The Children’s Bureau is offering this 36-month grant to build evidence of effectiveness for Kinship Navigator (KN) programs. This funding opportunity aims to select grantees prepared to implement rigorous local evaluations of KN programs that effectively connect kinship caregivers with essential services for the children they are raising and their own needs. The grant’s purpose is to demonstrate significant findings on outcomes such as child safety, permanency, well-being, and service access or satisfaction. Projects must align with Title IV-E KN program requirements and operate under promising or well-supported practice standards. Grantees are required to provide a non-federal match of 25% for the first two years and 50% in the third year, with a maximum of 50% in-kind contribution.
Opportunity ID: 328962
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HHS-2021-ACF-ACYF-CF-1903 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Family Connection Grants: Building the Evidence for Kinship Navigator Programs |
| 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: | 93.605 — Family Connection Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 31, 2021 |
| Last Updated Date: | Mar 31, 2021 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 01, 2021 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 01, 2021 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | Jul 01, 2021 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $600,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $600,000 |
| Award Floor: | $400,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education State governments Private institutions of higher education County governments City or township governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Per section 427(a) of the Social Security Act if the applicant is a private organization it shall provide documentation of support from the relevant local or state child welfare agency and a description of how the organization plans to coordinate its services and activities with those offered by the relevant local or state child welfare agency. The legislation also states that institutions of higher education (as defined under section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. § 1001)) are eligible applicants. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements 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 – ACYF/CB |
| Description: | The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to solicit proposals for a 36-month project that will build evidence of effectiveness of Kinship Navigator (KN) programs, conduct and evaluate a KN program that effectively assists kinship caregivers in learning about, finding, and using programs and services to meet the needs of the children and youth they are raising and their own needs. A grantee will be selected based on readiness to implement a rigorous local evaluation designed to demonstrate significant findings on the effectiveness of the KN program on one of the select target outcomes of child safety, child permanency, child or adult well-being, access to services, referral to services, and/or satisfaction with services. Title IV-E KN programs must meet grant requirements in section 427(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (the Act) and must be operated in accordance with promising, supported, or well-supported practice standards, as determined by title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse. Children’s Bureau Program Instruction 18-11 provides guidance on the requirements for participating in the title IV-E KN Program. Additionally, the authorizing legislation specifies the following matching requirements: federal share of the total project cost will decline and non-federal share match levels will increase in the third year of the 3-year grant period, as required by section 427(d) of the Act. Grantees must provide at least 25 percent of the total approved cost of the project for the first 2 years of the project period and 50 percent of the total approved cost of the project in the third year of the project period. No more than 50 percent of the non-federal share may be in kind, as required by section 427(e) of the Act. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/HHS-2021-ACF-ACYF-CF-1903 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.605 | HHS-2021-ACF-ACYF-CF-1903 | Family Connection Grants: Building the Evidence for Kinship Navigator Programs | PKG00266271 | Mar 31, 2021 | Jun 01, 2021 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
328962 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
328962 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
328962 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
328962 SF424A-1.0.pdf
328962 SF424B-1.1.pdf
328962 PerformanceSite_2_0-2.0.pdf
328962 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
328962 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
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