The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is offering a grant to a state or tribal child support agency to evaluate the Procedural Justice Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC) demonstration. This grant aims to assess the effectiveness of incorporating procedural justice principles into child support practices through a multi-site random assignment evaluation. The selected agency will procure an independent third-party evaluator to conduct the evaluation, which includes impact analysis, implementation study, and benefit-cost analysis. Applicants can also apply for a companion funding opportunity but it is not required for this grant. Application deadline is July 8, 2016.
Opportunity ID: 283263
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HHS-2016-ACF-OCSE-FD-1171 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Evaluation of the Procedural Justice Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC) Demonstration |
| 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: | 93.564 — Child Support Enforcement Research |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 26, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 08, 2016 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 08, 2016 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | Aug 07, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $900,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $900,000 |
| Award Floor: | $900,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | State governments Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | State (including the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and Tribal Title IV-D agencies, or the umbrella agency of the IV-D program, are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement.
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 – OCSE |
| Description: | In order to inform state and tribal child support agencies about the effectiveness of incorporating procedural justice principles into child support business practices as an alternative to contempt, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) will award Section 1115 grant funds under a cooperative agreement to a single state or tribal child support agency to procure and manage an evaluation through an independent third-party evaluator (i.e. a university or research firm) of the demonstration grantees approved under the forecasted companion funding opportunity announcement (FOA), titled Procedural Justice Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC) (HHS-2016-ACF-OCSE-FD-1172). This cooperative agreement will allow the selected state or tribal agency to use this federal grant award and the Federal Financial Participation (FFP) associated with these grant funds to support a multi-site random assignment evaluation of all of the demonstration grantees approved under the separate companion FOA. Under the forecasted companion FOA, the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) has invited state and tribal child support agencies to submit competitive grant applications to develop and implement programs that provide an alternative to contempt by incorporating procedural justice principles into child support business practices as part of a national demonstration framework. Compliance with evaluation requirements is a condition of award under this companion FOA. In order to assess the effectiveness of the demonstration projects, the evaluation will include an impact analysis using random assignment in which eligible noncustodial parents are randomly assigned into treatment and control groups in each of the demonstration sites. The evaluation will also include: (1) an implementation study component (with interviews of program staff and stakeholders), and (2) a benefit-cost analysis. Further, the selected evaluator will provide evaluation-related guidance and assistance to the companion FOA grantees (e.g., guidance regarding how to implement random assignment; feedback and input to ensure treatments under the demonstrations are substantially different than the services control group members may access; etc.). Applicants for this grant may also submit an application under the companion funding opportunity announcement, but it is not a requirement for application or selection under this announcement. A successful applicant under this FOA may also be selected as a successful applicant under the companion funding opportunity announcement but one award is not related to the other. The recipient of this award will select a third-party organization to conduct the evaluation, and will maintain impartiality with regard to the evaluation of all project sites. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2016-ACF-OCSE-FD-1171 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.564 | HHS-2016-ACF-OCSE-FD-1171 | Evaluation of the Procedural Justice Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC) Demonstration | PKG00223038 | Apr 26, 2016 | Jul 08, 2016 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
283263 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
283263 Other-1.1.pdf
283263 SF424A-1.0.pdf
283263 SF424B-1.1.pdf
283263 PerformanceSite_1_4-1.4.pdf
283263 Project-1.1.pdf
283263 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
283263 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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