Technology Enhanced Adoptive Family Recruiting and Matching
Department of Health and Human Services
This program will fund projects focused on technology-enabled strategies that improve adoptive matching, placement, and permanency for children in foster care awaiting adoption. The funds, awarded to four regional centers, will be used to design, implement and evaluate these strategies.These centers will focus on children with an adoption permanency goal or who are legally free for adoption due to child welfare involvement. Centers will partner with state, territorial, tribal, and local child welfare agencies and courts to develop secure, accessible technology solutions that improve how families are matched with children in need of permanent homes. Proposed solutions must be interoperable wi
Funding
Award size
$1M – $10M
Award ceiling
2674000
Type
Cooperative Agreement
Dates
Deadline
Closing this month
Posted
07/22/2026
Closes
2026-08-21
Eligibility
Eligibility
City or township governmentsNonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationState governmentsCounty governmentsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Private institutions of higher educationOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)For profit organizations other than small businesses
Program
Funding area
Income Security and Social Services - ISS
Opportunity #
HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-CO-0040
Source
Status
Open
Market
Government
Level
Federal
Source
Grants.gov