National Tribal Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement

Closed Posted

Opportunity number
HHS-2024-ACF-ACYF-CZ-0067
Agency
Applications due
Award size
$4,120,700 to $4,370,700

Opportunity facts

Funding instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Category
  • Income Security and Social Services
Eligible applicants
  • State Governments
  • Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
  • Independent School Districts
  • County Governments
  • 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
  • Higher Education Inst. (Public)
  • Higher Education Inst. (Private)
  • City/Township Governments
  • Other
  • Special District Governments
  • Public or Indian Housing Auth.
  • Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits

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About this opportunity

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families is seeking applicants to establish a National Center for Tribal Child Welfare Innovation and Advancement through a cooperative agreement. The Center will serve as the primary vehicle for delivering technical assistance to American Indian and Alaska Native Nations to enhance organizational and system performance and improve outcomes for tribal children, youth, and families. Key areas for assistance include workforce supports, prevention programs, tribal child welfare programs, federal requirements, tribal-state collaboration, and data management. Applicants must be public or non-profit institutions of higher learning or public/non-profit agencies and organizations with expertise in tribal affairs and child welfare.

The funding ceiling for the first year is $4,370,700, decreasing to $4,070,700 annually for years 2-5 of the cooperative agreement. The program will be funded through the Foster Care Title IV-E, Child Welfare Research Training or Demonstration, and Adoption Opportunities federal grant programs. The application deadline is July 11, 2024.

Synopsis

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to establish by cooperative agreement the National Tribal Child Welfare Center for Innovation and Advancement (Center). The Center will serve as the Children's Bureau's (CB) primary vehicle for delivering effective, high-quality technical assistance (TA) to Title IV-B and Title IV-E American Indian and Alaska Native Nations (AI/AN). TA provided will enhance organizational and system performance, and improve outcomes for tribal children, youth, and families by honoring Indigenous Ways of Knowing (IWOK) and working collaboratively to ensure the preservation of tribal cultures.The Center will provide culturally responsive TA in these areas:Workforce Supports: Increase the knowledge, skills, and capacities of child welfare professionals in the tribal child welfare workforcePrevention Programs: Support for the development, enhancement, and expansion of tribal prevention programsDevelopment of Tribal Child Welfare Programs in Support of Federal Requirements: Support successful development, enhancement, expansion, and implementation of tribal programs in meeting federal requirementsTribal-State Collaboration: Develop and support meaningful state and tribal collaborationsData Management: Enhance capacity for data collection, analysis, visualization, and procurement of case management systemsFunding Opportunity Goal(s) CB's goals are: (1) to assist tribes in achieving sustainable, systemic change that results in greater safety, permanency, and well-being for children, youth, and families. and (2) to dramatically improve the experiences of children, youth, and families when contact with the child welfare system is necessary and (3) to deliver effective, high-quality technical assistance to tribal child welfare agencies.

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