Collaborative Approaches to Adoption for Children with Complex Needs
The summary for the Collaborative Approaches to Adoption for Children with Complex Needs grant is detailed below.
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Collaborative Approaches to Adoption for Children with Complex Needs: This funding opportunity aims to support innovations that build evidence on how to help children and youth with complex or high-acuity needs achieve permanency through adoption. The projects will focus on collaborative, system-level efforts to recruit, train, support, and retain families who can meet these children's needs.Projects must be led by researchers who work within a child welfare agency or work in close partnership with one or more child welfare agencies. Together, researchers and child welfare program staff will identify and evaluate promising collaborative approaches.Collaborations that include Medicaid Section 1115 Research and Demonstration Projects, private adoption agencies, or community- or faith-based organizations are of particular interest.You'll be expected to: (1) Study how the model works in practice (i.e., implementation study). (2) Evaluate the effectiveness of the approach. (3) Use the most rigorous research designs, methods, and analytic techniques that are appropriate and sufficient to address the research questions of interest.Projects are expected to build on the existing research evidence and contribute generalized knowledge.
| Federal Grant Title: | Collaborative Approaches to Adoption for Children with Complex Needs |
| Federal Agency Name: | Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB (HHS-ACF-CB) |
| Grant Categories: | Income Security and Social Services |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-CO-0055 |
| Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement |
| CFDA Numbers: | 93.652 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
| Current Application Deadline: | August 26th, 2026 |
| Original Application Deadline: | August 26th, 2026 |
| Posted Date: | July 27th, 2026 |
| Creation Date: | July 27th, 2026 |
| Archive Date: | September 25th, 2026 |
| Total Program Funding: | $6,450,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $2,150,000 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $1,500,000 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 3 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
| Last Updated: | July 27th, 2026 |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- State governments - County governments - City or township governments - Special district governments - Independent school districts - Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities - Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) - Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education - For-profit organizations other than small businesses - Small businesses - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- 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.
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Kathleen Dwyer
[email protected]
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