Hospital-Based Adoption-Sensitive Care Training

Closed Posted

Opportunity number
HHS-2024-ACF-ACYF-CO-0019
Agency
Applications due
Award size
$750,000 to $1,000,000

Opportunity facts

Assistance listings
Funding instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Category
  • Income Security and Social Services
Eligible applicants
  • 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • Other
  • Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is seeking applicants for a 24-month cooperative agreement to provide training and technical assistance (T/TA) on adoption-sensitive care to hospital-based service providers, doctors, nurses, and staff. The goal is to ensure expectant parents who wish to place a child for adoption have access to appropriately trained staff and comprehensive supports throughout the adoption process. The recipient will utilize the existing Understanding Infant Adoption curriculum, or an equivalent, to deliver the T/TA in accordance with Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program best-practice guidelines. The recipient will also collaborate with ACF's Child Welfare Information Gateway to maintain a public website with the training materials and other adoption resources. Applications are due by August 21, 2024.

The total available funding for this opportunity is $1,000,000 for a single 24-month award. The anticipated start date for the project is September 30, 2024. The recipient will be responsible for providing the T/TA services nationwide under this federal grant program.

Synopsis

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Update #2 · Latest ·

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to award one 24-month project to improve access to training and technical assistance (T/TA) on adoption-sensitive care. The T/TA is targeted for hospital-based service providers, doctors, nurses, and staff who provide pregnancy or adoption information and referrals. The recipient will provide T/TA to hospital staff using the existing Understanding Infant Adoption curriculum, or an equivalent, in accordance with Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program best-practice guidelines. Such activities will help ensure that expectant parents who wish to place a child for adoption have access to appropriately trained staff and comprehensive supports throughout the adoption process. The recipient will collaborate with the Children's Bureau's clearinghouse, Child Welfare Information Gateway, to maintain a public website with the training materials and other adoption resources. Applicants, according to the Explanatory Statement accompanying Public Law 118-47 associated with the appropriation of these funds, must be a (1) health care-based, nonprofit education organization (2) focused on adoption, that (3) partners with healthcare professionals, hospitals, and community organizations.This NOFO has been modified. Changes were made to the Application Package and HHS Award Agency Contact(s).

Update #1 ·

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity is to award one 24-month project to improve access to training and technical assistance (T/TA) on adoption-sensitive care. The T/TA is targeted for hospital-based service providers, doctors, nurses, and staff who provide pregnancy or adoption information and referrals. The recipient will provide T/TA to hospital staff using the existing Understanding Infant Adoption curriculum, or an equivalent, in accordance with Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program best-practice guidelines. Such activities will help ensure that expectant parents who wish to place a child for adoption have access to appropriately trained staff and comprehensive supports throughout the adoption process. The recipient will collaborate with the Children's Bureau's clearinghouse, Child Welfare Information Gateway, to maintain a public website with the training materials and other adoption resources. Applicants, according to the Explanatory Statement accompanying Public Law 118-47 associated with the appropriation of these funds, must be a (1) health care-based, nonprofit education organization (2) focused on adoption, that (3) partners with healthcare professionals, hospitals, and community organizations.

Files

File Type Posted
HHS-2024-ACF-ACYF-CO-0019_Modified.pdf PDF
HHS-2024-ACF-ACYF-CO-0019_Published.pdf PDF

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