Standing Announcement for Tribal Title IV-E Plan Development Grants

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau (ACYF/CB), is offering funding through the Standing Announcement for Tribal Title IV-E Plan Development Grants. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to provide one-time awards to eligible tribal entities to support the development of Title IV-E foster care, adoption assistance, and guardianship assistance program plans. These grants aim to help tribes establish the necessary frameworks to implement their own Title IV-E programs, which are authorized under Section 479B of the Social Security Act. The grants will support a wide scope of planning activities necessary for program implementation. Funds may be used to cover costs related to developing a Title IV-E plan under Section 471 of the Act. This includes expenses for creating data collection systems, developing a cost-allocation methodology, establishing agency and tribal court procedures required to meet case review system requirements under Section 475(5) of the Act, and other necessary costs to satisfy federal approval criteria for a Title IV-E plan. Eligibility for these grants is limited to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia as defined in Section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act and relevant sections of the Social Security Act. Applicants must be tribal governments or tribal organizations; individuals, sole proprietorships, and foreign entities are explicitly ineligible and will be disqualified from consideration. Applications must be electronically submitted no later than August 4, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The estimated post date for the funding opportunity is June 16, 2025, and the estimated project start date is September 30, 2025. Recipients are required to submit their completed Title IV-E plan to HHS within 24 months of the project start date. The estimated award date is August 29, 2025. Five awards are anticipated, with funding amounts ranging from $150,000 to $300,000 per award, and total available funding of $1,500,000. Applications should include a detailed plan for the use of funds, addressing all required components of a Title IV-E plan as specified in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). There are no matching requirements for this funding. Questions or requests for additional information may be directed to Carlette Randall at carlette.randall@acf.hhs.gov or by phone at (888) 203-6161.