FUNDING-ACF
– Child Welfare Training: The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute;
January 15, 2018
Agency
Department
of Health and Human Services
Administration
for Children and Families
Description
The
purpose of this FOA would be to establish, by awarding one cooperative
agreement, a National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) to advance
federal priorities to improve safety, permanency, and well-being by building
the capacity of child welfare professionals and improving the organizations
that recruit, train, supervise, manage, and retain them. The Workforce
Institute will play a national leadership role in the field of child welfare in
the following broad areas: (1)Demonstrating how university partnerships support
workforce development; (2) Implementing organizational interventions to improve
workforce recruitment and retention; (3) Providing leadership training across
the child welfare career spectrum; (4) Developing cross system approaches to
improve worker and child outcomes; and (5) Building evidence of best practices
in workforce development. A broad range of activities will be undertaken by the
Workforce Institute to promote effective child welfare practice, enhance agency
efforts to create supportive work environments, and improve worker recruitment
and retention outcomes by: Implementing an innovative, comprehensive and
integrated organizational, educational, and professional development approach
to effective child welfare workforce development building on the last two
iterations of NCWWI work; Implementing effective workforce organizational
interventions that result in improved agency climate, worker preparation,
recruitment, and retention outcomes for agencies; such as reduction in
emotional stress and worker burnout, increased length of stay for workers,
changes in worker attitude and satisfaction, increased recruitment, etc.;
Demonstrating expertise in collecting and disseminating information about
effective and promising workforce practices in innovative ways; Implementing an
intensive, structured research design that rigorously evaluates and measures
the impact of each major component of the project and a cross-site evaluation
that will build a body of knowledge regarding the appropriate elements to
consider and address when implementing a comprehensive model of effective
workforce development; and Demonstrating improved safety, well-being,
permanency and placement stability outcomes for children and youth in agency
care. This will be a 60-month project period with five 12-month budget
periods.
Announcement
Number:
HHS-2018-ACF-ACYF-CT-1350
Closing
Date:
Estimated
Synopsis Post Date:
Jan 15, 2018
Estimated
Application Due Date:
Mar 16, 2018
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=298161
Contact
Information
Rebecca
Huffman
(202)
205-5588