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
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.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Kathleen Dwyer cb@grantreview.org
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What to do next
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