Funding-ACF-
National Training and Development Initiative for Foster/Adoptive Parents, July
10, 2017
Agency
Administration
for Children and Families
Description
The
purpose of this FOA is to award one cooperative agreement to an organization 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 used 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
training program would be inclusive of developmental, 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. One element of the training for foster parents would include working
on reunification efforts with birth parents. For adoptive parents, the focus
will include issues common to all types of adoption, i.e., child welfare,
private domestic and international.
Announcement Number:
HHS-2017-ACF-ACYF-CO-1266
Closing Date:
Jul
10, 2017
Link to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=291975
Contact Information
June
Dorn
(888)
203-6161