Cooperative Agreement 90FA3016
- 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 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 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 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...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska a $250,000 cooperative agreement on September 30, 2026, under the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program (CFDA 93.872) to establish and operate the Tribal Early Childhood and Family Economic Well-Being Research Center (TRC). The center will advance actionable research, evaluation, and measurement relevant to...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services $599,998 through Cooperative Agreement 90CA1908 on September 30, 2026, under the Child Abuse and Neglect Discretionary Activities program (CFDA 93.670). The award funds a comprehensive review and enhancement of DFPS's Predictive Risk Modeling (PRM) Family Investigation Risk Assessment Instrument, a scoring tool caseworkers use at the end of child...
- 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...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services $348.96 million in Adoption Assistance block grant funding on October 1, 2025, under CFDA 93.659. The award funds Federal Financial Participation in adoption subsidy costs for children with special needs who cannot be reunited with their families. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Texas. The...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $544,000 to ABC Parenting Institute on August 31, 2026, under the Social Services Research and Demonstration program (CFDA 93.647) to expand access to Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up (ABC) for families with young children in Delaware. ABC is a 10-session home visiting intervention designed to help parents provide nurturing, responsive care that supports children's attachment, regulation, and...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded the Health & Human Services Commission of Texas (HHSC), Division of Family Support Services, $90.439 million on September 30, 2025, under the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant Program (CFDA 93.870) for Project Grant X1055012, with performance through September 29, 2027, in Texas. HHSC is implementing Texas Home Visiting (THV), a comprehensive early childhood systems...
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 adoptive and fostering-to-adopt families at risk of disruption or dissolution. The study will assess the program's effectiveness on child well-being (behavior and regulation), adult well-being (caregiver-child connection and parenting practices), and adoption stability (placement stability and family adjustment), along with program satisfaction and engagement. The intervention equips caregivers with evidence-informed parenting practices to nurture healthy caregiver-child relationships and address children's behavioral and regulatory needs. The evaluation will randomize nine home-visiting organizations across the United States, recruiting 384 caregivers with children aged 0–6 and following participants for 12 months post-intervention. Performance occurs in Texas. The cooperative agreement runs through September 29, 2030.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.8m | 8/11/26 |