Closed · HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-CT-1123 · CFDA 93.648 · Discretionary

State and Tribal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Implementation Partnership Grants

Federal grant opportunity posted by Administration for Children and Families, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$250K-$500K
Award range
Closed
Status
June 22, 2016
Close date
4
Expected awards

The verdict

State and Tribal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Implementation Partnership Grants is a closed discretionary listing from Administration for Children and Families that offered $250,000 -- $500,000 across 4 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 858 other opportunities from Administration for Children and Families.

$250K-$500K
award range
Closed
application status
4
expected awards
93.648
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

State and Tribal Indian Child Welfare Act is closed (last close June 22, 2016). The parent program page for CFDA 93.648 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Administration for Children and Families still indexes 858 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 22, 2016

Posted Apr 6 Closes Jun 22

Est. Total Funding

$1,400,000

Expected Awards

4

Instrument

Grant

Description

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to support the creation of effective practice model partnerships between state courts and/or Court Improvement Program, state public child welfare agency and a tribe, group of tribes, or tribal consortia, including both the tribal child welfare agency and tribal court for effective implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978 (Pub.L. 95-608). Demonstration sites will be required to jointly develop protocols and practices to promote effective and timely: - Identification of Indian children; - Notice to tribes;- Tribal participation as parties in hearings involving Indian children;- Tribal intervention in dependency cases;- Transfer of ICWA cases to tribal courts; and- Placement of Indian children according to tribal preferences. Partnership models must be co-created by states and tribes, jointly implemented, and designed to generate and capture clear, measurable outcomes such as: - Compliance with identification methods;- The number of Indian children identified;- Length of time from removal or petition filed until identification is made;- Number of notices sent;- Length of time from identification until notice sent (state measure)- Number of notices received (tribal measure)- Length of time for tribal intervention or participation; (tribal measure)- Number of cases in which a tribe intervenes; (joint measure)- Number of transfers; (joint measure); and- Number of Indian children placed according to tribal placement preferences (joint measure). This is a 60-month project with five 12-month budget periods.

Wide-open applicant board · 13 Grants.gov doors

State and Tribal Indian Child Welfare Act prints 13 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +9 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Income Security and Social Services (ISS). Only 3 other Administration for Children and Families listings share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 859).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 04
Special district governments
Code 05
Independent school districts
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 08
Public / Indian housing authorities
Code 11
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

State and Tribal Indian Child Welfare Act is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 93.648 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Foster Grandparents Program indexes 2 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Administration for Children and Families lists 858 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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