Support on-site work in STTs to develop, implement and assure sustainability of comprehensive, intensive post-permanency programs.
Expected Outcomes
- Established Center that is recognized as a Center of expertise that can significantly enhance the capacity of child welfare systems;
- Significant increase in the number of STTs providing comprehensive, intensive, and culturally-responsive supports and services to adoptive/guardianship/kinship families; and
- Enhanced well-being, stability, and permanency for children/youth served by child welfare systems.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $4,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $4,000,000
- Award Floor: $3,750,000
Length of Project Periods
60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods
Eligible Applicants:
- City or township governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- County governments
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Per 42 U.S.C. 5113(b)(4), eligibility is open to public or private agencies or organizations, including adoptive family groups and minority groups. CB will accept applications that represent partnerships among organizations with relevant experience. Applicants may subcontract with organizations specializing in their assigned tasks. Applications from collaborations must identify a primary applicant responsible for administering the cooperative agreement. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity. Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at and, subject to the protections and requirements of 45 CFR Part 87 and 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization’s religious character, affiliation, or exercise. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity.
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