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Technology Enhanced Adoptive Family Recruiting and Matching

Agency: Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB

Assistance Listings: 93.652 -- Adoption Opportunities

Last Updated: July 22, 2026
This program will fund projects focused on technology-enabled strategies that improve adoptive matching, placement, and permanency for children in foster care awaiting adoption. The funds, awarded to four regional centers, will be used to design, implement and evaluate these strategies.These centers will focus on children with an adoption permanency goal or who are legally free for adoption due to child welfare involvement. Centers will partner with state, territorial, tribal, and local child welfare agencies and courts to develop secure, accessible technology solutions that improve how families...

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Government

  • County governments
  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • State governments
  • City or township governments

Business

  • For-profit organizations other than small businesses

Education

  • Public and state institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education

Nonprofit

  • Other Native American tribal organizations
  • Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

This program requires applicants to demonstrate BOTH technology expertise AND child welfare practice expertise at the organizational level. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity.

Grantor contact information

Description

Surina Amin cb@grantreview.org

Email

cb@grantreview.org

cb@grantreview.org

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
hhs-2026-acf-acyf-co-0040_Full_Announcement.pdf
hhs-2026-acf-acyf-co-0040 Full Announcement.pdf
Jul 22, 2026 07:15 PM UTC

Link to additional information

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Closing: August 21, 2026

Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date.

Application process

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Award

$10,696,000

Program Funding

4

Expected awards

$1,500,000

Award Minimum

$2,674,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-CO-0040

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Income security and social services

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

1

Posted date:

July 22, 2026

Archive date:

September 20, 2026

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