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National Legal and Judicial Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement

ID: HHS-2024-ACF-ACYF-CZ-0066 • Type: Posted
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Description

Posted: May 3, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT
The purpose of this NOFO is to establish a cooperative agreement for a National Legal and Judicial Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement (Center). The Center will serve to build the capacity of the State and Tribal Court Improvement Programs (CIPs) and the broader child welfare legal and judicial communities through a variety of technical assistance (TA). The Center will support improving legal and judicial practice at different stages of child welfare, including prevention, reunification, adoption, permanency, and post-permanency. The Center will build the capacity of TA beneficiaries to meet current and future standards and requirements described in statute and federal regulations (including those specified under titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act), improve system performance, and improve outcomes for children, youth, and families. The Center will incorporate equity and continuous quality improvement (CQI) approaches throughout these efforts.
Posted: Nov. 22, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EST
Posted: Nov. 22, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EST
Posted: Nov. 22, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EST
Background
The purpose of this NOFO is to establish a cooperative agreement for a National Legal and Judicial Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement (Center). The Center will serve to build the capacity of the State and Tribal Court Improvement Programs (CIPs) and the broader child welfare legal and judicial communities through a variety of technical assistance (TA). The Center will support improving legal and judicial practice at different stages of child welfare, including prevention, reunification, adoption, permanency, and post-permanency. The Center will incorporate equity and continuous quality improvement (CQI) approaches throughout these efforts.

Grant Details
The National Legal and Judicial Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement aims to improve legal and judicial practice at different stages of child welfare, including prevention, reunification, adoption, permanency, and post-permanency. It will provide technical assistance to State and Tribal Court Improvement Programs (CIPs) as well as the broader child welfare legal and judicial communities. The project activities include developing tailored, targeted, and universal technical assistance to increase knowledge and skills of individuals in the child welfare legal system. Additionally, the center will serve as a national hub for innovation and advancement to support learning across the child welfare legal community at national jurisdictional and local levels.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include organizations capable of establishing a cooperative agreement for a National Legal and Judicial Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement. The prime recipient must maintain a substantive role in the project with activities necessary for its completion. Recipients may transfer a portion of substantive programmatic work to other organizations through subaward(s), but ACF defines a substantive role as conducting activities necessary for the completion of the project.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant is not explicitly mentioned in the provided text.

Overview

Category of Funding
Income Security and Social Services
Funding Instruments
Cooperative Agreement
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 5/3/24 Administration for Children and Families posted grant opportunity HHS-2024-ACF-ACYF-CZ-0066 for National Legal and Judicial Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement with funding of $3.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 93.652 Adoption Opportunities. It is expected that one grant will be made worth between $2.8 million and $3.0 million.

Timing

Posted Date
May 3, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
July 2, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Closing Date Explanation
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date.
Last Updated
May 3, 2024, 4:37 p.m. EDT
Version
1
Archive Date
Aug. 1, 2024

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Small businesses
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
County governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
City or township governments
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
State governments
Additional Info
The Secretary may make grants to, and enter into contracts with entities that are states, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, public agencies, private agencies, or organizations (or combinations of such entities). Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity. Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at and, subject to the protections and requirements of 45 CFR Part 87 and 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization's religious character, affiliation, or exercise.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$3,000,000
Floor
$2,750,000
Estimated Program Funding
$3,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
1

Contacts

Contact
Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB
Contact Email
Contact Phone
(202) 690-7110

Documents

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