Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2012 ACF ACYF CQ 0269
Apply for HHS 2012 ACF ACYF CQ 0269
- The Administration for Children and Families in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "AdoptUSKids" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.254 Infant Adoption Awareness Training.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 25, 2012 and posted on Apr 25, 2012.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 25, 2012 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $3,669,500.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,669,500.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Special district governments State governments Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education For profit organizations other than small businesses Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) County governments City or township governments Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Small businesses.
- The Childrenaposs Bureau will accept applications that represent partnerships or collaborations. Applications from collaborations must identify a primary applicant responsible for administering the cooperative agreement. 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.
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Opportunity Summary:
The AdoptUSKids grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number HHS-2012-ACF-ACYF-CQ-0269) is a discretionary federal funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF), specifically through the Children’s Bureau. It funds one national cooperative agreement to run a multi-part AdoptUSKids program aimed at helping States and Tribes recruit, engage, and support foster and adoptive families for children in public foster care, with particular attention to children who need targeted recruitment efforts. The overall intent is to strengthen the pipeline of qualified foster and adoptive parents and to improve how jurisdictions find and match families for children, including across state or tribal boundaries.
The work supported under this award is structured around several core functions that together form a national recruitment and support infrastructure. First, the program is expected to provide training and technical assistance to States and Tribes on recruitment strategies for foster and adoptive families, including interjurisdictional recruitment, meaning recruitment and placement efforts that cross county, state, or tribal lines. Second, the awardee must maintain the National Adoption Internet Photolisting Service, identified as the service currently operating as AdoptUSKids, which serves as a public-facing tool to feature children in foster care who are waiting for adoption and to connect prospective families with adoption professionals. Third, the awardee must operate a National Adoption Information Exchange System designed to help locate and recruit prospective adoptive parents for children in foster care and to support connections among public and private agencies that may share responsibility in moving an adoption forward within and across jurisdictions. In addition to these systems-focused responsibilities, the program must plan and carry out, and also help States and Tribes carry out, “fulfillment” activities that respond to a national multimedia recruitment campaign. In practice, fulfillment activities typically include handling inquiries generated by campaign messaging, routing prospective parents to the right local or tribal agencies, and ensuring follow-up so that interest turns into completed applications, training, licensing, and ultimately placements. The program must also implement adoptive family support activities, reflecting the understanding that recruitment alone is not enough and that families need support to sustain placements and achieve permanency.
A key boundary in the scope is that the Children’s Bureau’s multimedia national recruitment campaign itself is not funded or managed under this announcement. The separate planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of that national campaign will be handled through a different funding mechanism. This cooperative agreement instead focuses on the AdoptUSKids program components that support and respond to the campaign, especially the operational infrastructure, technical assistance, and fulfillment and support functions that make campaign-generated interest useful to States and Tribes.
This opportunity anticipates a single award with an estimated total funding amount of $3,669,500. The ceiling is listed at $3,669,500 and the floor at $366,950, and there is no cost-sharing or matching requirement. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates that ACF will have substantial involvement in the project’s direction and oversight compared with a standard grant, often including collaboration on priorities, deliverables, and performance expectations.
Eligibility is broad and includes State governments, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, tribal organizations, local governments (including county and city/township governments), special district governments, public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions in that particular IRS-status clause), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. The Children’s Bureau explicitly accepts applications that are partnerships or collaborations, but those applications must name a primary applicant that will be responsible for administering the cooperative agreement. Faith-based and community organizations are eligible as long as they meet the stated requirements. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships are not eligible.
The opportunity was posted on April 25, 2012, with an original and current closing date of June 25, 2012, and applications were required to be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. The announcement was archived on June 26, 2012. The CFDA number referenced is 93.254, listed as Infant Adoption Awareness Training, which is the catalog identifier associated with this federal assistance listing. For applicant support, ACF directed technical questions about accessing the announcement to the ACF Applications Help Desk at appsupport@acf.hhs.gov.
AdoptUSKids Grant Opportunity (HHS-2012-ACF-ACYF-CQ-0269) FAQs
What is this funding opportunity?
This is a discretionary federal funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), through the Children’s Bureau. It provides funding for the AdoptUSKids program under Funding Opportunity Number (FON) HHS-2012-ACF-ACYF-CQ-0269.
What is the main purpose of the AdoptUSKids award?
The purpose is to fund one national cooperative agreement to operate a multi-part AdoptUSKids program that helps States and Tribes recruit, engage, and support foster and adoptive families for children in public foster care, with particular attention to children who need targeted recruitment efforts. The overall intent is to strengthen the pipeline of qualified foster and adoptive parents and improve how jurisdictions find and match families for children, including across state or tribal boundaries.
How many awards are expected under this announcement?
This opportunity anticipates a single award (one national cooperative agreement).
What is the funding instrument for this opportunity?
The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement.
What does it mean that this is a cooperative agreement?
A cooperative agreement generally means ACF will have substantial involvement in the project’s direction and oversight compared with a standard grant, often including collaboration on priorities, deliverables, and performance expectations.
How much funding is available?
The estimated total funding amount is $3,669,500.
What are the funding floor and ceiling?
The ceiling is $3,669,500 and the floor is $366,950.
Is there a cost-sharing or matching requirement?
No. The announcement states there is no cost-sharing or matching requirement.
Who is the awarding agency?
The awarding agency is HHS/ACF, specifically the Children’s Bureau.
What types of organizations are eligible to apply?
Eligibility is broad and includes:
- State governments
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- Tribal organizations
- Local governments (including county and city/township governments)
- Special district governments
- Public and private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions under that particular IRS-status clause)
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
Are faith-based and community organizations eligible?
Yes. Faith-based and community organizations are eligible as long as they meet the stated requirements.
Can partnerships or collaborations apply?
Yes. The Children’s Bureau explicitly accepts applications that are partnerships or collaborations.
If a partnership applies, does it need a lead applicant?
Yes. Partnership/collaboration applications must name a primary applicant responsible for administering the cooperative agreement.
Who is not eligible to apply?
Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships are not eligible.
What core functions are expected under the AdoptUSKids program funded by this award?
The work is structured around several core functions that together form a national recruitment and support infrastructure, including:
- Training and technical assistance to States and Tribes on recruitment strategies for foster and adoptive families, including interjurisdictional recruitment (across county, state, or tribal lines).
- Maintaining the National Adoption Internet Photolisting Service (identified as the service currently operating as AdoptUSKids) as a public-facing tool to feature children waiting for adoption and connect prospective families with adoption professionals.
- Operating a National Adoption Information Exchange System to help locate and recruit prospective adoptive parents and to support connections among public and private agencies that may share responsibility for moving an adoption forward within and across jurisdictions.
- Planning and carrying out, and helping States and Tribes carry out, fulfillment activities that respond to a national multimedia recruitment campaign.
- Implementing adoptive family support activities to help sustain placements and achieve permanency.
What is meant by interjurisdictional recruitment in this announcement?
Interjurisdictional recruitment refers to recruitment and placement efforts that cross county, state, or tribal lines, supporting how families may be identified and matched to children beyond a single local or jurisdictional boundary.
What is the National Adoption Internet Photolisting Service in this opportunity?
The awardee must maintain the National Adoption Internet Photolisting Service, identified as the service currently operating as AdoptUSKids. It is described as a public-facing tool that features children in foster care who are waiting for adoption and connects prospective families with adoption professionals.
What is the National Adoption Information Exchange System expected to do?
It is designed to help locate and recruit prospective adoptive parents for children in foster care and to support connections among public and private agencies that may share responsibility for moving an adoption forward within and across jurisdictions.
What are "fulfillment" activities in this context?
Fulfillment activities are described as activities that respond to a national multimedia recruitment campaign. In practice, they typically include handling inquiries generated by campaign messaging, routing prospective parents to the right local or tribal agencies, and ensuring follow-up so that interest turns into completed applications, training, licensing, and ultimately placements.
Does this grant fund the Children’s Bureau national multimedia recruitment campaign itself?
No. The announcement states that the Children’s Bureau’s multimedia national recruitment campaign is not funded or managed under this announcement. The planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of the national campaign will be handled through a different funding mechanism.
If the national campaign is funded elsewhere, what does this award cover related to the campaign?
This cooperative agreement focuses on AdoptUSKids program components that support and respond to the campaign, especially the operational infrastructure, technical assistance, and fulfillment and support functions that make campaign-generated interest useful to States and Tribes.
When was this funding opportunity posted?
The opportunity was posted on April 25, 2012.
What was the application deadline?
The original and current closing date was June 25, 2012.
What time were applications due on the closing date?
Applications were required to be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Is this opportunity still open?
No. The announcement was archived on June 26, 2012.
How were applications required to be submitted?
Applications were required to be submitted electronically.
What CFDA number is referenced for this opportunity?
The CFDA number referenced is 93.254.
What is the CFDA title associated with 93.254 in this announcement?
It is listed as Infant Adoption Awareness Training.
Where could applicants get technical help accessing the announcement?
ACF directed technical questions about accessing the announcement to the ACF Applications Help Desk at appsupport@acf.hhs.gov.
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