Other Children's Bureau Funding
Resources:
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Child Welfare: Structure and Funding of the Adoption Incentives Program along with Reauthorization Issues
Under the Adoption Incentives program (Section 473 A of the Social Security Act) states earn federal bonuses when they increase adoptions of children who are in need of new permanent families.
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Implementing the Fostering Connections Act: How the Children's Bureau National Resource Centers and Implementation Centers Can Help States and Tribes
The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (PL 110-351) was signed into law on October 7, 2008. The new law amended parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to connect and support relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in foster care, permit Indian Tribes to operate totle IV-E programs, improve incentives for adoption and achieve other pourposes
Current Funding Opportunitites:
Promoting Well-Being and Adoption after Trauma
Summary |
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Funding Opportunity Title: |
Promoting Well-Being and Adoption after Trauma |
Funding Opportunity Number (FON): |
HHS-2013-ACF-ACYF-CO-0637 |
Program Office: |
Administration on Children, Youth and Families |
Funding Type: |
Discretionary |
Funding Category: |
Cooperative Agreement |
Announcement Type: |
Initial |
CFDA#: |
93.652 |
Post Date: |
06/20/2013 |
Application Due Date: |
08/05/2013 |
Description |
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The Administration for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Children's Bureau (CB), announces the availability of competitive grant funds authorized by the Adoption Opportunities Program. The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit proposals for projects that will improve the social and emotional well-being and restore the developmentally appropriate functioning of targeted children and youth in child welfare systems that have mental and behavioral health needs. These grants, in the form of cooperative agreements, are designed to:
Grant funds may be used for the process of service transformation and alignment efforts to improve access to appropriate, evidence-based or evidence-informed mental and behavioral health services for the target population and for the larger child welfare population. Activities may include, but are not limited to building collaborative partnerships, screening, assessment, planning, capacity-building, training, installation, implementation, data collection and tracking, evaluation, and dissemination. Successful applicants will design a plan to sustain service transformations within their child welfare service delivery systems. This program is not intended to be used for direct services. It is anticipated that these will be 60-month projects with five 12-month budget periods; that continuation grant applications will be considered on a non-competitive basis and is subject to the satisfactory progress of the grantee, availability of funds; that a determination that continued funding would be in the best interest of the Federal Government; and that continuation grants will be awarded for one-year budget periods throughout the project. If the primary applicant responsible for administering the cooperative agreement funded under this FOA is not the state or local child welfare agency, there should be a strong partnership with the state and local child welfare agencies responsibile for administering the child welfare program(s) in the targeted geographical area(s) and courts having jurisdiction over the targeted child welfare population. |
Basic Center ProgramHHS-2013-ACF-ACYF-CY-0575 |
Summary |
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Funding Opportunity Title: |
Basic Center Program |
Funding Opportunity Number (FON): |
HHS-2013-ACF-ACYF-CY-0575 |
Program Office: |
Administration on Children, Youth and Families |
Funding Type: |
Discretionary |
Funding Category: |
Grant |
Announcement Type: |
Initial |
CFDA#: |
93.623 |
Post Date: |
05/21/2013 |
Application Due Date: |
07/22/2013 |
Description |
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The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families' (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) will award funding for the Basic Center Program(BCP). The purpose of the BCP is to provide an alternative for runaway and homeless youth who might otherwise end up with law enforcement or in the child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. The BCP works to establish or strengthen community-based programs that meet the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families. The programs provide youth up to age 18 with emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling and referrals for health care. Most basic centers can provide 21 days of shelter for up to 20 youth at a time. There are exceptions for jurisdictions that have different standards for licensing. Basic centers seek to reunite young people with their families, whenever possible, or to locate appropriate alternative placements. |