Standing Announcement for Tribal Title IV-E Plan Development Grants
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- HHS-2025-ACF-ACYF-CS-0067
- Agency
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Administration for Children and Families
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- $150,000 to $300,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 93.658 Foster Care Title IV-E
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Income Security and Social Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Points of contact
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- Carlette Randall carlette.randall@acf.hhs.gov
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 applications from federally recognized tribal governments and tribal organizations for Tribal Title IV-E Plan Development Grants. The primary objective is to provide one-time awards to help tribes develop comprehensive plans for implementing foster care, adoption assistance, and guardianship assistance programs under section 479B of the Social Security Act. Eligible applicants must be prepared to submit a complete title IV-E plan to the Department of Health and Human Services within 24 months of the project start date. Funds can be used for developing data collection systems, cost-allocation methodologies, agency and tribal court procedures, and meeting case review system requirements. The application deadline is January 12, 2026, with an expected project start date of April 1, 2026.
The maximum award is $300,000 per tribe, with a two-year project period. Recipients will be reimbursed at varying federal rates, including 50-83% for maintenance costs, 50% for administrative costs, and 75% for training costs. The grant supports tribes in developing mandatory Foster Care and Adoption Assistance programs, with the option to address additional title IV-E programs like Guardianship Assistance and Kinship Navigator. If tribes do not submit a title IV-E plan within the specified 24-month timeframe, they will be required to repay the awarded funds. The program is designed to help tribes build the necessary infrastructure and meet federal requirements for child welfare services.
Synopsis
The purpose of this NOFO is to provide one-time awards to eligible applicants for developing plans to implement the Tribal title IV-E foster care, adoption assistance, and guardianship assistance programs. Each recipient must submit a plan to the Department of Health and Human Services within 24 months of the project start date. Funds under this NOFO may be used for the cost of developing a title IV-E plan under section 471 of the Social Security Act (the Act) to carry out a program under section 479B of the Act. The award may be used for costs relating to the development of data collection systems, a cost-allocation methodology, agency and tribal court procedures necessary to meet the case review system requirements under section 475(5) of the Act, or any other costs attributable to meeting any other requirement necessary for approval of a title IV-E plan.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| hhs-2025-acf-acyf-cs-0067 Final.pdf |
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