National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored Services, Placement Stability and Permanency for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Children and Youth in Foster Care

The summary for the National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored Services, Placement Stability and Permanency for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Children and Youth in Foster Care grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Administration for Children and Families, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored Services, Placement Stability and Permanency for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Children and Youth in Foster Care: The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to establish, by awarding a cooperative agreement, one National Quality Improvement Center (QIC) that will conduct 4-6 projects in partnership with state child welfare systems to produce a dedicated system of successful supports and interventions that specifically support the permanency and stability of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in the child welfare system.
The QIC will conduct projects with each of the selected state child welfare systems to develop a system of evidence-based services to improve the emotional, behavioral and medical health outcomes of these youth while actively developing permanent and stable placement opportunities for youth in foster care whom identify as LGBTQ or whom may express questioning their sexual identity/gender. The QIC will complete an evaluation of each of the state projects and produce new, evidenced-based models of support and intervention that demonstrate improved well-being outcomes and assure permanency and stability for LGBTQ youth in foster care.
Specifically, the QIC on Permanency and Stability for LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care will:
(1) review and provide capacity-building technical support to multiple research projects that build evidence regarding effective practices in services to LGBTQ youth, leading to improved well-being, placement stability and permanency; and
(2) based on sound evaluation, develop a comprehensive catalog of the effectiveness of each project in improving well-being, permanency and placement stability to develop knowledge that other States/locales seeking to implement improved LGBTQ services can look to for guidance, insight, and possible replication.
The QIC would prioritize LGBTQ youth permanency and placement stability projects that most comprehensively provide for systemic change by:
- Prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and ensuring LGBTQ youth in care are respected by child welfare agency staff and peers;- Increasing LGBTQ cultural competency among agency staff and foster parents;- Providing child welfare services that address the specific needs of LGBTQ youth and their families;- Effecting prudent parenting, opportunities for “normalcy activities” and LGBTQ-affirming homes; and- Effectively managing information on the sexual orientation and gender identity of youth in the child welfare system.
These projects will engage in a rigorous evaluation in order to document effective implementation and practices, assess cost, and demonstrate linkages between their projects and improved outcomes. Guided by a single uniform theory of change and logic model, the evaluations will include process, practice, cost and outcomes evaluation components.
Expected outcomes include:
- Development and implementation of four to six research projects in state, county, and tribal child welfare systems that commit to building effective practice models to improve permanency, well-being, and placement stability outcomes for LGBTQ children and youth in foster care;- Integration of identified practice models within the project site system, including the policies, programs, and practices that impact LGBTQ children and youth in foster care;- Promising practices and evidence-informed/evidence-based models of engagement, appropriate collective and individual services and intervention that can be linked to improved outcomes for the target population;- Improved permanency, well-being, and placement stability outcomes for LGBTQ children and youth in foster care in selected project sites;- Through comprehensive, project-specific evaluation activities, the Center will develop a catalogue of LGBTQ-responsive strategies and practices to lay the groundwork for further development of evidence-informed/evidence-based models of intervention for LGBTQ children and youth in foster care, with supporting protocols, tools and products that child welfare systems seeking to implement improved LGBTQ services can look to for guidance, insight, and replication; and- A cross-site evaluation that will build a body of knowledge regarding the appropriate elements to consider and address when building and implementing a comprehensive model of effective engagement, services, and interventions for LGBTQ children and youth in care.
This cooperative agreement is for a 5-year project period.
Federal Grant Title: National Quality Improvement Center on Tailored Services, Placement Stability and Permanency for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Children and Youth in Foster Care
Federal Agency Name: Administration for Children and Families
Grant Categories: Income Security and Social Services
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-CW-1126
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 319943
CFDA Descriptions: Promoting Safe and Stable Families
Current Application Deadline: May 17, 2016 Electronically submitted application
Original Application Deadline: May 17, 2016 Electronically submitted application
Posted Date: Mar 18, 2016
Creation Date: Mar 18, 2016
Archive Date: Jun 16, 2016
Total Program Funding: $2,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $2,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $1,600,000
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Private institutions of higher education
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
State governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
County governments
Special district governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Independent school districts
Small businesses
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
City or township governments
Additional Information on Eligibility
Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Faith-based organizations are encouraged to review the ACF Policy on Grants to Faith-Based Organizations at: http: //www.acf.hhs.gov/acf-policy-on-grants-to-faith-based-organizations. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.
Link to Full Grant Announcement
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-CW-1126
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