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Lou - Gatherings
Updates on the Gatherings
Region 4 and 6 - Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Agenda
Region 9 and 10 - Seattle
Regions 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8 - Minneapolis
Minneapolis Agenda
Tribal Leaders Consultation
NRC4Tribes Home
Tribal Resource
Title IV-E, Guardianship Assistance
Title IV-B, Subpart 2, Promoting Safe and Stable Families
Collaboration between TANF and Child Welfare to Improve Child Welfare Program Outcomes
Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) Grants
Chafee Education and Training Vouchers Program
Title IV-B, Subpart 1, Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services
Title IV-E, Foster Care
Tribal Title IV-E Plan Implementation Grants
Title IV-E, Adoption Assistance
Family Violence Prevention and Services/ Discretionary Grants
Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants
Native Language Preservation (Esther Martinez)
Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards:
Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards: Rural Community Facilities Development Water and Waste Water Treatment Systems Development
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) Program
Assets for Independence (AFI) Demonstration
Social Services Block Grant (SSBG
Child Support Enforcement Demonstration
Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDF)
Office of Family Assistance, TANF Bureau
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tribal TANF)
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)-
American Indian/Alaska Native Programs Branch
Welfare Reform Research, Head Start and Childcare Evaluation
HHS-ACF Regional Offices Contact Information
ACF/Federal Interagency Coordinating Council Tribal Contact List
ACF Program Offices T/TA Providers
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is responsible for a number of programs intended to promote the social and economic well-being of American children, youth, their families and the communities in which they live. Through its Federal leadership, ACF seeks to form innovative partnerships with State, local and Tribal governments; other Federal and relevant public and private agencies; and community-based and national organizations, including Native American entities and frontline service providers. Together with its partners, ACF strives to empower individuals, families and communities to enhance their social and economic independence and to promote a better quality of life.
ACF Tribal Resource Directory
The purpose of this Tribal Resource Directory is to provide useful information on programs funded by ACF for American Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Villages and/or Native American organizations. This Resource Directory includes profiles of ACF programs for which American Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Villages and/or Native American organizations are eligible to apply directly or where, by law; they receive services through the States. Each program profile describes the programs’ purposes, funding uses, types of awards and funding levels, as well as eligibility requirements and application instructions for funding. For additional information, see the Agency Contact table listed at the end of each program.
ACF Tribal Resources Website
The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) website, http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ana/resources/links.html, contains information on a number of relevant Tribal resources. Although this site can provide links to many Tribal programs, it may not include all available programs and should be considered only as a first step and helpful tool in navigating through the web in search of specific programs that may benefit tribes.
Additionally, the following websites may prove helpful in designing effective strategies to assist Tribal families in becoming self-sufficient:
· Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and welfare reform at (http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/dts)
· Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program at (http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/resources/tribal/)
· Office of Child Support Enforcement(OCSE) at (http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/rsources/tribal/)
· Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) at (https://www.cfda.gov/)
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(CFDA 93.087)
Program Office Children’s Bureau
Purpose To provide interagency collaboration and integration of programs, activities and services that are designed to increase the well-being of, improve permanency outcomes for, and enhance the safety of children who are in an out-of-home placement as a result of a parent’s or caretaker’s methamphetamine or other substance abuse.
Funding Uses Examples of services or activities that grants may be used for include family-based comprehensive substance abuse treatment services; early intervention and preventative services; children and family counseling; mental health services; parenting skills training; replication of successful models for providing family-based comprehensive long-term substance abuse treatment services.
Types of Awards Grants
Entities Eligible to Apply Examples of Entities who may apply include States; County, Local or City/township Governments; Indian/Native American tribal governments; Tribally controlled colleges and universities; educational institutions; Tribally designated organizations; Public/ Indian Housing authorities nonprofits. Applicants must represent regional partnerships formed by a collaborative agreement.
Application Process The Children’s Bureau announces opportunities to apply for these grants on its website at http://www.grants.gov. This usually occurs in the spring. The announcements contain descriptions of the eligible applicants, competition requirements, and the instructions and forms for applying.
Determination of Funding Amounts Grants were available for a 36-month or 60-month period. Renewal funding for multiple-year grants is dependent upon grantee performance. Grantees are required to increase the match starting from 15% of the costs of grant-funded activities in FY 2007 and FY 2008 to 20% in FY 2009 and FY 2010 and 25% in FY 2011.
Allocations Grants were awarded in FY 2007 for 3 and 5 years. There is no additional announcement for FY 2008 or FY 2009. Those funded include:
· Omaha Nation Community Response Team (Walthill, Nebraska): $500,000 award for 3 years;
· Klamath Tribes (Chiloquin, Oregon): $500,000 award for 5 years;
· Apsaalooke Nation Housing Authority (Crow Agency, Montana): $500,000 award for 5 years;
· Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. (Anchorage, Alaska): $500,000 award for 5 years;
· Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (Durant, Oklahoma): $500,000 award for 5 years; and
· White Earth Band of Chippewa (White Earth, Minnesota): $500,000 for 5 years.
Agency Contact Elaine Stedt
Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect
1250 Maryland Ave., SW, 8th floor
Telephone: 202-205-7941
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb
.Title IV-E, Guardianship Assistance
(CFDA 93.090)
Purpose The purpose of this program is to help States, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations and Tribal consortia (Tribes) who opt to provide guardianship assistance payments for the care of eligible children by relatives.
Funding Uses The program provides funds to assist with the costs in the support of the care of children who meet the eligibility requirements and their siblings under certain situations. In addition, funds are available for the nonrecurring expenses associated with obtaining legal guardianship.
Types of Awards Formula grants.
Entities Eligible to Apply States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and, beginning in FY 2010, eligible Tribes, Tribal organizations or Tribal Consortia.
Application Process Each entity must submit, and have approved, a Title IV-E plan that includes plans for a title IV-E Foster Care Program, an Adoption Assistance Program (CFDA 93.659) and a Guardianship Assistance Program. The Associate Commissioner has approval authority for all plans submitted.
Determination of Funding Amounts Quarterly awards are made on the basis of estimated expenditures that are later revised accordingly to include only actual allowable expenditures.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08 and FY 09: No Tribe deemed eligible for direct funding.
Agency Contact Tribes should contact ACF Regional Offices or www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/ for further information.
(CFDA 93.254)
Purpose To develop and implement programs to train designated staff of eligible health centers in providing adoption information and referrals to pregnant women on an equal basis with all other courses of action included in non-directive counseling to pregnant women.
Funding Uses Grant funds may be used to plan and implement:
1. approved programs directly or through grants or cooperative agreements with other adoption organizations;
2. training curricula, consistent with best-practices guidelines;
3. reimbursement to eligible health centers for all costs involved in obtaining training. Project funds may not be used for construction.
Types of Awards Grants. (This program has no statutory formula or matching requirements.)
Entities Eligible to Apply Private, non-profit national, regional or local organizations among whose primary purposes are adoption and are knowledgeable in all elements of the adoption process. This includes types of adoptions; relevant State and local laws regarding relinquishment procedures and putative father involvement; medical and financial resources for birth mothers; and on providing adoption information and referrals to pregnant women.
Determination of Funding Amounts The Federal share of small or regional projects may not exceed $1,500,000 in the first budget period.
Project Periods for Awards: The projects will be awarded for a project period of 24 months. The initial grant award will be for a 12-month budget period. The award of continuation funding beyond each 12-month budget period will be subject to the availability of funds, satisfactory progress on the part of the grantee and a determination that continued funding would be in the best interest of the government.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations Grant competition was held in FY 2006 no new funds will be available until FY 2011.
Agency Contact Patricia Campiglia
Portals Office Building, 8th floor
Telephone: 202-205-8060
Fax: 202-401-5917
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/programs_fund/discretionary/iaatp.htm
(CFDA 93.551)
Purpose To develop, implement and operate projects that demonstrate how to:
1. prevent the abandonment of infants and young children exposed to HIV/AIDS and drugs, including the provision of services to family members for any conditions that increased the probability of abandonment of an infant or young child;
2. identify and address the needs of abandoned infants, especially those born with AIDS and those exposed to drugs;
3. assist these children in either residing with their natural families, if at all possible, or in foster care;
4. recruit, train, and retain foster parents;
5. carry out residential care programs for abandoned children and children with AIDS;
6. establish programs of respite care for families and foster families;
7. recruit and train health and social services personnel to work with families, foster families and residential care staff; and
8. prevent the abandonment of infants and young children by providing needed resources through model programs. This program also funds technical assistance, including training, with respect to the planning, development, and operation of projects.
Funding Uses Funds may be used to accomplish any of the stated program purposes.
Types of Awards Grants.
Entities Eligible to Apply State or local governments; Federally recognized Tribal governments; U.S. Territories and possessions; and non-profit organizations and universities.
Determination of Funding Amounts Project Periods for Awards: The projects are awarded for a period of 48 months. The initial grant award is for a 12-month budget period. The award of continuation funding beyond each 12-month budget period will be subject to the availability of funds, satisfactory progress on the part of the grantee, and a determination that continued funding would be in the best interest of the government. A minimum cost sharing of 10% of the total project cost is required.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations Grantees receive up to $475,000 per year for 4 years.
FY 08: The program is funded at $11,628,000.
FY 09: The program is funded at $11,628,000 (estimate).
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/
(CFDA 93.556)
Purpose The purpose of this program is to enable States and Tribes to develop and establish, or expand, and to operate coordinated programs of community-based family support services, family preservation services, time-limited family reunification services, and adoption promotion and support services.
Funding Uses Examples of the following services include pre-placement/preventive services; respite care; services designed to improve parenting skills; services intended to facilitate the reunification of the child safely back into the child’s home; and adoption promotion and support services designed to encourage more adoptions out of the foster care system, when adoptions promote the best interests of the child.
Entities Eligible to Apply States, Territories and Indian Tribes whose grant allotments equal $10,000 or more.
Application Process Each Tribe must submit, and have approved, a five-year comprehensive plan, the Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP). This plan is to encompass planning and service delivery across the full child welfare services spectrum. The Associate Commissioner has approval authority for all plans submitted.
Determination of Funding Amounts Allotments to Tribes are based on a percentage set-aside of the total appropriation in each fiscal year and computed based on the number of children in the Tribe compared to the total number of children in all eligible Indian Tribes. Grantees receive Federal matching at a rate of 75% of their expenditures up to the limit of their allocation.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08: 116 Tribes received $ 11,049,339
FY 09: 113 Tribal grantees received $11,024,611 (estimate)
Purpose The purpose of this funding is to:
1. demonstrate models of effective collaboration between public assistance (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and child welfare agencies that will improve outcomes for children and youth who are in/at risk of entering the child welfare system;
2. evaluate and document the processes and outcomes of these collaborations; and
3. develop identifiable sites that other States/locales seeking improved collaboration between TANF and child welfare agencies can look to for guidance, insight, and possible replication.
Funding Uses These are demonstration projects. At the Children’s Bureau, a demonstration project is one that puts into place and tests new, unique or distinctive approaches for delivering services to a specific population. Under this priority area, funds are to be used to stimulate and facilitate development and evaluation of models of coordination, not to provide funding for direct services. Areas that the grant may help to support include, but are not limited to, interagency planning, policy development, comprehensive family assessment, blending or braiding of interagency finances, information and data sharing mechanisms, confidentiality issues, and cross-training of welfare and child welfare staff.
Entities Eligible to Apply Applications “one time only” in FY 2006. State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American Tribal governments (Federally recognized). Applicants were required to demonstrate a strong commitment on the part of the Child Welfare and TANF agencies, and any other agencies identified as part of the project, to collaborate on this project, with clearly defined roles, responsibilities and budgets.
Application Process Application procedure for grant announcements can be obtained via the World Wide Web at: www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/index.html.
Determination of Funding Amounts Project Periods for Awards: The projects are awarded for a project period of 60 months with initial funding for a 12 month budget period. Continuation funding beyond each 12-month budget period is subject to the availability of funds, satisfactory progress on the part of the grantee, and a determination that continued funding would be in the best interest of the government. Grantees must provide at least 10% match.
Allocations FY 06: Up to $400,000 per year for five years: Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc., Anchorage, AK.
Agency Contact Catherine Heath
Telephone: 202-690-7888
Fax: 202-260-9345
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/grantreview/directory/DetailGranteeServlet
(CFDA 93.590)
Program Office Children's Bureau
Purpose To support community-based efforts to develop, operate, expand, enhance, and expand where appropriate, to network, programs and initiatives aimed at the prevention of abuse and neglect.
Funding Uses Projects within the purview of the purposes are acceptable.
Types of Awards Discretionary grants.
Entities Eligible to Apply States receive the bulk of the funding, however, 1% of the funds are set aside for Tribal and migrant programs. Tribes compete for three-year grants.
Application Process The Children’s Bureau announces on its website, at http://www.grants.gov, opportunities to apply for these tribal and migrant grants. This usually occurs in the spring, however these grants are only offered every three years. The announcements contain descriptions of the eligible applicants, competition requirements, and the instructions and forms for applying.
Determination of Funding Amounts Based on 1% of the allocation for the Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) program.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY08, FY 09, grants to Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Migrant Programs for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Programs up to $138,963 per year for three years.
Agency Contact Melissa Brodowski
Telephone: 202-205-2629
http:www.friendsnrc.org
(CFDA 93.599)
Purpose The purpose of this program is to provide resources to States and eligible Tribes to make available vouchers for post-secondary training and education, to youths who have aged out of foster care or who have been adopted or left for kinship guardianship from the public foster care system after age 16 and to youth up to the age of 23 as long as they are participating in the program at age 21 and are making satisfactory progress toward completing their course of study or training.
Funding Uses Funds may be used to provide vouchers for post-secondary education and training to youth otherwise eligible for services under the State’s or Tribe’s Chafee Foster Care Independence Program. Vouchers provided to youth may be available for the cost of attending an institution of higher education and shall not exceed the lesser of $5,000 per grant year of the total cost of attendance at the institution.
Types of Awards Formula grants
Entities Eligible to Apply States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and, beginning in FY 2010, eligible Indian Tribes.
Application Process Each State and Tribe must submit, and have approved, a five-year comprehensive plan, that address any of the funding uses, contain a description of the consultation process regarding the programs to be carried out under the plan. A Tribe must also have an approved Title IV-E plan to operate a foster care and adoption assistance program or receive funding pursuant to a cooperative agreement or contract with the State in which it is located to receive Title IV-E funds. The Associate Commissioner has approval authority for all plans submitted.
Determination of Funding Amounts Each State is allotted an amount of funds which bears the same ratio as the number of children in foster care in that State bears to the total number of children in foster care in all States in the most recent fiscal year for which such information is available. Data submitted by States into the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System’s national data base will be used to calculate State allotments. A tribe’s allotment is based on the ratio of the total number of children in foster care and the total number of children in foster care under the responsibility of the Tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium (either directly or under supervision of the State), in the most recent fiscal year for which the information is available; to the sum of (i) the total number of children in foster care under the responsibility of the State within which the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium is located; and (ii) the total number of children in foster care under the responsibility of all Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or tribal consortia in the State (either directly or under supervision of the State) that have a plan approved under this subsection. Data used is the most recent fiscal year for which such information is available. Grantees receive Federal funds at a rate of 80% of their expenditures up to the limit of the allotment.
Allocations FY 08 and FY 09: No Tribe deemed eligible for direct funding.
Agency Contact Tribes should contact ACF Regional Offices or www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb for further information.
(CFDA 93.645)
Purpose The purpose of this program is to promote State and tribal flexibility in the development and expansion of a coordinated child and family services program that utilizes community-based agencies and ensures all children are raised in safe, loving families.
Funding Uses Funds may be used for programs that protect and promote the welfare of all children; prevent the neglect, abuse, or exploitation of children; support at-risk families through services which allow children, where appropriate, to remain safely with their families or return to their families in a timely manner; promote the safety, permanence, and well-being of children in foster care and adoptive families; and provide training, professional development and support to ensure a well-qualified child welfare workforce.
Entities Eligible to Apply States, the District of Columbia, Indian Tribes and Territories.
Application Process Each Indian Tribe must submit, and have approved, a five-year comprehensive plan, the Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP). The plan must be jointly developed by the Secretary of HHS and the Tribe. This plan is to encompass service delivery across the full child welfare services spectrum and must coordinate the provision of services under Title IV-B with services under other Federal or Federally assisted programs serving the same populations. An annual update to the plan is also required. The Associate Commissioner has approval authority for any plans submitted.
Determination of Funding Amounts State allotments are determined first and then Tribal allotments are allocated based on the number of Tribal children in the State. Funds are taken from the Title IV-B allotment of the State in which the Tribe is located and are paid to the Tribe by the Department. If the eligible Tribe includes populations from more than one State, a proportionate amount of the grant is paid from each State’s allotment. Grantees receive Federal funds at a rate of 75% of their expenditures up to the limit of the Tribe’s allocation.
Allocations FY 08: 147 Tribes received $5,526,719
FY 09: 148 Tribes received $5,595,084
(CFDA 93.652)
Purpose To facilitate the elimination of barriers, including geographic barriers, to adoption and to provide permanent and loving environment for children who would benefit from adoption, particularly children with special needs, including disabled infants with life-threatening conditions.
Funding Uses Grants are for:
1. the development and implementation of a national adoption and foster care data gathering and analysis system, and a national adoption information exchange system;
2. education, training and technical assistance programs on adoption;
3. ongoing and extensive recruitment on the national level;
4. supporting and studying the placement of children in kinship care arrangements, pre-adoptive homes;
5. maintain a national resource center for special needs adoption;
6. minority recruitment;
7. provision of post legal adoption services;
8. improving the permanent placement rate of children, especially older children, in foster care;
9. improve efforts to eliminate Interjurisdictional adoption barriers;
10. study the manner in which interstate placements are financed;
11. best practice recommendations for inter-intra- state adoptions and how State definitions of special needs differentiate and/or group similar categories of children; and
12. research adoption outcomes and factors that affect these outcomes.
Types of Awards Grants or contracts.
Entities Eligible to Apply Government entities, public or private non-profit licensed child welfare or adoption agencies, community-based and other organizations, or adoptive family groups.
Determination of Funding Amounts The financial assistance range for grants is $120,000 to $500,000, with an average grant of$271,432. The amount that can be used for contracts cannot be pre-determined.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations No Tribes funded.
FY 08: $250,000 to $1,800,000 with an average of $475,655.
FY 09: $26,379,000 estimate
Agency Contact Jan Shafer
Telephone: 202-205-8172
(CFDA 93.658)
Purpose The purpose of this program is to help States, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations and Tribal consortia (Tribes) to provide safe and stable out-of-home care for children under the jurisdiction of the State or tribal child welfare agency until the children are returned home safely, placed with adoptive families, or placed in other planned arrangements for permanency.
Funding Uses The program provides funds to assist with the costs of foster care maintenance for eligible children; administrative costs to manage the program and training for public agency staff, foster parents and certain other private agency and court staff.
Application Process Each entity must submit, and have approved, a Title IV-E plan that includes plans for both a title IV-E Foster Care and an Adoption Assistance Program (CFDA 93.659). The Associate Commissioner has approval authority for all plans submitted.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08 and FY 09: No Tribe eligible for direct funding.
Purpose One-time grants to Tribes, Tribal organizations or Tribal consortia that are seeking to develop, and within 24 months of grant receipt, submit to the Department of Health and Human Services a plan to implement a title IV-E foster care, adoption assistance and, at tribal option, guardianship assistance program. Funds may be used for the cost of developing a title IV-E plan under section 471 of the Social Security Act to carry out a program under section 470B of the Social Security Act.
Funding Uses Examples of areas funds may be used include data collection systems; cost allocation plan development; financial controls and financial management processes; case planning and case review systems; Foster Care licensing and standards for Tribal foster homes and child care facilities; quality assurance systems, courts, training of child welfare staff, prospective foster and adoptive parents and other stakeholders (e.g. attorneys, Court-Appointed Special Advocates [CASA’s] and court staff); coordination with other related Tribal or State agencies (e.g. child support enforcement, schools, Medicaid, family assistance).
Types of Awards Grant
Entities Eligible to Apply Federally-recognized Tribes, Tribal organizations or Tribal consortia that are seeking to develop, and within 24 months of grant receipt, submit to the Department of Health and Human Services a plan to implement a title IV-E foster care, adoption assistance and, at tribal option, guardianship assistance program.
Determination of Funding Amounts Grants are statutorily set at a maximum of $300,000 to be used over a maximum of 24 months.
Allocations FY 08: Program did not exist.
FY 09: Grants available up to $300,000 for a 2 year grant period.
Tribes funded in FY 2009 include:
· Navajo Nation, Window Rock, AZ
· Tohono O’odham Nation, Sells, AZ
· Sac and Fox Nation, Stroud, OK
· Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Pablo, MT
· Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Baraga MI
· Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, Gardnerville, NV
· Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Siletz, OR
Agency Contact Eileen West
Telephone: 202-205-8438
(CFDA 93.659)
Purpose The purpose of this program is to help States, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations and Tribal consortia (Tribes) to provide federal financial participation in adoption subsidy costs for the adoption of children with special needs and who meet certain eligibility tests.
Funding Uses The program provides funds to States and Tribes to assist parents adopting eligible special needs children with both non-recurring adoption expenses that are reasonable and necessary and directly related to the adoption of a child with special needs and to provide for funds to provide for the needs of the child after an adoption has been finalized.
Application Process Each entity must submit, and have approved, a Title IV-E plan that includes plans for both an Adoption Assistance Program and a title IV-E Foster Care Program (CFDA 93.658). The Associate Commissioner has approval authority for all plans submitted.
(CFDA 93.674)
Purpose The purpose of this program is to assist States and eligible Tribes in establishing and carrying out programs designed to assist foster youth likely to remain in foster care until 18 years of age, youth who leave foster care for adoption or kinship guardianship after attaining age 16, and youth who have left foster care because they attained 18 years of age and have not yet attained 21 years of age, to make the transition from foster care to self-sufficiency.
Funding Uses Grants may be used to assist youth to make the transition to self-sufficiency; to receive education, training and related services; to prepare for and obtain employment; to prepare for and enter post secondary training and educational institutions; to provide personal and emotional support to youth through mentors and the promotion of interactions with dedicated adults; and to provide financial, housing, counseling, employment, education, other appropriate support and services to current and foster care recipients up to age 21.
(CFDA 93.550)
Program Office Family and Youth Services Bureau
Purpose The Transitional Living Program (TLP) for Homeless Youth is authorized through The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, Title III, Part B, Section 321, Public Law 110-378, 42 U.S.C 5701-5752; Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended by The Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008. The overall purpose of the TLP and the Maternity Group Homes (MGH) is to establish and operate transitional living projects for homeless youth, including pregnant and parenting youth. This program is structured to help older homeless youth achieve self-sufficiency and avoid long-term dependency on social services.
Transitional living projects provide shelter, skills training, and support services to homeless youth, including pregnant and parenting youth, ages 16 to less than 22. This extends the residential stay for homeless youth to 635 days or 21 months. MGHs provide the same services as the TLP in addition to providing parenting instructions and child care. Other services that are offered include, but are not limited to, transportation, family planning, and pregnancy prevention services.
Funding Uses Transitional Living Programs are required to provide youth with stable, safe living accommodations and services that help them develop the skills necessary to move to independence. Living accommodations may be host family homes, group homes, Maternity Group Homes, or "supervised apartments." (Supervised apartments are either agency-owned apartment buildings or "scattered site" apartments, which are single-occupancy apartments rented directly by young people with support from the agency).
Types of Awards Discretionary grants
Entities Eligible to Apply Unless they are part of the law enforcement structure or the juvenile justice system, States, localities, private entities, and coordinated networks of such entities are eligible to apply for a Transitional Living Program grant. Federally recognized Tribes are eligible to apply for grants; non-Federally recognized Tribes and urban Indian organizations are eligible to apply as private, non-profit agencies. Faith-based organizations and small community-based organizations are also eligible to apply.
Application Process Application for Federal assistance, Standard Form 424, is to be submitted. Specific instructions published in the Federal Register or www.grants.gov
Determination of Funding Amounts Grantee must provide matching funds equal to at least 10% of the Federal share. The non-Federal share may be in cash or in-kind. (There are certain exceptions for Tribes with "638" funding pursuant to P.L. 93-638, under which certain Federal grants funds may qualify as matching funds for other Federal grant programs, e.g., those that contribute to the purposes for which grants under section 638 were made). The non-Federal share may be met by cash or in-kind contributions, although applicants are encouraged to meet their match requirements through cash contributions. Therefore, a five-year project costing $1,000,000 in Federal funds (based on an award of $200,000 per 12-month budget period) must include a match of at least $100,000 ($20,000 per budget period).
Awards are made for 5-year project periods; funding after the first year is dependent upon satisfactory performance, availability of funds and determination that continued funding would be in the best interest of the government. The financial assistance range is $100,000 to $200,000, with an average grant of $150,000.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08: Total: $43,300,000
Tribal grants: $451,554
FY 09: Total: $43,800,000
Tribal grants: $651,554
Agency Contact Deborah Yatsko
1250 Maryland Ave., SW, Room 8208
Telephone: 202-690-7843
Email: Deborah.yatsko@acf.hhs.gov
(CFDA 93.557)
Purpose To make grants available to non-profit agencies for the purpose of providing street-based services to runaway, homeless and street youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, or sexual exploitation.
Funding Uses 1. Provide education and prevention services to runaway, homeless and street youth who have been subjected to or are at risk of sexual exploitation or abuse; and
2. Establish and build relationships between street youth and program outreach staff to help youth leave the streets.
Entities Eligible to Apply Any private, non-profit agency is eligible to apply, including faith- and community-based organizations. Non-Federally recognized Tribes and urban Indian organizations are eligible to apply for grants as private, non-profit agencies. (Note: Public agencies are not eligible.)
Application Process Application for Federal Assistance, Standard Form 424, must be submitted. Specific instructions are published in the Federal Register or www.grants.gov
Determination of Funding Amounts Grantee must provide a non-Federal share or match of at least 10% of the Federal funds awarded. The non-Federal share may be met by cash or in-kind contributions, although applicants are encouraged to meet their match requirements through cash contributions. The financial assistance range is $100,000 in Federal support each year to a maximum of $300,000 for a three-year project.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08: Total: $17,200,000
Tribal grants: $199,999
FY 09: Total: $17,700,000
for Battered Women’s Shelters (FVPSA)
(CDFA 93.592)
Purpose To fund a wide range a wide range of discretionary activities for the purpose of prevention family violence; protecting victims and their dependents; improving the design, delivery, and coordination of services to address family violence; gathering information on the incidence of family violence; and increasing knowledge and understanding of the issue through research, demonstration, and evaluation projects. Specific sections in the ACT authorize funding for such discretionary projects as the National Resource Centers; a national domestic violence hotline; public education and information activities; and research into the most effective programs for the prevention, identification, and treatment of family violence.
Funding Uses To fund a wide range of discretionary activities for the purpose of
1. preventing family violence;
2. protecting victims and their dependents;
3. improving the design, delivery, and coordination of services to address family violence;
4. gathering information on the incidences of family violence; and
5. increasing knowledge and understanding of issues through research, demonstration, and evaluation projects.
Types of Awards Depending on the statutory requirements, awards may be competitive grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts.
Entities Eligible to Apply Depending on the purpose of the project and the statutory requirements, an applicant may be a public agency, a private agency (for-profit or non-profit including institutions of higher education), Federally recognized Indian Tribal Governments, Alaska Native Village, Native American Organizations (includes Tribal coalitions)
Application Process The annual Federal Register notice contains all the necessary grant application information. Contact the Headquarters Office listed below for further information.
Determination of Funding Amounts The financial assistance range is $50,000 to $500,000, with an average grant of $250,000.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08: Total: $9,628,703
Tribes: $1,178,800
FY 09: Total: $9,825,207
Agency Contact Marylouise Kelley, Ph. D.
ACYF/FYSB/FVPSP
1250 Maryland Ave., SW, Suite 800
Telephone: (202) 401-5756;
Email: Marylouise.kelley@acf.hhs.gov
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/
(CFDA 93.616)
Purpose 1. To make competitive grants to urban, suburban, rural, and Tribal applicants with substantial numbers of children of incarcerated parents; and
2. to support the establishment of expansion programs using a network of public and private entities to provide mentoring services to these children.
Funding Uses To support services and activities of mentoring programs, including:
1. outreach to and screening of mentors and the children to be mentored;
2. outreach to and liaison with local sponsoring organizations;
3. matching of children with mentors, support and oversight of the mentoring relationship; and
4. establish goals and expected outcomes for the mentored children. The funds for this program may be used for the full range of activities that support the one-on-one mentoring relationship. Applicants are also expected to incorporate elements of positive youth development (such as healthy messages about life and social behavior, participation in civic service and community activities) into their comprehensive program. Coordinating with agencies that can provide an array of services, such as psychological counseling, in developing a holistic plan for the family is integral to a successful project.
Entities Eligible to Apply Faith- and community-based organizations, County governments, City or Township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, State-controlled institutions of higher education, Native American Tribal governments or Tribal consortia, Public Housing authorities, Indian housing authorities, Native American Tribal organizations, and non-profit organizations.
Application Process Application for Assistance, Standard form 424, must be submitted. Specific instructions are published in the Federal Register or www.grants.gov
Grantees must provide a non-Federal share of 25% of the total project cost for the first two budget periods; in the final budget period of the grant the non-Federal share increases to 50% of the total project cost. Project periods are for 36 months with 12-month budget periods.
Determination of Funding Amounts The financial assistance range is $34,000 and $740,000.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08: Total: $49,300,000
Tribal grants: $567,000
FY 09: Total: $48,600,000
Tribal grants: $500,000
1250 Maryland Ave. SW, Room 8208
(CFDA 93.623)
Purpose The purpose of the Basic Center Program (funded under the provisions of The Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act, Public Law 110-378A) is to establish or strengthen locally controlled community-based programs that address the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families. Services must be delivered outside of law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice systems. The goals and objectives of the Basic Center Program are to:
1. alleviate problems of runaway and homeless youth;
2. reunite youth with their families, when possible (or locate appropriate alternative placements) and encourage the resolution of intra-family problems through counseling and other services;
3. strengthen family relationships and encourage stable living conditions for youth; and
4. help youth decide on constructive courses of action.
Funding Uses Each Basic Center program is required to provide outreach to runaway and homeless youth; temporary shelter for up to twenty one (21) days; food; clothing; individual, group and family counseling; aftercare and referrals, as appropriate. Basic Center programs are required to provide their services in residential settings for at no more than twenty (20) youth unless a state or local law or regulation requires a higher maximum to comply with licensure requirements for facilities serving children and youth. Some programs also provide part or all of their shelter services through host homes (usually private homes under contract to the centers), with counseling and referrals being provided from a central location. Basic Center programs offer shelter to youth who are less than 18 years of age and who are at risk of separation from their family.
Entities Eligible to Apply States, localities, private entities, and coordinated networks of such entities are eligible to apply for a Basic Center Program grant unless they are part of the law enforcement structure or the juvenile justice system. Federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations are also eligible to apply; non-Federally recognized Tribes and urban Indian organizations are eligible to apply as private, non-profit agencies. Faith-based organizations and small community-based organizations are also eligible to apply.
Application Process Application for Federal Assistance, Standard Form 424, is to be submitted. Specific instructions are published in the Federal Register or www.Grants.gov
Determination of Funding Amounts Federal share of grant is up to 90%. The non-Federal share may be in cash or in-kind. The statute contains a formula for allocation of funds by State. It is based on the under-age-18 population of each State as a proportion of the national under-age-18 population. The financial assistance range is $100,000 to $200,000, with an average grant of $120,000.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08: Total: $52,900,000
Tribal grants: $762,999
FY 09: Total: $53,500,000
Tribal grants: $662,999
Telephone: 202- 690-7843
for Battered Women’s Shelters Grants to Sates and Indian Tribes (FVPSA)
(CDFA 93.671)
Purpose To assist States and Indian Tribes in the prevention of family violence and the provision of immediate shelter and related assistance for victims and their dependents.
Funding Uses Federal funds are used by States for grants to local public agencies and non-profit private organizations to prevent incidents of family violence and to provide immediate shelter and related assistance to victims of family violence. States must give special emphasis to the support of community-based projects of demonstrated effectiveness carried out by non-profit private organizations, particularly those projects where the primary purpose is to operate shelters for victims of family violence, and those that provide counseling, advocacy, and self-help services to victims and their children. States and Indian Tribes may not impose an income eligibility standard on individuals receiving services supported by funds appropriated under this Act. Also, Federal funds may not be used as direct payment to any victim of family violence. No less than 70% of the funds distributed may be used for immediate shelter and related assistance, and no less than 25% for related assistance.
Types of Awards State and Tribal Formula Grants.
Entities Eligible to Apply The 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Federally recognized Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations.
Application Process Applications must be submitted to the Administration for Children and Families. The annual Federal Register notice contains all necessary application information. Contact the Headquarters Office listed below for further information.
Determination of Funding Amounts Each State shall be allotted for a payment in a grant authorized under section 303(a), of $600,000, with the remaining funds to be allotted to each State in an amount that bears the same ratio to such remaining funds as the population of such State bears to the population of all States; Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be allotted not less than 1/8 of 1% of the amounts available for grants under section 303(a) for the fiscal year for which the allotment is made; and to carry out section 303(b) the Secretary of HHS shall make available not less than 10% of such amounts to make grants available to Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations and non-profit private organizations approved by an Indian Tribe. No grant may be made to any entity other than a State or an Indian Tribe unless the entity provides for the following non-Federal matching local share: not less than 20%, if an entity operating an existing program under this title; and not less than 35% if a new program under this title. The local share may be cash or in-kind, but may not include any Federal funds other than what is provided for under this title.
By the end of the fiscal year, following the fiscal year in which the grant was received, State allocations must be expended by States and Indian Tribes. The projected range in award amounts for Tribes and Tribal organizations in FY 2010 is $26, 592 to $2,326,834.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08: Tribal: $12,255,195
States: $85,786,365
FY 09: Tribal: $12,857,376
States: $89,443,200
Agency Contacts Shena Williams (Tribes)
1250 Maryland Ave., SW, Room 8213
Telephone: 202-205-5932
Email: shena.williams@acf.hhs.gov
Edna James (States)
1250 Maryland Ave., SW, Room 8214
Telephone: 202-205-7750
Email: edna.james@acf.hhs.gov
.Administration on Developmental Disabilities
(CFDA 93.631)
Program Office Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Purpose To provide grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for projects of national significance to increase and support the independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion into the community of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Funding Uses Project grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements are approved for personnel, equipment, travel, supplies, etc. Duplicative Federal assistance is precluded. Uses include the following:
1. family support activities;
2. projects to educate policy-makers;
3. projects to conduct data collection and analysis;
4. projects to provide technical assistance for developing information and referral systems;
5. Federal interagency initiatives;
6. technical assistance projects;
7. projects to enhance opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities who are from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds;
8. projects to improve supportive living and quality of life opportunities that enhance recreation, leisure and fitness;
9. projects concerning the transition of youth with developmental disabilities from school to work and to adult life; and
10. other projects of national significance. Funds are not awarded solely for direct-service delivery, construction, or for the continuation or expansion of existing projects, but rather for projects that are considered innovative and likely to have significant national impact.
Types of Awards Discretionary Grants, Cooperative Agreements
Entities Eligible to Apply In general, public or private non-profit organizations may apply.
Application Process Forms and instructions for Projects of National Significance funding opportunities are available on http://www.grants.gov.
Determination of Funding Amounts Matching requirements are specified in each published program announcement.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08: $14,162,000
FY 09: Est. $14,162,000
Amount and Percent of Total Funding Awarded to Indians: N/A
For Awards to Tribes: Number, Range, and Average Amounts: N/A
Total FY 09 Funding and Amount for Indians, If Known: N/A
Agency Contact Ophelia McLain
370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW.
Mail Stop: HHH 405D
Telephone: 202-690-7025
E-mail: ophelia.mclain@acf.hhs.gov
.Administration for Native Americans
(CFDA 93.581)
Program Office Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
Purpose ANA recognizes that sustainable change beneficial to environmentally healthy Native American communities must originate within the community. Therefore, ANA has identified program areas of interest and project types for this Funding Opportunity, but also emphasizes that funding is not restricted to those listed below.
Data Collection: Establish baseline condition for regulatory purposes.
Code Development: Develop regulations, ordinances, and laws to protect the environment.
Program Capacity: Build the technical and program capability of the Tribe or organization to perform essential environmental program functions to meet tribal and Federal regulatory requirements.
Personnel Capacity: Build the technical and program capability of personnel to monitor compliance and enforcement of tribal and Federal environmental regulations, ordinances, and laws.
Education: Inform the community about regulations and environmental stewardship.
New Technology Promotion: Establish demonstration projects to exhibit technologies, which can lead to compliance with environmental regulations.
Funding Uses Funds may be used for planning, developing and implementing Tribal environmental regulatory projects with an emphasis on community-based, locally-designed projects.
Entities Eligible to Apply Federally Recognized Indian Tribes; incorporated non-Federally and State recognized Indian Tribes; Alaska Native villages, as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and/or non-profit village consortia; non-profit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/ Associations in Alaska with Village specific projects; other Tribal or village organizations or consortia of Indian Tribes; and Tribal governing bodies (Indian Reorganization Act or Traditional Councils) as recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Application Process Information regarding the availability of grant funds will be published on www.grants.gov and on www.acf.hhs.gov/grants as a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). The FOA will provide details on program objectives for which applications are being solicited and other application requirements.
Determination of Funding Amounts A matching share of 20% is required unless waived in accordance with criteria, which are also published in 45 CFR Part 1336.50(b)(3).
Threshold: $100,000 to $300,000 per budget period for 12-, 24-, or 36-month project periods.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08: 10 grantees funded at $1,293,841
FY 09: 10 grantees funded at $1,341,188
Agency Contact ANA Help Desk
370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.
Aerospace Bldg 2-West
Telephone: 877-922-9262
Email: ana@ACF.hhs.gov
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ana
(CFDA 93.587)
Purpose The Esther Martinez Initiative supports the revitalization of Native American languages to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of these languages and the culture of native peoples for future generations. Grant funding is awarded to Native American Language Nests, Survival Schools, and Restoration Programs in accordance with the Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006. Funds may be used to assist Native American Tribes and Native communities in ensuring the survival and continued vitality of their Native languages.
Funding Uses To provide financial assistance to eligible applicants for projects that contribute to the social development and self-sufficiency of native communities through the preservation and maintenance of Native American languages. ANA recognizes that applicants have varying levels of capacity and knowledge for language preservation and maintenance techniques and programs. ANA has identified the following three-year project types for this Funding Opportunity.
Language Survival School Projects: Working toward a goal of all students achieving fluency in a Native American language and academic proficiency. Language Restoration Programs: Providing instruction in at least one Native American language and working towards the goal of increasing proficiency and fluency in that language.
Entities Eligible to Apply Federally recognized Indian Tribes; consortia of Indian Tribes; incorporated non-Federally recognized Tribes; incorporated non-profit multi-purpose community-based Indian organizations; urban Indian centers; National or regional incorporated non-profit Native American organizations with Native American community-specific objectives; Alaska Native villages, as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and/or non-profit village consortia; incorporated non-profit Alaska Native multi-purpose community-based organizations; non-profit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations in Alaska with village-specific projects; non-profit native organizations in Alaska with village-specific projects; public and non-profit private agencies serving Native Hawaiians; public and non-profit private agencies serving native peoples from Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (the populations served may be located on these islands or in the United States); tribally-controlled community colleges, tribally controlled post-secondary vocational institutions, and colleges and universities located in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands which serve Native Pacific Islanders; and non-profit Alaska Native community entities or tribal governing bodies (Indian Reorganization Act or Traditional Councils) as recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Determination of Funding Amount A matching share of 20% is required unless waived in accordance with criteria that are also published in 45 CFR Part 1336.50(b)(3). Matching requirements (including in-kind contributions) of less than $200,000 (up to $199,999) are waived for applications originating from American Samoa, Guam, or the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands (other than those consolidated under other provisions of 48 U.S.C. 1469a) pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d). This waiver applies whether the matching required under the grant equals or exceeds $200,000. Thresholds: $100,000 - $300,000 per budget period for 36 month projects with 12 month budget periods.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations N/A - During these years Language Immersion projects were covered under the general Language Preservation Announcement (see Native Language Preservation and Maintenance for FY08 & FY09 level of funding.
Purpose Funds may be used to assist Native American Tribes and Native communities in ensuring the survival and continued vitality of their Native languages.
Funding Uses To provide financial assistance to eligible applicants for the purpose of Grant awards made under this Funding Opportunity are for projects that contribute to the social development and self-sufficiency of native communities through the preservation and maintenance of Native American languages. ANA has identified the following program areas of interest and project types for this Funding Opportunity. However, funding is not restricted to those listed below:
· Collecting, compiling, analyzing, and organizing data in order to have a current description of the community's Native American language status;
· Facilitating and encouraging intergenerational teaching of Native American language skills;
· Planning and implementing an immersion, master/apprentice, or distance learning model;
· Training and certifying teachers, interpreters, or translators in a Native American language;
· Developing, printing, and disseminating materials to be used for the teaching and enhancement of a Native American language;
· Participating, distributing, or participating in television, radio, or other media forms to broadcast Native American languages; and
· Compiling, transcribing, and analyzing oral testimony to create resources that support the preservation of Native American languages.
Entities Eligible to Apply Federally recognized Indian Tribes; consortia of Indian Tribes; incorporated non-Federally recognized Tribes; incorporated non-profit multi-purpose community-based Indian organizations; urban Indian centers; National or regional incorporated non-profit Native American organizations with Native American community-specific objectives; Alaska Native villages, as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and/or non-profit village consortia; incorporated non-profit Alaska Native multi-purpose community-based organizations; non-profit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations in Alaska with village-specific projects; non-profit native organizations in Alaska with village-specific projects; public and non-profit private agencies serving Native Hawaiians; public and non-profit private agencies serving native peoples from Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (the populations served may be located on these islands or in the United States); tribally controlled community colleges, tribally controlled post-secondary vocational institutions, and colleges and universities located in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands which serve Native Pacific Islanders; and non-profit Alaska Native community entities or tribal governing bodies (Indian Reorganization Act or Traditional Councils) as recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.)
Mariana Islands (other than those consolidated under other provisions of 48 U.S.C. 1469a) pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d). This waiver applies whether the matching required under the grant equals or exceeds $200,000. Thresholds: $100,000 - $300,000 per budget period for 12-, 24-, or 36-month project periods.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08: 42 grantees funded at $5,377,425
FY 09: 32 grantees funded $5,351,826
(CFDA 93.612)
Purpose To provide financial assistance to for projects that promote economic and social self-sufficiency for American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American Pacific Islanders from American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. ANA is particularly interested in projects designed to grow local economies, strengthen native families, and decrease the high rate of social challenges caused by the lack of community-based business, social, and economic infrastructure.
Funding Uses Grants may be used for such purposes as, but not limited to the following:
Social Development: Investing in human and social capital to advance the needs of Native Americans while incorporating culturally appropriate activities to enhance tribal, native community, and Alaska Native village goals.
Human Services: Improving the delivery of social services that invest in human capital.
Volunteerism: Developing and implementing projects that enlist community members to dedicate resources and support community goals.
Youth Development: Improving the well-being of youth through life skills training, mentoring programs, substance abuse programs, and preventing pregnancies, suicides, and juvenile crime.
Community Living: Developing and coordinating services to assist people with disabilities by helping
them to reach their maximum potential through increased independence, productivity, and integration within the community.
Arts and Culture: Developing and enhancing activities that retain or re-establish native culture and arts.
Asset-Building: Increasing availability of effective financial education and other asset-building strategies for families.
Caring Communities for Young Children: Supporting stable and high-quality early childhood education
programs, creating early childhood education jobs, and improving community-wide planning and coordination of early childhood programs to promote the needs of young children and families in the
Safety and Security: Developing and enhancing community-based initiatives to protect the community from external threats and reduce insecurity, violence, and crime.
Community Health: Promoting improved access to care and quality of care through coordinated local and regional approaches, expanding access to healthy food, and supporting environmental health --
including clean air, water, and soil -- and healthy homes.
Strengthening Families: Incorporating culturally relevant strategies to strengthen families, foster child well-being, and promote responsible fatherhood to nourish and sustain healthy families.
Family Preservation: Offering family activities and training in a culturally relevant and traditional 3 of 34
Family Preservation: Offering family activities and training in a culturally relevant and traditional manner for Native American communities.
Responsible Fatherhood: Providing education and activities for fathers to help them overcome barriers to positive involvement in their children's lives.
Relationship Skills: Offering activities and workshops on communication and conflict resolution, couples mentoring, pre-marital and marital education, marriage enhancement and enrichment, and developing stronger family relationships.
Parenting: Providing education and activities on communication and conflict resolution, absentee parent services, foster parenting, and resources for grandparents raising grandchildren.
Family Violence: Reducing child and infant abuse and neglect and family domestic violence.
Economic Development: Promoting the physical, commercial, technological, industrial, and agricultural components necessary for a sustainable local community.
Economic Stability: Strengthening an organization's capacity to deliver workforce training, financial education, and home-ownership services.
Economic Competitiveness: Creating, expanding, and retaining businesses to reflect the distinct economies both in mature and emergent economic sectors operating in rural and urban areas.
Environmental Sustainability: Studying and implementing initiatives regarding protection of a community's environment, conservation of natural resources, and reduction of pollution and greenhouse
gas emissions - the "carbon footprint" of urban and rural communities.
Transportation: Developing a transportation infrastructure to support the local workforce or those faced with transportation challenges (e.g., the elderly or disabled).
Emergency Preparedness: Planning and coordinating emergency response services within the community and with State and local governments to protect against natural disasters and other
catastrophic events such as fire, floods, and hazardous material exposure.
Tourism: Developing community-based activities that promote native arts and local attractions, as well
as trade activities for Native American products and services.
Subsistence: Enhancing subsistence activities to retain or revitalize traditional native food sources and practices for local and commercial markets.
Commercial Trade: Strengthening the local economy and demand for agriculture, aquaculture, lumber, and traditional arts and crafts.
Governance: Increasing tribal and Alaska Native village governments' ability to exercise local control and decision-making over their resources.
Leadership Skills: Enriching and strengthening the management of tribal governments and tribally owned companies.
Regulatory Development: Developing or amending tribal constitutions, by-laws and codes, and council or executive branch policies and procedures to: improve the regulatory, judicial, and administrative infrastructure of tribal and village governments; support and enforce business and investment transactions, contracts, and property rights; address family welfare issues; and enhance utility and 4 of 34 transactions, contracts, and property rights; address family welfare issues; and enhance utility and communication infrastructures.
Technology Systems: Establishing and implementing information management systems for effective and efficient administration of tribal government.
Entities Eligible to Apply Federally recognized Indian Tribes; consortia of Indian Tribes; incorporated non-Federally recognized Tribes; incorporated non-profit multi-purpose community-based Indian organizations; urban Indian centers; National or regional incorporated non-profit Native American organizations with Native American community-specific objectives; Alaska Native villages, as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and/or non-profit village consortia; incorporated non-profit Alaska Native multi-purpose community-based organizations; non-profit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations in Alaska with village-specific projects; non-profit native organizations in Alaska with village-specific projects; public and non-profit private agencies serving Native Hawaiians; public and non-profit private agencies serving native peoples from Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (the populations served may be located on these islands or in the United States); tribally controlled community colleges, tribally controlled post-secondary vocational institutions, and colleges and universities located in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands which serve Native Pacific Islanders; and non-profit Alaska Native community entities or tribal governing bodies (Indian Reorganization Act or Traditional Councils) as recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Determination of Funding Amounts A matching share of 20% is required unless waived in accordance with criteria that are also published in 45 CFR Part 1336.50(b)(3). Matching requirements (including in-kind contributions) of less than $200,000 (up to $199,999) are waived for applications originating from American Samoa, Guam, or the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands (other than those consolidated under other provisions of 48 U.S.C. 1469a) pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d). This waiver applies whether the matching required under the grant equals or exceeds $200,000. Thresholds: $150,000 - $500,000 per budget period for 12-, 24-, or 36-month project periods.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08: 67 grantees funded at $12,894,758
FY 09: 56 grantees funded at $12,000,260
Aerospace Bldg. 2-West
.Office of Community Services
Block Grant and Leveraging Incentive Program
(CFDA 93.568)
Program Office Office of Community Services
Purpose To assist low-income households, particularly those with the lowest incomes who pay a high proportion of income for home energy, primarily in meeting their immediate home energy needs. “Home energy” means a source of heating or cooling in residential dwellings.
Funding Uses Heating assistance, cooling assistance, energy crisis intervention (crisis assistance), weatherization, and services that encourage and enable households to reduce their home energy costs.
Types of Award Block grants. The regular LIHEAP block grant is a formula grant. The Leveraging Incentive Program provides additional funding to LIHEAP grantees that have leveraged non-Federal home energy resources for low income households.
Entities Eligible to Apply Federally recognized Tribes, State-recognized Tribes, and Tribal organizations acting on behalf of eligible Tribes, States, and territories. States provide LIHEAP assistance to low-income Indian households that are not in the service populations of direct-grant Tribes.
Application Process Applications are submitted by the Chief Executive Officer of an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization, State, or territory, or his/her designee. LIHEAP block grant applications contain assurances prescribed by law and a plan describing how certain assurances will be carried out, and other information prescribed by the law. Tribes must apply by September 1st (postmark date) preceding the fiscal year for which funds are sought, or get State approval for late submission. To qualify for Leveraging Incentive Program funds, a separate application must be submitted by November 30th (postmark date). Households that want to apply for LIHEAP benefits should contact their Tribe/Tribal organization or, if they are not in the service population of a direct-grant Tribe/Tribal organization, contact their State’s local LIHEAP administering agency.
Determination of Funding Amounts By law, Tribes’ regular LIHEAP block grant allocations are offset from the gross allocations of the State(s) in which the Tribes are located. They are based on the number of LIHEAP-eligible American Indian households living on the Tribe’s reservation and adjacent trust lands, compared to the total number of LIHEAP-eligible households in the State – or a larger amount agreed to by the Tribe and State. For Tribes without reservations, HHS, in consultation with the Tribe and the State, defines the number of eligible Indian households for the calculation. The President may release additional LIHEAP funds (energy emergency contingency funds) to LIHEAP grantees for energy-related emergencies. Energy emergency contingency funds for Tribes are generally distributed based on the same formula as regular block grants.
Leveraging Incentive Program fund awards are based on the value of the non-Federal home energy resources leveraged by a grantee in the preceding fiscal year, compared to the grantee’s regular LIHEAP block grant allocation and the total value of resources leveraged by all grantees in the preceding fiscal year.
FY 2008-2010 Allocations FY 08: Tribes funded at $28,077,337*
FY 09: Tribes funded at $58,440,927
FY 10: Tribes funded at $53,501,508
*Includes block grant funds, contingency funds, and leveraging incentive funds.
Agency Contact Division of Energy Assistance
370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW., 5th Floor
Telephone: 202-401-9351
Fax: 202-401-5661
Residential Energy Assistance Challenge Program (REACH)
Purpose To: (1) minimize health and safety risks that result from high energy burdens on low-income Americans; (2) prevent homelessness as a result of inability to pay energy bills; (3) increase the efficiency of energy usage by low-income families; and (4) target energy assistance to individuals who are most in need.
Funding Uses REACH supports a limited number of innovative health and safety programs submitted by States and Tribes that increase the ability of eligible households to meet home energy costs and achieve energy self-sufficiency. A variety of services/benefits are provided, such as payments to or on behalf of low-income individuals; energy efficiency education; residential energy demand management services including energy-related residential repair and energy efficiency improvements.
Types of Awards Block grants.
Entities Eligible to Apply LIHEAP grantees that receive LIHEAP block grant funding directly from HHS. Entities eligible to receive LIHEAP block grant funding are States, territories, Federally recognized Tribes, State-recognized Tribes, and Tribal organizations acting on behalf of eligible Tribes.
Application Process REACH Action Transmittals (ATs) are published annually. To qualify for REACH Program funds, a separate application must be submitted by March 30th (postmark date). Applications are submitted by the LIHEAP grantee’s Chief Executive Officer or his/her designee, in accordance with the instructions in the REACH AT. The AT sets forth the program and application requirements, the required certifications and assurances, the review criteria, and related guidance for applications.
Determination of Funding Amounts Within the grant amount ranges stated in the REACH AT, individual grantees receive funding amounts justified by their applications.
FY 2007Allocation FY 07: Tribes funded at $230,000
FY 08 and FY 09: REACH was not funded
(CFDA 93.569)
Purpose To ameliorate the causes of poverty.
Funding Uses To: (1) assist low-income individuals with employment, education, and adequate housing; (2) help them make better use of their income; (3) solve problems that are blocking the achievement of self-sufficiency; (4) increase the effectiveness of related programs; and (5) obtain emergency health services, food, housing, and employment-related assistance.
Types of Awards Mandatory formula grants
Entities Eligible to Apply Federally recognized Tribes, State-recognized Tribes, and Tribal organizations acting on behalf of eligible Tribes; also States and territories.
Application Process Applications are submitted by the Chief Executive Officer of an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization, State, or territory, or his/her designee. An application containing assurances prescribed by law, a plan describing how certain assurances will be carried out and a prior year report is required. Tribes must apply by September 1st (postmark date) preceding the fiscal year for which funds are sought, or get State approval for late submission.
Determination of Funding Amounts By law, Tribes’ CSBG allocations are offset from the gross allocations of the State(s) in which the Tribes are located. They are based on the number of American Indians in the Tribe’s service population who live at or below the poverty level, compared to the total number of people in the State who live at or below the poverty level. Tribal grant range: $1,050 to $1,825,000.
FY 2008–2009 Allocations
FY 08: Tribes funded at $4,503,219
FY 09: Tribes funded at $4,815,024
FY 09 ARRA: Tribes funded at $6,696,123
Agency Contact Division of State Assistance
Website: www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg
(CFDA 93.571)
Purpose To support projects that provide employment and business development opportunities for low-income people through business, physical, or commercial development, and generally to improve the quality of the economic and social environment of low-income residents, including displaced workers, at-risk teenagers, people living in public housing, and people who are homeless. The program provides resources to eligible applicants, but also has broader objectives of arresting tendencies toward dependency, chronic unemployment, and community deterioration in urban and rural areas. The program also seeks to attract additional private capital into distressed communities, including empowerment zones and enterprise communities, and to enable local institutions to better serve the economic needs of local residents.
Funding Uses Funds are awarded to Operational Grantees. Requirements are described in the annual program announcement.
Entities Eligible to Apply Private, non-profit community development corporations (CDC) governed by a board consisting of residents of the community and business and civic leaders that create jobs for low-income persons. CDCs plan, develop, or manage low-income housing or community development projects. Faith-based Community Development Corporations are encouraged to apply. Indian Tribes or organizations must establish a private non-profit community economic development corporation in order to be eligible. Specifics on eligible applicants for each sub-priority area are included in the annual program announcement.
Application Process Program announcements are published annually. They contain the requirements and complete instructions for preparing and submitting applications.
Determination of Funding Amounts Individual grantees receive funding amounts justified by their applications, up to the maximum amounts stated in the program announcement. Available funding varies by sub-priority area.
FY 2007-2009 Allocations FY 2007
· Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council, HI $677,000
· Accohannock Indian Tribe, Inc., MD - $686,000
· Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council, HI $686,000
· Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation, NE $680,705
· Moenkopi Developers Corporation, Inc., AZ $663,891
· Lakota Fund, SD - $765,828
Agency Contact Division of Community Discretionary Programs
Telephone: 202-401-5663
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs
Purpose To help rural low-income communities develop the capability and expertise to establish and/or maintain safe, affordable, adequate water and waste-water treatment facilities.
Funding Uses (1) To support training and technical assistance to qualifying communities; and (2) to enable them to establish and/or maintain safe, affordable, adequate water and waste water treatment facilities. Grant funds may not be used for construction or rehabilitation of water and waste water treatment systems, or for operating subsidies for these systems. Grantees must coordinate projects with other Federal and State agencies, to ensure that funds for construction, materials, operation, and maintenance are available.
Entities Eligible to Apply Multi-State, regional private non-profit organizations that can provide training and technical assistance to rural low-income communities in meeting their water and waste-water facilities needs.
Application Process Program Announcements (PA) are published every five years. The next PA will be published during the second quarter of 2010. Program Announcements contain the requirements and complete instructions for preparing and submitting applications for grants.
Determination of Funding Amounts Individual grantees receive funding amounts justified by their applications, up to the maximum amounts stated in the program announcement.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08: Tribes funded at $730,000*
FY 09: Tribes funded at $800,000*
*Includes block grant discretionary awards, and rural community facilities awards.
Telephone: 202-401-9352
(CFDA 93.593)
Purpose To conduct projects to create employment opportunities for recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and other low-income individuals whose income does not exceed 100% of the Federal poverty guidelines.
Funding Uses Grant funds may be used to create new jobs for eligible participants through self-employment, micro-enterprise, and expansion of existing businesses, new business ventures, and nontraditional industries where the eligible participants represent 25% or less of the work force.
Entities Eligible to Apply Non-profit organizations (including community development corporations) that are tax exempt under Section 501of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by reason of paragraphs 501(c)(3) or (4) of such Code. Faith-based organizations that are exempt from taxation under Sections 501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code are also eligible to apply for JOLI program funds.
Application Process All information and forms required to prepare a grant are posted annually on grants.gov. The program announcement sets forth the program and application requirements, the certifications and assurances, and the review criteria and related guidance for applications.
Determination of Funding Amounts Grant awards are approved for up to a 36-month project period. The maximum grant for the full project and budget period is $317,857.
Accohannock Indian Tribe, Inc. $500,000
Umpqua Community Development Corporation, Inc. $210,000
Office of Community Services/ACF, HHS
Telephone: 202-401-5563
(CFDA 93.602)
Purpose To demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of asset-building projects that teach low-income families about financial issues and enable them to save earned income over the long-term in special matched savings accounts called Individual Development Accounts (IDA). The program is demonstrating and evaluating the effects of IDAs as a tool for stabilizing and improving families and communities by promoting savings for first-time home ownership, post-secondary education, and small business development.
Funding Uses AFI grantees provide financial literacy education and supportive services related to family finances and money management for low-income families. Grantees also provide participants access to special bank accounts, IDAs, in which participant savings are matched. Clients use their IDA savings, including the match funds, to acquire a first home, a small business, or post-secondary education or training.
Types of Awards Demonstration program. Discretionary grants.
Entities Eligible to Apply Not-for-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations; State and local government agencies and Tribal governments submitting an application jointly with a not-for-profit.
Application Process The program announcement is published on Grants.gov. Grants are awarded in three funding cycles per year.
Determination of Funding Amounts One-time grants are for five-year periods. Grants range from $10,000 to $1,000,000. The average grant funded is between $200,000 and $400,000. ACF expects to fund approximately 60 new grants annually. Eligible entities may apply for new grants up to the statutory limit of $1,000,000 each year.
FY2008-2009 Allocations AFI grants awarded to Native American entities in FYs 2008 and 2009:
· Cook Inlet Lending Center, Anchorage, AK -- $233,000.00
· Four Bands Community Fund, Inc., Butte, MT -- $63,529.00
· Umpqua Community Development Corporation, Roseberg, OR -- $200,000.00. (Provides services across several counties, including several Native American communities.)
· Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Durant, OK -- $800,000.00
· Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Housing and Community Development Corporation
· Baraga, MI -- $335,300.00
· Lakota Fund, Inc., Kyle, SD -- $38,823.00
· Umpqua Community Development Corporation, Roseberg, OR -- $200,000.00
Agency Contact Office of Community Services, ACF, HHS
E-mail: afiprogram@acf.hhs.gov
Website: www.acf.hhs.gov/assetbuilding
Resource Center website: www.idaresources.org
(CFDA 93.647)
Purpose To help faith-based and community-based organizations increase their effectiveness and enhance their ability to provide social services to those most in need.
Funding Uses The CCF Demonstration Program funds intermediary organizations that serve as a bridge between the Federal Government and smaller faith-based and community organizations. The intermediary organizations provide the following: (1) training and technical assistance and (2) capacity building sub-awards to the faith-based and community-based organizations.
Entities Eligible to Apply CCF Demonstration Program: non-profit organizations, for-profit organizations other than small businesses, Tribal government organizations, public agencies, State and local governments, small businesses, special district governments, independent school districts, and colleges and universities.
Application Process Applications are submitted by the authorized official of the organization in accordance with the instructions outlined in the CCF program announcement. CCF conducts annual competitions using the Federal Register as the vehicle to notify all interested parties. The program announcement set forth the program and application requirements, the certifications and assurances, and the review criteria and related guidance for applications. The deadline for submission is generally 30-60 days after the date each announcement is posted on grants.gov.
Determining of Funding Amounts Within the grant amount range stated in the CCF program announcement, individual grantees receive funding amounts justified by their application.
FY 2009 Allocations No Tribes funded.
Agency Contact Compassion Capital Fund
Office of Community Services, ACF, DHHS
Telephone: 800-281-9519
Fax: 202-401-4719
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/ccf
(CFDA 93.667)
Purpose To: (1) provide social services directed toward achieving economic self-support or self-sufficiency; (2) preventing or remedying neglect, abuse or the exploitation of children and adults; (3) preventing or reducing inappropriate institutionalization; and (4) securing referral for institutional care where appropriate.
Funding Uses SSBG services include, but are not limited to, child care services; protective services for children and adults; services for children and adults in foster care; services related to management and maintenance of homes; day care services for adults; transportation services; family planning services; training and related services; employment services and information; referral and counseling services; preparation and delivery of meals; health support services; and appropriate combinations of services designed to meet the needs of children, the aged, the mentally impaired, the blind, the emotionally disturbed, the physically handicapped, alcohol, and drug addicted individuals. Within the limitations of the law, each State has flexibility to determine what services to provide, who is eligible to receive these services, and how funds are distributed among the various services within the State. States and/or local agencies may provide services directly or purchase them from qualified providers.
Types of Awards Mandatory formula grant.
Entities Eligible to Apply States and territories. By law, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations are not eligible for direct SSBG funding. Tribes and their service populations receive SSBG services through the States in which they reside. Tribes can be contractors under the State SSBG programs.
Application Process Each year States must submit a report on their intended use of the SSBG funds.
Determining of Funding Amounts SSBG grant amounts are determined by a statutory formula based on each State’s population.
Telephone: 202-401-5281
Website: www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/ssbg
(CFDA 93.711)
Purpose To: (1) build the capacity of nonprofit organizations to address the broad economic recovery issues present in their communities, including helping low-income individuals secure and retain employment, earn higher wages, obtain better-quality jobs, and gain greater access to state and Federal benefits and tax credits; and (2) build the capacity of government offices (or their authorized designee) that provide outreach to faith-based and community-based organizations and to assist nonprofit organizations in addressing the broad economic communities, including helping low-income individuals secure and retain employment, earn higher wages, obtain better-quality jobs, and gain greater access to state and Federal benefits and tax credits.
Funding Uses The Strengthening Communities Funds (SCF) administers two programs: Nonprofit Capacity Building Program and State, Local, and Tribal Capacity Building Program.
The SCF Nonprofit Capacity Building Program funds lead organizations to provide nonprofit organizations capacity building training, technical assistance, and competitive financial assistance to participating nonprofit organization, which serve as the partner in their projects.
The SCF State, Local, and Tribal Capacity Building Program funds State, local and Indian/Native American Tribal government offices (e.g., offices responsible for outreach to faith-based and community organizations or those interested in initiating such an effort) or their designees to build their own capacity as well as the capacity of nonprofit faith-based and community organizations and increase nonprofit organizations’ involvement in the economic recovery.
Types of Awards Discretionary grant.
Entities Eligible to Apply SCF Nonprofit Capacity Building Program: State and local governments, Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, Indian/Native American Tribal governments, Nonprofits, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations, Small businesses, and Special district governments.
SCF State, Local, and Tribal Government Capacity Building Program: State and local governments, Indian/Native American Tribal governments, and Nonprofits.
Application Process Applications are submitted by the authorized official of the organization in accordance with the instructions outlined in the SCF program announcements. SCF conducts annual competitions using the Federal Register as the vehicle to notify all interested parties. The program announcements set forth the program and application requirements, the certifications and assurances, and the review criteria and related guidance for applications. The deadline for submission is generally 30-60 days after the date each announcement is posted on grants.gov.
Determining of Funding Amounts Within the grant amount range stated in the SCF program announcement, individual grantees receive funding amounts justified by their application.
FY 2009 Allocations Four Tribes have been funded under the SCF State, Local, and Tribal Government Capacity Building Program. (Grant amounts have been allocated (awarded) differently for each tribe).
Agency Contact Strengthening Communities Fund
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/scf
.Office of Child Support Enforcement
(CFDA 93.563)
Program Office Office of Child Support Enforcement
Purpose The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) authorizes direct grants to States and to Federally recognized Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to operate child support enforcement programs. (Some Tribes may make child support services available to children of the Tribe without receiving a direct Federal grant through various means including cooperative agreements with State child support programs, finding that this may be more cost-effective than managing a Federal grant direct to the Tribe.)
Funding Uses The Final Rule on Tribal Child Support Enforcement Programs (45 CFR Part 309) requires grantees to use authorized funds to establish paternity; to establish, modify and enforce child support orders; and to locate parents and their assets. Tribal grantees may incorporate their own unique laws, customs, and procedures. However, like State grantees, Tribal grantees are required to meet all Federal requirements and program objectives in order to receive funding.
Types of Awards Tribal grantees receive 90% Federal funding and must contribute a 10% share for the first three years of program operation. After three years, the funding formula goes to 80% Federal funding and a 20% Tribal share.
Entities Eligible to Apply Federally recognized American Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Tribes, and Tribal organizations, are eligible to apply, if they have at least 100 children under the age of majority as defined by Tribal law or code, in the population subject to the jurisdiction of the Tribal court or administrative agency.
A Tribal organization that has been designated by two or more Indian Tribes to operate a Tribal IV–D program on their behalf, with a total of at least 100
children under the age of majority as defined by Tribal laws or codes, in the population of the Tribes subject to the jurisdiction of the Tribal court (or
courts) or administrative agency (or agencies) may also apply for funding.
(A Tribe or Tribal organization that can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary the capacity to operate a child support enforcement program and provide justification for operating a program with less than the minimum number of children may be granted a waiver of the 100 child rule.)
Application Process An authorized representative of the Tribe or Tribal organization must submit the initial Tribal IV–D program application to OCSE and must forward a copy of the application to the appropriate regional office. The application must follow the requirements outlined in the Final Rule on Tribal Child Support Enforcement Programs (45 CFR Part 309) and may be submitted at any time.
Determination of Funding Amounts Grant requirements are outlined in the Final Regulations on Tribal Child Support Enforcement (45 CFR Part 309).
FY 2004-2009 Allocations From FY 04 to FY 09 OCSE has funded 37 Comprehensive Tribal IV-D Programs and 10 Tribal Start-Up Programs. (Comprehensive Tribal IV-D Programs are fully operational child support enforcement programs. Start-Up Programs are still in developmental stages.)
Agency Contact Lionel J. Adams, Director, Division of Special Staffs
Office of Child Support Enforcement, 4th Floor
Telephone: 202-260-1527
E-mail: lionel.adams@acf.hhs.gov
Website: www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse
(CDFA 93.601)
Purpose To design and carry out special projects of regional and national significance relating to the improvement of child support enforcement efforts.
Funding Uses Grants are awarded for creative special improvement projects and demonstrations that improve the effectiveness of the child support enforcement programs. These activities must be consistent with the goal of the national child support program to help families by promoting family self-sufficiency and child well-being.
Types of Awards Grants (this program has no statutory formula). No match is required by the grantee.
Entities Eligible to Apply SIP Grant funds are authorized under section 452(j) of the Social Security Act, 42 United States Code (U.S.C.) 652(j) are available to all domestic applicants excluding individuals. Thus, any Tribe or Tribal organization is eligible to apply.
Application Process Special Improvement Projects (SIP) grant solicitations are announced annually. The SIP Announcement and Standard Application forms (Forms 424, 424A-B and Certifications) are available at www.Grants.gov or from the Administration for Children and Families, Child Support Enforcement Program, 4th floor, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447. The application shall be signed by an individual authorized to act for the applicant agency or organization and to assume for the agency or organization the obligations imposed by the terms and conditions of the grant. The applicant must clearly indicate whether the application submitted is in response to a program announcement and must reference the unique project identifier (e.g., HHS-2007-ACF-OCSE-FI-0005) for which the application is to compete. Applications that exceed the project funding ceiling amount or fail to meet the deadline requirements are not considered for funding. Applications considered for funding are reviewed and evaluated by a review panel of not less than three knowledgeable people. Applications must address the specific priority area in the announcement. Written assessment of each application is made. This program is covered under E.O. 12372.
Funding Amounts of new grants FY ’07 $583,224; FY ’08 $746,905 and FY’09 $378,381
the range and average of financial assistance is $100,000 - $200,000; $100,000 is the average.
Allocations One Tribe was funded in 2007--$99,896
Agency Contact Susan Greenblatt
Deputy Director, Division of State, Tribal, and Local Assistance
370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 4th Floor
Telephone: 202-401-4849
Email: susan.greenblatt@acf.hhs.gov
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse
.Office of Family Assistance
(CFDA 93.575)
Program Office Child Care Bureau
Purpose To make grants available to States, Territories, and Tribes to assist low-income families with child care and to: (1) allow the maximum flexibility in developing child care programs and policies that best suit the needs of children and parents within the State or Tribe; (2) promote parental choice to empower working parents to make their own decisions on the child care that best suits their family's needs; (3) encourage States and Tribes to provide consumer education information to help parents make informed choices about child care; (4) assist in providing child care to parents trying to achieve independence from public assistance; and (5) assist in implementing the health, safety, licensing, and registration standards established in State or Tribal regulations.
Funding Uses CCDF is available to provide child care assistance to families who are receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); families who are attempting through work activities to transition off TANF; families who are at-risk of becoming dependent on TANF; and low-income working families. Grantees receiving more than $500,000 in a fiscal year must spend at least 4% on quality activities. Not more than 15% of the aggregate CCDF funds expended in each fiscal year’s allotment shall be used for administrative costs. The Discretionary Fund’s (DF) base amount may be used for any activity consistent with the purposes of the CCDF and is not included in the administrative cost calculation.
Types of Awards The CCDF consists of two funding sources:
1. Discretionary Funds (DF) – funding that is provided under the Child Care and Development Bock Grant Act, as amended.
2. Tribal Mandatory Funds (TMF) – funding that is provided to eligible Tribes and Tribal organizations under Section 418 of the Social Security Act.
Entities Eligible to Apply Federally recognized Indian Tribes and consortia representing Federally recognized Indian Tribes are eligible to apply for CCDF funds. Special Rule for Indian Tribes in Alaska: the Metlakatla Indian Community of the Annette Islands Reserve and the 12 Alaska Native regional non-profit corporations are the only eligible entities allowed to receive Tribal Mandatory Funds in Alaska.
Application Process An eligible applicant must submit a two-year plan for CCDF services that outlines the proposed use of block grant funds and that provides certain assurances and certifications. Each year ACF issues a Program Instruction to describe the funding application process. The application process can be found on the Child Care Bureau Web site at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/law/index.htm#guidance.
Determination of Funding Amounts DF grants include a base amount of $20,000 plus a per-child amount ($56 per-child in FY 2006) for each Tribe or Tribal consortium with a minimum of 50 children. TMF are calculated solely on a per-child basis ($96 per child in FY 2006), and do not include a base amount.
Allocations FY Mandatory; Discretionary; Total No. CCDF Tribes
08: $58,339,992; $41,241,617; 260 Tribal Lead Agencies
09: $58,340,000; $42,541,620; 260 Tribal Lead Agencies
09: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 Tribal Allocations – Discretionary Only; $40,000,000; 259 Tribes Funded
Agency Contact Tribes should contact the Child Care Program Manager within the ACF Regional Offices at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/ta/raaddr/program_managers.htm
(CFDA 93.558)
Program Office Office of Family Assistance, TANF Bureau
Purpose To: (1) provide grants to Tribes to assist needy families with children so that the children can be cared for in their own homes; (2) reduce dependency by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage; (3) reduce and prevent out-of-wedlock pregnancies; and (4) encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.
Funding Uses Tribes have broad flexibility to use the grant funds in any manner that meets the purposes of the program, including providing low-income households with assistance, monthly grants, in various forms, designed to meet a family’s ongoing basic needs (i.e. for food, clothing, shelter, utilities, household goods, personal care items, and general incidental expenses) and providing supportive services.
Entities Eligible to Apply Federally recognized Tribes in the lower 48 States and 13 specified entities in Alaska. Tribes that operate TANF programs must do so under plans approved by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Application Process Tribes submit a three-year family assistance plan. The Department, in consultation with the Tribe, would set program requirements and time-limits for receipt of welfare-related services, consistent with the purposes of the program and economic conditions/resources of each Tribe. Tribes should contact the ACF Regional TANF Program Managers for Tribal plan submittal procedures.
Determination of Funding Amounts Tribes that receive Federal TANF funds to operate their own approved Tribal TANF program have no matching or maintenance-of-effort requirement. Tribes are awarded their assistance grants in quarterly payments. They may reserve unexpended grant funds awarded, without fiscal-year limitation, to provide assistance under the Tribal TANF program in subsequent years. With certain exceptions, most families are limited to no more than 60 months of assistance (whether consecutive or cumulative) funded with Federal TANF grant funds. Tribes have the flexibility to establish time limits on receipt of assistance. They also have the flexibility to define the service area and population, Indian family, eligibility criteria, benefits and support services, work activities and required work hours, establish penalties, and to negotiate work participation rates. The Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Final Rule was published in the Federal Register on February 18, 2000 (Vol. 65, No. 34). Tribal rules can be found at 45 CFR Part 286. For Tribal programs, ACF will negotiate a limitation on administrative costs for the first year of the program's operation not to exceed 35%, for the second year of the program's operation not to exceed 30%, and for the third and subsequent years of the program's operation not to exceed 25%.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08: 59 Plans serving 275 Tribes funded at $177,921,211
FY 09: 63 Plans serving 298 Tribes funded at $181,733,941
Agency Contact Robert Shelbourne
Office of Family Assistance, ACF, HHS
370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW., 5th Floor East
Telephone: 202-401-5150
Fax: 202-401-5554
E-mail: robert.shelbourne@acf.hhs.gov
Website: www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa
(CFDA 93.594)
Purpose To allow eligible Indian Tribes and Alaska Native organizations to operate programs that make work activities available.
Funding Uses NEW grants are for the purpose of making work activities available. Allowable work activities include:
1. Educational activities, including support for GED, remedial, vocational, post-secondary, and alternative education;
2. Training and job readiness activities, including job skills training, job readiness training,, on-the-job training, entrepreneurial training, and management training; and
3. Employment activities, including job search, job development and placement, community work experience, community service programs, traditional subsistence activities, and subsidized and unsubsidized public and private sector work experience and employment.
Supportive and job retention services that enable clients to participate in the program and find and retain employment also may be provided. Allowable activities also include labor/job market assessments, job creation, and economic development leading to job creation.
Types of Awards Mandatory formula grants.
Entities Eligible to Apply Only Federally recognized Tribes and Alaska Native organizations that conducted a Tribal JOBS (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training) Program in fiscal year 1995.
Application Process Each eligible Indian Tribe or Alaska Native organization must submit a NEW plan to ACF for approval.
Determination of Funding Amounts See section 412(a) (2) of the Social Security Act, as amended. The grant amount for each Tribe equals the amount it received in fiscal year 1994 to operate its JOBS Program. There are no matching requirements.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 08: $7,558,020
FY 09: $7,558,020
78 Tribal grantees are funded under NEW.
Range of financial assistance: $5,187 to $1,752,666
Agency Contact Division of Tribal TANF Management
Telephone: 202-401-5308 or 202-401-2794
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/dts
Emergency Contingency Fund for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) State Programs
(CFDA 93.714)
Purpose The Emergency Contingency Funds (Emergency or ARRA Funds) are additional Federal funds available to States, Territories, and Tribes, at their request, when unfavorable economic conditions exist. They are considered provisional payments, according to section 403(b)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act. The Emergency Fund is intended to build upon and renew the principles of work and responsibility that underlie successful welfare reform initiatives. Like other provisions of the Recovery Act, the Emergency Fund provides resources to States, Territories, and Tribes to support work and families during this difficult economic period.
Funding Uses TANF Emergency Funds are Federal TANF funds and, under the Recovery Act, must be used in the same manner as Tribal Family Assistance Grant funds. Tribes have broad flexibility to use the grant funds in any manner that meets the purposes of the program, including providing low-income households with assistance, monthly grants, in various forms, designed to meet a family’s ongoing basic needs (i.e. for food, clothing, shelter, utilities, household goods, personal care items, and general incidental expenses) and providing supportive services.
Entities Eligible to Apply In additional to the 50 US States and three Territories operating TANF programs, Federally recognized Tribes in the lower 48 States and 13 specified entities in Alaska administering Tribal TANF programs are eligible to apply. Tribes that operate TANF programs must do so under plans approved by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Application Process A Tribe administering a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program wishing to apply for Emergency Funds for FY 2009 or FY 2010 must complete and submit form OFA-100. A Tribe applies for Emergency Funds by fiscal quarter. Each time it applies for Emergency Funds for a quarter or updates data, it must submit form OFA-100.
Determination of Funding Amounts Tribes may apply for and receive funds on a quarterly basis under any or all of the three categories described below, if the jurisdiction meets the conditions of the grant category.
a. Grant Related to Caseload Increases: The jurisdiction’s average monthly assistance caseload in a quarter is higher than its average monthly assistance caseload for the corresponding quarter in the TANF Emergency Fund base year (FY 2007 or 2008, whichever year has lower average monthly assistance caseloads), and its expenditures for basic assistance in a quarter are higher than its expenditures for such assistance in the corresponding quarter of the TANF Emergency Fund base year. “Basic assistance” is defined at 45 CFR section 260.31(a)(1)-(2) for States and Territories, and at 45 CFR section 286.10(a)(1) for Tribes.
b. Grant Related to Increased Expenditures for Non-Recurrent Short-Term Benefits: The jurisdiction’s expenditures for non-recurrent short-term benefits in a quarter are higher than its expenditures for such benefits in the corresponding quarter of the TANF Emergency Fund base year (FY 2007 or 2008, whichever year has lower non-recurrent short-term benefit expenditures). “Non-recurrent short-term benefits” are defined at 45 CFR section 260.31(b)(1) for States and Territories, and at 45 CFR section 286.10(b)(1) for Tribes.
c. Grant Related to Increased Expenditures for Subsidized Employment: The jurisdiction’s expenditures for subsidized employment in a quarter are higher than such expenditures in the corresponding quarter of the TANF Emergency Fund base year (FY 2007 or 2008, whichever year has lower subsidized employment expenditures). Subsidized employment refers to “work subsidies,” as defined at 45 CFR section 260.31(b)(2) for States and Territories, and at 45 CFR section 286.10(b)(2) for Tribes.
For each category above, a jurisdiction that qualifies may receive 80 percent of the amount by which expenditures in a quarter for which it is requesting TANF emergency funds exceed such expenditures in the applicable base year.
FY 2009 Allocations FY 09: TANF Emergency Contingency Fund awards were granted to seven Tribes, funded at $3,020,929 (this total does not include funds awarded to States).
. Office of Head Start
(CFDA 93.600)
Program Office Office of Head Start
1. Improving school readiness outcomes and promoting their long-term success by enhancing the social and cognitive development of low-income children, including children on or near federally-recognized Tribal reservations. This will be done through the provision of comprehensive health, social, educational, nutritional, and other services; and
2. Engaging parents and family in children's learning is a cornerstone of Head Start and critical to achieving positive educational outcomes for children as is the continued emphasis on family on family literacy. Parents also have a significant role in the direct participation in development, conduct and overall program direction at the local community level.
Funding Uses Grantees designated as a Head Start agency receive financial assistance for a period of 5 years for the planning, conduct, administration and evaluation of a Head Start program focused primarily upon children from low-income families who have not reached the age of compulsory school attendance. Grant awards include technical assistance and COLA funding to support development of quality program services. In addition, supplemental grant funds are available through contracts and cooperative agreements for the provision of training, technical assistance, collaboration and partnership initiatives as well as evaluation and assessment of American Indian/Alaskan Native Head Start Grantees.
Types of Awards Grants; contracts; cooperative agreements
Entities Eligible to Apply Federally-recognized “Indian Tribes” means any tribe, band, nation, pueblo or other organized group or community of Indians, including any Native village described under the Alaska native Claims Settlement Act or recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indian. Applications are accepted in response to a solicitation, including establishment of a new Head Start Program, published in the Federal Register or other public document. Grantee agencies may subcontract with other child-serving agencies to provide services to Head Start children.
Application Process The Office of Head Start will provide each applicant agency with a checklist detailing items to be completed by each applicant and delegate agency.
Determination of Funding Amounts Section 640 of the Head Start Act as amended ( PL 110-134) details the allocation of funding to AI/AN Grantees for on-going base grants and funds for expansion of AI/AN Head Start Programs. Grantees are required to provide 20% of the total cost of the program in non-federal contributions, although this may be waived wholly or in part if certain conditions pertain. Matching share may be in cash or in-kind.
FY 2009 Allocations $221,194,558
Agency Contact American Indian/Alaskan Native Regional Office - Region 11
1250 Maryland Ave., SW – Portals II Building, 8th Floor, Room 8549
Regional Program Manager: Nina McFadden
Telephone: 202-205-8569 Fax: 202-401-5113
Grants Management Officer: David Kadan
Telephone: 202-205-8562 Fax: 202-205-8436
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs
.Office of Planning and Evaluation
and National Studies
(CDFA 93.595)
Program Office Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Purpose The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) is responsible for advising the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families on increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of programs to improve the economic and social well-being of children and families. In collaboration with ACF program offices and others, OPRE is responsible for performance management for ACF, conducts research and policy analyses, and develops and oversees research and evaluation projects to assess program performance and inform policy and practice. OPRE provides links to research projects under eight separate topic areas: Abuse, Neglect, Adoption & Foster Care Research, Child Care Research, Early Head Start Research, Family & Youth Services Research, Head Start Research, Strengthening Families & Healthy Marriage Research, Welfare & Employment Research, and Other Research. The Office also provides guidance, analysis, technical assistance, and oversight to ACF programs on strategic planning; performance measurement; research and evaluation methods; statistical, policy, and program analysis; and synthesis and dissemination of research and demonstration findings. OPRE includes the Division of Economic Independence (DEI) and the Division of Child and Family Development (DCFD).
Funding Uses Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts are awarded for innovative research, demonstrations, and evaluations that are responsive to ACF program priorities. All applications must meet standards of excellence in research, demonstration, or evaluation design.
Types of Awards Grants/contracts or cooperative agreements.
Entities Eligible to Apply Governmental entities, colleges, universities, non-profit and for-profit organizations (if fee is waived). Grants or cooperative agreements cannot be made directly to individuals.
Application Process All information and forms required to prepare a grant or cooperative agreement application are published in the Federal Register unless restricted to State agencies, in which case, materials will be mailed directly. Copies of the program announcements may be available on the Internet or from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. All information needed to submit a proposal for a contract is provided through a Request for Proposal published on the Federal Business Opportunities’ website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Grantees are generally required to share in the cost of projects.Cost sharing may range anywhere between five and 25% of the total approved project costs for grants or cooperative agreements. Contracts are not required to share in the project cost.
Determination of Funding Amounts Social Services Research and Demonstration Budget: $22,243,844 ($15,193,844 was for earmarks) in FY2008; $22,037,210 (14M was for earmarks) in FY2009; and $23,372,000 ($17,610,000 for earmarks) expected for FY2010. National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well being (NSCAW): $6M exactly each year. Child Care: $9,649,427 (FY2008); $9,910,000 (FY2009); and $9,910,000 (expected FY2010). Head Start: $19,800,000 in FY2008 (due to rescission), $20,000,000 in FY2009 and $20,000,000 is expected for FY2010.
FY 2008-2009 Allocations FY 05: One Native non-profit project funded Kaufman & Associates.
Agency Contact Karl Koerper
ACF/HHS
7th Floor, Aerospace Building
Telephone: 202-401-4535 / Use the same number for FTS
E-mail: kkoerper@acf.hhs.gov
.HHS-ACF Regional Offices Contact Information
Region 1 – Boston: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island , Vermont
Room 2000, 20th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02203-0001 Commercial: 617-565-1020
Telefax: 617-565-2493
Region 2 – New York: New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, New Jersey
Room 4114
New York, New York 10278-0022 Commercial: 212-264-2890
Telefax: 212-264-4881
Region 3 – Philadelphia: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3499 Commercial: 215-861-4741
Telefax: 215-861-4010
Region 4 – Atlanta: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina
61 Forsyth Street, SW, Suite 4M60
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8909 Commercial: 404-562-2900
Telefax: 404-562-2980
Region 5 – Chicago: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Chicago, Illinois 60601-5519 Commercial: 312-886-6375
Telefax: 312-886-4136
Region 6 – Dallas: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Dallas, Texas 75202 Commercial: 214-767-9648
Telefax: 214-767-3743
Region 7 – Kansas City: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2898 Commercial: 816-426-2235
Telefax: 816-426-2888
Region 8 – Denver: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
1961 Stout Street, Room 926
Denver, Colorado 80294 Commercial: 303-844-3100
Telefax: 303-844-1188
Region 9 – San Francisco: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam, American Samoa, Trust Territory of Pacific Islands
90 7th Street, Ninth Floor
San Francisco, California 94103 Commercial: 415-437-8400
Telefax: 415-437-8444
Region 10 – Seattle: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Steve Henigson
2201 Sixth Avenue, Blanchard Plaza
Suite 300, MS RX-70
Seattle, Washington 98121-1827 Commercial: 206-615-3660
Telefax: 206-615-2574
.ACF/Federal Interagency Coordinating Council Tribal Contact List
Region I Boston
ACF Program Specialist/Child Welfare
Telephone: 617-565-2460
Fax: 617-565-2493
E-mail: nancy.pickett@acf.hhs.gov Charles Kenher
ACF Office of Child Support Enforcement
Telephone: (617) 565-2477
Fax: (617) 565-1578
E-mail: charles.kenher@acf.hhs.gov
Janine Gerry
Telephone: 617-565-2461
E-mail: janine.gerry@acf.hhs.gov Rochelle Phillips
Telephone: (617) 565-1037
E-mail: rochelle.phillips@acf.hhs.gov
Region II New York
26 Federal Plaza - Room 4114
ph: 212-264-2890 ext 102
fax: 212 264-4881
email: joan.gibson@acf.hhs.gov
Region III Philadelphia
There are no Federally recognized Tribes located in Region III
Region IV Atlanta
Darrel McGhee
ACF / 4M60
Telephone: 404-562-2936
Fax: 404-562-2985
E-mail: darrel.mcghee@acf.hhs.gov Betty Ritchie
TANF Program Specialist
Telephone: 404-562-2938
E-mail: betty.ritchie@acf.hhs.gov
Carola Pike
Telephone: 404-562-2907
Fax: 404-562-2964
E-mail: carola.pike@acf.hhs.gov Donna Dummett
Telephone: 404-562-2826
Fax: 404-562-2983
E-mail: donna.dummett@acf.hhs.gov
Region V Chicago
Regional TANF Program Manager
233 N Michigan, Suite 400
Telephone: 312-353-3265
Fax: 312-886-5373
E-mail: steven.krasner@acf.hhs.gov Zenia Haynes
Telephone: 312-353-7769
Fax: 312-353-2204
E-mail: zenia.haynes@acf.hhs.gov
233 N. Michigan Suite 400
Telephone: 312-886-9540
E-mail: thomas.schindler@acf.hhs.gov Kathleen Penak
Child Care Bureau Regional Program Manager
Telephone: (312) 353-3270
Fax: 312) 353-2629
E-mail: kathleen.penak@acf.hhs.gov
Sally Kolanowski
Telephone: 312-353-7073
E-mail: sally.kolanowski@acf.hhs.gov
Region VI Dallas
Carl Rich, Team Leader for Tribal Child Support Enforcement
1301 Young Street, Room 914
Telephone: 214-767-8095
Fax: 214-767-3743
E-mail: carl.rich@acf.hhs.gov Reta Oliver, Program Specialist for Tribal Child Support Enforcement
1301 Young Street, Room 945
Telephone: 214-767-8030
Fax: 214-767-8890
E-mail: reta.oliver@acf.hhs.gov
Jane H. Martin, Program Specialist for Tribal Child Support Enforcement
Telephone: 214-767-2815
E-mail: jane.martin@acf.hhs.gov Sona M. Cook, Financial Operations Specialist for Tribal CSE and Tribal Child Welfare
Regional Grants Management Unit
Telephone: 214-767-2973
E-mail: sona.cook@acf.hhs.gov
Carol Sedanko, Program Specialist for Tribal TANF and NEW (LA, NM, OK)
Telephone: 214-767-1833
E-mail: carol.sedanko@acf.hhs.gov Charlotte Bristow, Program Specialist for Tribal TANF and NEW (TX)
Telephone: 214-767-0164
E-mail: charlotte.bristow@acf.hhs.gov
Janice Davis-Caldwell, Financial Operations Specialist for Tribal TANF and NEW
Telephone: 214-767-2965
Lisa Blackmon-Hansard, Program Specialist for Tribal Child Care
Telephone: 214-767-8129
E-mail: lisa.blackmon@acf.hhs.gov
Ken Cook, Financial Operations Specialist for Tribal Child Care
Telephone: 214-767-8822
E-mail: ken.cook@acf.hhs.gov Nanette Bishop, Program Specialist for Tribal Child Welfare
Telephone: 214-767-5241
E-mail: nanette.bishop@acf.hhs.gov
Region VII Kansas City
Betty Lammle
Child Care Regional Program Manager
Bolling Federal Office Building
Kansas City, MO 64106-2898
Telephone: 816-426-2264
Fax: 816-426-2888
E-mail: betty.lammle@acf.hhs.gov Les Thierolf
Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2898
Telephone: 816-426-2265
E-mail: les.thierolf@acf.hhs.gov
Grants Regional Program Manager
Telephone: 816-426-2281
E-mail: nadine.roth@acf.hhs.gov Neil Lawhead
Telephone: 816-426-5402
E-mail: neil.lawhead@acf.hhs.gov
Nancy Thoma Groetken
Child Support Enforcement Regional Program Manager
Telephone: 816-426-2270
E-mail:nancy.groetken@acf.hhs.gov Phoebe Fortune
Child Support Public Inquiry Technician
Telephone: 816-426-2256
E-mail:phoebe.fortune@acf.hhs.gov
Child Welfare Regional Program Manager
Telephone: 816-426-2262
E-mail: rosalyn.wilson@acf.hhs.gov Mary McKee
Telephone: 816-426-2263
E-mail: mary.mckee@acf.hhs.gov
TANF Regional Program Manager
Telephone: 816-426-2236
E-mail: gary.allen@acf.hhs.gov
Region VIII Denver
Felicia Gaither,
1961 Stout Street, Room 974
Telephone: 303-844-1483
Fax: 303-844-2313
felicia.gaither@acf.hhs.gov Karen Knoll-Moran,
1961 Stout Street, Room 920
Telephone: 303-844-1164
Fax: 303-844-3642
karen.knollmoran@acf.hhs.gov
Marjorie Hudspeth
Tribal TANF Program Specialist
1961 Stout Street, 9th Floor
Telephone: 303-844-1159
marjorie.hudspeth@acf.hhs.gov Elaine Ross,
Tribal Child Care Specialist
Telephone: 303-844-1141
m-elaine.ross@acf.hhs.gov
Jeff Newton, Regional Grants Management Officer
1961 Stout Street, Room 998
Telephone: 303-844-1149
jeff.newton@acf.hhs.gov Daphne Risch,
1961 Stout Street, Room 966
Telephone: 303-844-1214
daphne.risch@acf.hhs.gov
Marilyn Kennerson,
1961 Stout Street, Room 940
Telephone: 303-844-1163
marilyn.kennerson@acf.hhs.gov Ellamae Williams,
Tribal Child Support Specialist
Telephone: 303-844-1182
Ellamae.williams@acf.hhs.gov
Region IX San Francisco
Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Samoa (American), Territory of Pacific Islands
Rick Wever
Telephone: 415-437-8460
E-mail: rick.wever@acf.hhs.gov Julie Fong
Telephone: 415-437-7579
E-mail: jfong@acf.hhs.gov
Telephone: 415-437-8424
Fax: 415-437-8436
E-mail: tracy.donovan@acf.hhs.gov Mikaela Kooiker
Telephone: 415-437-8418
E-mail: mikaela.kooiker@acf.hhs.gov
Telephone: 415-437-8439
E-mail: robert.garcia@acf.hhs.gov Kim Relph
Telephone: 415-437-8485
E-mail: kim.relph@acf.hhs.gov
Telephone: 415-437-7648
Fax: 415-437-8437
E-mail: suki.graves@acf.hhs.gov JP Soden
Telephone: 415-437-8421
E-mail: jp.soden@acf.hhs.gov
Patricia Pianko
Tribal Child Welfare Program Specialist
Telephone: 415-437-7632
E-mail: patricia.pianko@acf.hhs.gov Lynda Garcia
Tribal Child Welfare Program
Telephone: 415-437-8546
E-mail: revelynda.garcia@acf.hhs.gov
Region X Seattle
Melodie Rothwell
2201 – 6th Ave, MS 70
Telephone: 206-615-2118
Fax: 206-615-2574
E-mail: melodie.rothwell@acf.hhs.gov Judy Ogliore
2201 – 6th Ave, MS 74
Telephone: 206-615-2568
E-mail: judy.ogliore@acf.hhs.gov
Karen “Jack” Granberg
Telephone: 206-615-2649
E-mail: karen.granberg@acf.hhs.gov Paul Noski
2201 Sixth Avenue, MS-74
Telephone: 206-615-2609
E-mail: paul.noski@acf.hhs.gov
Lzady Culver
Telephone: 206-615-3640
E-mail: lzady.culver@acf.hhs.gov Tim Murphy
Telephone: 206-615-2572
E-mail: tim.murphy@acf.hhs.gov
2201 Sixth Avenue, MS-75
Telephone: 206-615-2519
E-mail: levi.fisher@acf.hhs.gov Nancy Mathieson
Telephone: 206-615-3768
E-mail: nancy.mathieson@acf.hhs.gov
Telephone: 206-615-2566
E-mail: john.cheng@acf.hhs.gov Jennifer Zanella
2201 – 6th Ave, MS 73
Telephone: 206-615-2604
E-mail: jennifer.zanella@acf.hhs.gov
Telephone: 206-615-3645
E-mail: molly.mee@acf.hhs.gov Nadia Nijim
Telephone: 206-615-3682
E-mail: nadia.nijim@acf.hhs.gov
Summer Puckett
Telephone: 206-615-3659
E-mail: summer.puckett@acf.hhs.gov Samuel Stitt
2201 – 6th Ave, MS 72
Telephone: 206-615-3668
E-mail: samuel.stitt@acf.hhs.gov
Telephone: 206-615-3685
E-mail: james.smith@acf.hhs.gov Romelle Judkins
Telephone: 206-615-2809
E-mail: romelle.judkins@acf.hhs.gov
.ACF Program Offices T/TA Providers
The Native Americans Programs Act, ANA’s authorizing legislation, calls for ANA to provide training and technical assistance in planning, developing, conducting, and administering projects under ANA; short term in-service training for specialized or other personnel that is needed in connection with projects receiving financial assistance under ANA; and upon denial of a grant application, technical assistance to a potential grantee in revising a grant proposal.
To meet this requirement, ANA contracts training and technical assistance providers for four geographic regions: East, West, Alaska, and Pacific. The training and technical assistance providers offer free training and technical assistance to potential ANA applicants and ANA grantees.
REGION I EAST
T/TA Provider Native American Management Services, Inc. (NAMS)
Address: 12110 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 450
Phone: 888-221-9686
Fax: 571-323-2101
E-Mail: anaeastern@namsinc.org
Website: www.anaeastern.org
REGION II WEST
T/TA Provider ACKCO, Inc.
Address: 1326 N. Central, Suite 208
Phone: 800-525-2859
Fax: 602-253-9135
E-Mail: jamie.navenma@ackco.com
Website: www.anawestern.org
Contact: Jamie Navenma, Project Manager
REGION III ALASKA
T/TA Provider: Alaska Summit Enterprises (ASE)
Address: 11723 Old Glenn Highway, Suite 209A
Phone: 866-694-5711
Fax: 907-694-5775
E-Mail: region3@anaalaska.org
Website: http://www.anaalaska.org
Contact: Connie Pavloff, Project Director
REGION IV PACIFIC
American Samoa (AS), Guam (GU), Hawaii (HI), Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
T/TA Provider ACKCO, Inc. - ANA Pacific Basin
Address: 1149 Bethel Street #702
Phone: 866-339-7905
Fax: 808-536-9049
E-Mail: keone.nunes@ackco.com
rosia.tavita@ackco.com
Website: www.anapacificbasin.org
Contact: Keone Nunes , Project Manager
Rosia Tavita, Project Coordinator
For further information, contact the ANA Help Desk at 877-922-9262.
The Child Care Bureau (CCB) is dedicated to enhancing the quality, affordability, and availability of child care for all families. CCB administers Federal funds to States, Territories, and Tribes to assist low-income families in accessing quality child care for children when parents work or participate in education or training. CCB has contracted with the following Child Care Technical Assistance (CCTAN) partners to promote its mission:
T/TA Provider: After-School Investments
Phone: 202-587-1000
E-Mail: afterschool@financeproject.org
Website: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/afterschool/
Contractor: The Finance Project, Carol Cohen, Project Co-Director, Barbara Langford, Project Co-Director
The Afterschool Investments Project (AIP) provides TA to Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) grantees and other State and local leaders to increase access to quality school-age programs. AIP assists CCDF administrators by identifying ways that States and communities are using CCDF subsidy and quality dollars to support school-age programs; administrative and implementation issues related to CCDF investments in school-age programs; and other major programs and sectors that are potential partners for CCDF in supporting school-age programs and in providing models, strategies, and tools for coordination with other programs and sectors.
T/TA Provider: Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
Phone: 615-322-8150
E-Mail: ml.hemmeter@vanderbilt.edu
Website http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/
Contact: Principal Investigator Dr. Mary Louise Hemmeter
This partner is a grantee through University of Illinois (through a cooperative agreement from the Child Care Bureau and Office of Head Start). The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) promotes the social-emotional development and school readiness of young children from birth to age 5. CSEFEL serves as a national resource center for disseminating research findings and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs across the country and develops user-friendly materials to help early childhood educators meet the needs of the growing number of young children with challenging behaviors and mental health needs.
T/TA Provider: Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
Phone: 646-284-9600
E-Mail: contact@researchconnections.org
Website http://www.childcareresearch.org/
Contact: Project Director: Dr. J. Lee Kreader, Ph.D.
The National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies’ Child Care Aware™ (CCA) program is funded through a cooperative agreement with CCB. CCA operates a toll-free hotline and Web site in both English and Spanish to provide a central point of entry for families to locate child care services and to link families to local organizations that provide child care referrals. CCA also provides resources to support families in making informed choices by providing consumer information and educational materials.
T/TA Provider: Child Care Aware
Phone: 800-424-2246
Phone: Project Director: Ollie Smith
703-341-4142
This partner is a grantee through National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
NACCRRA, through a cooperative agreement with CCB, receives funding to operate Child Care Aware, a national toll-free child care consumer telephone hotline and web site. The mission of Child Care Aware is to ensure that families have access to accurate, useful information about finding child care. Through Child Care Aware, families are linked to their local, community-based child care resource and referral program, and consumer education materials.
T/TA Provider: Child Care Information Systems Technical Assistance Project (CCISTAP)
Phone: 877-249-9117
E-Mail: ccarc@childcaredata.org
Website http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/ta/CCISTAP/index.htm
Phone: General Dynamics Information Technology
Project Director: Helen Papadopoulos
301-692-0586
The Child Care Information Systems Technical Assistance Project (CCISTAP) supports State, Territory, and Tribal CCDF grantees in collecting, managing, analyzing, and reporting child care administrative data. Through its Child Care Automation Resource Center, TA is available to help build or enhance grantee capacity to improve the quality of administrative data. TA is also provided through a toll-free help line, trainings at Regional events and national conferences, customized onsite TA, and specialized data tools.
T/TA Provider: Communications Management Center
Phone: 240-399-8725
E-Mail: info@ccb-cmc.org
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/ta/conf/index.htm
Phone: BLH Technologies Inc.,
Project Director: Rose Salton
240-631-3947
The Communications Management Center (CMC) coordinates logistical support for CCB onsite technical assistance delivery in the Regions and at CCB conferences, such as the annual State and Territory Administrators Meeting and the Annual Meeting of the Child Care Policy Research Consortium. It also provides ongoing support for the development and distribution of CCB TA tools and materials, including interactive CD-ROMs, reports, and brochures. Additionally, CMC provides assistance with the planning, budgeting, and coordination of TA delivery by CCB and the CCTAN Partners via Web-based technology, audioconference calls, exhibits, videoconferencing, and onsite training support.
T/TA Provider: Healthy Child Care America
Phone: 888-227-5409
E-Mail: childcare@aap.org
Website: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/hcca
Phone: Project Director: Jeanne Anderson
(888) 227-5409
This partner is a grantee through American Academy of Pediatrics.
The Healthy Child Care America campaign is a collaborative effort of health professionals, child care professionals, families, and other services working in partnership to improve the health and well-being of children in child care settings. The goals of the campaign are to provide technical assistance to assist States, Territories, Tribes, and communities in developing and strengthening linkages between child care providers, health professionals, and families. These partnerships ensure that children are cared for in healthy and nurturing environments and have access to necessary immunizations, health screenings, and other health and social services. The Healthy Child Care America campaign is sponsored by CCB and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and is coordinated in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
T/TA Provider: National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)
Phone: 800-616-2242
E-Mail: info@nccic.org
Website http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/
Contractor: Caliber, an ICF International Company
Project Director: Julie Shuell
NCCIC is the primary clearinghouse to support the development of expertise and the dissemination of child care information. An extensive database of child care information is maintained, and resources are disseminated via information and referral services, an Internet web site, publication of the Child Care Bulletin, periodic mailings, resource rooms at conferences, and presentations at meetings and conferences. A network of State technical assistance specialists, working with the ACF regional offices, provides on-site consulting support to State grantees.
T/TA Provider: National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative
Phone: 202-638-1144
E-Mail: itcc@zerotothree.org
Website http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/itcc
Contractor: ZERO TO THREE
Project Director: Karen Heying
The National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative (NITCCI) provides customized TA to CCDF lead agencies to support broad-based strategic planning activities to improve ECE quality for infants and toddlers. Individualized TA can be delivered through onsite visits, phone consultations, and/or webinars to support such initiatives as systems-level strategic planning, roundtables, materials development and dissemination, or the facilitation of peer-to-peer learning. Updated State and Territory profiles, initiatives, and other materials are available on the NITCCI Web site.
T/TA Provider: Tribal Child Care Technical Assistance Center (TriTAC)
Phone: 800-388-7670
E-Mail: tritac2@aol.com
Website: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/tribal
Phone: Native American Management Services
Project Director: Linda Kills Crow
580-762-8850
The Tribal Child Care Technical Assistance Center (TriTAC) provides targeted technical assistance services to more than 500 Tribes supported by the CCDF program. Services provided include a toll-free information and referral line; a Web site offering information on Tribal child care programs; onsite and Regional TA activities, including TA for Tribal CCDF administrators; an annual national Tribal child care conference; and an annual Tribal CCDF administrators training event.
Children’s Bureau (CB)
Training and Technical Assistance Network
The Children’s Bureau funds a national training and technical assistance network that is available to Tribes who currently receive Title IV-B. Tribes may contact any of the partners to explore the type of technical assistance that they may be interested in. Among the partners in the network are National Resource Centers, Implementation Centers, National Child Welfare Leadership Institute and National Child Welfare Workforce Institute. The Regional Office can help Tribes access TA.
Address: JFK Federal Building,
Phone: 617-565-1020
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region1/
Address: 26 Federal Plaza, Room 4114
Phone: 212-264-2890
Fax: 212-264-4881
E-Mail: NewYork@acf.hhs.gov
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region2/
Address: Public Ledger Building- Suite 864
Phone: 215-861-4000
Fax: 215-861-4070
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region3/
Address: 61 Forsyth Street, Ste. 4M60
Phone: 404-562-2800
Fax: 404-562-2981
E-Mail: headstart@acf.hhs.gov
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region4/
Address: 233 N. Michigan Avenue,
Phone: 312-353-4237
E-Mail: chicago@acf.hhs.gov
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region5/
Address: 1301 Young Street, Room 914
Phone: 214-767-9648
E-Mail: Dallas@acf.hhs.gov
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region6/
REGION VII KANSAS
Address: 601 E. 12th Street, Room 276
Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2808
Phone: 816-426-3981
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region7/
Address: 1961 Stout Street, Office 926
Denver, Colorado 80294-3538
Phone: 303-844-3100
Fax: 303-844-1188
E-Mail: region8@acf.hhs.gov
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region8/
Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau
Address: 90 7th St., 9th Floor
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region9/
Address: 2201 Sixth Avenue
Phone: 206-615-2547
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region10/
The National Resource Centers (NRCs) are funded by CB. Each NRC provides on-site training and technical assistance (T/TA) to States, Tribes, and public child welfare agencies in the preparation and implementation of the Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) process. This document is designed to communicate to States the focus of each NRC and the T/TA each provides. State and Tribal requests for T/TA are made to Regional ACF offices.
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement - Offers technical assistance, training, teleconferences, and publications to assist States and Tribes with strategic planning, quality improvement, evaluating outcomes, facilitating stakeholder involvement, and improving training and workforce development.
Address: Muskie School – University of Southern Maine
Portland, Maine 04112-5010
Phone: 800 HELP KID or 207-780-5810
E-Mail: helpkids@usm.maine.edu
Website: http://www.nrcoi.org
National Resource Center for Child Protective Services - Focuses on building State, local, and Tribal capacity through training and technical assistance in Child Protective Services, including meeting Federal requirements, strengthening programs, eligibility for the CAPTA grant, support to State Liaison Officers, and collaboration with other NRCs.
Address: 925 #4 Sixth Street, NW
Phone: 505-345-2444
Fax: 505-345-2626
E-Mail: tcostello@earthlink.net
Website: http://www.nrccps.org
National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues - Offers States and Tribes assistance with collecting and analyzing data, legal and judicial issue analysis, promoting stakeholder involvement, and action planning.
Address: 740 15th Street, NW
E-Mail: rennej@staff.abanet
Website: http://www.abanet.org/child/rclji
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning - Provides training and technical assistance and information services to increase the capacity and resources of State, Tribal and other publicly supported child welfare agencies to promote family centered practices that support the safety, permanency, and well-being of children while meeting the needs of their families.
Address: Hunter College School of Social Work
129 East 79th Street, Suite 801
Phone: 212-452-7043
Fax: 212-452-7475
E-Mail: gmallon@hunter.cuny.edu
Website: http://www.nrcfcppp.org
National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology - Addresses a broad range of program and technical issues (including Tribal and court child welfare issues) in assisting with the CFSR process, including training on data use and management, AFCARS assistance, coordinating peer consultation, and preparation and use of State Data Profiles.
Phone: 703-263-2024
E-Mail: nrccwdt@cwla.org
Website: http://www.nrccwdt.org
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Adoption - Partners with States, Tribes, and other NRCs to increase capacity in adoption, including analyzing adoption and permanency options, exploring systemic factors, including cultural competence and promoting stakeholder involvement, and to improve the effectiveness and quality of adoption and post adoption services provided to children and their families.
Address: Spaulding for Children
Phone: 248-443-0306
Fax: 248-443-7099
E-Mail: nrc@nrcadoption.org
Website: http://www.nrcadoption.org
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Youth Development – Provides States, Tribes, and other youth-serving organizations assistance in effectively implementing the Chafee Foster Care Independence and the Education and Training Voucher programs and supporting youth engagement in child welfare policy, planning, and program development.
Address: 4502 East 41 Street
Building 4W
Phone: 918-660-3700
Fax: 918-660-3737
E-Mail: pcorreia@ou.edu
Website: http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/nrcyd/
The Collaboration to AdoptUsKids - Provides training and technical assistance to States and Tribes on issues that pertain to the development and implementation of high quality recruitment and retention services for foster, adoptive and kinship families.
Address: 8015 Corporate Drive
Phone: 888-200-4005 or 410-933-5700
Fax: 410-933-5716
Website: http://www.adoptuskids.org
The National Resource Center listed below is co-sponsored by the Children's Bureau and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare - Works to develop knowledge and provide technical assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies and Tribes to improve outcomes for families with substance use disorders in the child welfare and family court systems.
Address: 4940 Irvine Boulevard
Phone: 714-505-3525
Fax: 714-505-3626
E-Mail: ncsacw@cffutures.org
Website: http://www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov/
The following two National Resource Centers were established to support statutorily mandated programs and provide services primarily to grantees.
National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center - Works to enhance the quality of social and health services delivered to children who are abandoned or at risk of abandonment due to the presence of drugs and/or HIV in the family.
1950 Addison Street, Suite 104
Berkeley, California 94720-7402
Phone: 510-643-8390
Fax: 510-643-7019
E-Mail: aia@berkeley.edu
Website: http://aia.berkeley.edu
National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Programs - Offers
knowledge and expertise in the implementation of family support strategies in a variety of settings and for many purposes; provides CFSR assistance, including building networks, collecting data, and promoting stakeholder involvement.
Address: 800 Eastowne Drive, Suite 105
Phone: 919-490-5577 x 222
Fax: 919-490-4905
E-Mail: lbaker3@nc.rr.com
Website: http://www.friendsnrc.org
Child Welfare Information Gateway - Child Welfare Information Gateway (CWIG) (http://www.childwelfare.gov/) provides information services for CB compiling, synthesizing, and disseminating resources on the safety, permanency and well-being of children and families covering a wide range of child welfare topics, including child abuse prevention, family preservation, foster care, domestic and inter-country adoption, search and reunion, mental health, systems of care and much more.
Phone: 703-385-7565 or
800-394-3388
National Resource Center for Tribes – This is a new resource center with FY 2009 the start-up year with activities focusing on planning and assessment. The NRC for Tribes will be the focal point for coordinated and culturally competent child welfare training and technical assistance (TTA) for Tribes including brokering TTA through the NRCs, assisting in the provision of TTA as needed, increasing cultural competence and sensitivity to Tribal voices in the TTA network and in State child welfare systems.
Address: 8235 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2211
Phone: 323-650-5267
E-Mail: jerry@tlpi.org
Website: http://www.nrc4tribes.org
National Resource Center for In-Home Service - This is a new resource center beginning with FY 2009. The National Resource Center for In-Home Services (NRCIHS) is a national center of child welfare expertise on in-home services, services designed to ensure the safety and well-being of children and youth in their homes, prevent their initial placement or re-entry into foster care, and preserve, support and stabilize families. NRCIHS provides technical assistance and training regarding effective and promising alternatives to out-of-home placement, working with state child welfare agencies and tribes to build their capacity to provide effective in-home services.
Address: W206 Oakdale Hall
Fax: 319-335-4965
Website: http://www.uiowa.edu/~nrcfcp/
National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health - The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health at Georgetown University is dedicated to helping States, Tribes, territories, and communities build systems that improve access to quality care and improve outcomes for children with, or at-risk of, emotional disorders, and their families. The Center is supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Administration for Children and Families, private foundations, and individual contracts. The Center provides technical assistance on a number of issues including, but not limited to strategic planning to build systems of care, cross-system collaboration, policy and infrastructure development, cultural and linguistic competence, early childhood mental health, leadership and workforce issues, health and mental health needs of children and families in child welfare, mediation, primary care and mental health, financing, managed care, implementing evidence-based practices, partnering with families and building family-driven and youth-guided systems, screening and assessment, and school-based mental health services.
Address: 3300 Whitehaven Street, NW
Phone: 202-687-5052
Fax: 202-687-1954
Email: childrensmh@georgetown.edu
Website: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center
Child Welfare Technical Assistance Implementation Centers – CB established five Regionally based Implementation Centers to expand the existing Training and Technical Assistance Network (T&TA Network) and enhance its ability to provide in depth and long-term consultation and support to States and Tribes. In addition to working with the T&TA Network, each Implementation Center will enter into formal partnerships with States and Tribes in its assigned geographic service area to execute projects focusing on the implementation of strategies intended to achieve sustainable, systemic change that results in greater safety, permanency, and well-being for children, youth, and families.
Northeast and Caribbean Child Welfare Implementation Center
Serving Regions I & II
Address: University of Southern Maine
Cutler Institute for Child and Family Policy
P.O. Box 9300, 34 Bedford Street
Phone: 800.435.7543
Fax: 207.780.5817
Contact: Susan Kanak, Director
skanak@usm.maine.edu
Kris Sahonchik, Co-Principal Investigator
kriss@usm.maine.edu
Susan Maciolek, Co-Principal Investigator
suanamaciolek@comcast.net
Atlantic Coast Child Welfare Implementation Center
Serving Regions III & IV
Address: University of Maryland, Baltimore
Phone: 410.706.3609
Website: http://www.family.umaryland.edu/
Contact: Diane DePanfilis, Principal Investigator
Cathy Fisher, Project Director
410.706.1442
cfisher@ssw.umaryland.edu
Serving Regions V & VII
Address: University of Nebraska at Lincoln
206 S. 13th Street, Ste. 1000
Phone: 402.472.3479
Contact: Mark Ells, Director
mells@unl.edu
Michelle Graef, Associate Director
mgraef@unlnotes.unl.edu
Mountains and Plains Child Welfare Implementation Center
Serving Regions VI & VIII
Address: University of Texas at Arlington
211 S. Cooper Street
Box 19129
Contact: Susan Ferrari, Project Coordinator
817.272.0634
sferrari@uta.edu
Maria Scannapieco, Principal Investigator
817.272.3535
mscannapieco@uta.edu
Western and Pacific Child Welfare Implementation Center
Serving Regions IX & X
Address: American Institutes for Research
Phone: 202.403.5000
Contact: Frank Sesek, Project Director
202.557.8896
fsesek@air.org
Regenia Hicks, Co-Principal Investigator
rhicks@air.org
Terry Cross, Co-Principal Investigator
503.222.4044 x112
terry@nicwa.org
National Child Welfare Leadership Institute - The National Child Welfare Leadership Institute (NCWLI) provides leadership development training, mentoring, and technical assistance to mid-level managers in public and Tribal child welfare agencies throughout the country. Managers in private agencies are included in the target group of trainees when they represent States in which child welfare services have been privatized. Participation in NCWLI programs is intended to increase the effectiveness of mid-level managers and to build human capital needed in child welfare agencies in order to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and families in those systems.
Address: 395 S. 1500 E.
Fax: No information
E-Mail: NCWLI@socwk.utah.edu
Website: http://www.ncwli.org
National Child Welfare Workforce Institute – The National Child Welfare Leadership Institute (NCWLI) provides leadership development training, mentoring, and technical assistance to mid-level managers in public and Tribal child welfare agencies throughout the country. Managers in private agencies are included in the target group of trainees when they represent States in which child welfare services have been privatized. Participation in NCWLI programs is intended to increase the effectiveness of mid-level managers and to build human capital needed in child welfare agencies in order to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and families in those systems.
Address: 114 Richardson Hall
E-Mail: ndickins@email.unc.org
Website: http://www.ncwwi.org
T/TA Provider: Community Action Partnership
Address: 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite 1210
Phone: 202-265-7546 Fax 202-265-5048
Website: http://www.communityactionpartnership.com/
The Community Action Partnership (CAP) provides national training to State and local CSBG-eligible entities to assist in obtaining skills and a further understanding of the importance of financial management and governance within the Community Services Network. CAP provides training and technical assistance to community action agencies across the nation, with special emphasis on those agencies, which are challenged programmatically or fiscally. The training consists of four regional trainings, with governance and fiscal management being the focus, and increased participation in the Pathways to Excellence Self Study program for determining strengths and weaknesses. The technical assistance portion consists of developing a volunteer peer mentor network to provide on-site consultation in problem areas, and the development of seven "best practices" manuals based on seven "Awards for Excellence" categories.
T/TA Provider: National Association for State Community Services
Programs (NASCSP)
Address: 444 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 846
Phone: 202-624-5866
Fax: 202-624-8472
Website: http://www.nascsp.org
NASCSP is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the empowerment of low-income families to reach self-sufficiency in its broadest context, through helping States attain full utilization of their resources and implement an extensive array of services to these families, including weatherization, energy assistance, child care, nutrition, employment, State energy programs, job training and housing in urban, suburban, and rural communities. NASCSP coordinates semi-annual training seminars for State and local CSBG and Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) staff. Weatherization Assistance Program Technical Assistance Center (WAPTAC) provides technical assistance and support to the U.S. Department of Energy, State and local WAP agencies, and other stakeholders. WAPTAC also coordinates an orientation for new WAP staff. NASCSP staff also provides training and technical assistance to States and local agencies upon request in the areas of data collection and Results Oriented Management and Accountability (ROMA) initiative implementation.
T/TA Provider: CAPLAW – Community Action Program Legal Services, Inc.
Address: 178 Tremont Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111-1093
Phone: 617-357-6915
Fax: 617-350-7899
Website: http://www.caplaw.org
CAPLAW is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to providing the legal resources necessary to sustain and strengthen the national community action agency (CAA) network. Through its in-house legal staff and a network of private attorneys, CAPLAW provides legal consultation, training, and publications on a wide variety of legal and management topics. This assistance enables CAAs to operate legally sound organizations and to promote the effective participation of low-income people in the planning and delivery of CAA programs and services, thereby enhancing CAAs' ability to provide the nation's poor with opportunities to improve their quality of life and achieve their full potential.
T/TA Provider: Carole Selter Norris, ICF International
Address: 394 Pacific, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, California 94111-1715
Phone: 415-677-7154
Fax: 415-677-7177
Email: cnorris@icfi.com
Website: http://www.icfi.com
The Assets for Independence (AFI) Resource Center, managed by the Office of Community Services, provides training and technical assistance to AFI program grantees. It also provides information and helpful assistance to organizations that are applying for an AFI grant to implement an individual development account (IDA) program. The resource center sponsors a variety of training opportunities including monthly topical conference calls on IDAs and other asset building strategies, one- and two-day training events for grantees and their partner organizations, and informational sessions on applying for AFI funding and designing effective IDA programs. The program web site displays a wealth of information available from the Office of Community Services and the AFI Resource Center:http://www.acf.hhs.gov/assetbuilding
T/TA Provider: Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.
Address: 2214 North Central Avenue, Suite 100
Fax Number 602-258-4825
Email: Alberta.tippeconnic@itaconline.com
Contact: Project Director: Alberta Tippeconnic
Website: http://www.itcaonline.com
Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., (ITCA) provides training and technical assistance to address the needs of Tribal-based water and wastewater systems through a grant from the Office of Community Services' Rural Community Facilities program. ITCA sponsors a "Tribal Water Certification Program" that trains Tribal staff to meet the health and safety needs of Tribal community members effectively. This certification program provides a system wherein persons responsible for the production, treatment and distribution of drinking water for public consumption, and collection and treatment of wastewater, may be examined and rated to demonstrate his/her level of competency in operating and maintaining Tribal facilities.
T/TA Provider: Jennifer Roberts, Dare Mighty Things
Address: 901 North Glebe Road, Suite 905
Phone: 703-752-4331
Fax: 703-752-4332
Dare Mighty Things, Inc., operates the Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) National Resource Center, offering targeted training and technical assistance to CCF grantees. Dare Mighty Things, Inc., conducts site visits and provides assistance with project management to grantees under CCF. Dare Mighty Things, Inc. produces and disseminates information, tools, and materials about the CCF and nonprofit management via an electronic newsletter that reaches an audience of approximately 5,500 subscribers. Dare Mighty Things, Inc., also operates a toll-free information line to answer inquires about the CCF
T/TA Providers: Planning and Learning Technologies, Inc.
Address: 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1000
Phone: 703-243-0495
Fax: 703-243-0496
E-Mail: shunter@pal-tech.com
Website: http://www.pal-tech.com
Contact: Sophia Hunter, Senior Executive Assistant
Planning and Learning Technologies, Inc., (Pal-Tech) Serve as the Head Start Resource Center (HSRC) to support OHS in the development and provision of services that will improve Head Start grantees' outcome, extend leadership and advance practices throughout Head Start and the broader early childhood development community. HSRC also provides support services to (1) help design, implement and coordinate program activity, (2) improve program operations and performance, (3) support OHS services.
T/TA Providers: Educational Services, Inc.
Address: 4350 East West Highway, Suite 1100
Phone: 202-498-8875
Fax: 202-964-9585
E-Mail: richardr@esi-dc.com
Website: http://www.esi-dc.com
Contact: Richard Russey
Educational Services, Inc. (ESI) Provides Head Start grantees with services including consulting, grants management, conference operations, materials development, curriculum planning, writing, and editing, website development and maintenance, video production, webcasting, and satellite broadcasting. Head Start grantees access these services through the national or regional implementation of programs of the OHS. Other initiative includes: the NRS; Math Webcasts; Higher Education Grantee Program; Parent-Mentor Training; Safe Futures Domestic Violence Awareness online learning site (in development); I Am Moving, I Am Learning, a training-of-facilitators program in the area of early childhood movement, health, and obesity; and Emergency Preparedness. Many of these initiatives currently, or will soon, have a presence on the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC), an online resource for Head Start grantees.
T/TA Providers: Head Start Knowledge and Information Management Services
Address: 1133 15th Street NW, Suite 450
Phone: 202-737-1030 or 1-866-6481
E-Mail: askus@headstartinfo.org
Website: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc
Head Start Knowledge and Information Management Services (HSKIMS) Supports information and resource dissemination through the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC) website, Head Start publications management, a national toll-free information line, and a national email address to request information. HSKIMS also manages ACF and OHS national conference exhibits. The ECLKC hosts the Head Start Program Directory and the Head Start Locator, which allows the user to access maps and contact information for all Head Start programs, including sorts for American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start programs and centers. Other directories include the Head Start Training and Technical Assistance Network, Head Start State Collaboration Offices, Head Start Higher Education Grantees, and a Consultant Directory. A Spanish section was recently launched.
T/TA Providers: American Indian/Alaska Native Technical Assistance
Network at the Academy for Educational Development
Address: 1875 Connecticut Avenue, Room 1028
Washington D.C. 20009-5721
Phone: 202-884-8386
Fax: 202-884-8660
E-Mail: agodfrey@aed.org
Website: http://www.aed.org
Contact: Angie Godfrey, Project Director
American Indian/Alaska Native Technical Assistance Network at the Academy for Educational Development (AI-TAN) Provides training and technical assistance to American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Head Start programs in 27 states across the country. AI-TAN also provides on-site training and technical assistance in the area of early childhood development; health services; developmentally, culturally and linguistically appropriate services; transportation of young children; working with young children with disabilities; and management in family and community partnerships. AI-TAN goal is to improve the quality of services to AIAN low-income children and their families, and to promote social competence and school readiness.
T/TA Providers: Zero To Three – National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
Address: 2000 M St. NW, Suite 200
E-Mail: webhelp@zerotothree.org
Zero To Three – Provides training and technical assistance to Early Head Start grantees on a wide variety of relevant topics, from promoting healthy social-emotional development in infants and toddlers to supervising staff with greater skill and effectiveness.