This grant aims to establish a National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative, enhancing the skills of child welfare professionals and mental health practitioners working with youth in adoption or guardianship processes. The initiative seeks to improve well-being outcomes for children in these situations and provide necessary support for stable post-permanency experiences. It involves assessing existing training curricula, delivering web-based training, offering technical assistance nationwide, evaluating effectiveness, and developing a certification process. Expected outcomes include the creation of state-of-the-art web-based curricula, enhanced adoption competence in child welfare systems, and a national certification process for adoption competency.
Opportunity ID: 253636
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HHS-2014-ACF-ACYF-CO-0798 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative |
| 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: | 93.652 — Adoption Opportunities |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 09, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 09, 2014 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: | Jun 09, 2014 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | Jul 09, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $500,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | For profit organizations other than small businesses Special district governments City or township governments State governments Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education County governments Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities Independent school districts Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Small businesses Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Statute states that eligible entities are public or private agencies or organizations. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Faith-based organizations are encouraged to review the ACF Policy on Grants to Faith-Based Organizations at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/acf-policy-on-grants-to-faith-based-organizations. Applications from individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship for-profit organizations 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 is to establish, by awarding one cooperative agreement, a National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative that will build the capacity of child welfare professionals and mental health practitioners that serve youth moving toward permanency through adoption or guardianship as well as youth already moved to permanency in adoptive or guardianship homes. This initiative is intended to improve the well-being outcomes for the children moving to adoption/guardianship as well as providing support and the appropriate therapeutic interventions to assure stable and secure post permanency experiences for these youth. The National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative will build on previous adoption competency models and complement existing initiatives aimed at strengthening the capacity of child welfare staff and mental health practitioners serving the population of the children/youth with goals of adoption/guardianship as well as those already in adoptive/guardianship homes. This funding opportunity provides for a 5 year cooperative agreement that will include the following activities: – Assess existing Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Curricula and identify gaps in critical competencies; – Select, adapt and deliver state of the art curricula in a web-based format for both child welfare staff and curricula for mental health practitioners; – Deliver technical assistance on the web-based training models to all states; – Evaluate delivery, utilization and effectiveness of the 2 web-based models of training; and – Develop a national adoption competency mental health certification process. Outcomes will include: |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2014-ACF-ACYF-CO-0798 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.652 | HHS-2014-ACF-ACYF-CO-0798 | National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative | PKG00195036 | Feb 26, 2014 | Jun 09, 2014 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
253636 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
253636 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
253636 Other-1.1.pdf
253636 SF424A-1.0.pdf
253636 SF424B-1.1.pdf
253636 PerformanceSite_2_0-2.0.pdf
253636 Project-1.1.pdf
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