National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections

Post Date

March 26th 2009

Application Due Date

May 26th 2009

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-2009-ACF-ACYF-CZ-0061

CFDA Number(s)

93.556

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Income Security and Social Services

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township 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

Collaborative efforts and interdisciplinary approaches are acceptable. Applications from collaborations must identify a primary applicant responsible for administering the cooperative agreement. Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply. Foreign entities are not eligible under this announcement.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1150000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $1150000

Grant Description

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to establish the National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC). The NRCPFC will work with other members of the Children's Bureau (CB) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Network to build the capacity of State, local, Tribal, and other publicly administered or publicly supported child welfare systems. The NRCPFC will provide T/TA and consultation on Federal requirements administered by CB related to children, youth and families involved with foster care systems which access title IV-E and IV-B funding. Special attention will be given to assisting States in improving conformity with the outcomes and systemic factors defined in the Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) and the requirements assessed in other monitoring reviews conducted by CB (such as Title IV-E, AFCARS and SACWIS). These efforts will focus on systems change and the development, expansion, and improvement of the quality and effectiveness of child welfare services to children, youth and families. The NRCPFC will engage agencies in strategies to strengthen the integration of policy and practice thereby improving the delivery of services and the outcomes for children and youth. A primary focus of the NRCPFC will be to work with other CB T/TA providers to assist States in planning and implementing systemic change as defined in the States' Child and Family Services Plan and the program improvement plans (PIPs) related to all Federal monitoring reviews. In addition, the NRCPFC will provide T/TA and on-site consultation to grantees funded under the Family Connection Grants program.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Administration for Children and Families

• Agency Contact:

  ACF Applications Help Desk
  app_support@acf.hhs.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  ACF Applications Help Desk

• Agency Email Address:

  app_support@acf.hhs.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2009-ACF-ACYF-CZ-0061.html