Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2017 ACF ACYF CU 1230
The Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) opportunity, offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Children s Bureau (ACYF/CB), is a competitive discretionary funding program designed to improve outcomes for children in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities who are affected by parental or caretaker substance abuse. The grant supports projects lasting up to five years and is authorized under the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (Public Law 112-34), which directs HHS to reserve funding for regional partnerships that can better coordinate child welfare, substance use treatment, and related family services. The central idea is that no single agency can solve these challenges alone, so the program emphasizes structured collaboration and integration across systems that touch children and families.
The target population includes children who are already in out-of-home care or who are at risk of entering foster care or other out-of-home placements because of a parent or caretaker s substance use. Projects funded under this FOA are expected to increase child and family well-being, strengthen safety, and improve permanency outcomes, meaning stable, lasting family placements such as reunification, guardianship, or adoption when appropriate. The announcement highlights that AI/AN communities often face distinct service delivery barriers, including limited early intervention options, long distances to services, and insufficient access to culturally relevant programs and supports. In response, the program aims to fund approaches that are practical for rural or remote settings and that address the realities of service access in many tribal and Native communities.
A defining feature of this opportunity is the requirement that applicants form a regional partnership and use that partnership to deliver coordinated services. The partnership model is meant to break down silos between child welfare agencies, substance use disorder treatment providers, courts, health systems, tribal social services, housing supports, and other community organizations. Rather than funding isolated activities, the grant is intended to support integrated service strategies that directly reduce risk factors linked to substance use, improve parenting capacity and family stability, and help children avoid unnecessary placements or achieve permanency more quickly when placement is needed.
Program design expectations are specific. Grantees are expected to select well-defined interventions that are evidence-based or clearly justified as promising practices, and those interventions must be trauma-informed and tailored to the needs of the identified AI/AN population. This means projects should reflect an understanding of trauma and its effects on children and families, avoid practices that can re-traumatize participants, and incorporate supports that build resilience and promote healing. The emphasis on evidence and clear definition also signals that funded projects should not be vague or purely exploratory; they should be structured, replicable, and implemented with enough consistency to evaluate results.
Evaluation and performance measurement are also central requirements. The FOA requires grantees to choose and report on performance indicators and evaluation measures, with the broader goal of building knowledge about what works, for whom, and under what conditions in AI/AN settings. Each funded partnership must conduct an evaluation rigorous enough to contribute to the evidence base, including documenting service delivery approaches, participant outcomes, and project costs. In addition to local evaluation efforts, grantees must participate in a national cross-site evaluation that includes multiple components: an implementation and partnership study (how collaboration functions and how services are delivered), an outcomes study (changes for children and families), and an impact study (whether observed changes can be credibly attributed to the intervention). This requirement effectively makes grantees part of a larger learning agenda intended to inform future child welfare and substance use policy and practice.
Administratively, this opportunity was issued as a cooperative agreement, which typically means the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement during the project period compared with a standard grant. The opportunity number is HHS-2017-ACF-ACYF-CU-1230 and it falls under CFDA 93.087 (Income Security and Social Services). The posted award ceiling is $600,000, with an estimated six awards expected. Eligibility is broad and includes tribal governments (federally recognized), tribal organizations, state and local governments, public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits (with or without 501(c)(3) status), public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, and for-profit entities including small businesses, as well as other applicants as clarified in the FOA. The original application due date listed was July 10, 2017, with electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
In practical terms, this FOA is aimed at funding multi-agency, community-grounded partnerships in AI/AN communities that can demonstrate a coherent service model, strong coordination across child welfare and substance use systems, and a serious commitment to measurement and evaluation. The government is not only purchasing services through these grants; it is also investing in building actionable evidence about integrated, trauma-informed approaches that can keep children safe, reduce foster care entry when possible, and speed permanency when placement occurs, while accounting for the unique access and infrastructure challenges that many Native communities face.Apply for HHS 2017 ACF ACYF CU 1230
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Regional Partnership Grants to Increase the Well-Being of, and to Improve the Permanency Outcomes for, Children Affected by Substance Abuse in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.087.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 19, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 10, 2017 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $600,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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| Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee - Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery, and Webster Counties, Mississippi Apply for HHS 2017 ACF OHS CH R04 1254 Funding Number: HHS 2017 ACF OHS CH R04 1254 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - OHS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $8,596,404 |
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