Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2014 ACF ACYF CO 0797
Apply for HHS 2014 ACF ACYF CO 0797
- The Administration for Children and Families ACYF/CB in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Quality Improvement Center for Adoption/Guardianship Support and Preservation" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.652 Adoption Opportunities.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 10, 2014 and posted on May 6, 2014.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 7, 2014 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 $3,400,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,400,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Small businesses State governments Independent school districts Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education County governments Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities Public and State controlled institutions of higher education City or township governments Special district governments For profit organizations other than small businesses Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Private institutions of higher education.
- According to the statute, eligible entities are public or private agencies or organizations. Collaborative efforts are strongly encouraged, but applicants must 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, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship for profit organizations are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.
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Opportunity Summary:
The National Quality Improvement Center for Adoption/Guardianship Support and Preservation grant opportunity (HHS-2014-ACF-ACYF-CO-0797) is a discretionary funding announcement from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within ACYF/Children's Bureau, designed to establish a single National Quality Improvement Center through a cooperative agreement. The overall aim is to strengthen permanency and stability for children and youth who exit the child welfare system into adoptive or guardianship homes, with a heavy emphasis on improving behavioral health outcomes and preventing disruptions or dissolutions of these permanency arrangements. The funding announcement notes it was modified to remove language in the administrative requirements section related to an award term and condition on federal recognition of same-sex spouses/marriage.
Under this initiative, the selected Center is expected to partner directly with state child welfare systems to run approximately 6 to 8 state-level projects over a 60-month project period (five years). The Center is not simply providing training or technical assistance in the abstract; it is meant to actively develop, implement, and test a coordinated set of services and interventions that states can use to better support adoptive and guardianship families before and after permanency is finalized. Each participating state project can share certain core elements, but the FOA makes clear that projects should be tailored to the needs, demographics, and service landscape of each state's child welfare population, including geographic considerations that affect access to care and crisis response.
A central expectation is that the Center will help states build an evidence-based continuum of adoption and guardianship support services. The FOA highlights that children and youth entering adoption or guardianship from foster care often have complex behavioral, mental health, emotional, and medical needs, and that permanency is most stable when families are prepared, supported, and able to access adoption/guardianship-competent, trauma-informed services. The work therefore spans the full trajectory of permanency: early engagement and preparation (including before finalization), and then ongoing post-permanency supports that can adapt as needs change over time. The goal is to make sure families are not left without effective options when challenges escalate, and that services are available both for short-term stabilization and for longer-term supports.
The FOA provides examples of the kinds of components state projects might include, reflecting a multi-layered service array rather than a single intervention. Examples include early engagement with families as well as supports for families already in the post-permanency stage; adoption/guardianship-competent mental health services; in-home counseling and family-centered case management; 24-hour call center support and 24-hour in-home crisis intervention; support groups and respite care; and specialized stabilization services when a child must transition to a new adoption or guardianship due to the death or incapacitation of an adoptive parent or guardian. It also calls out the importance of supporting sibling and kin connections when clinically appropriate and consistent with safety and the child's best interests, providing advocacy (including educational advocacy), ensuring flexibility for different levels of need and different community contexts, and helping families access residential treatment when high-end clinical needs require it. The FOA anticipates interventions that may range in duration from about three months up to two years, recognizing that some families need brief stabilization while others need sustained support.
Evaluation and evidence-building are core to the Center's mission. The awardee is expected to conduct an evaluation of each state project and use findings to produce new or strengthened evidence-based models of support and intervention. The emphasis is on generating approaches that measurably increase resiliency, reduce adoption/guardianship disruptions, and improve behavioral health outcomes, while also being practical enough to replicate across other child welfare systems. In other words, the deliverable is not just service delivery in a handful of states, but tested models and lessons that can be scaled and implemented more broadly.
The FOA identifies several expected outcomes: proven, evidence-based engagement and intervention models that prevent adoption and guardianship disruptions; replicable evidence-based practices that help systems develop and sustain adoptive/guardianship families capable of meeting the complex needs of children and youth from foster care; and improved youth outcomes related to behavioral interventions as well as permanency and stability. The underlying logic is that adoption and guardianship succeed more consistently when families understand the child's history and needs, receive training in intervention strategies, and can rely on intensive preparation and preservation services both before finalization and afterward through trauma-informed, adoption-competent supports.
From an administrative standpoint, this opportunity anticipated a single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an estimated total funding level of $3.4 million. The listed award ceiling was $3.4 million and the award floor was $1.7 million, with no cost sharing or matching requirement. The funding instrument type is a cooperative agreement, which generally signals substantial federal involvement in the project compared to a standard grant, often including collaboration on planning, implementation oversight, and evaluation expectations. The CFDA number associated with the program is 93.652 (Adoption Opportunities). The FOA was posted May 6, 2014, with an application deadline of July 7, 2014, and it was later archived August 6, 2014.
Eligibility was broad, consistent with the statute's reference to "public or private agencies or organizations." A wide range of entity types were listed as eligible (including various nonprofit, for-profit, governmental, higher education, tribal, and public housing authority categories), and collaborative applications were strongly encouraged. However, applicants were required to name a primary applicant responsible for administering the grant. Faith-based and community organizations meeting eligibility requirements were explicitly eligible, while individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietor for-profit organizations were not eligible and would be disqualified from competitive review and funding.
Overall, this funding opportunity was structured to create a single national Center that partners with multiple state child welfare agencies to test and evaluate comprehensive adoption and guardianship support strategies. The intended end product is a set of validated, evidence-based service models that improve behavioral health and keep permanency placements stable over time, along with practical guidance that other states and systems can adopt to strengthen adoption and guardianship preservation nationwide.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is this grant opportunity?
This funding opportunity is the National Quality Improvement Center for Adoption/Guardianship Support and Preservation (FOA: HHS-2014-ACF-ACYF-CO-0797). It is a discretionary announcement from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within ACYF/Children's Bureau, to establish a single National Quality Improvement Center through a cooperative agreement.
What is the main purpose of the National Quality Improvement Center?
The Center is intended to strengthen permanency and stability for children and youth who leave the child welfare system into adoptive or guardianship homes. A major focus is improving behavioral health outcomes and preventing disruptions or dissolutions of adoptive or guardianship arrangements.
How many awards were expected under this FOA?
The FOA anticipated a single award (Expected Awards: 1) to create one National Quality Improvement Center.
What is the funding amount for this opportunity?
The estimated total funding level was $3.4 million. The listed award ceiling was $3.4 million and the award floor was $1.7 million.
Is there a cost sharing or matching requirement?
No. The FOA indicated there was no cost sharing or matching requirement.
What type of funding instrument is this?
This opportunity uses a cooperative agreement. This typically means substantial federal involvement compared to a standard grant, such as collaboration on planning, oversight of implementation, and expectations related to evaluation.
What is the CFDA number associated with this program?
The CFDA number listed is 93.652 (Adoption Opportunities).
What is the project period?
The Center was expected to operate over a 60-month project period (five years).
How many state-level projects was the Center expected to run?
The selected Center was expected to partner directly with state child welfare systems to operate approximately 6 to 8 state-level projects during the project period.
Is the Center mainly a training and technical assistance provider?
No. The FOA emphasizes that the Center is not only providing training or technical assistance in the abstract. It is expected to actively develop, implement, and test a coordinated set of services and interventions that states can use to support adoptive and guardianship families before and after permanency is finalized.
Do the state projects need to be identical across states?
No. While participating state projects may share core elements, the FOA states that projects should be tailored to each state's needs, demographics, and service landscape, including geographic factors that affect access to care and crisis response.
What populations and permanency arrangements are the focus?
The focus is on children and youth exiting foster care into adoptive or guardianship homes, and on supporting the families and systems involved in maintaining those permanency arrangements over time.
Why is behavioral health emphasized?
The FOA highlights that children and youth entering adoption or guardianship from foster care often have complex behavioral, mental health, emotional, and medical needs. The initiative prioritizes adoption/guardianship-competent, trauma-informed services that improve behavioral health outcomes and reduce the likelihood of disruptions or dissolutions.
What does the FOA mean by an evidence-based continuum of services?
The Center is expected to help states build an evidence-based continuum of adoption and guardianship support services that spans early engagement and preparation (including before finalization) through ongoing post-permanency supports that can adapt as needs change.
Does the work include both pre-permanency and post-permanency supports?
Yes. The FOA describes services spanning the full trajectory of permanency, including preparation and early engagement before finalization and continuing supports after permanency is finalized.
What are examples of service components the state projects might include?
The FOA provides examples such as early engagement with families, supports for families already post-permanency, adoption/guardianship-competent mental health services, in-home counseling and family-centered case management, 24-hour call center support, 24-hour in-home crisis intervention, support groups, respite care, and specialized stabilization services when a child must transition to a new adoption or guardianship due to death or incapacitation of an adoptive parent or guardian.
Does the FOA address crisis response and after-hours support?
Yes. Examples in the FOA include 24-hour call center support and 24-hour in-home crisis intervention as part of a multi-layered service array.
Does the FOA mention support for sibling and kin connections?
Yes. The FOA calls out the importance of supporting sibling and kin connections when clinically appropriate and consistent with safety and the child's best interests.
Are advocacy services included in the kinds of supports anticipated?
Yes. The FOA specifically mentions providing advocacy, including educational advocacy, as part of the potential components within state projects.
Does the FOA recognize that services may differ by level of need and community context?
Yes. The FOA emphasizes flexibility to accommodate different levels of need and different community contexts, including geographic considerations affecting access to services and crisis response.
Does the FOA contemplate high-end clinical services such as residential treatment?
Yes. The FOA notes the importance of helping families access residential treatment when high-end clinical needs require it.
How long might interventions last for participating families?
The FOA anticipates interventions that may range from about three months up to two years, recognizing that some families need brief stabilization and others require sustained support.
What are the evaluation expectations for the Center?
Evaluation and evidence-building are central. The awardee is expected to conduct an evaluation of each state project and use findings to produce new or strengthened evidence-based models of support and intervention.
What kinds of outcomes is the Center expected to achieve?
The FOA identifies outcomes such as proven, evidence-based engagement and intervention models that prevent adoption and guardianship disruptions; replicable evidence-based practices that help systems develop and sustain adoptive/guardianship families capable of meeting complex needs; and improved youth outcomes related to behavioral interventions, permanency, and stability.
Is the goal limited to improving services in the participating states?
No. The FOA states that the deliverable is not only service delivery in a handful of states, but tested models and lessons that can be scaled and implemented more broadly across other child welfare systems.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was broad and consistent with statutory language referencing "public or private agencies or organizations." Eligible entities included a wide range of nonprofit, for-profit, governmental, higher education, tribal, and public housing authority categories.
Were collaborative applications allowed or encouraged?
Yes. Collaborative applications were strongly encouraged, but applicants were required to name a primary applicant responsible for administering the grant.
Are faith-based and community organizations eligible?
Yes. Faith-based and community organizations meeting eligibility requirements were explicitly eligible.
Who was not eligible to apply?
Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietor for-profit organizations were not eligible and would be disqualified from competitive review and funding.
When was the FOA posted and when were applications due?
The FOA was posted on May 6, 2014, and the application deadline was July 7, 2014.
Was this opportunity later archived?
Yes. The FOA was later archived on August 6, 2014.
Was the FOA modified after posting?
Yes. The announcement notes it was modified to remove language in the administrative requirements section related to an award term and condition on federal recognition of same-sex spouses/marriage.
What is the core idea behind the FOA's approach to permanency preservation?
The FOA reflects the view that adoption and guardianship are more stable when families understand the child's history and needs, receive training in intervention strategies, and can rely on intensive preparation and preservation services before finalization and trauma-informed, adoption-competent supports after finalization.
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