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Affordable Care Act (ACA) Research and Evaluation of the Maternal, Infant
and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

Research and Evaluation of MIECHV

Number: 93.320

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

Program Information

Program
Number/Title (010):

93.320

Popular Name (020):

Research
and Evaluation of MIECHV

Federal
Agency (030):

Administration
for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services

Authorization (040):

Social
Security Act as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Title V, Section 511 (h)(3) & (j)(2)(B).

Objectives (050):

Statute
requires the Secretary to carry out a continuous program of research and
evaluation activities in order to increase knowledge about the
implementation and effectiveness of home visiting programs. Further the
statute specifies these research activities may be carried out directly,
or through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts.

Types of Assistance (060):

Project Grants

Uses and Use Restrictions (070):

Consistent with statutory authority, funding for the research
and evaluation under the MIECHV Program will be used to carry out a
continuous program of research and evaluation activities in order to
increase knowledge about the implementation and effectiveness of home
visiting programs. Costs of organized fundraising, including financial
campaigns, endowment drives, solicitation of gifts and bequests, and
similar expenses incurred solely to raise capital or obtain contributions,
are unallowable.

Grant awards will not allow reimbursement of
pre-award costs.

Construction and purchase of real property are not
allowable activities or expenditures under this grant award.

Awards
issued under this announcement are subject to the uniform administrative
requirements and cost principles of 45 CFR Part 74 (Awards and Subawards
to Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, Other Non-Profit
Organizations, and Commercial Organizations), or 45 CFR Part 92 (Grants
and Cooperative Agreements to State, Local, and Tribal
Governments).

An application funded with the release of Federal
funds through a grant award, does not constitute, or imply, compliance
with Federal regulations. Funded organizations are responsible for
ensuring that their activities comply with all applicable Federal
regulations.

Grantees are subject to the limitations set forth in
45 CFR Part 74.81 (Prohibition against profit), which states that, "... no
HHS funds may be paid as profit to any recipient even if the recipient is
a commercial organization. Profit is any amount in excess of allowable
direct and indirect costs."

Grantees are also subject to the
requirements of 45 CFR Part 87, Equal Treatment for Faith-Based
Organizations: "Direct Federal grants, sub-award funds, or contracts under
this ACF program shall not be used to support inherently religious
activities such as religious instruction, worship, or proselytization.
Therefore, organizations must take steps to separate, in time or location,
their inherently religious activities from the services funded under this
program. Regulations pertaining to the Equal Treatment for Faith-Based
Organizations, which includes the prohibition against Federal funding of
inherently religious activities, can be found at the HHS web site at:
http://www.hhs.gov/fbci/waisgate21.pdf.

A faith-based organization
receiving HHS funds retains its independence from Federal, State, and
local governments, and may continue to carry out its mission, including
the definition, practice, and expression of its religious beliefs. For
example, a faith-based organization may use space in its facilities to
provide secular programs or services funded with Federal funds without
removing religious art, icons, scriptures, or other religious symbols. In
addition, a faith-based organization that receives Federal funds retains
its authority over its internal governance, and it may retain religious
terms in its organization's name, select its board members on a religious
basis, and include religious references in its organization's mission
statements and other governing documents in accordance with all program
requirements, statutes, and other applicable requirements governing the
conduct of HHS funded activities." Additional information on
"Understanding the Regulations Related to the Faith-Based and Community
Initiative" can be found at:
http://www.hhs.gov/fbci/regulations/index.html.

The Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) is available at
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/CFR/.

Awards issued under this
announcement are subject to the requirements of Section 106 (g) of the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, as amended (22 U.S.C. 7104).
For the full text of the award term, go to
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/award_term.html.

All grants or
cooperative agreements awarded are subject to the availability of Federal
funds. All funds are discretionary under these programs.

Eligibility Requirements (080)

Applicant Eligibility (081):

N/A.

Beneficiary Eligibility (082):

N/A.

Credentials/Documentation (083):

Applicants
should review each of the individual funding opportunity announcements
issued under this CFDA program for any required proof or certifications,
which must be submitted prior to or simultaneous with submission of an
application package. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program. OMB
Circular No. A-87 applies to this program.

Application and Award Process (090)

Preapplication Coordination (091):

Preapplication
coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not
required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under
E.O. 12372.

Application Procedures (092):

OMB
Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies
to this program.

Award Procedure (093):

Each
application will be screened to determine whether it was received by the
closing date and time and whether the requested amount exceeds the award
ceiling. Applications that are designated as late or those with requests
that exceed the award ceiling will be returned to the applicant with a
notation that they were deemed non-responsive and will not be
reviewed.

Applications competing for financial assistance will be
reviewed and evaluated by objective review panels using the criteria
described in the funding opportunity announcement. Each panel is made up
of experts with knowledge and experience in the area under review.
Generally, review panels are composed of three reviewers and one
chairperson.

Results of the competitive objective review are taken
into consideration by ACF in the selection of projects for funding;
however, objective review scores and rankings are not binding and are one
element of the decision-making process.

ACF may elect to not fund
applicants with management or financial problems that would indicate an
inability to successfully complete the proposed project. Applications may
be funded in whole or in part. Successful applicants may be funded at an
amount lower than that requested. ACF reserves the right to consider a
preference to fund organizations serving emerging, unserved, or
under-served populations, including those located in pockets of poverty,
and to consider the geographic distribution of Federal funds in its
funding decisions.

ACF may refuse funding for projects with what it
regards as unreasonably high start-up costs for facilities or equipment,
or for projects with unreasonably high operating costs. In addition,
federal staff will conduct an administrative review of the applications
and the results of the competitive review and will make recommendations
for funding to the Director, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
(OPRE) With the results of the competitive review and information from
federal staff, the Director of OPRE, in consultation with Deputy Assistant
Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development,
will make the final funding decisions.

Deadlines
(094):

Contact the
headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application
deadlines.

Range of
Approval/Disapproval Time (095):

From 60 to 90
days.

Appeals
(096):

Not Applicable.

Renewals
(097):

Not
Applicable.

Assistance Consideration (100)

Formula
and Matching Requirements (101):

This
program has no statutory formula.
This program has no matching
requirements.
This program does not have MOE requirements.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance (102):

Grants
(cooperative agreements) are generally awarded with a project period of up
to five years. The initial award will be for the first 12-month budget
period. Budget requests for the second through fifth year of funding
within the project period should be identified in the current application
(on SF-424A), but such requests will be considered in subsequent years on
a noncompetitive basis, subject to the applicant's eligibility status, the
availability of funds, satisfactory progress of the grantee, and a
determination that continued funding would be in the best interest of the
Federal Government. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum.

Post Assistance Requirements (110)

Reports
(111):

Grantees under
this announcement will be required to submit performance progress and
financial reports periodically throughout the project period.

The
frequency of required reporting is described in each funding opportunity
announcement. Final reports may be submitted in hard copy to the Grants
Management Office Contact identifiable post-award. Instructions on
submission of reports electronically will be provided with award
documents.

ACF grantees are required to submit the SF-PPR Cover
Page. ACF Programs that utilize reporting forms or formats in addition to,
or instead of, the SF-PPR have listed the reporting
requirements.

Grant award documents will inform grantees of the
appropriate performance progress report form or format to use. Grantees
should consult their award documents to determine the appropriate
performance progress report format required under their award. Performance
progress reports are due 30 days after the end of the reporting
period.

Final program performance reports are due 90 days after the
close of the project period. The SF-PPR may be found at
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/grants_resources.html.

Further
instructions will be provided, as necessary, with award terms and
conditions that will address specific reporting periods and due dates on
an award-by-award basis. Additional information on frequency of reporting
is available on the ACF Funding Opportunities web site at
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/msg_sf425.html. Federal Financial Report
(FFR) - Federal Cash Transaction Report. Progress reports are not
applicable. As of February 1, 2011, the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) began the transition from use of the SF-269, Financial
Status Report (Short Form or Long Form) to the use of the SF-425 Federal
Financial Report for expenditure reporting. SF-269s will no longer be
accepted for expenditure reports due after that date. If an SF-269 is
submitted, the ACF will return it and require the recipient to complete
the SF-425.

The transition strategy is allowing individual HHS
Operating Divisions to select--from a limited number of options--the
approach that best fits their programs and business process. This
transition does not affect completion or submission of the cash reporting
to the HHS Division of Payment Management's Payment Management System
(PMS). The primary features of this transition for recipients are that
OPDIVs that previously required electronic submission of the SF-269 will
receive the SF-425 expenditure reports electronically and, until further
notice, OPDIVs that have been receiving expenditure reports in hard copy
will continue to do so.

All expenditure reports will be due on one
of the standard due dates by which cash reporting is required to be
submitted to PMS OR at the end of a calendar quarter as determined by the
Operating Division. As a result, a recipient that receives awards from
more than one OPDIV may be subject to more than one approach, but will not
be required to change its current means of submission or be subjected to
more than eight standard due dates.

Beginning with budget periods
which end from January 1 - March 31, 2011, and for all budget periods
thereafter, all affected ACF grantees will be required to submit an SF-425
report as frequently as is required in the terms and conditions of their
award using due dates for reports to PMS.

Fillable versions of the
SF-425 form in Adobe PDF and MS-Excel formats, along with instructions,
are available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_forms,
www.forms.gov, and on the ACF Funding Opportunity website Forms
page.

Further instructions will be provided, as necessary, with
award terms and conditions that will address specific reporting periods
and due dates on an award-by-award basis. Additional information on
frequency of reporting is available on the ACF Funding Opportunities web
site at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/msg_sf425.html.

Awards issued
as a result of this funding opportunity may be subject to the Transparency
Act subaward and executive compensation reporting requirements of 2 C.F.R.
Part 170. See ACF's Award Term for Federal Financial Accountability and
Transparency Act (FFATA) Subaward and Executive Compensation Reporting
Requirement implementing this requirement and additional award
applicability information. No performance monitoring is required. Federal
Financial Report (FFR) – Federal Cash Transaction Report. Progress reports
are not applicable. TBD. TBD.

Audits
(112):

In accordance
with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003),
"Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations,"
nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more
in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted
for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year
in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that
year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. In accordance with the
provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of
States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal
entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal
awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that
year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal
awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as
noted in Circular No. A-133.

Records
(113):

Awards issued
under this program are subject to the uniform administrative requirements
of 45 CFR Part 74 (Awards And Subawards To Institutions Of Higher
Education, Hospitals, Other Nonprofit Organizations, And Commercial
Organizations) or 45 CFR Part 92 (Grants And Cooperative Agreements To
State, Local, And Tribal Governments).

Financial Information (120)

Account Identification (121):

75-0321-0-1-506.

Obligations (122):

(Project
Grants) FY 13 $0; FY 14 est $112,000; and FY 15 Estimate Not Available -
Three percent of annual appropriations under Section 511(h)(3) of Title V
of the Social Security Act, as amended by Section 2951 of the Affordable
Care Act (ACA) (Public Law 111-148) shall be reserved for purposes of
carrying out subsections (d) (1) (B) (iii), (g), and (h) (3).

Range and Average of Financial Assistance (123):

No Data
Available.

Program Accomplishments (130):

Fiscal Year 2013: N/A. Fiscal Year 2014: It is estimated that
1 grant will be awarded. Fiscal Year 2015: TBD.

Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature (140):

Not
Applicable.

Information Contacts (150)

Regional or Local Office (151) :

None.

Headquarters Office (152):

Lauren
Supplee Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, S.W. , Washington, District of Columbia 20447 Email:
[email-masked]
Phone: 202-401-5434 Fax: 202-205-3598

Website
Address (153):

No Data
Available

Related Programs (160):

93.505 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Maternal, Infant, and Early
Childhood Home Visiting Program; 93.508 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Tribal
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program

Examples of Funded Projects (170):

Not
Applicable.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals (180):

Applications will be evaluated based upon the criteria
published in each funding opportunity announcement.

Contact Information

Regional or Local Office:

None.

Headquarters Office:

Lauren
Supplee Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, S.W. , Washington, District of Columbia 20447 Email:
[email-masked]
Phone: 202-401-5434 Fax: 202-205-3598

General Information

Assistance Types:

B -
PROJECT GRANTS/B - Project Grants

Applicant Eligibilty:

14-State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions
of higher education and hospitals)/ 66-Science and
Technology;70-Training
15-Local (includes State-designated lndian
Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals/
66-Science and Technology;70-Training
20-Public nonprofit
institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and
hospitals)/ 66-Science and Technology;70-Training
21-Other public
institution/organization/ 66-Science and
Technology;70-Training
22-Federally Recognized lndian Tribal
Governments/ 66-Science and Technology;70-Training
30-Non-Government -
General/ 66-Science and Technology;70-Training
35-Profit organization/
66-Science and Technology;70-Training
36-Private nonprofit
institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and
hospitals)/ 66-Science and Technology;70-Training
37-Quasi-public
nonprofit institution/organization/ 66-Science and
Technology;70-Training
38-Other private institutions/organizations/
66-Science and Technology;70-Training
40-Native American Organizations
(includes lndian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships,
associations)/ 66-Science and Technology;70-Training

Beneficiary Eligibilty:

14 - State, 15 - Local, 20 - Public nonprofit
institution/organization, 21 - Other public institution/organization, 22 -
Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments, 35 - Profit organization,
36 - Private nonprofit institution/organization, 37 - Quasi-public
nonprofit organization, 38 - Other private institution/organization

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