This department is offering grants to develop programs that recruit diverse resource families (kinship, foster, adoptive) to improve permanency outcomes for children in foster care. Grant projects should integrate recruitment programs into child welfare plans, facilitate concurrent planning, and evaluate outcomes. The focus is on transforming system responses to permanency, documenting and sharing successful recruitment strategies for nationwide replication. Applications are due by June 10, 2013.
Opportunity ID: 229835
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | HHS-2013-ACF-ACYF-CO-0593 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Diligent Recruitment of Families for Children in the Foster Care System |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Income Security and Social Services |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 8 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 93.652 — Adoption Opportunities |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date:: | Apr 09, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Apr 30, 2013 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Jun 10, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Jun 10, 2013 |
| Archive Date:: | Jul 10, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 3,200,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $400,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $200,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | County governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: | Collaborative efforts are strongly encouraged, but applicants must identify a primary applicant responsible for administering the cooperative agreement. Federally-recognized Indian Tribal governments include Alaska Native villages and Tribal consortia consisting of two or more federally-recognized Indian Tribes. 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:: | THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MODIFIED. PLEASE SEE THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR DETAILS This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits applications to fund cooperative agreements, for the purpose of developing programs to recruit resource families for children in foster care. Applications submitted in response to this announcement should propose projects that will: 1. Implement comprehensive, multi-faceted diligent recruitment programs for resource families, including kinship, foster, concurrent, and adoptive families for children and youth served by public child welfare agencies; effectively identify, engage and support resource families as a means of improving permanency outcomes and building lasting connections for children in foster care. 2. Integrate the diligent recruitment programs into the Child and Family Service Plan and with other agency programs, including foster care case planning and permanency planning processes, to facilitate active concurrent planning activities; 3. Demonstrate the capacity to use this project as a transformative platform for improved system response to permanency and building connections, incorporating changes at the policy and practice level and embracing the philosophy of permanency beginning at entry into the child welfare system; 4. Evaluate the implementation of the comprehensive diligent recruitment programs to document processes and potential linkages between diligent recruitment strategies and improved outcomes; and; 5. Develop identifiable sites that other States/locales seeking to implement improved diligent recruitment methods can look at for guidance, insight and possible replication. |
| 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 2 | Apr 30, 2013 | |
| 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-2013-ACF-ACYF-CO-0593 |
| Competition Title: | Diligent Recruitment of Families for Children in the Foster Care System |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00173092 |
| Opening Date: | Apr 09, 2013 |
| Closing Date: | Jun 10, 2013 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | null |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization Applicants |
| mendatory_forms |
Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.1] Other Attachments Form [V1.1] 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] Grants.gov Lobbying Form [V1.1] |
| optional_forms |
Key Contacts [V1.0] 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-2013-ACF-ACYF-CO-0593 | Diligent Recruitment of Families for Children in the Foster Care System | PKG00173092 | Apr 09, 2013 | Jun 10, 2013 | View | null | Organization Applicants |