The Administration for Children and Families is seeking applications to assist and promote coordinated efforts among state courts, child welfare agencies and tribes to implement best practices to minimize the disproportionate placement of Indian children away from families and communities and other disparate treatment experiences by indigenous families.
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/13/2023
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
These grants are intended to generate evidence for how to effectively implement best practices in child welfare for Indian children and families by funding state and tribal partnerships to jointly design and operate Indian child welfare best practice demonstration sites. The evidence generated and lessons learned through this effort are intended to contribute to implementation efforts to preserve families of federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes; protect children, and ensure that children; remain connected to their families, communities and culture.
The purpose of this NOFO is to create and implement intergovernmental partnership models to improve existing and develop new best practices in family preservation and reunification efforts for Indian children. Recipients will serve as demonstration sites to design and implement projects to effectively develop and implement child welfare best practices to prevent the placement of Indian children outside their tribal communities and improve equity in cases involving Indian families. Partnerships must include the state Court Improvement Program; the state child welfare agency; and a tribal government, group of tribal governments, or tribal consortia including tribal corresponding court(s). The “tribal government” partner(s) may be tribal child welfare agencies where appropriate under tribal law or custom.
This NOFO is intended to encourage state and tribal governments to work together to find creative, common-sense ways to build, enhance or develop best practices in child welfare to promote the best interests of children and families.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $4,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
- Award Floor: $450,000
Length of Project Periods
60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods
Eligible Applicants
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- State governments
- Independent school districts
- Small businesses
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Additional Information on Eligibility
- 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. 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.
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