Prevention Services Evaluation Partnerships: Supporting Adoptive Families
HHS Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE)
Funds a summative randomized controlled trial or quasi-experimental evaluation of programs supporting adoptive families at risk of adoption disruption or dissolution. The design must meet Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse standards for moderate or high causal evidence.
- Indicative award
- Not a cash award (not a cash award)The OPRE grants page publishes no award ceiling, floor, or number of awards for this opportunity; figures appear only in the Notice of Funding Opportunity posted to Grants.gov.
- Timing
- Periodic callsNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Listed on the OPRE grants page as a forecasted opportunity with no application due date published on ACF's own site. OPRE directs applicants to register at Grants.gov and subscribe to the forecast for the due date.
- Who can apply
- Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Early-career faculty, Community organisation
- Eligibility
- Evaluators applying in collaboration with Title IV-E agencies, community entities, and/or researchers experienced with adopted, foster, or kinship-care children. OPRE does not award grants to individuals or for direct services. Authorized under CAPTA Title II sec. 203(b)(4).
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- adoption disruption · kinship navigator · title iv-e prevention services · impact evaluation
- Apply at
- https://acf.gov/opre/grants#Grant-SAF
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
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