National Resource Center for Adoption

Post Date

February 26th 2009

Application Due Date

April 27th 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-0065

CFDA Number(s)

93.652

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:

  $1200000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $1200000

Grant Description

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to establish by cooperative agreement a National Resource Center for Adoption (NRCA). NRCA will serve as a member of the Children's Bureau's (CB) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Network, which is designed to improve child welfare systems and to support States and Tribes in achieving and maintaining sustainable, systemic change which results in greater safety, permanency, and well-being for children, youth, and families. NRCA will be the primary provider of T/TA regarding effective and promising adoption services for children and youth in the child welfare system.

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-0065.html