Closed · HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-CO-0040 · CFDA 93.652 · Discretionary

Technology Enhanced Adoptive Family Recruiting and Matching

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

$1.5M-$2.7M
Award range
Closed
Status
August 21, 2026
Close date
4
Expected awards

The verdict

Technology Enhanced Adoptive Family Recruiting and Matching is a closed discretionary listing from Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB that offered $1,500,000 -- $2,674,000 across 4 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 88 other opportunities from Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB.

$1.5M-$2.7M
award range
Closed
application status
4
expected awards
93.652
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on August 21, 2026. CFDA 93.652 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $1,500,000 -- $2,674,000.

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

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed August 21, 2026

Posted Jul 22 Closes Aug 21

Est. Total Funding

$10,696,000

Expected Awards

4

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

This program will fund projects focused on technology-enabled strategies that improve adoptive matching, placement, and permanency for children in foster care awaiting adoption. The funds, awarded to four regional centers, will be used to design, implement and evaluate these strategies.These centers will focus on children with an adoption permanency goal or who are legally free for adoption due to child welfare involvement. Centers will partner with state, territorial, tribal, and local child welfare agencies and courts to develop secure, accessible technology solutions that improve how families are matched with children in need of permanent homes. Proposed solutions must be interoperable with existing systems and may include tools such as data-informed recruitment support, AI-assisted matching, and predictive analytics.Each center will strengthen data infrastructure, support continuous quality improvement, and develop scalable resources that jurisdictions nationwide can adopt. ACF will define four national service regions to ensure full U.S. coverage. Centers will provide regional innovation support, training, technical assistance, and dissemination of best practices while collaborating nationally on shared learning.Applicants will be expected to demonstrate measurable improvements in match timeliness, placement stability, and adoption finalization outcomes.

Market-open applicant set · includes for-profit door

The eligibility set for Technology Enhanced Adoptive Family Recruitin… includes a for-profit door among 10 printed types (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; +6 more). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Income Security and Social Services (ISS). Inside Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 11
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
Code 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses
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

Surina Amin cb@grantreview.org

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