Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2023 ACF ACYF CA 0020
The Field-Initiated Approach to Addressing Racial Bias and Inequity in Child Welfare grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: HHS 2023 ACF ACYF CA 0020) is a discretionary funding program run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), through the Administration on Children, Youth and Families and the Children s Bureau. It is offered as a cooperative agreement, which generally means awardees should expect an active partnership with the federal program office during planning, implementation, and evaluation rather than a fully hands-off grant.
The central goal of the program is to support locally designed, field-initiated projects that can reduce racial bias and inequity in child welfare systems and, as a result, strengthen family safety, stability, and overall well-being, especially for families in traditionally underserved communities that are most affected by racial disparities. The opportunity is explicitly grounded in the idea that child and family well-being is a shared responsibility across public systems and communities, and that real improvement depends on equity, diversity, and culturally competent practice. Rather than prescribing one national model, the Children s Bureau is inviting communities to propose solutions that respond to their own conditions across the full child welfare continuum, which can include prevention and early support, investigation and assessment, service access and delivery, placement and permanency, and other decision points where disproportionality and unequal treatment can emerge.
A major expectation is that applicants use data to define the specific inequity problem they intend to address. The Children s Bureau signals flexibility in what counts as acceptable evidence, encouraging applicants to use the best information available from their state or community, including any existing analyses. If local data are hard to access, applicants are encouraged to build partnerships that can provide needed data or supplement with credible public sources such as U.S. Census data or community organization dashboards. In practical terms, projects are expected to start from a clear, data-informed understanding of how racial bias and inequity show up locally, whether that is through disparities in reporting, substantiation, removals, service referrals, placement stability, reunification timelines, or access to supportive services.
After an award is made, recipients are expected to conduct a thorough exploration or assessment that goes beyond surface-level review. At a minimum, this includes examining current practices, policies, and service delivery affecting the target population, and doing so with meaningful input from community members and families who have lived experience with the child welfare system. This emphasis on lived experience is a core feature of the program: applicants are expected to demonstrate readiness to share power with the community and to co-design solutions that reflect what families say they need to thrive, rather than solutions designed only by agencies or outside experts. The funded work is not limited to planning; it also supports implementation and evaluation, indicating that projects should move from diagnosing the problem to testing and assessing concrete approaches that can produce measurable improvements.
In terms of who can apply, eligibility is broad and includes state, county, and local governments; special districts; independent school districts; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. The program is tied to CFDA (now Assistance Listing) number 93.670 and sits within the Income Security and Social Services activity category, reflecting its focus on strengthening social systems that support children and families.
Funding details included an award ceiling of up to $500,000, with an anticipated total of 8 awards. The opportunity was posted June 1, 2023, with an original closing date of July 31, 2023, and required electronic submission by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the due date. Overall, the grant is designed for communities and agencies that can show they understand their local disparity patterns, can partner effectively with residents and families impacted by the system, and can implement and evaluate practical, community-led strategies to reduce racial inequities in child welfare outcomes and service access.Apply for HHS 2023 ACF ACYF CA 0020
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Field-Initiated Approach to Addressing Racial Bias and Inequity in Child Welfare" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.670.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 01, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 31, 2023 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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