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ForecastedTechnology Enhanced Adoptive Family Recruiting and Matching
Federal funding opportunity HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-CO-0040 from Administration for Children and Families - ACYF/CB.
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- Posted
- April 20, 2026
- Closes
- See announcement
- Award ceiling
- $2,674,000
- Award floor
- $1,500,000
- Program funding
- $10,696,000
- Expected awards
- 4
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Assistance listing
- 93.652
- Archives
- August 8, 2026
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 93.652 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $33.3M
- FY2025 obligated
- $29.9M
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $-997,863
- Awards in window
- 18
Top recipients: Adoption Exchange Association Inc, Spaulding for Children, Center for Adoption Support & Education Inc, University of Maine System, American Bar Association
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed July 2026
Synopsis
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 with existing systems and may include tools such as data-informed recruitment support, AI-assisted matching, and predictive analytics.
Each center will strengthen data infrastructure, support continuous quality improvement, and develop scalable resources that jurisdictions nationwide can adopt. ACF will define four national service regions to ensure full U.S. coverage. Centers will provide regional innovation support, training, technical assistance, and dissemination of best practices while collaborating nationally on shared learning.
Applicants will be expected to demonstrate measurable improvements in match timeliness, placement stability, and adoption finalization outcomes.
Who can apply
- City or township governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- County governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
This program requires applicants to demonstrate BOTH technology expertise AND child welfare practice expertise at the organizational level. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity.
How to apply
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