The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) invites eligible candidates to submit competitive applications for the Technical Assistance and Evaluation of the Next Generation Child Support Employment Services Demonstration (NextGen TA/Eval).
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/02/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The primary goal of this NOFO is to provide technical assistance and evaluate the demonstration projects funded under the companion NOFO. This includes:
- Providing technical assistance on designing and implementing employment and training programs
- Implementing a management information system (or some other approach for collecting information about services received by noncustodial parents who participate in the demonstration projects)
- Conducting an implementation study
- Engaging with noncustodial parents who receive services to hear their experiences
- Obtaining and analyzing child support and employment outcomes of noncustodial parents who participate in the demonstration projects
Required activities will include:
- Implementation tracking and evaluation.
- Outcome tracking and evaluation.
- Providing programmatic and evaluation technical assistance to grant recipients under the companion NOFO, including leading regularly scheduled virtual learning community webinars and annual in-person meetings throughout each year of the 5-year project period.
- Implementing and overseeing a Management Information System for grant recipients under the companion NOFO that systematically collects program services and short-term outcomes for participants in the demonstration projects funded under the companion NOFO or developing some other method to collect this information.
- Disseminating technical assistance materials, completed evaluation reports, and other lessons learned to a national audience, including presenting at national or state conferences. This may include offering technical assistance and support to non-grant recipient child support programs who want to start and/or strengthen their own child support-led employment services programs.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $3,587,353
- Award Ceiling: $3,587,353
- Award Floor: $3,587,353
Length of Project Periods
60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods.
Eligibility Criteria
- State title IV-D agencies, or the umbrella agency, and tribal title IV-D agencies operating comprehensive programs
- 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.
- Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity.
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