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Standing Announcement for Residential (Therapeutic) Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children

ID: HHS-2021-ACF-ORR-ZU-1785 • Type: Posted

Description

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Division of Unaccompanied Children Operations (DUCO), within the Administration for Children and Families, provides temporary shelter care and other child care services to unaccompanied alien children (UAC) in ORR custody. Residential care services begin once ORR accepts a UAC for placement and ends when the minor is released from ORR custody. Residential care and other child care services are provided by state-licensed residential care programs in the least restrictive setting appropriate for the UAC's age and special needs. ORR is publishing this Standing Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for therapeutic residential care providers including psychiatric treatment facilities and therapeutic shelter /group home services specializing in the care of children with conduct and behavioral issues. Residential care providers operating therapeutic residential facilities are required to be licensed as a therapeutic treatment facility in the state in which they are located and are also required to be accredited by The Joint Commission, or an equivalent accrediting agency, if providing psychiatric treatment services. Therapeutic residential facilities are required to provide services in a highly structured clinical program and have the ability to provide services to UAC with various mental health needs. All entities funded under this FOA must also comply with the Flores settlement agreement, pertinent regulations, laws, and ORR policies, instructions, and procedures. ORR encourages applicants to review ORR's policies at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resource/children-entering-the-united-states-unaccompanied as these will be critical to the overall program design.

Overview

Category of Funding
Income Security and Social Services
Funding Instruments
Cooperative Agreement
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 6/10/20 the Office of Refugee Resettlement posted grant opportunity HHS-2021-ACF-ORR-ZU-1785 for Standing Announcement for Residential (Therapeutic) Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children with funding of $15.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 93.676 Unaccompanied Alien Children Program. It is expected that 10 total grants will be made worth between $1.0 million and $6.0 million.

Timing

Posted Date
June 10, 2020, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Aug. 10, 2020, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Closing Date Explanation
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.
Last Updated
June 10, 2020, 11:25 a.m. EDT
Version
1
Archive Date
Sept. 9, 2020

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
County governments
Private institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
For profit organizations other than small businesses
State governments
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Independent school districts
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Special district governments
Small businesses
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
City or township governments
Additional Info
Care providers are required to be licensed by a state licensing agency to provide residential treatment centers, psychiatric treatment facilities, and/or therapeutic residential services for children. Care providers are required to be accredited by The Joint Commission or an equivalent accrediting agency in order to ensure child welfare best practices and nationally recognized child welfare standards are incorporated into daily programming. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$6,000,000
Floor
$1,000,000
Estimated Program Funding
$15,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
10

Contacts

Contact
Administration for Children and Families - ORR
Email Description
ACF Applications Help Desk
Contact Phone
(202) 690-7110

Documents

Posted documents for HHS-2021-ACF-ORR-ZU-1785

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