This department is offering the Center for Excellence in Foster Family Development Grant to establish a program focusing on selecting, developing, and supporting foster families to collaborate with birth families for parent-child relationships and reunification. The four-year cooperative agreement aims to provide enhanced reunification and stability support to biological families and children transitioning from congregate care. The grant will be awarded to one state, tribe, or tribal consortium to implement the model in 4 – 6 local sites, emphasizing partnership building and meaningful engagement of birth parents, foster parents, and youth with foster care experience.
Opportunity ID: 309897
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HHS-2019-ACF-ACYF-CW-1562 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Center for Excellence in Foster Family Development |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Income Security and Social Services |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.556 — Promoting Safe and Stable Families |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 11, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 11, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 26, 2019 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 26, 2019 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | Aug 25, 2019 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $8,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1,500,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) State governments Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | The legislation limits eligibility to states, tribes and tribal consortia. As such, applicants are strongly encouraged to form strong partnerships with national organizations or institutions of higher education to engage quality technical assistance and evaluation resources. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Administration for Children and Families – ACYF/CB |
| Description: | The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to establish a Center for Excellence in Foster Family Development (the Center) to implement a model program for the selection, development, and support of foster families that will work in close collaboration with birth families to preserve and nurture critical parent-child relationships and support reunification. This FOA awards a four year cooperative agreement. Foster families participating in the program will be prepared and supported in providing enhanced reunification and stability supports to biological families as well as enhanced stability and well-being supports to children transitioning out of congregate care. This demonstration grant will be administered through a cooperative agreement and awarded to one state, tribe, or tribal consortium that will install, implement, and evaluate the model program in 4 – 6 local sites. The Center will secure the appropriate partnerships needed for effective and efficient model development, program implementation and evaluation activities. The Center must meaningfully include and engage the voice and input of birth parents, foster parents, and youth with lived foster care experience at all stages of model development and implementation. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/HHS-2019-ACF-ACYF-CW-1562 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
ACF Applications Help Desk
app_support@acf.hhs.gov Email:app_support@acf.hhs.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
There are no related documents on this grant.
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | ACF Applications Help Desk app_support@acf.hhs.gov Email: app_support@acf.hhs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.556 | HHS-2019-ACF-ACYF-CW-1562 | Center for Excellence in Foster Family Development | PKG00251893 | Jun 11, 2019 | Jul 26, 2019 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
309897 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
309897 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
309897 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
309897 SF424A-1.0.pdf
309897 SF424B-1.1.pdf
309897 PerformanceSite_2_0-2.0.pdf
309897 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
309897 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
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