Open · HHS-2026-ACF-OCS-ET-0029 · CFDA 93.569 · Discretionary
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Communities of Practice (COP)
Federal grant opportunity posted by Administration for Children and Families - OCS, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $725K-$725K
- Award range
- Open
- Status
- 10d
- Days left
- 6
- Expected awards
The verdict
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Communities of Practice (COP) is an open discretionary opportunity from Administration for Children and Families - OCS, offering $725,000 -- $725,000 across 6 expected awards. Applications close in 10 days.
- $725K-$725K
- award range
- Open
- 10 days left
- 6
- expected awards
- 93.569
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Communities of Practice (COP) - is cataloged under number HHS-2026-ACF-OCS-ET-0029 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 93.569, posted by Administration for Children and Families - OCS. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as open, first posted on July 24, 2026. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is $725,000 -- $725,000. The agency has projected $4.3 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 6 awards. If the agency funds the expected 6 awards from the $4.3 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $725,000. 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. Applications close on August 24, 2026 - roughly 10 days from today. That is a tight window, prioritize SAM.gov registration validation and assemble required documents immediately. 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. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$725,000 -- $725,000
Close Date
August 24, 2026
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date.
Posted
July 24, 2026
Est. Total Funding
$4,350,000
Expected Awards
6
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Office of Community Services (OCS) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) will support a funding opportunity for six (6) three-year cooperative agreements for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Communities of Practice (CoP).Six CoPs will be established to provide training and technical assistance (TTA). These CoPs will include CSBG-funded states, territories, and tribes, and CSBG state associations and eligible entities. The specialized TTA must: account for regional, state, city, county, tribal, and community characteristics (i.e., jurisdictional levels, demographic categories, socioeconomic tiers, community resources, etc.); be based on evidence-informed TTA models specific to the assigned CoPs; and include scalable approaches that states, territories, state associations, tribes, and CSBG-eligible entities can implement to support individuals and families with low incomes as they progress towards economic security.The six award recipients will be required to provide their respective grouping of CSBG states, territories, tribes, state associations, and eligible entities with capacity-building that creates scalable, evidence-informed interventions that improve earned income, employment stability, and asset development for families with low incomes through coordinated service delivery and systems alignment.TTA developed under these CoPs will advance community-level strategies that prevent and reduce barriers to attaining economic mobility; education and workforce development; transportation; and access to safe and stable housing, including support for the A Home for Every Child administrative priority. Each CoP is expected to invest in partnerships to support data-driven decision-making and infrastructure that strengthens service delivery, enhances reporting and compliance, and reduces opportunities for fraud, waste, and abuse across the Network.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category codes 00, 01, 02, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 11, 12, 13, 20, 22, 23, 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Community Services Block Grant
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Agency Contact
Cheryl Zuni Cheryl.Zuni@acf.hhs.gov
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