Procedural Justice Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC)
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) invites eligible applicants to submit competitive grant applications to develop and implement programs that offer an alternative to contempt by incorporating procedural justice principles into child support
business practices as part of a national demonstration framework.
The national demonstration, titled Procedural Justice Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC), will consist of the following core components:
1) initial screening; 2) outreach/engagement; 3) case conferencing, assessment, and action planning; 4) enhanced investigation; 5) enhanced child support services; 6) other support services; and 7) case management.
Each of these components will incorporate procedural justice principles into their design.
The grant project period will be five years.
The first year will be a planning year devoted to start-up and development of the program design and pilot testing.
Enrollment into the project will last for a three year period, and the final year will focus on evaluation and close-out of the project, as well as continued services to those already enrolled, and sustainability work.
Section 1115 grant funds awarded to each project will be treated as state or tribal expenditures under Title IV-D that, for purposes of the demonstration project, will be reimbursed by the regular Title IV-D federal financial participation (FFP) match.
The total approved cost of the project is the sum of the ACF grant award under Section 1115 and regular FFP.
Grantees do not need to provide matching funds.
Estimated award ceilings for the five-year project period are as follows:
FY 2016 - $200,000; FY 2017 - $225,000; FY 2018, 2019, and 2020 - $118,73 8. The expected funding for the five-year project period totals $781,214 in Section 1115 funds, plus FFP.
Grantees will not conduct their own evaluations, but must support and fully participate in an OCSE-funded cross-site evaluation.
Random assignment of potential participants into treatment and control groups will be required.
The evaluation of these grants will be funded through an OCSE cooperative agreement under a companion FOA for evaluation of and technical assistance to these projects.
Applicants for this grant may also submit an application under the companion funding opportunity announcement, but it is not a requirement for application or selection under this announcement.
A successful applicant under this FOA may also be selected as a successful applicant under the companion funding opportunity announcement but one award is not dependent on the other.
The recipient under the evaluation FOA will not conduct evaluation activities but will be required to select a third-party organization to conduct the evaluation.
The national demonstration, titled Procedural Justice Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC), will consist of the following core components:
1) initial screening; 2) outreach/engagement; 3) case conferencing, assessment, and action planning; 4) enhanced investigation; 5) enhanced child support services; 6) other support services; and 7) case management.
Each of these components will incorporate procedural justice principles into their design.
The grant project period will be five years.
The first year will be a planning year devoted to start-up and development of the program design and pilot testing.
Enrollment into the project will last for a three year period, and the final year will focus on evaluation and close-out of the project, as well as continued services to those already enrolled, and sustainability work.
Section 1115 grant funds awarded to each project will be treated as state or tribal expenditures under Title IV-D that, for purposes of the demonstration project, will be reimbursed by the regular Title IV-D federal financial participation (FFP) match.
The total approved cost of the project is the sum of the ACF grant award under Section 1115 and regular FFP.
Grantees do not need to provide matching funds.
Estimated award ceilings for the five-year project period are as follows:
FY 2016 - $200,000; FY 2017 - $225,000; FY 2018, 2019, and 2020 - $118,73 8. The expected funding for the five-year project period totals $781,214 in Section 1115 funds, plus FFP.
Grantees will not conduct their own evaluations, but must support and fully participate in an OCSE-funded cross-site evaluation.
Random assignment of potential participants into treatment and control groups will be required.
The evaluation of these grants will be funded through an OCSE cooperative agreement under a companion FOA for evaluation of and technical assistance to these projects.
Applicants for this grant may also submit an application under the companion funding opportunity announcement, but it is not a requirement for application or selection under this announcement.
A successful applicant under this FOA may also be selected as a successful applicant under the companion funding opportunity announcement but one award is not dependent on the other.
The recipient under the evaluation FOA will not conduct evaluation activities but will be required to select a third-party organization to conduct the evaluation.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Administration for Children and Families
Estimated Funding: $1,600,000
Office: Administration for Children and Families
Estimated Funding: $1,600,000
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2016-ACF-OCSE-FD-1172
Additional Information of Eligibility:
State agencies (including the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and Tribal Title IV-D or the umbrella agency of the IV-D program are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement.
Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2016-ACF-OCSE-FD-1172
Contact:
ACF Applications Help Deskapp_support@acf.hhs.gov
Agency Email Description:
ACF Applications Help Desk
Agency Email:
app_support@acf.hhs.gov
Date Posted:
2016-04-26
Application Due Date:
2016-07-08
Archive Date:
2016-08-07
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