Deadline: 10 July 2017
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACYF/CB) is seeking applications for its 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.
These targeted grants will be awarded to regional partnerships that provide, through interagency collaboration and integration of programs and services and activities that are designed to increase the well-being of, improve permanency outcomes for, and enhance the safety of children who are in out-of-home placements or are at risk of entering out-of-home placements as a result of a parent’s or caretaker’s substance abuse.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,600,000
- Award Ceiling: $600,000
- Award Floor: $500,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants:
- Small businesses
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- County governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Independent school districts
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Applications must identify a primary applicant responsible for administering the grant. The primary applicant MUST be one of the regional partnership organizations listed here. Applications must represent regional partnerships formed by a collaborative agreement. As required by the legislation, regional partnership means a collaborative agreement (which may be established on an interstate or intrastate basis) entered into by at least two of the following parties:
- the State child welfare agency that is responsible for the administration of the State plan under title IV-B or title IV-E of the Social Security Act (must be included in partnership)
- the State agency responsible for administering the substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant provided under subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act
- an Indian Tribe or Tribal consortium
- non-profit or for-profit child welfare service providers
- community health service providers
- community mental health providers
- local law enforcement agencies
- judges and court personnel
- juvenile justice officials
- school personnel
- tribal child welfare agencies or a consortia of such agencies
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit Grants.gov.