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Collaborative Approaches to Adoption for Children with Complex Needs

Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB (HHS) · Competitive grant · Science & Technology

At a glance

Collaborative Approaches to Adoption for Children with Complex Needs is a federal competitive grant from Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB for the science & technology sector. Funding is $1.5M–$2.2M. Eligible applicants: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; State governments; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments); Priv. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Apply via the official listing at www.grants.gov.

Amount
$1.5M–$2.2M
Deadline
Rolling
Type
Competitive
Status
Forecasted

About this program

The Children's Bureau will fund projects that will test and build evidence for collaborative approaches to improving permanency through adoption for children and youth with complex or high-acuity needs, such as medically fragile children. The projects will focus on system-level efforts to recruit, train, support, and retain families who can meet these children's behavioral, medical, or emotional needs. Researchers and child welfare program staff will implement and evaluate promising collaborative approaches to achieving stable, permanent adoptive homes for children and youth with complex or high-acuity behavioral, medical, or emotional needs.Collaborative approaches must include strategies to recruit, train, support, and retain specialized adoptive homes equipped to meet the needs of children and youth with complex or high-acuity needs. These approaches may also include a variety of additional strategies, such as specialized interventions for children and families; support services and respite care for families; training for caseworkers; collaborative, community-based services; and coordination with state and local health and education agencies. Of particular interest are collaborations that include Medicaid Section 1115 Research and Demonstration Projects to support potential adoptive families, including foster and kinship caregivers who may be interested in adoption, as well as collaborations that include private adoption agencies.Award recipients will be expected to study how the model works in practice (i.e., implementation study) and evaluate the effectiveness of the approach, using the most rigorous research designs, methods, and analytic techniques that are appropriate and sufficient to address the research questions of interest. Applicants will be required to submit a strong theory of change to guide all aspects of implementation and the research design.

Who can apply

Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; State governments; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments); Private institutions of higher education; For profit organizations other than small businesses; Special district governments; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Small businesses; City or township governments; Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; County governments; Independent school districts; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification). N/A 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 for awards under this funding opportunity.

How to apply

Apply through Grants.gov using funding opportunity number HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-CO-0055. Register your organization (SAM.gov + Grants.gov) before the deadline, then submit the application package listed in the official notice.

Apply at official source