Support for a National Electronic Interstate Records Exchange System
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-CO-0079
- Agency
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Administration for Children and Families
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- $1,450,000 to $1,600,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 93.652 Adoption Opportunities
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Income Security and Social Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Special District Governments
- State Governments
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- City/Township Governments
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- For Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Independent School Districts
- County Governments
- Points of contact
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- Kathleen Dwyer, Ph.D. cb@grantreview.org (888) 203-6161
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 a cooperative agreement to support the development and implementation of a national electronic interstate records exchange system for child placement services. The primary objective is to create a secure, multi-tenant electronic system that facilitates interstate foster care, adoption, and residential placements across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Key requirements include successfully onboarding ICPC jurisdictions, maintaining a safe information exchange platform, improving administrative efficiency, and reducing barriers to child placements. The system must align with national data exchange standards like the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) and comply with federal security standards. Applications will be evaluated based on factors including eligibility, meeting submission requirements, and a merit review process conducted by expert panels, with the application deadline set for March 16, 2026.
The grant will provide a total of $1,600,000 for a single award, with funding ranging from $1,450,000 to $1,600,000 for the first budget period. The project is designed to span 5 years, with annual budget periods, and is expected to begin on September 30, 2026. The system aims to support interstate placements for approximately 100,000 children annually, meeting the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2017 requirement that all states connect to an electronic interstate case processing system by October 1, 2027. Eligible applicants include a broad range of organizations, including higher education institutions, state and local governments, tribal organizations, nonprofits, and for-profit businesses.
Synopsis
The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) governs foster care and adoption placements across the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The ICPC establishes uniform legal and administrative procedures governing the interstate placement of children for the purposes of foster care, adoption, and residential placement. It is estimated that states explore ICPC placements across jurisdictions for nearly 100,000 children each year.The Family First Prevention Services Act of 2017 requires all states to be connected to an electronic interstate case processing system by October 1, 2027. To facilitate that process, the purpose of this funding opportunity is to support the expansion and implementation of a secure, multi-tenant electronic system that meets the diverse demands of data sharing and privacy needed by states to achieve the orderly and timely interstate placement of children.The national electronic records exchange system will:Successfully onboard ICPC jurisdictions required to or interested in participating in the system;Maintain and refine as needed the electronic exchange for the safe and secure exchange of information between all jurisdictions;Improve administrative efficiency for ICPC jurisdictions by streamlining the ICPC administrative process;Reduce access barriers for children awaiting placements in interstate placements and improve the likelihood of children achieving permanency in a timely manner who would benefit from an interstate placement in ICPC jurisdictions;Allow for interoperability with other human service functions and systems;Provide alignment with ACF"s promotion of system interoperability as modeled by efforts such as the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) and the National Human Services Interoperability Architecture (NHSIA) and implements electronic exchanges utilizing such data exchange standards when interacting with state child welfare information systems;Comply with security standards of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| hhs-2026-acf-acyf-co-0079.pdf |
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