The Child Welfare Department is offering a grant for projects aiming to improve the socio-emotional well-being of children up to 5 years old involved in child welfare. The projects will strengthen collaboration between child welfare agencies and early childhood systems to provide high-quality early care and education services for children at-risk of foster care. Applicants must show commitment from relevant agencies to implement interventions that enhance protective factors and mitigate adverse experiences. Projects can establish new or replicate existing policies and practices to address the educational needs of this vulnerable population.
Opportunity ID: 163753
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | HHS-2012-ACF-ACYF-CO-0315 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Child Welfare – Early Education Partnerships to Expand Protective Factors for Children with Child Welfare Involvement |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Income Security and Social Services |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 10 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 93.652 — Adoption Opportunities |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date:: | Apr 11, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date:: | |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Jun 11, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Jun 11, 2012 |
| Archive Date:: | Jun 12, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 2,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $250,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $25,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | State governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: | Early Head Start agencies and Head Start agencies may apply. Faith-based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Administration for Children and Families |
| Description:: | The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit proposals for projects to improve the socio-emotional and behavioral well-being of infants and young children, ages birth to5 years old, and their families, through collaborative service delivery.These projects will build infrastructure capacity between State, local, or tribal child welfare agencies and early childhood systems to ensure that infants and young children who are in or at-risk of entering into foster care have access to comprehensive, high-quality early care and education services.Applicants will be required to demonstrate commitment of the appropriate State, local, or tribal child welfare agency and an appropriate early care and education agency(ies) to undertake the proposed work under this funding opportunity.Projects will promote and utilize multi-disciplinary interventions that build on protective factors and mediate the effects of adverse experiences.These projects may develop new models or replicate existing models of collaborative policies, procedures, and/or practices for identifying and addressing the early educational needs of this population. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 93.652 |
| Competition ID: | HHS-2012-ACF-ACYF-CO-0315 |
| Competition Title: | Child Welfare – Early Education Partnerships to Expand Protective Factors for Children with Child Welfare Involvement |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00115670 |
| Opening Date: | Apr 11, 2012 |
| Closing Date: | Jun 11, 2012 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | Daphne Weeden |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization Applicants |
| mendatory_forms |
Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.1] Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) [V1.0] Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B) [V1.1] Project/Performance Site Location(s) [V1.4] Project Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1] Budget Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1] Grants.gov Lobbying Form [V1.1] |
| optional_forms |
Other Attachments Form [V1.1] Faith Based EEO Survey [V1.2] Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) [V1.1] |
Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.652 | HHS-2012-ACF-ACYF-CO-0315 | Child Welfare – Early Education Partnerships to Expand Protective Factors for Children with Child Welfare Involvement | PKG00115670 | Apr 11, 2012 | Jun 11, 2012 | View | Daphne Weeden | Organization Applicants |