OpportunityTitle: National Quality Improvement Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Partnerships are encouraged between organizations with experience and expertise in child welfare and child representation, but applications must identify a primary applicant responsible for administering the grant. The primary applicant must be one of the eligible entities listed above.   Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply.  Foreign entities are not eligible under this announcement.
Description: The purpose of this program announcement is to award a cooperative agreement to establish a National Quality Improvement Center (QIC) to generate and disseminate knowledge on the representation of children and youth in the child welfare system. One of the barriers to adoption for these children is the lack of a trained and effective representative who can advocate for timeliness in the handling of their case by the child welfare agency and the court. Forty seven States in Round 1 had to enter into Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) Program Improvement Plans (PIPs) related to improving the length of time to adoption. The QIC will work to improve the quality and quantity of competent representation for children and youth in child welfare cases so that States and Tribes achieve the best safety, permanency and well-being outcomes for these children and youth.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: ACF Applications Help Desk
GrantorContactText: ACF Applications Help Desk&lt;br/&gt;app_support@acf.hhs.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: See link to full announcement for details. IMPORTANT NOTE: Applications submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, on the due date referenced above.