Description
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is soliciting grants from Indian Organizations to establish and operate off-reservation Indian child and family service programs. The intent of these programs is to provide services for stabilizing Indian families and Tribes, preventing the breakup of Indian families, and ensuring that the permanent removal of an Indian child from the custody of his/her Indian parents or Indian custodian is a last resort. The programs will include services such as a system for regulating, maintaining, and supporting Indian foster and adoptive homes, operation and maintenance of facilities and services for counseling and treatment of Indian families and Indian foster and adoptive children, family assistance, guidance, legal representation, and advice to Indian families involved in child custody proceedings.
• The grant program uses funding provided through non-recurring appropriations made by Congress to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• The program is authorized by section 202 of the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. 1932).
• Eligibility for funding is limited to activities that support and are consistent with the intent and activities outlined in the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) section 202.
• Indian Organizations may apply individually or as a consortium for a grant under this notice.
• The estimated total funding available is $2,000,000, with an award ceiling of $300,000 per budget period and an award floor of $100,000 per budget period.
• The project period is two fiscal years, with an anticipated start date of January 9, 2026, and an anticipated end date of December 31, 2027.