Standing Announcement for Tribal Title IV-E Plan Development Grants
Posted by Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement — Standing Announcement for Tribal Title IV-E Plan Development Grants — is cataloged under number HHS-2025-ACF-ACYF-CS-0067 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 93.658, posted by Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on September 4, 2025. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is $150,000 -- $300,000. The agency has projected $1.5 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 5 awards. If the agency funds the expected 5 awards from the $1.5 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $300,000. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on January 12, 2026. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully — federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed — it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities.
Award Range
$150,000 -- $300,000
Close Date
January 12, 2026
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date.
Posted
September 4, 2025
Est. Total Funding
$1,500,000
Expected Awards
5
Instrument
Grant
Description
The purpose of this NOFO is to provide one-time awards to eligible applicants for developing plans to implement the Tribal title IV-E foster care, adoption assistance, and guardianship assistance programs. Each recipient must submit a plan to the Department of Health and Human Services within 24 months of the project start date. Funds under this NOFO may be used for the cost of developing a title IV-E plan under section 471 of the Social Security Act (the Act) to carry out a program under section 479B of the Act. The award may be used for costs relating to the development of data collection systems, a cost-allocation methodology, agency and tribal court procedures necessary to meet the case review system requirements under section 475(5) of the Act, or any other costs attributable to meeting any other requirement necessary for approval of a title IV-E plan.
Eligibility
07;11
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Foster Care Title IV-E
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Agency Contact
Carlette Randall<br/>carlette.randall@acf.hhs.gov
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