The Administration for Children and Families, which operates under the Department of Health and Human Services is providing grant funds of $3,200,000 for projects seeking to transform services to improve mental and behavioral health services and further develop trauma-informed child welfare systems.

The grant is open to a variety of state, local and tribal governments as well as educational institutions.

If the primary applicant responsible for administering the cooperative agreement is not a public child welfare agency, the applicant must document a strong partnership with the public child welfare agency(ies) with responsibility for administering the child welfare program(s) in the targeted geographical area(s) and courts having jurisdiction over the targeted child welfare population.

For more information on this government grant visit:

Integrating Trauma-Informed and Trauma-Focused Practice in Child Protective Service Delivery