ClosedOpportunity HHS-2025-ACF-OPRE-FA-0101

Prevention Services Evaluation Partnerships: Supporting Adoptive Families

Administration for Children and Families - OPRE · Department of Health and Human Services

At a glance

Prevention Services Evaluation Partnerships: Supporting Adoptive Families is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the Administration for Children and Families - OPRE (Department of Health and Human Services). The application deadline was September 8, 2025. Individual awards are listed as $900K – $1.8M, with about 1 award expected and $1.8M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, independent school districts and 9 more. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 93.652 (Adoption Opportunities).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Jul 8, 2025Posted
Sep 8, 2025Application deadline
Aug 29, 2025 (est.)Est. award date

Posted: Jul 8, 2025
Close date: Sep 8, 2025
Est. award date: Aug 29, 2025
Award floor: $900,000
Award ceiling: $1,800,000
Est. total funding: $1,800,000
Expected awards: 1
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Independent school districts
Public colleges & universities
Federally recognized tribal governments
Public & Indian housing authorities
Native American tribal organizations
501(c)(3) nonprofits
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
Private colleges & universities
For-profit organizations (not small businesses)
Small businesses

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity. Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at and, subject to the protections and requirements of 45 CFR Part 87 and 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization's religious character, affiliation, or exercise.

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

The Prevention Services Evaluation Partnerships: Supporting Adoptive Families funding opportunity supports research (summative randomized control trial or quasi-experimental evaluation) to evaluate programs that help adoptive families at risk of disruption or dissolution that may result in foster care placements. This funding opportunity focuses on partnerships between researchers, Title IV-E agencies, and community entities with experience working with adopted children, foster children or children in kinship care. The evaluation will focus on mental health, substance abuse prevention and treatment, in-home parent skill-based, or kinship navigator programs or services. The award recipient must conduct a randomized control trial or a similar evaluation that meets the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse (the Clearinghouse) Design and Execution Standards for Moderate or High Support of Causal Evidence. To be considered eligible, the program or service being evaluated must already be prepared for rigorous research, such as having completed earlier evaluations. The recipient can gather and analyze new data or use existing data for the proposed evaluation. ACF is especially interested in evaluations of programs or services that are eligible for review by the Clearinghouse but are not yet rated, or those rated as "does not currently meet criteria". The award recipient must also work closely with federal staff and the current PSEP cohort throughout the evaluation. This funding opportunity is planned to have a four-year project period with one budget period. For further information about OPRE, see https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre.

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

HHS-2025-ACF-OPRE -0101_Instructions - signed 2.pdfFull Announcement · HHS-2025-ACF-OPRE -0101_Instructions - signed 2.pdfPDF · 355 KB

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

93.652Adoption OpportunitiesProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 93.652

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$33.3M

FY25

$31.3M

FY26

$31.3M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 93.652. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

Administration for Children and Families - OPRE
psep@acf.hhs.gov
202-690-7110

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Prevention Services Evaluation Partnerships: Supporting Adoptive Families”?

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public colleges & universities, Federally recognized tribal governments, Public & Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, Private colleges & universities and 2 more. Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “Prevention Services Evaluation Partnerships: Supporting Adoptive Families”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $900k – $1.8m, total estimated program funding is $1,800,000 and the agency expects to make about 1 awards.

How do I apply for “Prevention Services Evaluation Partnerships: Supporting Adoptive Families”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity HHS-2025-ACF-OPRE-FA-0101), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

ForecastedALN 93.872