Funding-ACF -
Foster/Adoptive Parent Preparation, Training and Development Initiative; April
29, 2016
Agency
Department
of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Description
The
purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to award one
cooperative agreement to develop a state-of-the-art foster/adoptive parent
training program to include intensive preparation and development components
that reflect the capacities required of successful foster/adoptive parents.
This is intended to be a product that could be utilized by all
states, tribes, and territories and consistently applied wherever implemented.
Development of this program would include research on the common
characteristics of individuals and their foster/adoptive families that have
succeeded in terms of well-being and stability. Common characteristics of
families that are more likely to foster and/or adopt harder to place
children/youth and are successful and remain committed to the relationship will
be identified and integrated into the program.
The
program would be inclusive of development, training, and capacity needs of
individuals/families that are interested in becoming foster parents, as well as
those who are interested in fostering with the intention to eventually
adopt; therefore many concepts would be in common for foster and adoptive
parents. There would be particular focus for foster parents on working on
reunification efforts with birth parents and for adoption there would be
particular focus on the common adoption issues pertinent to all types of
adoption, i.e., child welfare, private domestic, and international.
Announcement
Number:
HHS-2016-ACF-ACYF-CO-1122
Closing
Date:
Apr
29, 2016
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=281857
Contact
Information
June Dorn
(888) 203-6161