Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2013 ACF ACYF CA 0636
Apply for HHS 2013 ACF ACYF CA 0636
- The Administration for Children and Families ACYF/CB in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Planning Grants to Develop A Model Intervention for Youth/Young Adults With Child Welfare Involvement At Risk of Homelessness" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.670 Child Abuse and Neglect Discretionary Activities.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 7, 2013 and posted on Jun 7, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 22, 2013 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 $6,500,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $360,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 18 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Small businesses Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education County 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) Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education State governments Special district governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) City or township governments.
- 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:
This funding opportunity, titled "Planning Grants to Develop a Model Intervention for Youth/Young Adults With Child Welfare Involvement At Risk of Homelessness" (HHS 2013 ACF ACYF CA 0636), was released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), under ACYF/CB. It is a discretionary grant program (CFDA 93.670, Child Abuse and Neglect Discretionary Activities) designed to help child welfare systems strengthen their ability to prevent long-term homelessness among youth and young adults who have been involved with child welfare and who face the highest risk of becoming homeless.
The grants are structured as a two-year Phase I planning effort. The central expectation is that grantees will use the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) Intervention Model as the organizing framework and, during the planning window, build out a practical, operational version of that model for their local or state context. The emphasis is not simply on writing a plan, but on developing capacity and working through the real components of an intervention approach: creating or refining screening and assessment tools, testing and improving core program elements, and ensuring the planned intervention is realistic, culturally appropriate, and capable of being implemented at scale later. The planning period is meant to produce a well-defined intervention package that can be moved into full implementation if selected for Phase II.
A major focus of the planning work is on how jurisdictions will identify the right youth and then respond in ways that match their needs and strengths. Grantees are expected to develop or refine screening and assessment processes that can reliably flag risk of homelessness and related vulnerabilities. They are also expected to design intervention strategies that are culturally appropriate and effective, and that target the specific needs revealed through assessment while also building on protective factors. The opportunity places clear weight on using trauma-informed care and positive youth development frameworks, reflecting an expectation that services will be designed around the realities of trauma exposure and adolescent/young adult development rather than relying on compliance-driven or punitive approaches. In addition, applicants are expected to plan for practices that intentionally shift risk and protective factors over time, with the idea that improving those underlying factors is what ultimately drives better long-term outcomes.
The core outcomes the planned intervention should support are consistent across the announcement: stable housing, permanent connections, education and employment, and social-emotional well-being. In other words, the intervention model is not only about a housing placement or short-term crisis response; it is meant to support the broader set of conditions that help young people make and sustain positive transitions into adulthood. The planning grant is intended to help grantees map out how their systems and partners will produce progress in those outcome areas and how they will track change over time.
The intervention model described in the announcement is designed to engage youth and young adults at three key points, recognizing that risk and service needs can show up before, during, or after foster care transitions. The first engagement point is youth currently in the child welfare system who are at the highest risk of homelessness, ideally intervening early enough to prevent housing instability. The second is youth who are aging out of foster care, a group that often faces abrupt changes in support and a heightened risk of homelessness when placements end. The third is youth or young adults who are already experiencing homelessness and who have a history of child welfare involvement, acknowledging that systems need pathways to re-engage and stabilize those who have already fallen into homelessness.
Funding for Phase I was planned to support approximately 18 grantees for a 24-month project period, with an estimated total funding amount of $6.5 million. Individual awards were expected to fall between $180,000 (floor) and $360,000 (ceiling). There was no cost sharing or matching requirement, which generally lowers the barrier for participation and allows applicants to focus on building a strong planning and testing approach rather than securing non-federal match commitments.
A key feature of the opportunity is that it was designed as a two-phase pathway. After completing the two-year planning grant, grantees could compete for Phase II implementation funding through a separate competitive process. The announcement indicated that, subject to available funding, ACF anticipated releasing a Phase II funding opportunity in 2015 to support implementation for a smaller number of sites. Phase II was described as significantly larger in scale, with approximately five to six awards anticipated at around $1,000,000 per award per year for five years. This structure signals that Phase I deliverables needed to be concrete and credible enough to justify later investment: a tested model, clear implementation steps, readiness among partners, and defined methods for producing and measuring outcomes.
Eligibility for Phase I was broad and included many types of entities that could plausibly lead cross-system planning in child welfare and homelessness prevention. Eligible applicants included state, county, city/township, and special district governments; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public and Indian housing authorities; public and private institutions of higher education; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); small businesses; and other for-profit organizations (excluding small businesses in that category). Faith-based and community organizations were explicitly noted as eligible if they met the general eligibility rules. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships were not eligible to apply or receive awards.
Administrative details in the source data place the announcement timeline in 2013. The opportunity was posted on June 7, 2013, with an application deadline of July 22, 2013, and submissions were due electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date. The archive date listed is August 21, 2013. For technical problems accessing the full announcement, applicants were directed to the ACF Applications Help Desk at appsupport@acf.hhs.gov.
In practical terms, this grant opportunity was aimed at helping communities and child welfare systems move from general recognition of risk to a structured, testable intervention approach that can be implemented consistently. It pushed applicants to design a coherent model grounded in screening and assessment, culturally responsive services, trauma-informed and youth-development principles, and measurable progress across housing stability, relationships and supports, education/work, and well-being, with the longer-term goal of positioning a subset of planning grantees to implement the full model through a later, larger Phase II award.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the title and reference number of this funding opportunity?
The funding opportunity is titled "Planning Grants to Develop a Model Intervention for Youth/Young Adults With Child Welfare Involvement At Risk of Homelessness" (HHS 2013 ACF ACYF CA 0636).
Which federal agency is offering this grant?
This opportunity was released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), under ACYF/CB.
What kind of grant program is this?
It is a discretionary grant program under CFDA 93.670, Child Abuse and Neglect Discretionary Activities.
What is the main purpose of Phase I funding?
Phase I is a two-year planning effort designed to help child welfare systems strengthen their ability to prevent long-term homelessness among youth and young adults who have been involved with child welfare and who are at the highest risk of homelessness.
How long is the Phase I project period?
The Phase I planning grant is a 24-month (two-year) project period.
How many Phase I awards were expected to be made?
The announcement anticipated approximately 18 Phase I grantees.
What was the estimated total amount of Phase I funding?
The estimated total funding amount for Phase I was $6.5 million.
What was the expected award size for Phase I?
Individual Phase I awards were expected to range from $180,000 (floor) to $360,000 (ceiling).
Is there a cost sharing or matching requirement?
No. The opportunity stated there was no cost sharing or matching requirement.
What framework are grantees expected to use to organize their planning work?
Grantees are expected to use the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) Intervention Model as the organizing framework and develop an operational version suitable for their local or state context.
Is the Phase I grant only for writing a plan?
No. The emphasis is on developing capacity and working through practical components of an intervention approach, such as creating or refining screening and assessment tools, testing and improving core program elements, and ensuring the planned intervention is realistic, culturally appropriate, and scalable.
What is the expected deliverable from the Phase I planning period?
The planning period is meant to produce a well-defined intervention package that can be moved into full implementation if selected for Phase II.
Which populations are the grants focused on?
The focus is on youth and young adults with child welfare involvement who face the highest risk of becoming homeless, including those at risk before transitions, those aging out of foster care, and those already experiencing homelessness with a child welfare history.
At what points does the intervention model aim to engage youth and young adults?
The model is designed to engage youth/young adults at three key points: (1) youth currently in the child welfare system at the highest risk of homelessness, (2) youth aging out of foster care, and (3) youth or young adults already experiencing homelessness who have a history of child welfare involvement.
What role do screening and assessment play in this opportunity?
Grantees are expected to develop or refine screening and assessment processes that can reliably identify risk of homelessness and related vulnerabilities, and then use those results to match intervention strategies to the youth's needs and strengths.
What approaches or service philosophies are emphasized in the announcement?
The opportunity places clear emphasis on trauma-informed care and positive youth development frameworks, with an expectation that services are designed around trauma exposure and adolescent/young adult development rather than compliance-driven or punitive approaches.
How should the planned intervention address risk and protective factors?
Applicants are expected to plan for practices that intentionally shift risk and protective factors over time, based on the idea that improving these underlying factors drives better long-term outcomes.
What core outcomes should the planned intervention support?
The planned intervention should support stable housing, permanent connections, education and employment, and social-emotional well-being.
Is the intervention model limited to housing placement or crisis response?
No. The model is intended to support a broader set of conditions that help young people make and sustain positive transitions into adulthood, not only a housing placement or short-term crisis response.
What is Phase II, and how is it related to Phase I?
This opportunity was designed as a two-phase pathway. After completing the two-year Phase I planning grant, grantees could compete for Phase II implementation funding through a separate competitive process.
When was Phase II expected to be released (subject to available funding)?
The announcement indicated ACF anticipated releasing a Phase II funding opportunity in 2015, subject to available funding.
What scale of funding was described for Phase II (as anticipated in the announcement)?
Phase II was described as significantly larger in scale, with approximately five to six awards anticipated at around $1,000,000 per award per year for five years.
Who was eligible to apply for Phase I?
Eligible applicants included state, county, city/township, and special district governments; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public and Indian housing authorities; public and private institutions of higher education; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); small businesses; and other for-profit organizations (excluding small businesses in that category). Faith-based and community organizations were explicitly noted as eligible if they met the general eligibility rules.
Who was not eligible to apply?
Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships were not eligible to apply or receive awards.
When was the opportunity posted, and what was the application deadline?
The opportunity was posted on June 7, 2013. The application deadline was July 22, 2013, with electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date.
When was the opportunity archived?
The archive date listed is August 21, 2013.
How were applications required to be submitted?
Based on the announcement details provided, submissions were required to be made electronically by the stated deadline time.
Where could applicants get help with technical problems accessing the full announcement?
For technical problems accessing the full announcement, applicants were directed to the ACF Applications Help Desk at appsupport@acf.hhs.gov.
What is the overall goal of this opportunity in practical terms?
In practical terms, the grant opportunity aimed to help communities and child welfare systems move from general recognition of homelessness risk to a structured, testable intervention approach grounded in screening and assessment, culturally responsive services, trauma-informed and youth-development principles, and measurable progress across key outcomes.
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