Improving Child Welfare Through Investing in Family
Agency: Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB
Assistance Listings
- 93.556 -- MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to award (5) cooperative agreements to implement and evaluate practices and interventions that: provide an array of kinship preparation services and on-going kinship supports based on a comprehensive review of local and national data on challenges and successes, improving permanency and well-being outcomes for families with children in kinship care; and promote co-parenting/shared parenting principles that build trusting relationships between caregivers and parents to ensure parents remain actively involved in normal child-rearing activities...
(including relative/kinship caregivers and non-related resource families). These demonstration grants will secure strong partnerships needed for effective and efficient selection of practices and interventions, program implementation, and evaluation activities. The grants will also meaningfully engage parents, relatives, kin caregivers, youth, foster parents and alumni of foster care who have lived foster care experience throughout the project. The project period will be 5 years.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Education
- Public and state institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
Government
- City or township governments
- County governments
- State governments
- Public and Indian housing authorities
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- Special district governments
Nonprofit
- Other Native American tribal organizations
- Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
Business
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
Additional information
Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.
Grantor contact information
Description
ACF Applications Help Desk
app_support@acf.hhs.gov
ACF Applications Help Desk
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| HHS-2021-ACF-ACYF-CW-1921.pdf | Full Announcement | May 7, 2021 05:07 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
Archived: July 29, 2021
Award
$2,500,000
Program Funding
5
Expected awards
$400,000
Award Minimum
$500,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
HHS-2021-ACF-ACYF-CW-1921
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
No
Funding instrument type:
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
--
Category of Funding Activity:
Income security and social services
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
1
Posted date:
April 30, 2021
Archive date:
July 29, 2021
