Closed · HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-CO-0055 · CFDA 93.652 · Discretionary

Collaborative Approaches to Adoption for Children with Complex Needs

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

$1.5M-$2.1M
Award range
Closed
Status
August 26, 2026
Close date
3
Expected awards

The verdict

Collaborative Approaches to Adoption for Children with Complex Needs is a closed discretionary listing from Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB that offered $1,500,000 -- $2,150,000 across 3 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-$2.1M
award range
Closed
application status
3
expected awards
93.652
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on August 26, 2026. CFDA 93.652 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $1,500,000 -- $2,150,000.

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 26, 2026

Posted Jul 27 Closes Aug 26

Est. Total Funding

$6,450,000

Expected Awards

3

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

This funding opportunity aims to support innovations that build evidence on how to help children and youth with complex or high-acuity needs achieve permanency through adoption. The projects will focus on collaborative, system-level efforts to recruit, train, support, and retain families who can meet these children's needs.Projects must be led by researchers who work within a child welfare agency or work in close partnership with one or more child welfare agencies. Together, researchers and child welfare program staff will identify and evaluate promising collaborative approaches.Collaborations that include Medicaid Section 1115 Research and Demonstration Projects, private adoption agencies, or community- or faith-based organizations are of particular interest.You'll be expected to: (1) Study how the model works in practice (i.e., implementation study). (2) Evaluate the effectiveness of the approach. (3) Use the most rigorous research designs, methods, and analytic techniques that are appropriate and sufficient to address the research questions of interest.Projects are expected to build on the existing research evidence and contribute generalized knowledge.

Wide-open applicant board · 15 Grants.gov doors

Collaborative Approaches to Adoption for Chil… prints 15 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +11 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: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Income Security and Social Services (ISS). 15 other Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB listings share this eligibility-code string (17% of 89).

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 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Code 23
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

Kathleen Dwyer cb@grantreview.org

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