Funder: Administration for Children and Families - OPRE
Due Dates: May 13, 2025 (11:59 pm Eastern)
Funding Amounts: $800,000–$1,600,000 per award | Up to 48 months | ~5 awards expected
Summary: Supports research partnerships between child welfare agencies and researchers to improve data use for continuous quality improvement in child welfare systems.
Key Information: Forecasted opportunity; no cost sharing required; active collaboration with Title IV-E agencies is essential.
Description
This opportunity funds cooperative agreements to support partnerships between research organizations and Title IV-E agencies (including state, territorial, and tribal child welfare agencies). The goal is to advance understanding and capacity for generating, processing, and applying data evidence to support continuous quality improvement (CQI) in child welfare systems.
Projects must involve active collaboration throughout all phases, focusing on how agencies use or could use data from existing information management systems to inform decision-making, improve system operations, develop or implement programs, and enhance practices to better meet the needs of children and families. The research should address questions related to practice, outcomes, and/or system operations, and build site-specific capacity for data-driven CQI.
Due Dates
- Application Deadline: May 13, 2025 (electronically submitted by 11:59 pm Eastern Time)
- Estimated Award Date: August 28, 2025
- Estimated Project Start Date: September 30, 2025
Funding Amount
- Award Ceiling: $1,600,000 per project
- Award Floor: $800,000 per project
- Project Duration: Up to 48 months (4 years)
- Expected Number of Awards: 5
- Total Program Funding: $8,000,000
- Cost Sharing/Matching: Not required
Eligibility
Eligible applicants include:
- State, county, city, or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education)
- For-profit organizations (other than small businesses)
- Small businesses
Note:
- Individuals and foreign entities are not eligible.
- Faith-based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements may apply.
Application Process
- Applications must be submitted electronically via Grants.gov by the deadline.
- Proposals should demonstrate active collaboration with Title IV-E agencies and address the use of data for CQI in child welfare.
- Review the full funding opportunity announcement for detailed instructions and requirements.
Additional Information
- This is a forecasted opportunity; the official Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) may be released closer to the estimated post date (March 14, 2025).
- No cost sharing or matching is required.
- Projects must be designed for a 48-month period and involve all phases of collaborative research and capacity building.
External Links
Contact Information
For additional questions, see the ACF Contact Page.