The Children’s Bureau is offering a grant to develop a training curriculum focusing on healthy marriage and relationship skills for child welfare professionals. This grant aims to address underserved populations within the child welfare system and evaluate the effectiveness of the curriculum for potential national dissemination. Applications should include plans for field testing, revising, implementing, and evaluating the curriculum. The closing date for applications is July 7, 2008.
Opportunity ID: 41600
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CT-0057 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Child Welfare Training: Curriculum Development and Evaluation for Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Income Security and Social Services |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.648 — Child Welfare Services Training Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 07, 2008 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 07, 2008 See link to full announcement for details. IMPORTANT NOTE: Applications submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, on the due date referenced above. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 07, 2008 See link to full announcement for details. IMPORTANT NOTE: Applications submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, on the due date referenced above. |
| Archive Date: | Aug 06, 2008 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $250,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $250,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Additional eligibility types: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) Eligible applicants must offer accredited graduate level education programs in the social sciences, such as social work, human services, child development or other accredited graduate level programs leading to a degree relevant to work in child welfare. Applicants must also present documented evidence that they have secured commitments from public child welfare agencies to jointly develop and/or improve existing staff training and retention systems. Collaborative efforts are acceptable and encouraged; however, the institution of higher education will be the primary applicant responsible for administering the grant. In addition to its partnership with one or more child welfare agencies, the grantee is expected to partner closely in its cooperative agreement with CB and to collaborate with the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center, the Fatherhood Clearinghouse, the National Quality Improvement Center on Non-Resident Fathers, and other relevant entities in the development of the curriculum. Applications must include documented, formal partnerships, third-party agreements, or Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with partnering organizations. Foreign entities are not eligible under this announcement. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Administration for Children and Families |
| Description: | The Children’s Bureau announces the availability of funds and requests applications for one cooperative agreement to develop, field test, revise, implement, evaluate, and disseminate a competency and experientially-based training curriculum for training child welfare professionals. This curriculum will address healthy marriage and relationship skills for populations underserved in the general population and overrepresented in the child welfare system. The Children’s Bureau is particularly interested in the evaluation of the effectiveness of the curriculum and the possible expansion, replication and dissemination of the curriculum on a national level. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CT-0057.html |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Julie Lee
Julie.Lee@acf.hhs.gov Email:Julie.Lee@acf.hhs.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 41600 Full Announcement-1 -> Link to the full announcement.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Julie Lee Julie.Lee@acf.hhs.gov Email: Julie.Lee@acf.hhs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKG00007115 | May 06, 2008 | Jul 07, 2008 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
41600 SF424-2.0.pdf
41600 SF424A-1.0.pdf
41600 SF424B-1.1.pdf
41600 Project-1.1.pdf
41600 Budget-1.1.pdf
41600 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
41600 Other-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
41600 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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