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Child Welfare

The child welfare service system: prevention, foster care, permanency, and system reform.

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Federal prize competitions and challengesPrize or challengeU.S. federal agencies (Challenge.gov)Agencies post cash prizes for solutions to defined problems — including behavioural health, caregiving and child welfare challenges. You are paid for the result, so there is no grant to administer.$5k–$500k · Rolling / open
Federal and state evaluation contracts (SAM.gov)Evaluation contractU.S. federal and state agenciesAgencies buy evaluation as a service through procurement, not as a grant. Deliverable-driven and less prestigious than a grant, but it is steady applied research money most academics never look at.$50k–$5M · Rolling / open
Building Disaster-Ready Human Services Systems ChallengePrize or challengeU.S. Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and ResponseA federal prize competition, in two tracks, for implementation-ready and scalable solutions that strengthen human services systems' disaster response capability. Cash prizes, no grant application cycle.$200k–$400k · Periodic calls · Jul, Aug, Sep
Community Power-Building for Birth and Parenting Justice Grant ProgramParticipatory grantmakingSisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice CollectiveParticipatory grant program that reserves a share of its pool for BIPOC researchers and BIPOC creatives alongside grassroots groups, funding research and arts that advance birth and parenting justice.$25k–$50k · Periodic calls · May, Jun
NAPSW Innovative Program Award and Research GrantPilot / seed fundingNational Association of Perinatal Social Workers (NAPSW)A $1,000 one-time seed award for perinatal social workers to fund special programmes or research efforts that lack other funding, including evidence-based practice implementation and best-practice evaluation.$1k · Annual cycle · Feb
Pontiac Funders Collaborative GrantsFoundation grantCommunity Foundation for Southeast MichiganA place-based funder collaborative for Pontiac in the Detroit metro area, focused on economic stability for youth and families, thriving neighborhoods, and community resilience. Concept papers are reviewed by three separate bodies — a Funder Advisory Committee, a Community Advisory Committee, and a City-County Advisory Committee — so residents and local government sit inside the decision process alongside funders. Awarded projects have included data mapping and cash-assistance implementation, both of which carry evaluation and research partnership potential.Amount not published · By invitation
External Research Partner RosterEvaluation contractColorado Evaluation and Action LabColorado's state-facing evaluation lab keeps a standing pool of outside researchers it draws on for paid project work, rather than running open grant competitions. You join by questionnaire and are contacted when a fitting project appears.Amount not published · Rolling / open
Office of Innovation, Alignment, and Accountability (Evaluation and Research)In-kind resourceWashington State Department of Children, Youth, and FamiliesWashington's child welfare agency runs an internal evaluation and research office covering performance improvement, evaluation and research, and data and reporting. It is the agency door for researchers seeking a state partner, data, or an evaluation role.Not a cash award · Rolling / open
Current Grant Opportunities (Neighbor to Neighbor, Whitehorse Foundation, Medical Funds, Benjamin N. Phillips Memorial Fund)Participatory grantmakingSeattle FoundationSeattle Foundation's live listing of open funds, including Neighbor to Neighbor, which funds small-budget grassroots groups to increase the engagement, power and influence of community members affected by poverty and racial disparities.Amount not published · Several times a year · Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
National Leadership Circle FellowshipTraining & capacityFoster AmericaA yearlong fellowship for people with lived experience of the child welfare system who now hold professional roles at agencies, universities and advocacy organizations, supporting them to develop and pursue system-change strategies together.Not a cash award · Annual cycle
Community Empowerment GrantmakingParticipatory grantmakingNotah Begay III (NB3) FoundationNational grantmaking from a Native-led foundation that also runs its own evaluation and research arm, funding Native-led work on physical activity, nutrition, youth leadership, and cultural connection for Native children's health.Amount not published · By invitation
Court Improvement Program Grants (Mediation, Technology, Court Navigator Pilot)Training & capacitySupreme Court of Ohio, Office of the Chief Financial OfficerOhio's high court re-grants federal Court Improvement Program money to local courts for mediation in abuse, neglect and dependency cases, juvenile and probate court technology, and a court navigator pilot — each with stated outcome expectations.Amount not published · Annual cycle · Jul, Aug
Global Genes RARE Patient Impact GrantsParticipatory grantmakingGlobal GenesA grant stream that puts money directly into rare disease patient advocacy organizations rather than into universities. Past cycles funded educational tools and resources to improve health equity in underserved and underrepresented rare disease populations, in-person convenings and community building, and programs addressing the health and mental wellbeing of the rare disease community, naming children, siblings, caregivers and care partners, and people who are grieving. That sibling-and-bereavement framing is rare in condition-foundation funding and maps directly onto family-systems social woAmount not published · Varies by programme
Lawson Foundation grantsFoundation grantThe Lawson FoundationA Canadian family foundation funding the healthy development and wellbeing of children and youth across five impact areas: early child development, child and youth diabetes, youth climate and nature leadership, sector infrastructure, and the place-based Miggsie Fund. Grantmaking explicitly names research and advocacy, prevention and early intervention, and evaluation and knowledge sharing among its priorities, and funds can cover research, capacity enhancement and training rather than only service delivery. Grants are flexible in size and length by design.Amount not published · Varies by programme
Anticipated Procurement OpportunitiesEvaluation contractWisconsin Department of Children and FamiliesAdvance notice of child welfare and child care procurements Wisconsin DCF intends to release, posted months before the RFP itself. It is the rare early-warning list that lets an outside team assemble a bid before the clock starts.Amount not published · Rolling / open
Nuestro FuturoParticipatory grantmakingThe Chicago Community TrustA Latine donor affinity fund at The Chicago Community Trust whose volunteer steering committee, led by two co-chairs, runs the yearly grantmaking to Chicago-area organisations serving Latine communities.Amount not published · Annual cycle
AISP Learning CommunityTraining & capacityActionable Intelligence for Social Policy, University of PennsylvaniaA cohort-based learning community and technical assistance network for organizations building integrated data systems, drawing on AISP's framework and its partnerships with 70 data sharing efforts.Not a cash award · Annual cycle
Court Improvement Program Evaluation and Technical Assistance SolicitationsEvaluation contractSupreme Court of Ohio, Office of the Chief Financial OfficerOhio's high court posts its own RFPs directly on this page, including program evaluation of the state Court Improvement Program and technical assistance for juvenile court mediation and a court navigator pilot.Amount not published · Several times a year
DHS Business Center Procurement (RFPs, IFBs, Expressions of Interest, Bid Board)Evaluation contractMaryland Department of Human ServicesThe posting hub for Maryland's human services and child welfare agency. Requests for Proposals, Invitations for Bids, Requests for Expressions of Interest and a Bid Board are each maintained here with archives of past solicitations.Amount not published · Rolling / open
DFPS Contracting and Funding Opportunities (Solicitations over $25,000)Evaluation contractTexas Department of Family and Protective ServicesThe standing entry point for Texas child protective services contracting. DFPS announces every procurement above $25,000 here as an RFP, RFA, RFO, RFQ or IFB, including evaluation and analytic work.Amount not published · Rolling / open
Doing Business with DCF (eSupplier solicitations)Evaluation contractWisconsin Department of Children and FamiliesThe registration and bidding route for Wisconsin DCF contracts. Explains the competitive process, the STAR supplier registration, and how to subscribe to eSupplier so child welfare solicitations reach you when they post.Amount not published · Rolling / open
WSIPP Contracted Research and University CollaborationEvaluation contractWashington State Institute for Public PolicyWashington's nonpartisan legislative research institute extends its own capacity by contracting outside experts and collaborating with university faculty on legislature-assigned studies of criminal justice, child welfare, and social policy.Amount not published · Varies by programme
Klaus J. Jacobs Awards (Research Prize and Best Practice Prize)Prize or challengeJacobs FoundationTwo annual prizes endowed with a combined 1.2 million Swiss francs for exceptional achievement in research and in practice on child and youth development. Entry is by nomination.Amount not published · Annual cycle
DonorsChoose Classroom Project RequestsCrowdfundingDonorsChoosePublic-school educators post itemised requests for classroom resources and donors fund them; when a request is fully funded DonorsChoose buys the items and ships them to the requester.Amount not published · Rolling / open
Allegheny County DHS Research and Data Requests (Data Warehouse)In-kind resourceAllegheny County Department of Human Services (Pennsylvania)Researchers can request de-identified, limited or (with IRB approval) identified client and service data from the Allegheny County Data Warehouse for human services research that builds knowledge, improves practice or informs policy.Not a cash award · Rolling / open
Virginia Longitudinal Data System (VLDS) Research AccessIn-kind resourceVirginia Longitudinal Data System (VLDS), with participating Virginia state agenciesVetted researchers, guided by agency sponsors, can run privacy-protected linked analyses of administrative data from 13 Virginia agencies, including Social Services, the Office of Children's Services, Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Juvenile Justice, education and workforce.Not a cash award · Rolling / open
Philadelphia DHS External Research Committee (ERC) study approvalIn-kind resourceCity of Philadelphia Department of Human ServicesRoute for external researchers to seek approval and data from Philadelphia's child welfare and juvenile justice agency, by submitting a proposed study application to the External Research Committee.Not a cash award · Rolling / open
NDACAN Summer Research Institute (SRI)Training & capacityNational Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN), Duke University and Cornell University, a service of the Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of HealthA free, competitive online institute in which selected researchers work on their own secondary-analysis project using NDACAN child maltreatment datasets, with NDACAN staff and statistical consultants supporting them toward a publishable paper.Not a cash award · Annual cycle
ACS Research Review Committee Approval (research access to ACS clients, staff and administrative data)In-kind resourceNYC Administration for Children's Services (ACS)Route by which university researchers, graduate students and program evaluators obtain approval to study children and families served by New York City's child welfare agency, its staff, foster parents, contract agencies or administrative data.Not a cash award · Rolling / open
NSCAW Restricted Release Data Licence (NSCAW I, II and III)In-kind resourceNational Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN), Duke University and Cornell University, a service of the Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of HealthA three-year licence to the restricted releases of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW I, II and III), the national longitudinal study of the well-being, service needs and service use of children in contact with child welfare.Not a cash award · Rolling / open
DCF Research Review Committee: Research and Data RequestsIn-kind resourceNew Jersey Department of Children and FamiliesThe route for researchers to seek approval for research involving New Jersey DCF-affiliated staff, programs, families, children and youth, or confidential DCF client data. The researcher submits an application for a proposed research project by email, and the Research Review Committee reviews, approves and monitors it at monthly meetings.Not a cash award · Several times a year · Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Community Partnerships in Research ProgramParticipatory grantmakingPolicyLab, Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaSeed funding for community-academic research partnerships focused on children and families in Greater Philadelphia, building capacity at CHOP for community-engaged research: Partnership Development Awards for new or emerging partnerships, and Joint Pilot Project Awards for established partnerships with a well-defined research project that may produce preliminary data for future grant applications.up to $40k · Varies by programme
DCFS Research Review Board (approval to research DCFS-served children and families)In-kind resourceIllinois Department of Children and Family ServicesThe route a researcher must use to study children and families served by Illinois DCFS: the Research Review Board reviews all proposed research involving them, and research involving DCFS staff, foster parents, grantees and contractors may also need review. The researcher submits a proposal packet by email. The page notes approval does not itself grant access to DCFS data, participation, or funding.Not a cash award · Periodic calls
Linked Information Network of Colorado (LINC) ProjectsIn-kind resourceColorado Evaluation and Action Lab (Linked Information Network of Colorado)LINC securely connects and de-identifies data across Colorado public systems to produce research-ready linked data for projects that address problems government partners face. Academic researchers can initiate a LINC project if they bring expertise in an area of high priority to government partners: they answer five screening questions, consult the LINC Director, and the project goes to the relevant data partners for approval.Not a cash award · Varies by programme
Integrated Client Services (ICS) Data Linkage RequestsIn-kind resourceOregon Department of Human ServicesOregon's Integrated Client Services data links ODHS and OHA program records, including SNAP, Medicaid and child welfare, into a unified client index. External researchers can request linkages: they submit an official request with data use agreements, pass a feasibility review, provide IRB documentation where applicable, and receive a client index crosswalk with study IDs for confidential linking.Not a cash award · Varies by programme
Children's Division Research Protections and Request for Release of DataIn-kind resourceMissouri Department of Social Services, Children's DivisionThe route for researchers to conduct studies with, or obtain data from, Missouri's Children's Division: the researcher submits an Application to Conduct Research/Study (Form MO 886-4454) with any IRB positions, and a committee appointed by the Division Director reviews whether the request is bona fide and could advance child welfare practice in Missouri.Not a cash award · Varies by programme

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