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FY 2000 Children's Bureau Competitive Discretionary Grant Awards

Adoption Opportunities

Increasing Inter-jurisdictional Adoption: Implementation Demonstrations, 3 years, $250,000 per year maximum award

• Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, Austin, Texas
• Independent Adoption Center, Pleasant Hill, California
• Colorado Department of Human Services, Denver, Colorado
• Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Juneau, Alaska
• South Carolina Department of Social Services, Columbia, South Carolina

Innovations Increasing Adoptive Placements of Hispanic/Latino Children, 3 years, $250,000 per year maximum award

• The Adoption Exchange, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Aid to Adoption of Special Kids-Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona
• Catholic Charities/Catholic Family Services, Hartford, Connecticut
• Depelchin Children's Center, Houston, Texas
• Family Builders by Adoption, Oakland, California
• Latino Family Institute, Inc. West Covina, California
• New York Council on Adoptable Children, Inc., New York, New York
• Urban League of Rhode Island, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island

Leadership Development: Parent Support Groups, 3 years, $300,000 per year maximum award

• Parent Support for Foster Parents: Professional Association of Treatment Homes, St. Paul, Minnesota
• Parent Support for Adoptive Parents: North American Council on Adoptable Children, St. Paul, Minnesota
• Parent Support for Relative Caregivers: Generations United, Washington D.C.

Innovations to Increase Permanency Options for Children in Kinship Care, 3 years, $300,000 per year maximum award

• Arizona's Children Association, Tucson, Arizona
• Bellefaire Jewish Children's Bureau, Shaker Heights, Ohio
• Depelchin Children's Center, Houston, Texas
• Edgewood Center for Children and Families, San Francisco, California
• Institute for Black Parenting, Inglewood, California
• Southern California Indian Center, Inc., Garden Grove, California
• Spaulding for Children, Inc., Southfield, Michigan

Knowledge Development for Concurrent Planning, 3 years, $300,000 per year maximum award

• Bellefaire Jewish Children's Bureau, Shaker Heights, Ohio
• The Center for Adoption Support and Education, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland
• Children's Friend and Service, Providence, Rhode Island
• Lutheran Social Service of Kansas and Oklahoma, Inc., Wichita, Kansas
• The Salvation Army, Syracuse, New York

Collaborations Between Child Welfare Agencies and Court Systems To Facilitate Timely Adoptions, 3 years, $200,000 per year maximum award

• Alaska Court System, Anchorage, Alaska
• The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Center for Human Development, Inc., Springfield, Massachusetts
• Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland
• D.C. Superior Court, Washington D.C.
• Florida Department of Children and Families, District 3, Gainesville, Florida
• North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, Raleigh, North Carolina
• North American Indian Legal Services, Inc., Lakewood, Colorado
• Spaulding for Children, Houston, Texas
• State of Iowa Court Administration, Des Moines, Iowa

Innovative Approaches to Expediting Permanence and Implementing ASFA, 3 years, $300,000 per year maximum award

• Anoka County, Anoka, Minnesota
• Beech Brook, Cleveland, Ohio
• Elizabeth Lund Home/dba Lund Family Center, Burlington, Vermont
• Family Services, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island
• Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Springfield, Illinois
• New Jersey Department of Human Services, Trenton, New Jersey
• United Methodist Family Services of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

Child Abuse and Neglect

Consortium for Longitudinal Studies of Child Maltreatment Projects (LONGSCAN), 5 years, $500,000 per year for the coordinating center, $250,000 per year for each of the five sites

Coordinating Center: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Sites:

Juvenile Protective Association, Chicago, Illinois San Diego State University Foundation, San Diego, California University of Maryland - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Olympia, Washington

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect , 5 years, $500,000 per year maximum award

• Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Fellowships for University-Based Doctoral Candidates and Faculty in the Fields of Human Services, Medicine, or Law for Investigator-Initiated Research in Child Abuse and Neglect, 17 months, $25,000 for one faculty member and $18,750 per student for up to four students, maximum award of up to $100,000 per university applicant

• The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
• The Regents of the University of California, Davis, California
• University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
• University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Pilot Test a Child Abuse and Neglect Research Data Collection Instrument 17 months, $50,000 maximum award

• Department of Social and Health Services, Olympia, Washington
  University of Texas, Austin, Texas

National Network of Mutual Support/Self-Help Programs in Partnership with Communities, 4 years, $500,000 per year maximum award

• Prevent Child Abuse America, Chicago, Illinois

Child Welfare Training

Training of Child Welfare Practitioners to Work Effectively with Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care through the Federal Independent Living Program, 3 years, $200,000 per year maximum award

• Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
• Fordham University, Bronx, New York
• The Research Foundation of the State University of New York, Albany, New York
• San Diego State University Foundation, San Diego, California
• San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
• Trustees of Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
• University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
• University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
• University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine

Training for Managers and Supervisors to Enhance Their Capability to Understand and to Implement the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, 3 years, $200,000 per year maximum award

• Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
• University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
• University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas
• University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine
• University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

Training of Child Welfare Agency Supervisors , 3 years, $200,000 per year maximum award

• Fordham University, Bronx, New York
• Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
• Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, Piscataway, New Jersey
• University of Louisville Research Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky
• University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Professional Education for Current and Prospective Public Child Welfare Practitioners Leading to Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) Degrees, 3 years, $75,000 per year maximum award

• Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
• Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
• Marygrove College, Detroit, Michigan
• Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
• Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia
• Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
• San Diego State University Foundation, San Diego, California
• University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
• University of Maine, Orono, Maine
• University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin
• Wheelock College, Boston, Massachusetts

Abandoned Infants

Support for Previous Comprehensive Service Demonstration Projects 4 years, $450,000 per year maximum award

• Alianza Dominicana, Inc., New York, New York
• Bienvenidos Children's Center Inc., Altadena, California
• Children's Home Society of Florida, Inc., Miami, Florida
• Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri
• Consortium for Child Welfare, Washington DC
• Department of Human Services, Trenton, New Jersey
• Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
• The Health Federation of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Springfield, Illinois
• University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Support for New Comprehensive Service Demonstration Projects, 4 years, $450,000 per year maximum award

• State of Connecticut Department of Children and Families, Hartford, Connecticut
• Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island

Family Support Services for Grandparents and Other Relatives Providing Caregiving for Children and Substance Abusing and HIV-Positive Women, 4 years, $100,000 per year maximum award

• Baltimore Pediatric HIV Program, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
• The Family Center, Inc., New York, New York
• New York Council on Adoptable Children, New York, New York

Recreational Services for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS, 4 years, $100,000 per year maximum award

• The Family Center, Inc., New York, New York
• Haitian American Public Health Initiative, Mattapan, Massachusetts
• Nazareth College of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Statutory Authority for these programs:

Adoption Opportunities: Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, as amended, [42 USC 5111] CFDA: 93.652 Child Welfare Training: Section 426 of title IV-B, Subpart 1, of the Social Security Act, as amended, [42 USC 626] CFDA: 93.648

Promoting Safe and Stable Families: Section 430 of title IV-B, Subpart 2, of the Social Security Act, as amended, [42 USC 629] CFDA: 93.556

Child Abuse and Neglect: Section 104 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, as amended [42 USC 5101 et seq.] CFDA: 93.670

Abandoned Infants: Section 101 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act, as amended [42 USC 670 note] CFDA: 93.551