This department is offering grants to establish partnerships between state courts, child welfare agencies, and tribes to implement the Indian Child Welfare Act. Grant recipients will collaborate to develop protocols for identifying Indian children, notifying tribes, involving tribes in hearings, transferring cases to tribal courts, and placing children according to tribal preferences. The projects will focus on achieving measurable outcomes related to compliance, timeliness, and tribal involvement. This 60-month grant opportunity consists of five 12-month budget periods. Closing date for applications is June 22, 2016.
Opportunity ID: 282809
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-CT-1123 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | State and Tribal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Implementation Partnership Grants |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Income Security and Social Services |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 4 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.648 — Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 06, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 22, 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: | Jun 22, 2016 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | Jul 22, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,400,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $250,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) County governments City or township governments State governments Private institutions of higher education Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Special district governments Independent school districts Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Public or other nonprofit institutions of higher learning, as well as public or other nonprofit agencies and organizations engaged in research or child-welfare activities, are eligible to receive awards. Institutions of higher education may receive awards provided they are not for-profit entities. Collaborative and interdisciplinary efforts are acceptable, but applications should identify a primary applicant responsible for administering the grant. 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 (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 |
| Description: | The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to support the creation of effective practice model partnerships between state courts and/or Court Improvement Program, state public child welfare agency and a tribe, group of tribes, or tribal consortia, including both the tribal child welfare agency and tribal court for effective implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978 (Pub.L. 95-608). Demonstration sites will be required to jointly develop protocols and practices to promote effective and timely: – Identification of Indian children; – Notice to tribes;- Tribal participation as parties in hearings involving Indian children;- Tribal intervention in dependency cases;- Transfer of ICWA cases to tribal courts; and- Placement of Indian children according to tribal preferences. Partnership models must be co-created by states and tribes, jointly implemented, and designed to generate and capture clear, measurable outcomes such as: – Compliance with identification methods;- The number of Indian children identified;- Length of time from removal or petition filed until identification is made;- Number of notices sent;- Length of time from identification until notice sent (state measure)- Number of notices received (tribal measure)- Length of time for tribal intervention or participation; (tribal measure)- Number of cases in which a tribe intervenes; (joint measure)- Number of transfers; (joint measure); and- Number of Indian children placed according to tribal placement preferences (joint measure). This is a 60-month project with five 12-month budget periods. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-CT-1123 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.648 | HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-CT-1123 | State and Tribal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Implementation Partnership Grants | PKG00222552 | Apr 06, 2016 | Jun 22, 2016 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
282809 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
282809 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
282809 Other-1.1.pdf
282809 SF424A-1.0.pdf
282809 SF424B-1.1.pdf
282809 PerformanceSite_2_0-2.0.pdf
282809 Project-1.1.pdf
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