Residential Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children
Forecasted Federal grant Posted
- Opportunity number
- HHS-2026-ACF-ORR-ZU-0045
- Agency
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Administration for Children and Families
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications expected due
- Award size
- $2,000,000 to $5,600,000
Opportunity facts
- Expected posting
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Income Security and Social Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Small Businesses
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Independent School Districts
- State Governments
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Special District Governments
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- For Profit Organizations
- County Governments
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- City/Township Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Points of contact
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- Yolanda Barnes ucbgrants@acf.hhs.gov
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families is forecasting a cooperative agreement funding opportunity for Residential Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children; this is a standing NOFO with rolling applications and no specified hard deadline stated in this source material.
Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofits, non-501(c)(3) nonprofits, for-profit organizations, tribal governments (federally recognized and not), state governments, county governments, city/township governments, special district governments, public and Indian housing authorities, independent school districts, and both public and private higher education institutions. Individuals, sole proprietorships, federal entities, and foreign entities are ineligible. Faith-based and community organizations meeting eligibility requirements are eligible.
At application, providers must hold state licenses (or meet state licensing requirements in states that do not license such programs) to provide group home, shelter, or transitional foster care services for children. Providers must deliver services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with capacity to accept children at any time when safe and consistent with state licensing requirements. Current recipients in the final year of their project period may apply for continuation if the end date aligns with the projected award date. Current recipients not in their final project year must propose services in a new facility and location; ACF does not fund multiple projects offering the same service type in the same location.
ORR prioritizes projects providing residential facility beds and transitional foster care in states and localities near the U.S. southern border with Mexico. Applications undergo initial screening for eligibility, deadline compliance, required electronic submission, and award ceiling compliance. Merit review panels evaluate applications using criteria published in the NOFO. ACF may fund applications in part and reserves discretion to consider geographic distribution of federal funds in pre-award decisions.
CFDA 93.676, Unaccompanied Alien Children Program.
Forecast synopsis
The Residential Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children funding opportunity is intended to support organizations that can provide high-quality, child-centered care that promotes children's safety and well-being. Funded providers must offer services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and have the capacity to accept children at any time, when it is safe to do so and consistent with state licensing requirements. Although children in ORR care are in the federal government's legal custody due to their immigration status, care providers are responsible for their day-to-day physical care. At the time of application, providers must be licensed, in accordance with state requirements, to provide group home, shelter, or transitional foster care services for children, including any required child placement or related licenses.
ORR is particularly interested in projects that provide residential facility beds and transitional foster care in states and localities near the U.S. southern border with Mexico.
Standard ORR care providers must be licensed by an appropriate State agency, or meet the State's licensing requirements if located in a State that does not allow State licensing of programs providing or proposing to provide care and services to unaccompanied children. See 45 C.F.R. 410.1302(a).
Eligibility
Current RecipientsCurrent recipients in the final year of their project period must check when their project period ends. If the project period end date aligns with this funding opportunity"s projected award date, and the current recipient wants to apply to continue providing services, they must apply for this funding opportunity.Current recipients who are not in the final year of their project period and want to apply for this funding opportunity must propose services in a new facility and new location from where they are currently funded. ACF does not fund multiple projects that offer the same type of service in the same location. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships), federal entities, and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible for awards under this funding opportunity.
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