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Adoption Opportunities Discretionary Grants

HHS Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau

TraditionalFederal grant

Discretionary funds for projects removing barriers to adoption for children in foster care, including post-adoption services, kinship and pre-adoptive placement support, recruitment of families for older and minority children, and research on adoption outcomes.

Indicative award
Amount not published (varies by call)The Children's Bureau program page describes the mandated program areas but publishes no award range; amounts vary by the specific NOFO issued in a given year.
Timing
Varies by programmeNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Competitions are issued as individual Notices of Funding Opportunity in varying years rather than on a fixed annual cycle. The program page was marked current as of June 30, 2024 and lists no due date.
Who can apply
Community organisation, Practitioner, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
Eligibility
Awarded by competitive peer review to state, tribal and local agencies, faith- and community-based organisations, and other nonprofit and for-profit groups. Individual applicants are not eligible; specific eligibility is set in each Notice of Funding Opportunity.
SSWR clusters
Topics
adoption · post-adoption services · kinship care · older youth recruitment · interjurisdictional placement
Apply at
https://acf.gov/cb/grant-funding/adoption-opportunities
This entry
Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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