Effects of International Parental Child Abduction on Abducted Children and Left-Behind Parents
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- DFOP0018453
- Agency
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Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor
Department of State
- Applications due
- Award size
- $1,000,000 to $1,973,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Points of contact
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- Rebecca Tehan ocsgrants@state.gov
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor seeks applicants for a single cooperative agreement to fund research on the effects of international parental child abduction on abducted children and left-behind parents, with applications due September 10, 2026.
Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. The research must identify short- and long-term effects of IPCA across multiple domains including psychological and mental health, child development, child welfare, economics and finance, social and community factors, legal systems, and law enforcement; identify gaps in support services for affected children and parents in the United States; and recommend solutions to address those gaps.
The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement under CFDA 19.043. The source does not specify an award ceiling, award floor, or expected project period. Applications will be reviewed first for technical merit, then evaluated by a merit review panel according to criteria set forth in the full Notice of Funding Opportunity. No evaluation criteria weightings are provided in the source material.
Recipients must comply with 2 CFR Part 200 and 2 CFR Part 600. Nonfederal entities expending $750,000 or more in federal awards in a fiscal year are subject to single or program-specific audit; those expending less are exempt from audit but must maintain records for Department of State, Government Accountability Office, or authorized official review. All project and financial records must be retained for three years from submission of the final expenditure report, or longer if audit, litigation, claim, or other action is pending at the three-year mark.
Synopsis
Through this cooperative agreement, the Office of Children's Issues seeks to fund one research study whose goal is to better understand how international parental child abduction (IPCA) affects abducted children and their left-behind parents in order to better support impacted individuals, their families, and their communities in the United States. The study objectives are: 1) identify short- and long-term effects of IPCA on abducted children and left-behind parents across multiple domains (including psychological/mental health, child development, child welfare, economics/finance, social and community factors, legal, law enforcement and other governmental systems); 2) identify gaps in support for children and left-behind parents impacted by IPCA in the United States; and 3) recommend solutions to the identified gaps in support in the United States.
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