Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2020 ACF ACYF CZ 1839
The Quality Improvement Center (QIC) on Family-Centered Reunification is a federal discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), specifically the Children and Youth services area within the Children’s Bureau. It was released as Funding Opportunity Number HHS-2020-ACF-ACYF-CZ-1839 under CFDA 93.670 and uses a cooperative agreement structure, meaning the federal agency is expected to have an active partnership role with the awardee during the project rather than functioning only as a funder. The opportunity was designed to fund one national QIC that will build, test, and evaluate a comprehensive model program intended to improve reunification outcomes for children and families involved with foster care.
At the center of the FOA is the goal of strengthening timely, stable, and lasting reunification by addressing the full range of needs that birth families face, both individually and collectively. The model program is expected to go beyond isolated services and instead create a coordinated, holistic approach that improves family well-being and supports parents in safely resuming caregiving. A key framing principle in the announcement is that foster care and foster families should function as a support to parents and biological families, not a replacement for them. That premise shapes the expectation that agencies and providers will actively work toward reunification in ways that respect families, maintain relationships, and reduce unnecessary separations or prolonged time in care.
The QIC’s model is expected to drive systemic change, not just program-level adjustments. This includes intentional policy, practice, and culture shifts among child welfare agencies and service provider staff so that family-centered reunification becomes embedded in how the system operates day to day. The FOA also emphasizes strategies that strengthen engagement between foster families and birth families, including approaches that encourage mentoring, partnership, and practical support rather than adversarial or disconnected roles. Another core requirement is protecting children’s important connections while they are in foster care and promoting “normalcy,” meaning children and youth should have developmentally appropriate opportunities and stable relationships instead of experiencing unnecessary restrictions or isolation from their communities and supportive adults.
Community involvement is also a major pillar of the project. The QIC is expected to help local sites build a broad, community-based array of services and supports that are tailored to local needs, with the idea that families are more likely to thrive when supports are accessible in their own communities of origin. The focus on protective factors signals an emphasis on strengthening family capacities, social supports, and resilience, not only responding to crises. In practice, that means the model program should help communities and agencies organize supports that make reunification more durable, reduce re-entry into foster care, and improve long-term family stability.
A central deliverable of the award is real-world installation, implementation, and evaluation of the model program in multiple places. The QIC must partner with and operate in 4 to 6 local sites, where the model will be put into practice and studied. The development and implementation process must be informed by multiple sources: a literature review to ground the work in existing evidence, a pool of technical assistance experts to bring specialized knowledge to site support and implementation challenges, and ongoing input from key stakeholders. Those stakeholders explicitly include birth parents, foster parents, youth, courts, and community service providers and support organizations, reflecting an expectation that the model will be shaped by lived experience and cross-system realities, including the court processes that often heavily influence reunification timelines and decisions.
In terms of funding and applicant eligibility, the FOA allows applications from a wide range of entities, including state, county, and local governments; tribes and tribal organizations; public and private institutions of higher education; public housing authorities; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status; and for-profit organizations (including small businesses). The anticipated award structure is a single award, with an award ceiling of $2,000,000, and the FOA listed one expected award total. The original application closing date was June 8, 2020, with electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Overall, this opportunity funds one lead organization to create and test a scalable, family-centered reunification approach that changes how agencies and communities work with parents and children during foster care involvement. The project is expected to produce actionable learning about what improves reunification safety, speed, and durability, while also elevating the role of families, foster caregivers, youth voices, courts, and community providers in building a reunification system that is more supportive, holistic, and sustainable.Apply for HHS 2020 ACF ACYF CZ 1839
- 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 "Quality Improvement Center on Family-Centered Reunification" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.670.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 09, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 08, 2020 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 $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 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.
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