The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) invites eligible candidates to submit competitive applications for the Next Generation Child Support Employment Services Demonstration (NextGen).
Donor Name: Office of Child Support Services
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/02/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
This NOFO offers state and tribal child support agencies the opportunity to establish or enhance child support-led employment and training programs for unemployed and underemployed noncustodial parents to help them gain employment and increase their earnings, which will increase the likelihood of them paying child support through income withholding. Recipients will participate in peer-learning activities to facilitate real-time improvements in their programs and be part of a national evaluation of these efforts, both of which will be funded under the companion NOFO. Tribal recipients will receive customized technical assistance tailored to their projects.
The ultimate goal of the demonstration projects is to improve the reliable payment of child support, which will improve the financial well-being of children.
Short-term goals are to:
- Increase the number of child support agencies that offer employment and training services to unemployed and underemployed noncustodial parents.
- Deliver effective employment and training services by child support agencies in partnership with third-party employment service providers.
- Increase the likelihood that noncustodial parents who receive employment and training services obtain employment and increase their earnings.
- Increase child support collections through income withholding, providing a more reliable source of child support payments.
Program Types
Projects under this demonstration must belong to one of the following three mutually exclusive program types:
- Tribal child support agencies
- State child support agencies where at least one local jurisdiction participating in the demonstration does not currently have an employment and training program or the program has been in operation for less than 5 years
- State child support agencies where all local jurisdictions participating in the demonstration have had an employment and training program in operation for at least 5 years OCSS
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $4,429,412
- Award Ceiling: $588,235
- Award Floor: $100,000
Length of Project Periods
60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity.
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