Cooperative Agreement 90FA3013
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Department of Children & Family Service of Illinois $258.294 million on October 1, 2025, under the Adoption Assistance block grant program (CFDA 93.659) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The award funds adoption subsidy costs and support services for the adoption of children with special needs in Illinois who cannot be reunited with their families. Adoption Assistance...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a cooperative agreement totaling $1.8 million to the University of Kansas Center For Research Inc. on September 30, 2026, under the Adoption Opportunities program (CFDA 93.652). The award funds an evaluation of the Behavioral Interventionist (BI) Program for adoptive families. The study employs a quasi-experimental design to assess the BI program's effectiveness in improving challenging child behavior,...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $1.6 million Cooperative Agreement (90CO1148) to the American Public Human Services Association on September 30, 2026, under the Adoption Opportunities program (CFDA 93.652). The award funds nationwide implementation of the National Electronic Interstate Compact Enterprise (NEICE), a secure data exchange system that modernizes the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) process. NEICE...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) received a $1.6 million Cooperative Agreement from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families under the Adoption Opportunities federal grant program (CFDA 93.652), effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2026. The award funds continued development and implementation of the National Electronic Interstate Compact Enterprise (NEICE), a secure electronic system that expedites the...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the University of Texas at Austin a $1.8 million Cooperative Agreement on September 30, 2026, under the Adoption Opportunities program (CFDA 93.652) to evaluate the Beneath the Mask Teen Group intervention for adoptive families. The award funds a randomized controlled trial testing an 8-session virtual therapeutic group model designed for adopted adolescents, complemented by parallel caregiver...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $1.799 million cooperative agreement to Texas Christian University on September 30, 2026, under the Adoption Opportunities program (CFDA 93.652) to evaluate the Trust-Based Relational Intervention Early Childhood Home Visiting Program for adoptive families. The award funds a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial evaluating TBRI-HV, an in-home parent skill-based intervention designed to support...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the District of Columbia's Child and Family Services Agency $15.242707 million under the Adoption Assistance program (CFDA 93.659) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The award funds Federal Financial Participation in adoption subsidy costs for children with special needs who cannot be reunited with their families. Place of performance is Washington, DC. The Adoption Assistance...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) in Washington State $130.542 million in adoption assistance funding on October 1, 2025, under the Adoption Assistance program (CFDA 93.659). The award funds federal financial participation in adoption subsidy costs for the adoption of children with special needs who cannot be reunited with their families. Performance spans the period October 1,...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Maryland Department of Human Services $37.208 million on October 1, 2025, under the Adoption Assistance program (CFDA 93.659). The award funds adoption subsidy costs for children with special needs in Maryland who cannot be reunited with their families. The Adoption Assistance program provides Federal Financial Participation to states for these adoption-related expenditures. Performance runs...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the University of Texas at Arlington a $1,799,619 cooperative agreement on September 30, 2026, under the Adoption Opportunities program (CFDA 93.652) to evaluate the effectiveness of KEEP Toddler, an in-home, virtually delivered parent skill-based intervention for adoptive families with children ages 2–4. The study employs a randomized controlled trial design across Region 3 of Texas (19 counties in...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the National Opinion Research Center a $1,050,586.43 Cooperative Agreement on September 30, 2026, under the Adoption Opportunities program (CFDA 93.652) to evaluate the effectiveness of the Illinois Adoption and Guardianship Support and Preservation (ASAP) program. The recipient will conduct a quasi-experimental evaluation of ASAP services among adoptive families formed through child welfare adoption and subsidized guardianship. The study examines adoption stability, time to adoption disruption, and child safety outcomes including maltreatment allegations, open cases, and out-of-home placements. The intervention comprises clinical therapy, crisis intervention, parenting support, and case management delivered primarily through home visiting. The evaluation will utilize Illinois administrative data and Brightpoint program records, employing both intent-to-treat and treatment-on-the-treated designs over a 24-month follow-up period. Analysis will include machine learning techniques and generative AI to develop additional variables from case notes. The period of performance runs from September 30, 2026, through September 29, 2030. Place of performance is Washington, DC. The award obligates $1,050,586.43 at the point of the cooperative agreement issuance.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.1m | 8/11/26 |