Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2024 ACF ECD TH 0135
The Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Grants are a Fiscal Year 2024 discretionary funding opportunity from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD). Through this notice of funding opportunity (HHS-2024-ACF-ECD-TH-0135), ACF plans to award 5-year cooperative agreements to support the development, implementation, sustainability, expansion, and improvement of evidence-based home visiting services for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) families. The focus is on serving expectant families and families with young children from birth through kindergarten entry, with services designed to be both high-quality and culturally grounded.
At the center of the opportunity is funding to deliver evidence-based home visiting models and practices in tribal and urban Indian settings, while also strengthening the systems needed to run these programs well over time. Grantees are expected to implement performance measurement and continuous quality improvement approaches so they can track what is working, identify gaps, and make ongoing program adjustments. The grant also supports broader early childhood systems-building work, such as improving coordination among early childhood programs that serve AIAN families, and participating in research and evaluation efforts that expand what is known about home visiting in tribal communities. ACF is explicitly interested in growing the evidence base for home visiting approaches that are effective, culturally responsive, and feasible in tribal contexts, including remote and historically underserved areas.
The home visiting services supported by these awards are intended to improve a wide range of family and child outcomes. These commonly include stronger maternal and prenatal health; improved infant health; healthier child development; reduced child maltreatment; stronger parenting practices that support children s development; increased school readiness; improved family economic stability; better coordination and follow-through on referrals to community resources; and reductions in injuries, crime, and domestic violence. Overall, the Tribal MIECHV program frames its mission as helping AIAN children and families thrive by using a coordinated, culturally grounded, evidence-based home visiting strategy that connects families to supports and strengthens early childhood systems in the community.
Eligible applicants include federally recognized Indian tribes, consortia of federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations as defined under Section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Public Law 94-437). In practical terms, this includes tribal governments and Alaska Native entities recognized as eligible for federal services due to their status, tribally controlled organizations that ensure maximum Indian participation in their activities, and nonprofit urban Indian organizations governed by an urban Indian controlled board and able to cooperate with other public and private entities. The opportunity encourages applications that serve emerging, unserved, or underserved populations, including those in remote geographic areas, and it also encourages collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches. When a consortium applies, it must name a primary applicant that will be responsible for administering the cooperative agreement and managing the relationship with ACF.
A key application requirement is documentation of tribal approval when tribes will be served. Applicants must submit fully executed tribal resolution(s) from the governing body of each participating tribe confirming agreement to participate and receive services, including resolution numbers, voting information, and authorized signatures. Tribal or urban Indian organizations that do not plan to serve any specific tribe are not required to provide tribal resolutions. If the applicant is a tribally authorized component or division of a tribal government, it must also provide documentation showing the tribal governing body approves the submission of the application. Individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified.
Administratively, this opportunity is offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically means ACF expects substantial involvement during the project period, such as collaboration on implementation expectations, reporting, performance measurement, and evaluation activities. The program falls under the funding activity category of Income Security and Social Services and is associated with CFDA number 93.872. The original closing date for applications was April 18, 2024. ACF anticipated making about 6 awards, with an award ceiling of up to 1,000,000 dollars, supporting grantees over a five-year period to operate and strengthen culturally grounded home visiting services and the systems around them.Apply for HHS 2024 ACF ECD TH 0135
- The Administration for Children and Families in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.872.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-01-19.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-04-18. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Others.
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Tribal MIECHV (FY 2024) Grant Opportunity FAQs
1) What is this funding opportunity?
This is the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Grants opportunity for Fiscal Year 2024, offered by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD), under notice HHS-2024-ACF-ECD-TH-0135.
2) What type of award is being offered?
Awards are 5-year cooperative agreements. A cooperative agreement typically involves substantial federal involvement during the project period, such as collaboration on implementation expectations, reporting, performance measurement, and evaluation activities.
3) What is the main purpose of the Tribal MIECHV program grants?
The program supports the development, implementation, sustainability, expansion, and improvement of evidence-based home visiting services for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) families. The services are intended to be high-quality and culturally grounded.
4) Who are the intended participants served by funded programs?
The focus is on expectant families and families with young children from birth through kindergarten entry in tribal and urban Indian settings.
5) What kinds of activities can the grant support?
The opportunity centers on delivering evidence-based home visiting models and practices in tribal and urban Indian settings, while strengthening the systems needed to operate these programs over time. It also supports performance measurement and continuous quality improvement (CQI), early childhood systems-building and coordination, and participation in research and evaluation efforts related to home visiting in tribal communities.
6) What does ACF mean by strengthening systems around home visiting?
Based on the opportunity description, systems-strengthening includes efforts like improving coordination among early childhood programs serving AIAN families, building the infrastructure to run home visiting programs well over time, and using performance data and CQI processes to guide ongoing improvements.
7) Is the program required to use evidence-based home visiting models?
Yes. The opportunity emphasizes evidence-based home visiting models and practices, paired with culturally grounded service delivery in tribal and urban Indian settings.
8) How does the opportunity address cultural responsiveness?
The notice emphasizes services that are culturally grounded and highlights ACF's interest in expanding the evidence base for approaches that are effective, culturally responsive, and feasible in tribal contexts, including in remote and historically underserved areas.
9) What outcomes are the funded home visiting services intended to improve?
The opportunity describes a broad set of intended improvements, including maternal and prenatal health; infant health; child development; reduced child maltreatment; stronger parenting practices; school readiness; family economic stability; better coordination and follow-through on referrals to community resources; and reductions in injuries, crime, and domestic violence.
10) Are remote or underserved communities a priority?
Applications are encouraged that serve emerging, unserved, or underserved populations, including those in remote geographic areas. The notice also acknowledges historically underserved areas and remote settings as important contexts for feasible, effective approaches.
11) Are collaborative approaches encouraged?
Yes. The opportunity encourages collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches.
12) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants include federally recognized Indian tribes, consortia of federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations as defined under Section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Public Law 94-437).
13) What counts as a tribal organization or urban Indian organization for eligibility?
The description includes tribally controlled organizations that ensure maximum Indian participation in their activities, and nonprofit urban Indian organizations governed by an urban Indian controlled board and able to cooperate with other public and private entities.
14) Can a consortium apply?
Yes. Consortia of federally recognized tribes are eligible. When a consortium applies, it must name a primary applicant responsible for administering the cooperative agreement and managing the relationship with ACF.
15) Are individuals or foreign entities eligible?
No. Individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified.
16) Are tribal resolutions required as part of the application?
Tribal approval documentation is required when tribes will be served. Applicants must submit fully executed tribal resolution(s) from the governing body of each participating tribe confirming agreement to participate and receive services.
17) What details must be included in tribal resolution documentation?
The opportunity specifies that resolutions should include resolution numbers, voting information, and authorized signatures, and they must be fully executed by the governing body of each participating tribe.
18) When are tribal resolutions not required?
Tribal or urban Indian organizations that do not plan to serve any specific tribe are not required to provide tribal resolutions.
19) What if the applicant is a division or component of a tribal government?
If the applicant is a tribally authorized component or division of a tribal government, it must provide documentation showing the tribal governing body approves submission of the application.
20) What is ACF expecting related to performance measurement and quality improvement?
Grantees are expected to implement performance measurement and continuous quality improvement approaches to track what is working, identify gaps, and make ongoing program adjustments.
21) Does the opportunity include research and evaluation participation?
Yes. The notice supports participation in research and evaluation efforts that expand what is known about home visiting in tribal communities, and it explicitly aims to grow the evidence base for culturally responsive approaches in tribal contexts.
22) What is the funding activity category and CFDA number?
The funding activity category is Income Security and Social Services, and the opportunity is associated with CFDA number 93.872.
23) How many awards were anticipated?
ACF anticipated making about 6 awards.
24) What is the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling is up to $1,000,000.
25) How long is the project period?
The awards are intended to support grantees over a five-year period.
26) What was the application closing date?
The original closing date for applications was April 18, 2024.
27) What is the overall mission described for the Tribal MIECHV program?
The program frames its mission as helping AIAN children and families thrive through a coordinated, culturally grounded, evidence-based home visiting strategy that connects families to supports and strengthens early childhood systems in the community.
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