Notice of Funding Opportunity

Application due August 17, 2026

Administration on Children, Youth and Families Family and Youth Services Bureau

FY 26 The Primary Prevention Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Opportunity number: HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-YY-0119

Contents

Step 1: Review the Opportunity 4

Basic information 5

Eligibility 7

Agency priorities 10

Program Description 12

Step 2: Get Ready to Apply 23

Find the application package 24

Get registered 25

Learn more 25

Step 3: Build Your Application 26

Application checklist 27

Application contents and format 29

Step 4: Learn About Review and Award 40

Application review 41

Award notices 48

Step 5: Submit Your Application 49

Application submission and deadlines 50

Step 6: Learn What Happens After Award 52

Post-award requirements and administration 53

Contacts and Support 54

Before you begin 3

Modifications 57

Endnotes 58

Contents 2

Before you begin If you believe you are a good candidate for this funding opportunity, secure your SAM.gov and Grants.gov registrations now. If you are already registered, make sure your registrations are active and up to date.

SAM.gov registration (this can take several weeks)

You must have an active account with SAM.gov. This includes having a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI).

See Step 2: Get Ready to Apply

Grants.gov registration (this can take several days)

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See Step 2: Get Ready to Apply

Apply by the application due date

Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 17, 2026.

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Step 1:

Review the Opportunity

In this step

Basic information 5

Eligibility 7

Agency priorities 10

Program Description 12

Basic information Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

Administration on Children, Youth and Families

Family and Youth Services Bureau

Identifying and implementing strategies and services to prevent homelessness for youth between the ages of 12 and 26.

Have questions?

See Contacts and Support.

Key facts

Opportunity name:

FY 26 The Primary Prevention Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

Opportunity number:

HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-

YY-0119

Announcement type:

Initial

Federal assistance listing:

93.647

Statutory authority number: 42 U.S.C. 1310

Key dates

Application submission deadline:

August 17, 2026

Expected project start date:

September 30, 2026

See other submissions for other time frames that may apply to this NOFO.

Summary The Primary Prevention Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (PPYHDP) provides funding to identify and implement strategies and services to prevent homelessness for youth between the ages of 12 and 26. This funding includes strategies for youth who are more likely to experience homelessness and housing instability, such as:

• Youth at risk of human trafficking.

• Youth struggling with substance abuse or mental health issues.

• Youth transitioning out of foster care, the juvenile justice system, or a residential behavioral health system.

Primary prevention efforts should focus on the factors contributing to youth homelessness, such as a lack of affordable housing, poverty, and family dynamics. In addition to those core activities, recipients must also:

• Coordinate with youth who have experienced homelessness and are self-sufficient, to help design and implement their projects, which includes establishing local youth advisory boards.

• Participate in a federally sponsored evaluation.

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Step 1: Review the Opportunity 5 https://uscode.house.gov/browse/prelim@title42&edition=prelim

Funding details Type: Cooperative agreement

Expected total program funding: $7,000,000

Total expected awards: 14

Minimum award amount (award floor): $350,000

Maximum award amount (award ceiling): $500,000

This is full funding. We plan to fund a 24-month project period with one budget period.

Non-competing continuation awards will not be issued.

Awards made under this funding opportunity are subject to federal funds availability.

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Eligibility Eligible applicants These types of organizations are eligible for an award:

• State agencies.

• Tribes.

• Counties.

• Cities.

• Other units of local government.

• Community-based organizations.

Other eligibility criteria

• Individuals (including sole proprietorships), federal entities, and foreign entities are not eligible to apply.

• Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible for awards under this funding opportunity.

Disqualifying factors We will review your application to make sure it meets these responsiveness requirements.

We will not consider an application that:

• Requests funding above the award ceiling.

• Is submitted after the deadline.

• Is from an individual (including a sole proprietorship), a federal entity, or a foreign entity.

• Is received in paper format that did not have a previously approved exemption from ACF.

Application limits If you submit the same application more than once under this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), we will only acknowledge the last on-time submission.

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Cost sharing Social Services Research and Demonstration (SSRD) legislation is the funding source for ACF’s PPYHDP projects. SSRD funds may pay for part of demonstration projects that are consistent with the legislation. Therefore, this funding requires cost sharing and ACF policy has set the required minimum share at $1.00.

Types of cost sharing You can meet your match requirement through any combination of:

• Cash contributed by your organization, partners, or other third parties.

• In-kind (non-cash) contributions from partners or other third parties.

Cost-sharing commitments If awarded, you must provide the amount of cost-sharing funds you promised, even if you promised more than the required minimum. We put these commitments in the Notice of Award.

If you don’t provide your promised amount, we may decrease the amount of funding we give you or use other enforcement actions.

You’ll have to include your cost-sharing funds when you fill out your federal financial reports.

Cost-sharing waiver We waive cost sharing up to $199,999 for awards to the governments of American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands (except for the consolidated awards under 45 CFR part 97). You must meet any amount of cost sharing over $199,999. See 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d) Congressional declaration of policy respecting “Insular Areas.”

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Post-award requirements

Before you apply, make sure you understand the requirements that come with an award.

See Step 6: Learn What Happens After Award for information on regulations that apply, reporting, and more.

Statutory authority This program is authorized by the Social Security Act, Section 1110 [42 U.S.C. 1310];

appropriated by FY 2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Public Law (Pub. L.) 119-75), Senate Rept. 119-55 - DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL, 2026 at p. 221, signed into law on February 3, 2026.

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Step 1: Review the Opportunity 9 https://uscode.house.gov/browse/prelim@title42/chapter7/subchapter11/partA&edition=prelim

Agency priorities A Home for Every Child ACF’s A Home for Every Child initiative advances the goal that every young person has a safe, stable, and nurturing home. The PPYHDP supports the implementation of strategies and services for youth between ages 12 and 26 in order to prevent homelessness for populations of youth and young adults with a high likelihood of experiencing homelessness, housing instability, or other forms of victimization. The focus of primary prevention services is to support cross-system collaboration with key partners within the community that serve youth at risk of homelessness to ensure that youth are connected to critical services before youth become homeless.

Required alignment with ACF vision, mission, values, priorities, and guiding principles The recipient of this award must implement any funds awarded under this NOFO to effectuate program goals or agency priorities in accordance with ACF’s vision, mission, values, priorities, and guiding principles when authorized. Funded activities must advance ACF’s vision of resilient, safe, healthy, and economically secure children, youth, families, and communities, and support ACF’s mission to foster health and well-being through effective, accountable, and compassionate human services when awarded in any programs that authorize these priorities.

Consistent with ACF’s values, in carrying out any project that is funded under this NOFO, the recipient is required to adhere to the following principle:

1. Program integrity and fiscal stewardship: Administer funds in accordance with all applicable federal statutes, regulations, and award conditions; maintain strong internal controls; and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.

The recipient is also required to adhere to the following principles when consistent with the authority and scope of the award and its activities:

2. Evidence-based and outcome-focused practices: Design and deliver services using evidence-based or evidence-informed approaches, establish measurable performance goals, and use data to monitor outcomes and drive continuous improvement.

3. Partnership and local leadership: Coordinate with state, tribal, territorial, local, and community partners, as appropriate, and tailor services to meet community-identified needs while respecting local decision-making authority.

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In addition, in keeping with ACF’s priorities, the recipient must administer any project that is awarded under this NOFO in accordance with the following objectives when consistent with the scope of the award and its activities in programs that are authorized to advance them:

4. Family stability and child well-being: Strengthen families, promote safe and stable home environments, and improve outcomes for children and youth through prevention-focused and developmentally appropriate services.

5. Work, self-sufficiency, and economic mobility: Support pathways to employment, job retention, and economic independence for individuals and families, including through workforce development, education, and supportive services.

6. High-quality early care and learning: Where applicable, invest in high-quality early childhood programs that support school readiness, healthy development, and long-term success.

The recipient must demonstrate ongoing compliance with these values and priorities, in all programs that are authorized to advance them, through program design, implementation, reporting, and evaluation. Failure to meaningfully align funded activities with the applicable requirements may result in corrective action, additional reporting requirements, or other enforcement actions consistent with federal grant regulations found at 2 CFR Part 200 and the terms and conditions of this award.

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Step 1: Review the Opportunity 11 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/subtitle-A/chapter-II/part-200

Program Description Overview Ending youth homelessness requires both addressing the immediate needs of youth who are experiencing homelessness and, just as importantly, preventing youth from a first episode of homelessness.

The purpose of this program is to evaluate and support evidence-based strategies to prevent homelessness for youth and young adults (referred to as “youth”) ages 12 to 26, help younger youth attain permanency, and prepare all youth for self-sufficiency.

Evidence-based strategies are practices, programs, or policies that have proven to be effective through rigorous research, including evaluations that show evidence of effectiveness, feasibility, reach, sustainability, and transferability across different contexts.

This program provides funding to plan and implement primary prevention efforts to serve youth and young adult populations likely to experience homelessness or housing instability, including:

• Those youth at risk of human trafficking.

• Those with substance abuse or mental health issues.

• Those transitioning out of foster care, the juvenile justice system, or a residential behavioral health system.

Projects funded through this program prevent youth from experiencing homelessness by establishing partnerships to accomplish the following objectives:

• Develop or enhance a coordinated system for screening, assessment, and referrals to link youth to prevention services and treatment, when appropriate.

• Identify populations of young people at risk of experiencing homelessness.

• Design and develop a comprehensive, primary prevention plan to prevent youth homelessness.

• Implement primary prevention strategies for populations of youth who are at risk of homelessness, as well as their families.

Recipients must work with community partners to improve the responsiveness and quality of services for young people at the greatest risk of experiencing homelessness.

Partner agencies may include those in the following sectors:

• Education (primary, secondary, and post-secondary).

• Faith-based.

• Public health.

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• Clinical social workers.

• Behavioral and mental health.

• Child welfare.

• Employers.

• Family support (for example, Head Start, Early Childhood Development, and Child Support Services).

• Substance abuse and mental health service providers.

• Domestic violence.

• Human trafficking.

• Crisis intervention.

• Law enforcement.

• Courts.

• Juvenile justice.

• Legal services.

• Public benefits such as Social Security, Nutrition Assistance, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

Projects should not solely focus only on education campaigns or outreach activities to raise awareness of homelessness prevention services.

Applicants should clearly describe how their proposed project and activities align with ACF’s priorities through program design, partnerships, and expected outcomes. More information on ACF’s Vision, Mission, Values, Priorities, and Guiding Principles can be found on ACF’s website.

This project addresses the priority of Promoting Work and Self-Sufficiency by ensuring young people who are at risk of homelessness are provided opportunities and resources for success.

Primary prevention Projects must focus on the primary prevention of youth homelessness. Primary prevention is an effort to reduce risk factors and strengthen protective factors.

Providing services for a young person or family already in crisis is costly, both financially and in terms of human suffering. Additionally, by focusing more on individuals than on populations, human services can miss the root causes of adverse outcomes and the opportunity to address ongoing needs. The goal of this program is to identify strategies and resources to prevent homelessness before the crisis occurs.

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Incorporating effective primary prevention into human services structures and delivery can uproot the causes of adverse outcomes by reducing risk factors and promoting protective factors across youth populations, creating safety and stability needed to avoid adverse experiences such as homelessness.[1] Therefore, your efforts must address the contributing factors leading to a youth becoming homeless, such as:

• Involvement in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

• Human trafficking, including sex and labor trafficking.

• Substance abuse and mental health.

• Lack of access to education resources.

• Lack of a supportive network.

• Lack of affordable housing.

• Poverty.

• Family dynamics.

At the same time, your project must promote cross-system collaboration to strengthen the systems and services that youth routinely connect with.

Required activities If your project is funded, you will participate in a two-phase process. The first phase is a 6-month planning phase and the second is an 18-month implementation phase, which includes evaluations.

Phase 1: Planning You are required to develop a Primary Prevention Plan. You will have 6 months from the start date of the award to create your plan. The goal of the planning phase is to guide the development of your primary prevention efforts. Once the Primary Prevention Plan is complete, you will submit it to the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) for review and approval.

Your Primary Prevention Plan must include the following activities:

• Develop and use a shared definition of primary prevention with community partners.

• Incorporate collaboration with youth who have experienced homelessness, as well as their families, during all phases of the project.

• Identify the populations of youth at risk of experiencing homelessness your primary prevention efforts will focus on:

◦ Individuals transitioning out of foster care, the juvenile justice system, or residential behavioral health system.

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◦ Victims of human trafficking.

◦ Youth struggling with substance abuse and mental health disorders.

• Identify the causes or factors contributing to youth homelessness that your primary prevention efforts will address.

Phase 2: Implementation During Phase 2 of the program, you will implement your Primary Prevention Plan. This means you will implement the prevention strategies you identified during the plan development.

Your primary prevention strategies should be evidence-based and may include the following:

• Providing economic support to parents (such as income supplements or financial assistance).

• Providing housing and housing support, such as rental assistance.

• Preventing human trafficking, which includes sex and labor trafficking.

• Providing referrals to youth substance abuse and mental health treatment services.

• Promoting positive community and school connections to ensure youth feel safe and are connected to appropriate resources.

• Supporting healthy family relationships and promoting strong, stable families.

Other primary prevention strategies may involve addressing issues among the populations of youth who are at greatest risk of experiencing:

• Homelessness.

• Human trafficking and other forms of victimization.

• Transitions from the child welfare or juvenile justice systems.

• Access barriers to appropriate and required educational opportunities.

• Lack of access to proper health services.

Human trafficking of children and youth Human trafficking is a crime involving the exploitation of a person to perform labor or a commercial sex act through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. Per 22 U.S.C. 7102(11), the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 as amended, human trafficking (severe forms of trafficking in persons) means:

• Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age.

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• The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.

Youth who are missing from foster care, are experiencing homelessness, or have unstable housing are at a higher risk of experiencing human trafficking, particularly at times when they are struggling to access resources to meet basic needs. Individuals who exploit children often fulfill these needs to build trust and create dependency as a precursor to trafficking. These children may be coerced into engaging in sex acts or compelled labor for shelter, food, clothing, and other basic needs.

Screening for trafficking concerns The recipient must adapt from and use standardized screening tools that are validated and evidence-and trauma-informed to identify trafficking concerns and evaluate client needs throughout the service relationship. The recipient may elect to use one or more tools, but the tools must be able to identify youth who have experienced labor trafficking, sex trafficking, or both and assess for common human trafficking indicators and risks.

It is a best practice to screen for trafficking concerns:

• During the youth’s initial intake into the program.

• Any time a youth returns from a missing episode.

• Any time trafficking is suspected.

Even in situations when a youth may not exhibit obvious trafficking indicators, the recipient should use a validated universal screening approach and incorporate screening protocols at various stages, in addition to identifying trafficking concerns.

This practice will also help address early signs of risk and prevent trafficking before it occurs or re-occurs.

While screening is an initial step in identifying trafficking concerns, it can elicit unintended trauma responses. Therefore, the recipient should first address the youth’s basic needs (food, sleep, safety and safety planning, comfort, etc.) before any screening occurs. It is also important for the recipient to consider each individual youth’s experience, cognition, mental health, and the effects of trauma when assessing their responses prior to and during screening and intake.

Services for victims of trafficking Disclosures may happen during screening or at any point during time of service, the recipient must develop protocols for response to them. Protocols must include an assessment for trafficking-specific case management, safety planning, clinical and therapeutic support, mentorships, and medical services. Youth who have experienced

Step 1: Review the Opportunity 16 human trafficking have unique needs you must consider when screening and assessing for service needs, interventions, and community referrals. All of the recipient’s interventions must center around the youth’s voice to ensure the youth is an active participant in their own care and decision-making for services. Safety planning must be at the center of all support. If it is determined to be in the youth’s best interest, the youth’s caregiver or relevant family members may be involved in service planning. This determination should be made on a case-by-case basis.

Trafficking-specific education and outreach Recipients must integrate human trafficking content throughout program education and outreach activities. All approaches and materials must be trauma-informed, person-centered, developmentally appropriate, and responsive to age, developmental and cognitive abilities, and other relevant factors.

Outreach Recipients must include information on human trafficking in all outreach activities.

Outreach materials must provide audience-appropriate information about human trafficking, including how to identify potential trafficking schemes, how to seek help, and how to access available services and resources. Recipients must ensure that outreach activities include information on referral options, including the National Human Trafficking Hotline.

Universal education Recipients must provide universal education on human trafficking to all clients.

Universal education provides information, safety messages, and resource connections to all individuals, regardless of disclosure or identified risk, to mitigate risk across the population served. This approach normalizes access to support, reduces stigma, and promotes early connection to services.

Universal education must be delivered in a private setting, when possible, by staff trained in the approach. Staff must offer resources regardless of whether a client discloses trafficking, and universal education should not be used to require or elicit disclosure. Where a private conversation is not possible or it is not safe to talk, recipients must provide a discrete offer of resources and referral information. This approach may use or adapt existing tools and materials, with emphasis on the quality of the interaction and resource delivery. Prevention education must support youth in recognizing trafficking risks, identifying potential trafficking schemes, and building skills related to safety, decision-making, help-seeking, and access to resources and support.

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Education and outreach resources

• Look Beneath the Surface Campaign: Downloadable and printable outreach materials that help individuals who are at risk of or who are experiencing human trafficking recognize trafficking schemes and access support.

• SOAR Online: Free, self-paced online training courses that can be completed on demand.

• Office on Trafficking in Persons Resource Library: A searchable collection of anti-trafficking resources and materials, including outreach materials, toolkits, fact sheets, policy and guidance documents, and training tools that support prevention, awareness, identification, and access to services.

Mandatory reporting Human trafficking of children (labor and sex trafficking) is now defined under “child abuse and neglect” in the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, Pub. L. 93-247.

Therefore, if a recipient identifies potential concerns of human trafficking, the recipient is required to comply with all federal, state, tribal, and local mandated reporting requirements in the same way the recipient reports abuse and neglect within that jurisdiction (child welfare, law enforcement, etc.).

Validated screening tools for human trafficking of children and youth[2]

Tool identifier In-depth

Short/ rapid

Demographic Environment

Commercial Sexual Exploitation-Identification Tool

X Ages 10+; sex trafficking only.

Multiple settings, including:

• Child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

• Schools.

• Homeless youth shelters.

• Health care and mental health settings.

Human Trafficking Screening Tool

X X Ages 18–24; sex trafficking only.

Runaway and homeless youth system settings.

Quick Youth Indicators for Trafficking

X Youth who are homeless; sex trafficking and labor trafficking.

Service provider setting.

Rapid Appraisal for Trafficking

X Ages 18+; sex trafficking and labor trafficking.

Health care setting.

Short Screen for Child Sex Trafficking

X Ages 12–18; sex trafficking only.

Health care setting.

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Federal evaluation We will sponsor a federally led evaluation for each funded project. An independent contractor with experience leading small- and large-scale demonstrations or descriptive and impact evaluations will lead it. Federal evaluations are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), and FYSB will receive all approvals prior to launching any evaluations.

If you accept an award, you are required to participate in the evaluation.

Technical assistance If you accept an award, you must agree to work cooperatively with the technical assistance provider. Training and technical assistance is free from the Runaway and Homeless Youth Training, Technical Assistance, and Capacity Building Center (RHYTTAC). Services include:

• Regionally based technical assistance clinics.

• Training sessions.

• E-learning.

• Webinars.

• National grantee training.

You must send at least one person to the annual in-person Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) National Grantee Training, as well as to the in-person or virtual trainings.

You will also participate in learning collaboratives and group-based peer engagement activities. Visit the RHYTTAC website for more information.

Cooperative agreement— Description of ACF’s involvement A cooperative agreement is a specific method of awarding federal assistance in which substantial federal involvement is anticipated. Details of the relationships and governance of the cooperative agreement will be specified in the terms and conditions of the award.

Our respective responsibilities will be identified during pre-award negotiations and incorporated into the terms and conditions of the award. We do not expect the cooperative agreement to change the project requirements for the recipient. At a minimum, we will:

• Provide consultation, review, and approval of the Primary Prevention Plan.

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Step 1: Review the Opportunity 19 https://www.rhyttac.net/ https://www.rhyttac.net/

• Review any revisions made to the Primary Prevention Plan during the project period.

• Oversee the development of the project design, including information on the resources and planned activities.

• Facilitate communication with representatives of other federal agencies in order to promote coordination.

• Review and approve drafts of all updated or new materials developed or printed with this funding.

• Organize regular meetings to review your plans and share information.

Funding policies and limitations Changes in HHS regulations As of October 1, 2025, HHS adopted 2 CFR 200, with some exceptions included in 2 CFR 300. These regulations replace those in 45 CFR 75.

General policies

• We will only make awards if this program receives funding. If Congress appropriates funds for this purpose, we will move forward with the review and award process.

• If we receive more funding for this program, we will consider:

◦ Funding more applicants.

◦ Extending the period of performance.

◦ Awarding supplemental funding.

• To the extent permitted by law, including any relevant court orders, you may not use funds from this NOFO for any diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEI and DEIA) activities. This includes:

◦ DEI- or DEIA-related research.

◦ Activities that discriminate or show preference based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or other protected traits.

◦ Any efforts that promote a “discriminatory equity ideology.”

• To the extent permitted by law, including any relevant court orders, ACF will also not allow funds awarded under this NOFO to support any services or activities that inculcate or promote gender ideology.

For guidance on other types of costs that we restrict or do not allow, see General Provisions for Selected Items of Costs of the Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR part 200.

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Step 1: Review the Opportunity 20 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/part-200 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/subtitle-B/chapter-III/part-300 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/subtitle-A/chapter-II/part-200/subpart-E/subject-group-ECFRed1f39f9b3d4e72

Program-specific limitations and policies We do not allow the following costs under this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO):

• Construction.

• Purchase of real property.

• Major renovation.

• Pre-award.

• Any treatment or referral to treatment that inculcates gender ideology.

• Abortion-related services, including referrals.

• Operating or allowing “safe consumption sites,” distributing paraphernalia, or permitting the use of illicit drugs on project property.

NOTE: Include a statement attesting that your grant-funded programs are not supporting or facilitating any harm reduction activities.

• Any activities or services that do not align with the published ACF published priorities unless authorized.

Indirect costs Indirect costs are costs you charge across more than one project and cannot be easily separated by project.

To charge indirect costs you can select one of two methods:

Method 1—Approved rate. If you currently have an indirect cost rate approved by your cognizant federal agency, you may use that rate.

Method 2—De minimis rate. If you do not have a negotiated indirect cost rate, you may elect to charge a de minimis rate (see 2 CFR 200.414(f)). This rate may be up to 15% of modified total direct costs (MTDC). See the definition of MTDC (2 CFR 200.1). You can use this rate indefinitely.

You may not charge costs included in your indirect cost pool as direct costs.

Subawards As the prime recipient, you must maintain a substantive role in the project. This means that you must conduct funded activities and provide services which are necessary and integral to completing the project.

Monitoring your subrecipient’s activities alone as described in 2 CFR 200.332 is not a substantive role.

We do not fund awards where your role primarily serves as a conduit for passing funds to other organizations unless that arrangement is authorized by statute.

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Step 1: Review the Opportunity 21 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/part-200/section-200.414#p-200.414(f) https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/part-200#p-200.1(Modified%20Total%20Direct%20Cost%20(MTDC)) https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/subtitle-A/chapter-II/part-200#200.332

All subrecipients must obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) through the System for Award Management (SAM.gov).

Subrecipients must meet the eligibility requirements of this NOFO.

Salary rate limitation The salary rate limitation in the current appropriations act applies to this program. You may not use awarded funds to pay a salary at a higher rate than the rate for Executive Level II. For the Executive Level II salary, please see guidance from the Office of Personnel Management on executive and senior level employee pay.

The salary limitation reflects a person’s base salary (including any portion of the salary that is paid for with indirect costs). It does not include fringe benefits or any income the person is allowed to earn outside of the duties of the applicant organization. This salary limitation also applies to subawards, contracts, and subcontracts under an ACF grant or cooperative agreement.

Use of E-Verify All funded grantees and subgrantees are encouraged to use the national E-Verify system operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with the Social Security Administration, to ensure their employees are American citizens or are eligible to work in the United States.

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Step 1: Review the Opportunity 22 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/

Step 2:

Get Ready to Apply

In this step

Find the application package 24

Get registered 25

Learn more 25

Find the application package The application package has all the forms you need to apply. You can find it at this NOFO’s Grants.gov opportunity page. Then select the Package tab.

We recommend that you select the Subscribe button from the View Grant Opportunity page for this NOFO to get updates.

If you can’t use Grants.gov to download application materials or have other technical difficulties, including issues with application submission, contact Grants.gov for assistance.

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Step 2: Get Ready to Apply 24 https://www.grants.gov/support

Get registered SAM.gov You must have an active account with SAM.gov. SAM.gov registration can take several weeks. Begin that process today.

To register:

• Go to SAM.gov Entity Registration and select Get Started. From the same page, you can also select the Entity Registration Checklist for the information you will need to register.

• You must agree to the financial assistance general certifications and representations [PDF] specifically. Those for contracts are different.

When you register, you will also receive your required Unique Entity Identifier (UEI).

Once you register:

• You will have to maintain your registration throughout the life of any award.

• If your organization has multiple UEIs, use the one associated with your physical location.

Grants.gov You must also have an active account with Grants.gov. You can see step-by-step instructions at the Grants.gov Quick Start Guide for Applicants.

Need help? See Contacts and Support.

Learn more Visit Applying for an ACF Grant Award on the ACF Grants page.

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Step 2: Get Ready to Apply 25 https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/financial-assistance-general-certification-representations.pdf https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/financial-assistance-general-certification-representations.pdf https://grants.gov/applicants/applicant-registration http://www.grants.gov/quick-start-guide/applicants https://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/how-apply-grant

Step 3:

Build Your Application

In this step

Application checklist 27

Application contents and format 29

Application checklist Make sure that you have everything you need to apply.

File one: Narratives Use the Project Narrative Attachment form.

Component Included in page limit?

Table of contents Yes

Project summary Yes

Project narrative Yes

Line-item budget and budget narrative Yes

File two: Attachments Insert each in a single Other Attachments form.

Component Included in page limit?

Indirect cost agreement Yes

Legal proof of nonprofit status Yes

Legal proof of for-profit status Yes

Organizational capacity supporting information Yes

Third-party agreements Yes

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Standard forms Use each required form in Grants.gov.

Component Included in page limit?

Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) No

Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) No

Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B) No

Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) No

Key Contacts No

Grants.gov Lobbying form No

Project/Performance Site Location(s) (SF-P/PSL) No

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Application contents and format You will submit two files plus the standard forms in the application package.

Your organization’s authorized official must certify your application.

See intergovernmental review to find out if you need to make any other submissions.

Required format Page limit for file one and file two combined: 75 pages

File format: Portable Document Format (PDF) is recommended, but not required. ACF supports the following file formats when you attach files to the Project Narrative Attachment form and the Other Attachments form:

Accepted file formats

• Adobe PDF (.pdf)

• Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx)

• Microsoft Excel (.xls or .xlsx)

• Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt)

• Image formats (.JPG, .GIF, .TIFF, or .BMP only)

Document formats Paper size: 8 ½ inches x 11 inches Margins: 1 inch all around Language: English

If possible, include page numbers.

Do not include external links to information you want reviewers to assess because reviewers will score the application solely on information provided in the application.

Fonts Font: Times New Roman Color: Black Size: 12-point font

Footnotes and text in tables and graphics may be 10-point.

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Spacing Table of contents: Must be single-spaced Project summary: Must be single-spaced Project narrative: Must be double-spaced Line-item budget and budget narrative: Can be single-spaced Attachments: Can be single-spaced Tables and footnotes throughout: Can be single-spaced

See disqualifying factors to understand what may disqualify your application from consideration.

File one: Narratives To submit file one, you will use the Project Narrative Attachment form found in the Grants.gov application package for this NOFO.

This file includes:

• Table of contents.

• Project summary, one page.

• Project narrative.

• Line-item budget and budget narrative.

Table of contents At the beginning of file one, insert a table of contents that guides a reader through the contents of both files in your application. If possible, include links to the relevant content in file one.

Project summary Provide a one-page summary of the project description. Do not cross-reference to other parts of your application. The summary must include:

• At the top, the project title, applicant name, address, phone numbers, email addresses, and any website URL.

• A brief description of the project, including the needs and population you will address, and your proposed services.

Project narrative The…