Open · 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
- Open
- Status
- 16d
- Days left
- 3
- Expected awards
The verdict
Collaborative Approaches to Adoption for Children with Complex Needs is an open discretionary opportunity from Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB, offering $1,500,000 -- $2,150,000 across 3 expected awards. Applications close in 16 days.
- $1.5M-$2.1M
- award range
- Open
- 16 days left
- 3
- expected awards
- 93.652
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Collaborative Approaches to Adoption for Children with Complex Needs - is cataloged under number HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-CO-0055 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 93.652, posted by Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as open, first posted on July 27, 2026. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is $1,500,000 -- $2,150,000. The agency has projected $6.5 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 3 awards. If the agency funds the expected 3 awards from the $6.5 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $2.1 million. 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 26, 2026 - roughly 16 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
$1,500,000 -- $2,150,000
Close Date
August 26, 2026
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date.
Posted
July 27, 2026
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.
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
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Agency Contact
Kathleen Dwyer cb@grantreview.org
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