Children's Bureau
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NOTICE: Beginning with FY 2006, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) no longer publishes grant announcements in the Federal Register. Applicants may now find synopses of all ACF grant opportunities posted on www.grants.gov, where applicants may also apply electronically. Applicants may also find the complete text of all ACF grant announcements on the ACF web site located at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/index.html.
The Children's Bureau awards funds both to States on a formula basis and to individual organizations that successfully apply for discretionary funds. For discretionary grants, the Children's Bureau submits to the Federal Register an announcement of funds available, the primary areas of focus, and the method of application.
For complete funding information, visit the Children's Bureau website.
HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CO-0058 Cooperative Agreements for Child Welfare Technical Assistance Implementation Centers The pre-application conference for this program announcement will be held on May 28 at 11:00 am ET and will be repeated on May 28 at 4:00 pm ET. The period during which questions will be received as part of the pre-application conference will open on May 28 at 11:00 am ET and will close on May 29 at 5:00 pm ET. To view the web conference, please visit http://wcc.webeventservices.com/view/wl/r.htm?e=110965&s=1&k=AA07DEEA7F3A2C21CF6544E70A6B7CCE&cb=genesys). To access the recording only, dial (888) 266-2081; access code 1244377. A transcript of the webconference is available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/conference/transcript_co0058.html. Q & As are available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/conference/qas_CO0058.html. The webconference will be available until the closing date of the announcement. A webinar script is available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/conference/webinar_co0058.html.
HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CA-0056 CAPTA: National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services
The pre-application conference for this program announcement will be held on June 3 at 11:00 am ET and will be repeated on June 3 at 4:00 pm ET. The period during which questions will be received as part of the pre-application conference will open on June 3 at 11:00 am ET and will close on June 4 at 5:00 pm ET. To view the webconference, please visit http://wcc.webeventservices.com/view/wl/r.htm?e=111371&s=1&k=3D9AC9036BB60DE787FE630D8CF4EC96&cb=genesys. To access the recording only, dial (888) 266-2081 and access code 1245963. A transcript of the webconference is available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/conference/transcript_ca0056.html. Q & As are available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/conference/qas_CA0056.html. The webconference will be available until the closing date of the announcement.
HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CA-0044 CAPTA- Discretionary: National Quality Improvement Center on Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect of Infants and Young Children
The pre-application conference for this program announcement will be held on June 5 at 11:00 am ET and will be repeated on June 5 at 4:00 pm ET. The period during which questions will be received as part of the pre-application conference will open on June 5 at 11:00 am ET and will close on June 6 at 5:00 pm ET. To view the webconference, please visit http://wcc.webeventservices.com/view/wl/r.htm?e=111407&s=1&k=6F36ED11EC5E8F9EBF9C222FF1DC7A15&cb=genesys. To access the recording only, dial (888) 266-2081 and access code 1246190. A transcript of the webconference is available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/conference/transcript_ca0044.html. Q & As are available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/conference/qas_CA0044.html. A webinar script is available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/conference/webinar_ca0044.html.
HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CA-0130 – Supporting Evidence-Based Visitation Programs to Prevent Child Maltreatment. The pre-application conference for this program annnouncement will be held on June 10 at 11:00 am ET and will be repeated on June 10 at 4:00 pm ET. The period during which question will be received as part of the pre-application conference will open on June 10 at 11:00 am ET and close on June 11 5:00 pm ET. to view the web conference, please visit http://wcc.webeventservices.com/view/wl/r.htm?e=112038&s=1&k=BC40E73A904FF95943D55CAFDBCDD854&cb=genesys. The access the audio only, dial (888) 266-2081 and access code is 1248711. Q & As are available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/conference/qas_ca0130.html. A webinar script is available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/conference/webinar_ca0130.html.
Open Funding Opportunities
| Dates | Program Announcements |
|---|---|
| Date Published: 05/22/2008 Closing Date: 07/21/2008 |
Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visitation Programs to Prevent Child Maltreatment, Funding Opportunity No. HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CA-0130 These funds will support competitive grants to States, Tribes, and other eligible entities to support the infrastructure needed for the widespread adoption, implementation and sustaining of evidence-based home visitation programs. Funds will be used for efforts to expand and enhance home visitation programs based on proven effective models. |
| Date Published: 05/22/2008 Closing Date: 07/11/2008 |
Modification: Cooperative Agreements for Child Welfare Technical Assistance Implementation Centers, Funding Opportunity No. HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CO-0058 The purpose of this program announcement is to establish, by awarding cooperative agreements, five regional Child Welfare Technical Assistance Implementation Centers (Implementation Centers). Guided by a Systems of Care (SOC) approach and informed by the Children's Bureau's (CB) monitoring reviews, Implementation Centers will fill a gap in CB's existing Training and Technical Assistance Network (T/TA Network). |
| Date Published: 05/15/2008 Closing Date: 07/14/2008 |
CAPTA: National Quality Improvement Center on Preventing the Abuse and Neglect of Infants and Young Children, Funding Opportunity No. HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CA-0044 The purpose of this program announcement is to award a cooperative agreement to establish a National Quality Improvement Center (QIC) on Preventing the Abuse and Neglect of Infants and Young Children. |
| Date Published: 05/12/2008 Closing Date: 07/11/2008 |
CAPTA: National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services, Funding Opportunity No. HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CA-0056 The purpose of this program announcement is to award a cooperative agreement to establish a National Quality Improvement Center (QIC) on Differential Response in Child Protective Services (CPS). |
| Date Published: 05/12/2008 Closing Date: 07/11/2008 |
Cooperative Agreements for Child Welfare Technical Assistance Implementation Centers, Funding Opportunity No. HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CO-0058 The purpose of this program announcement is to establish, by awarding cooperative agreements, five regional Child Welfare Technical Assistance Implementation Centers (Implementation Centers). Guided by a Systems of Care (SOC) approach and informed by the Children's Bureau's (CB) monitoring reviews, Implementation Centers will fill a gap in CB's existing Training and Technical Assistance Network (T/TA Network). |
| Date Published: 05/06/2008 Closing Date: 07/07/2008 |
Child Welfare Training: Curriculum Development and Evaluation for Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education, Funding Opportunity No. HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CT-0057 The Children's Bureau announces the availability of funds and requests applications for one cooperative agreement to develop, field test, revise, implement, evaluate, and disseminate a competency and experientially-based training curriculum for training child welfare professionals. This curriculum will address healthy marriage and relationship skills for populations underserved in the general population and overrepresented in the child welfare system. |
| Date Published: 03/07/2008 Closing Date: 06/05/2008 |
Child Welfare Training: National Child Welfare Workforce Initiatives, Funding Opportunity No. HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CT-0047 The purpose of this program announcement is to establish, by cooperative agreements, two National Child Welfare Workforce Initiatives - one National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (Priority Area I) and four Child Welfare Comprehensive Workforce Grants (Priority Area II). |
| Date Published: 02/29/2008 Closing Date: 05/29/2008 |
Adoption Opportunities: Diligent Recruitment of Families for Children in the Foster Care System, Funding Opportunity No. HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CO-0046 The purpose of this program announcement is to fund, by awarding cooperative agreements, multi-faceted diligent recruitment programs for a range of resource families for children in foster care, including kinship, foster, concurrent and adoptive families. |
| Date Published: 02/25/2008 Closing Date: 05/27/2008 |
Abandoned Infants Assistance: Comprehensive Support Services for Families Affected by Substance Abuse and/or HIV/AIDS, Funding Opportunity No. HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CB-0045 The purposes of this funding announcement are as follows: (1) to develop and implement programs of comprehensive community-based support services for the target population as described in Public Law 100-505, as amended; (2) to evaluate the implementation and outcomes of these comprehensive support services; and (3) to develop these programs as identifiable sites that other States/locales seeking to implement comprehensive support services for this population can look to for guidance, insight, and possible replication. |
| Date Published: 02/12/2008 Closing Date: 05/12/2008 |
Grants to Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Migrant Programs for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Programs, Funding Opportunity No. HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CA-0050 The primary purpose of this funding announcement is to provide financial support to selected Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Migrant Programs for child abuse prevention programs and activities that are consistent with the goals outlined by Title II of Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. |
Standing Announcements
No grant opportunities are currently available for this area. Please check our ACF Grants Opportunities site or Grants.gov for other grant information.
Resources
Grant Forms and Related Documents
- Documents are maintained by the ACF Office of Financial Services
- Program Manager's Guide - ACYF has developed a series of guidebooks that explain program evaluation and how to do it. This main evaluation guidebook answers questions about evaluation and improving programs to benefit staff and families.
Related Links
- ACYF Grant Web - Find funding opportunities and information for past or potential grant reviewers.
- CB Discretionary Grant Programs
- CB State Grant Programs
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance - A government-wide compendium of all Federal programs that provide assistance or benefits to the American public.
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