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##   Garrett Lee Smith State/Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Grant Program

07/30/2021

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The purpose of this SAMHSA grant program is to support states and tribes with implementing youth suicide prevention and early intervention strategies in schools, educational institutions, juvenile justice systems, substance use programs, mental health programs, foster care systems, and other child and youth-serving organizations. It is expected that this program will: (1) increase the number of youth-serving organizations who are able to identify and refer youth at risk of suicide; (2) increase the capacity of clinical service providers to assess, manage, and treat youth at risk of suicide; and (3) improve the continuity of care and follow-up of youth identified to be at risk for suicide, including those who have been discharged from emergency department and inpatient psychiatric units.

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##   Cooperative Agreements for School-Based Trauma-Informed Support Services and Mental Health Care for Children and Youth

05/24/2022

07/25/2022

The purpose of this program is to increase student access to evidence-based and culturally relevant trauma support services and mental health care by developing innovative initiatives, activities, and programs to link local school systems with local trauma-informed support and mental health systems, including those under the Indian Health Service. With this program, SAMHSA aims to further enhance and improve trauma-informed support and mental health services for children and youth.

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##   SOAR to Health and Wellness Training (SOAR) Demonstration Program

06/10/2022

07/25/2022

The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is announcing the availability of funds for the SOAR (Stop, Observe, Ask, Respond) to Health and Wellness Training (SOAR) Demonstration Program. The SOAR Demonstration Program’s goal is to fund the implementation of SOAR trainings and capacity building to identify, treat, and respond to patients or clients who have experienced severe forms of human trafficking as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, among their patient or client population. SOAR is a nationally recognized, accredited training program delivered by OTIP’s National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC) ad designed to help target audiences identify and respond to those who are at risk of, are currently experiencing, or have experienced trafficking and connect them with needed resources. Target audiences for SOAR trainings delivered by NHTTAC include professionals, organizations, and communities that address human trafficking in healthcare, behavioral health, public health, and social services settings. The following activities are required under the SOAR Demonstration Program: Implement SOAR trainings, including SOAR Online and SOAR for Organizations, for staff at relevant levels and divisions, including at a minimum frontline and support staff most likely to encounter an individual who has experienced trafficking; mid-level and senior management who would need to approve changes in policies and protocols, and approve resources to support implementation; and staff who oversee procurement and external partners, across the prime’s organization. Build the capacity of organizational staff to identify patients or clients who are experiencing human trafficking and provide them with coordinated, age-appropriate, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, patient-centered, and evidence-based care and/or services through ongoing training and engagement. Serve patients or clients who are experiencing human trafficking in a coordinated, age-appropriate, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, person-centered, and evidence-based way and establish a continuum of care by entering into memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with local direct service providers and multidisciplinary stakeholders willing to receive referrals and provide aftercare services that are beyond scope of the prime’s capacity or mission to support patients or clients who are experiencing human trafficking. Conduct an organizational audit and develop a strategic action plan that identifies internal resources, performance measures, a strategy for ensuring the organization is meaningfully integrating the expertise of those with lived experience, commitments to strengthen the institutional response to human trafficking, and other related actions. Produce a situational analysis that demonstrates a thorough understanding of the local context, including state anti-trafficking laws, local economies with increased risk for human trafficking, existing service delivery gaps, risks and service needs of priority populations as determined by the prime recipients, and the quality and responsiveness of local partnerships. Develop, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of the Human Trafficking Response Protocol (HTRP) and corresponding policies and procedures that include best practices for working with law enforcement and making referrals when serving patients or clients in service settings who have experienced human trafficking to further refine and enhance project implementation. HTRP must comply with federal, state, local, and tribal laws, including legal confidentiality requirements for patients and health care providers. Participate in the external evaluation of the SOAR Demonstration Program (if applicable). Under the SOAR Demonstration Program, prime recipients will receive SOAR training and ongoing specialized training and technical assistance support from NHTTAC. During the initial 12-month project implementation period, prime recipients must recruit, hire, and onboard new staff who will support the implementation of this project (if necessary); participate in the SOAR trainings; develop an organizational audit, situational analysis, strategic action plan, and training plan; and establish a continuum of care. Additional deliverables in the subsequent periods of performance include HTRP and corresponding policies and procedures, a continuous quality improvement plan, and a sustainability plan.

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##   Diaper Distribution Demonstration and Research Pilot

07/29/2022

08/29/2022

The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services (OCS) announces the availability of funds for a Diaper Distribution Demonstration and Research Pilot (DDDRP). OCS will make approximately $8 million available through a competitive grant process. OCS expects to make approximately six cooperative agreements to eligible Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) state associations, tribes that were funded directly by CSBG in fiscal year (FY) 2022, and CSBG-funded territories. Recipients will partner with community action agencies (CAAs), local social service agencies, and/or other nonprofit community organizations to operate and expand diaper distribution programs for families with low incomes. The purpose of DDDRP is to evaluate the ability of CAAs, social services agencies, and other non-profit community organizations to provide diapers and diapering supplies on a consistent basis through diaper distribution programs while also offering support services for families with low incomes. As part of the pilot and in cooperation with the recipients, OCS will conduct a robust evaluation to collect pertinent information to assess DDDRP grant recipients’ use of the funding to support low-income families by expanding ongoing diaper distribution programs (i.e., programs where families can receive diapers on a consistent basis) that also offer support services. Recipients will fully participate in a federal evaluation and follow all evaluation protocols established by ACF and/or its designee contractor(s). Fully participating in a federal evaluation may include supporting and complying with special data collection requirements, providing additional administrative data on program participation or service receipt, facilitating on-site meetings and observations, including interviews with program and partner managers and staff as well as participants, among other activities. In addition, the federal evaluation may include an evaluation of DDDRP's implementation, program and participant outcomes associated with DDDRP, an examination of ongoing diaper distributions as an anti-poverty strategy, and an assessment of the effectiveness of DDDRP.

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##   Healthy Lifestyles in Youth

08/09/2022

09/15/2022

The purpose of this program is to support the Indian Health Service (IHS) mission to improve the health of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN youth through health promotion and health education programs. The goal of this IHS cooperative agreement is to address healthy lifestyle development and emphasize nutrition and physical activity for AI/AN children and youth 7 through 11 years of age. To do this, the awardee must meet the following objectives:• Collaborate with selected Native American Boys and Girls Club sites, via a grant application process;• Provide health and physical education programs; • Help youth achieve and maintain healthy lifestyles through participation in fitness programs; • Help youth acquire a range of physical skills; and • Help youth develop a sense of teamwork and cooperation. These early intervention strategies provide evidence based opportunities to reduce and/or halt the increasing trend of obesity and diabetes among youth and young adults. Native Boys and Girls Clubs that develop a health promotion program that includes the "Together Raising Awareness for Indian Life" (TRAIL) curriculum may help curtail the effects of unhealthy eating behaviors and lack of physical activity that can lead to obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases later in life. The TRAIL curriculum was developed to provide information on good nutrition and to promote physical activity among youth participating in Native American Boys and Girls Clubs. The TRAIL curriculum is a 3-month (12 lessons) program that provides youth with a comprehensive understanding of healthy lifestyles in order to prevent diabetes. Woven throughout the program are self-esteem and prevention activities. Participants draw from Tribal traditions and history to learn about nutrition, healthy food choices, media influences, and the impact of diabetes. The TRAIL curriculum emphasizes the importance of teamwork and community service. Members engage in service projects to improve healthy lifestyles in their communities, including starting community gardens to connect youth to their food source and organizing community-wide physical fitness events.

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##   Planning and Developing Infrastructure to Promote the Mental Health of Children, Youth and Families in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Communities

03/06/2023

05/05/2023

The purpose of this program is to provide tribes and tribal organizations with tools and resources to plan and design a family-driven, community-based, and culturally and linguistically competent system of care. A system of care is “a spectrum of effective community-based services and supports for children and youth, with or at risk for mental health or other challenges, and their families, that is organized into a coordinated network, builds meaningful partnerships with families and youth, and addresses their cultural and linguistic needs, in order for them to function better at home, in school, and throughout life.” With this program, SAMHSA aims to increase resilience and improve emotional health for AI/AN children, youth, and families.

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##   Cooperative Agreements for School-Based Trauma-Informed Support Services and Mental Health Care for Children and Youth

03/08/2023

05/08/2023

The purpose of this program is to increase student access to evidence-based and culturally relevant trauma support services and mental health care by developing innovative initiatives, activities, and programs to link local school systems with local trauma-informed support and mental health systems, including those under the Indian Health Service. With this program, SAMHSA aims to further enhance and improve trauma-informed support and mental health services for children and youth.

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##   Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for Success for Communities, Local Governments, Universities, Colleges, and Tribes/Tribal Organizations

04/03/2023

06/05/2025

The purpose of this program is to help reduce the onset and progression of substance misuse and its related problems by supporting the development and delivery of community-based substance misuse prevention and mental health promotion services. The program is intended to expand and strengthen the capacity of local community prevention providers to implement evidence-based prevention programs.This NOFO will remain open for three fiscal years.The following are the due dates for each FY:FY 2023: Applications are due by June 5, 2023FY 2024: Applications are due by June 5, 2024FY 2025: Applications are due by June 5, 2025Applications submitted by the due date will be reviewed and funding decisions will be made by the end of the FY.Applicants that do not receive funding are eligible to apply for the following fiscal year.

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##   Renewal-Native American Tribes Outreach, Education, and Training to Enhance Food Safety and FSMA Compliance (U01) Clinical Trial Not Allowed

04/20/2023

06/20/2023

Purpose and Priorities The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), is announcing its intent to renew a Cooperative Agreement with an estimated amount of $500,000.00 (direct and indirect costs) for fiscal year 2023. It is anticipated that future years of support will be available, depending on annual appropriations and successful performance. The intent of this cooperative agreement is to fund an entity that has active working relationships with Native American tribes and/or organizations that have demonstrated experience developing and providing science-based, culturally specific food safety training, education, outreach, and technical assistance for tribes, tribal businesses, and/or tribal members, with an emphasis on agricultural production and human food manufacturing/processing. Subcontracts to organizations that meet the intent noted above are encouraged. It is expected that the applicant will specifically include collaboration between and among national and regional tribal stakeholder leaders, relevant tribal organizations, tribal colleges and universities and associated national organizations; as well as land grant cooperative extension programs, and other organizations and partners involved in national food safety efforts, in order to reach the intended audience. In addition, applicants are expected to collaborate with the established FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Alliances. Extensive cooperation and coordination with FDA CFSAN and other FDA program offices, the National Coordination and Regional Centers (established under the “National Food Safety Training, Education, Extension, Outreach and Technical Assistance Program”), and FDA’s FSMA partners at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other Federal organizations that have a vested interest in food safety among tribal stakeholders is also expected. The primary objective of this cooperative agreement is to develop and provide training, education, outreach, and facilitate identification of appropriate technical assistance resources to produce farming and food manufacturing/processing members of federally recognized tribes related to the applicable federal regulations under FSMA, especially the Produce Safety and Preventive Controls for Human Food rules. In addition, consideration should be given to tribal stakeholders not currently subject to the regulatory requirements but that have conveyed an interest in or have identified economic incentives to comply (i.e., marketplace requirements to comply or business growth outlooks) with such regulations. This agreement focuses primarily on the standards for Produce Safety and Preventive Controls for Human Food rules; however, more broadly all regulations under FSMA should be considered by the applicant, as any may apply to tribal members based on their specific operation. Program Area Description FSMA was signed into law in 2011 and provided FDA with a legislative mandate to require comprehensive, prevention-based controls across the food supply along with other prevention-focused tools in order to create substantial improvements in the Agency’s approach to food safety. Standards that FDA is directed to issue under FSMA include requirements for hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls for both human food and animal food and standards for produce safety, among other rulemaking and guidance development activities. The regulations include requirements for training and employee qualifications. Additionally, FSMA calls for enhanced partnerships and integration with FDA’s food safety Federal, State, local, tribal and territorial partners in order to achieve public health goals. To this end, the Agency has been working with such partners to develop and implement an integrated food safety system. To be successful, an integrated national food safety system must build upon the work currently being done by FDA and our regulatory and public health partners. Additional work is needed in terms of active communication, coordination, and support. One important step towards implementing an integrated national food safety system will entail training, education, outreach and understanding technical assistance needs for tribal members that grow, harvest, pack or hold produce, or process foods. Among other roles, it is FDA’s role and responsibility to collaborate with other food regulatory agencies, but to also assist through incentives or other means state, local and tribal regulatory and public health programs working to meet these standards. To build an integrated national food safety system, new training related to FSMA will need to be available to tribal produce farmers, packers and food manufacturers/processors. FDA anticipates that federally recognized tribes will need food safety education and training that addresses the regulatory requirements of the applicable FSMA rules and also encompasses specific cultural practices associated with produce farming and food manufacturing/processing within tribes relevant to their status as sovereign nations. Additionally, these tribal stakeholders frequently have limited access to adequate and affordable food safety training, education, outreach, and technical assistance. FDA will engage in a cooperative agreement with one or more collaborators that will develop and implement food safety training, education, outreach and identification of technical assistance resources for key tribal stakeholders, including farmers, packers and manufacturers/processors that grow, harvest, pack and hold produce and process food impacted by FSMA. It is expected that existing training materials, such as the standardized curriculum developed by the Produce Safety Alliance or the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance, would be used as a foundation for customization, where appropriate, to meet tribal needs. In addition, the Sprout Safety Alliance will be a resource for existing training materials specific to sprout growers. Customization of these existing training materials would likely address regional practices and needs, including addressing specific tribal practices associated with produce farming and food manufacturing/processing. FDA intends to work with the recipient to ensure that alternate and customized curricula are recognized by FDA. This cooperative agreement is beneficial to public health because it would further drive compliance with the final federal preventive controls regulations, especially the Produce Safety and Preventive Controls for Human Food rules; would help ensure consistency of implementation throughout the United States; would leverage existing expertise, knowledge, and enforcement authorities of tribal regulatory staff; and ultimately reduce foodborne illness. The program will focus on helping tribal audiences understand and interpret new Federal food safety agricultural production and processing regulations and guidance enacted under FSMA, thus enabling them to implement those regulations and guidelines in their respective environments. The program will begin with assessing needs, capacity and infrastructure, building and evolving to curriculum development and/or adaptation delivering training, education and outreach as well as identifying technical assistance resources for tribal audiences impacted by the new food safety regulations and guidance. The other preventive controls rules are available on FDA's website at http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/FSMA/default.htm, or upon request. Program Area Priorities This cooperative agreement is intended to develop and deliver training and outreach, develop and provide educational materials using the FSMA Alliance materials as a foundation, and facilitate identification of appropriate technical assistance resources for tribes subject to the applicable preventive controls regulations. The goal of developing and delivering this training, educational material and outreach is to: enhance the fundamental knowledge of food safety and especially on-farm good agricultural practices of tribal stakeholders subject to applicable FSMA regulations. Applications must address all of the following: Demonstrate an ability to reach the target audience and an ability to collaborate and lead relevant partners that also work with the target audience on relevant areas. Such partners include tribal academic institutions, tribal governments, land grant cooperative extension, federally recognized tribal extension agents, tribal NGOs and community-based organizations, and federal agencies with a role in food safety such as the USDA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Indian Health Service; Demonstrate an ability to develop and implement a training plan that includes project goals that shall significantly advance tribal stakeholders understanding of on-farm produce and food manufacturing/processing safety, taking into account existing materials and also specific cultural practices within tribes and regions, and ultimately increase understanding of the requirements of the Produce Safety and Preventive Controls for Human Food rules as well as other federal preventive controls standards to facilitate and support compliance; Conduct a training, education, and technical assistance needs assessment so that training, education, and outreach can be prioritized within the scope of this cooperative agreement and appropriate resources for technical assistance can be identified; Develop science-based, culturally appropriate training, outreach and educational materials and tools, around the FSMA regulations, especially the Produce Safety rule and Preventive Controls for Human Food rule, for federally recognized tribes. Targeted training and educational materials will be based upon existing produce and human food safety training and educational materials (e.g., FSMA Alliances) to the extent practicable and will address specific (documented and itemized) regional needs where appropriate while otherwise providing for national uniformity; Identify culturally appropriate delivery vehicles for the training, outreach, and educational materials as well as mechanisms to connect with technical assistance resources for federally recognized tribes; Identify and quantitatively characterize the top 20%, but no more than 50 total, of tribes that engage in commercial production of covered produce under the Produce Safety rule as well as the top 20%, but no more than 50 total, of tribes engaged in commercial production of food covered under the Preventive Controls for Human Foods rule; and include within this group, identification of tribes with mixed-type operations; Foster and/or strengthen an integrated working relationship between the Federally-Recognized Tribes Extension Program extension educators, 1994 tribal land-grant colleges and universities, FDA and other partners including the FSMA Alliances (Produce Safety Alliance, Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance and Sprout Safety Alliances), the FDA National Coordination Center and FDA/USDA Regional Centers established under the “National Food Safety Training, Education, Extension, Outreach and Technical Assistance Program;" Identify and provide contacts for future tribal food safety engagement as applicable to this cooperative agreement and subsequent related activity; Identify and characterize existing education and training programs within federally recognized tribes related to on-farm produce and food manufacturing/processing safety; Identify and conduct outreach opportunities relative to these overall priorities so that tribal member produce growers and food manufacturers/processors are aware of the availability of training, educational materials and technical assistance opportunities; Work collaboratively to foster an integrated working relationship with the various FSMA alliances (Produce Safety Alliance, Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance and Sprouts Safety Alliance). Evaluate the training curricula and delivery to ensure that the target audience is provided with adequate information to increase understanding of the requirements of the Produce Safety and Preventive Controls for Human Food rules. Other Requirements Demonstrate the ability to develop and provide a range of educational tools for tribal stakeholders relative to FSMA regulations, especially the Produce Safety rule and Preventive Controls for Human Food rule, for federally recognized tribes. Demonstrate the ability to engage with and work collaboratively with national and regional Native American organization leaders (individuals and organizations), Native American colleges and universities as well as other national organizations, land grant university extension programs, the established FSMA Alliances as well as the National Coordination and Regional Centers in order to leverage and advance understanding of the FSMA requirements among the target audience. Demonstrate the ability to extensively cooperate and coordinate with FDA CFSAN and other FDA program offices, and FDA’s FSMA partners at USDA in order to further enhance an integrated food safety system. Demonstrate the availability of adequately trained personnel that will be providing training, education and outreach to tribal stakeholders. Communicate the criteria and ability to hire and/or train personnel to meet the deliverables of the cooperative agreement. Provide a properly detailed budget (one for each of the 3 years) that is intended to advance the training and education program, outreach including identification of technical assistance resources, to advance understanding of the Produce Safety and Preventive Controls for Human Food rules. Demonstrate the ability to satisfy the reporting requirements outlined in section VI.3 of this announcement. Provide justification for hiring new staff, including qualifications, and training needs. Applications demonstrating an ability to sustain the progress made beyond the duration of this cooperative agreement are encouraged. Post Award Program Management In addition, this cooperative agreement opportunity has common programmatic conditions in order to execute a seamlessly collaborative program between FDA and the awardee: An executive committee, composed of FDA and Cooperative Agreement recipient representatives as well as other partnering or relevant organizations, will be developed to provide guidance and oversight of this cooperative agreement (for example, in the development of specific deliverables and timelines). Broader committees, such as steering and technical committees, may also be formed to provide input and guidance throughout the project and may include other partnering or relevant organizations. Applicants will develop a communication plan to ensure consistent, transparent and open communication channels among the FDA, USDA, and FSMA Alliances as well as other relevant organizations; it should involve communication at a regular frequency through various mechanisms such as teleconferences, webinars, and other forms of communication; it will also include one face-to-face meeting each year of the project period, a written, quarterly progress report, and monthly teleconferences between FDA and the awardee. The communication plan must include sharing of all the appropriate information, such as data, to the activities conducted by the applicant, along with the appropriate information regarding the compiled contacts, and collaborator activities. The Project Director will be responsible for managing all technical and programmatic aspects of the cooperative agreement and will be responsible for appropriately acknowledging FDA support in publications, announcements, news programs, and other media; and The Project Director and members of the project team will be responsible for attending an annual meeting with FDA where they will provide updates on project progress, and any other significant programmatic outputs.

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##   Diaper Distribution Demonstration and Research Pilot

05/25/2023

08/08/2023

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services (OCS) announces the availability of funds for a Diaper Distribution Demonstration and Research Pilot (DDDRP). OCS will make approximately $8.4 million available through a competitive grant process. OCS expects to award approximately seven cooperative agreements to eligible Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) state associations, tribes that were funded directly by CSBG in fiscal year (FY) 2023, and CSBG-funded territories. Recipients will partner with community action agencies (CAAs), local social service agencies, and/or other non-profit community organizations to operate and expand diaper distribution programs for families with low incomes.The purpose of the DDDRP is to evaluate the ability of CAAs, social services agencies, and other non-profit community organizations to provide diapers and diapering supplies on a consistent basis through diaper distribution programs while also providing wraparound support services for families with low incomes.As part of the pilot and in cooperation with the recipients, OCS will conduct a robust evaluation to collect pertinent information to assess DDDRP grant recipients’ use of the funding to support low-income families by expanding ongoing diaper distribution programs (i.e., programs where families can receive diapers on a consistent basis) that also offer wraparound support services.Recipients will participate fully in a federal evaluation and follow all evaluation protocols established by ACF and/or its designee contractor(s). Fully participating in a federal evaluation may include supporting and complying with special data collection requirements; providing additional administrative data on program participation or service receipt; facilitating on-site meetings and observations, including interviews with program and partner managers and staff as well as participants and other activities. In addition, the federal evaluation may include an evaluation of the DDDRP's implementation, program and participant outcomes associated with DDDRP, an examination of ongoing diaper distributions as an anti-poverty strategy, and an assessment of the effectiveness of DDDRP.

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##   Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration

07/14/2023

08/18/2023

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services (OCS) announces the availability of approximately $2,000,000 to Community Action Agencies (CAAs) and tribes that were funded directly by the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) in FY 2023 that own affordable housing units and provide wraparound supportive services to residents of the affordable units, including educational opportunities for youths and adults; afterschool and/or summer programs for children and teens; early childcare, Head Start, Early Head Start, or other early childhood education programs/opportunities for young children ages 0 to 5; older adult care services; mental health, alcohol, and addiction services; services for individuals with disabilities; self-sufficiency resources; resources on future homeownership; financial literacy training; transportation services for residents; referrals and connections to resources to help meet concrete needs; and health care services.Through this funding opportunity, recipients will be able to leverage their expertise and partnerships to provide wraparound supportive services to residents of affordable housing, with the goal of improving housing stability and economic mobility. Applicants will need to demonstrate a long-standing ability to: 1. promote safety, stability, and economic mobility for residents through strengthened wraparound supportive services 2. advance equity through their affordable housing and supportive service efforts; and3. collect data related to residential services and evaluate efforts.Recipients will participate fully in a federal evaluation and follow all evaluation protocols established by ACF and/or its designee contractor(s). Fully participating in a federal evaluation may include supporting and complying with data collection requirements, providing administrative data on program participation, and other activities. In addition, the federal evaluation may include an evaluation of the implementation of this demonstration.

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