CAPTA: National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services

Post Date

May 13th 2008

Application Due Date

July 11th 2008

See link to full announcement for details. IMPORTANT NOTE: Applications submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, on the due date referenced above.

Funding Opportunity Number

HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CA-0056

CFDA Number(s)

93.670

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Income Security and Social Services

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
Special District Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Non-Profits Without 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
For-Profit Organizations (Except Small Businesses)
Small Businesses

Partnerships are encouraged between organizations with experience and expertise in child welfare, differential response and family support, but applications must identify a primary applicant responsible for administering the grant. The primary applicant must be one of the eligible entities listed above. Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply. Foreign entities are not eligible under this announcement.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $2000000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $2000000

Grant Description

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). The QIC will work to generate knowledge on effective practice models of differential response in child protective systems. It will support the infrastructure needed at the State and local levels to improve child welfare outcomes for children and their families who are identified as a result of referrals for suspected child maltreatment.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Administration for Children and Families

• Agency Contact:

  Jean Nussbaum
  Jean.Nussbaum@acf.hhs.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Jean Nussbaum

• Agency Email Address:

  Jean.Nussbaum@acf.hhs.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CA-0056.html