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Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Grants

Number: 93.590

Agency: Department of Health and Human
Services
Office: Administration For Children And
Families

Program Information

Program
Number/Title (010):

93.590

Federal
Agency (030):

ADMINISTRATION
FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Authorization (040):

Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 42 U.S.C. 5116 et seq., as amended,
Public Law 108-36.

Objectives (050):

To assist
States to support community-based efforts to develop, operate, expand, and
enhance, and where appropriate to network, initiatives aimed at the
prevention of child abuse and neglect.

Types of
Assistance (060):

Formula Grants.

Uses and Use
Restrictions (070):

To
receive funds, States must meet eligibility requirements stated in the
authorizing legislation and use of funds to develop, operate, expand, and
enhance community-based, prevention focused programs and activities
designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and
neglect. One percent is set aside for discretionary grants to migrant and
tribal populations and an additional amount to fund a national resource
center to provide training and technical assistance to State lead
agencies.

Eligibility
Requirements (080)

Applicant
Eligibility (081):

States, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Beneficiary
Eligibility (082):

There are no
eligibility requirements. Beneficiaries ,which include children and their
families, and organizations dealing with community-based, prevention
focused programs and activities designed to prevent child abuse and
neglect.

Credentials/Documentation
(083):

Applications require
certification and/or documentation that the State meets the eligibility
requirements described in the Act requiring that: (1) the CEO of the State
has designated a lead entity to administer funds under this title for the
purposes identified under the authority of this Title; (2) the CEO of the
State has provided assurances that the lead entity will provide or be
responsible for providing community-based, prevention focused programs and
activities designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child
abuse and neglect (through networks where appropriate) composed of local,
collaborative, public-private partnerships directed by interdisciplinary
structures with balanced representation from public and private sector
members, parents, and public and private nonprofit service providers,
individuals and organizations experienced working in partnership with
families with children with disabilities; and (3) the CEO of the State has
provided additional assurances that the lead entity has demonstrated
certain capacities that ensure the States ability to meet the purposes of
this authority. Applicable costs and administrative procedures will be
determined in accordance with 45 CFR 74 and 92.

Application and
Award Process (090)

Preapplication Coordination
(091):

Preapplication
is not required. Advice and technical assistance are available from the
Children's Bureau, OCAN to State applicants. This program is excluded from
coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application
Procedures (092):

States
and Territories respond to Annual Program Instruction which announces
availability of funds. Application must include assurance and information
required in Program Instruction, as well as completed forms from Program
Instruction.

Award Procedure
(093):

Applications are
reviewed against all eligibility requirements at the Headquarters level.
Approval/disapproval is decided by the Commissioner, ACYF.

Deadlines
(094):

Deadlines
will be provided in the annual Program Instruction. Contact Headquarters
Office listed below for future deadlines.

Range of
Approval/Disapproval Time (095):

From 2 to 3
months.

Appeals
(096):

None.

Renewals
(097):

Grants are
made annually. A new application is required each year.

Assistance
Consideration (100)

Formula
and Matching Requirements (101):

States that
meet all of the eligibility requirements will be awarded funds based on
the following statutory formula: (a) 70 percent of the total amount
appropriated is allotted among the States based on the number of children
under the age of 18 in each such State, except that each State shall
receive not less then $175,000; and (b) the remaining 30 percent of the
total amount appropriated is allotted in an amount that bears the same
proportion to such amount appropriated as the amount leveraged by the
State from private, State, or other nonfederal sources and directed
through the State lead agency in the preceding fiscal year bears to the
aggregate of the amount leveraged by all States from private, State, or
other nonfederal sources and directed through the lead agency of such
States in the preceding fiscal year.

Length and Time
Phasing of Assistance (102):

Grants
are awarded annually by the Secretary to the State on an annual basis, as
described by the formula information Section.

Post Assistance
Requirements (110)

Reports
(111):

Financial and
program progress reporting requirements are described in Program
Instructions.

Audits
(112):

Audits are
conducted in accordance with the requirements in 45 CFR 74 and 92.

Records
(113):

Records are to
be kept in accordance with 45 CFR Parts 74 and 92.

Financial
Information (120)

Account
Identification (121):

75-1536-0-1-506.

Obligations (122):

(Grants
and Contracts) FY 07 $42,429,000; FY 08 $41,689,000; and FY 09 est
$41,689,000.

Range and Average of
Financial Assistance (123):

In FY
2007 the awards ranged from $200,000 to $3,930,920 and for FY 2008 and
FY2009 the estimated range is between $200,000 to $3,850,233. The average
award is $718,045.

Program
Accomplishments (130):

In fiscal year
2007, 60 grants were awarded. The territories of Guam, American Samoa,
Virgin Island, and Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands received
$200,000 each under their consolidated grant program. It is anticipated
that 60 grants will be awarded in fiscal years 2008 and 2009.

Regulations,
Guidelines, and Literature (140):

All
pertinent instructions are contained in the annual Program Instruction.

Information Contacts
(150)

Regional or
Local Office (151) :

None.

Headquarters Office
(152):

Melissa
Lim Brodowski, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1250 Maryland Avenue,SW,
Washington DC, 20024, 8th Floor. Telephone: 202-205-2629, E-mail:
[email-masked].

Website
Address (153):

http://www.friendsnrc.org

Related Programs
(160):

93.643, Children's
Justice Grants to States; 93.645, Child Welfare Services_State Grants;
93.648, Child Welfare Services Training Grants; 93.667, Social Services
Block Grant; 93.669, Child Abuse and Neglect State Grants.

Examples of Funded
Projects (170):

None.

Criteria for
Selecting Proposals (180):

States which meet
all eligibility requirements will receive funds under this program.

Contact Information

Website:

http://www.friendsnrc.org/

Regional or
Local Office:

None.

Headquarters Office:

Melissa
Lim Brodowski, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1250 Maryland Avenue,SW,
Washington DC, 20024, 8th Floor. Telephone: 202-205-2629, E-mail:
[email-masked].

General Information

Assistance
Types:

A -
FORMULA GRANTS

Applicant
Eligibilty:

14 - State
(includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education
and hospitals)/46 - Income Security/Social Service/Welfare
23 - U.S.
Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and
hospitals)/46 - Income Security/Social Service/Welfare

Beneficiary
Eligibilty:

31 -
Individual/Family

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