Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Their Children (Demonstration Projects)

The Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Their Children Demonstration Projects funding opportunity is a federal discretionary cooperative agreement administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services. The opportunity is identified as HHS-2026-ACF-OFVPS-EV-0052 and is associated with Assistance Listing 93.592, Family Violence Prevention and Services/Discretionary. The program is intended to expand the capacity of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence service programs and community-based programs to prevent future domestic violence by appropriately addressing the needs of children who have been exposed to family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence. Funded projects are required to provide direct counseling, developmentally and age-appropriate services to victims and their children, advocacy on behalf of victims and their children, and support for non-abusing parents in their roles as caregivers and in meeting the social, emotional, and developmental needs of their children. Where appropriate, services may work with a non-abusing parent and child together. The program also permits optional activities including early childhood development and mental health services and coordination with and technical assistance to community-based organizations that serve victims or children exposed to violence. Additional services and referrals for children may include childcare, transportation, educational support, respite care, supervised visitation, and other necessary services. The federal government estimates total program funding of 21,500,000 dollars and expects to make 60 awards. Individual awards have a stated floor of 300,000 dollars and a ceiling of 350,000 dollars. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement. No cost sharing or matching requirement applies to this opportunity. The supplied synopsis does not state a project period, indirect cost limitation, subaward limitation, or other detailed spending restrictions beyond describing the required and optional program activities. Eligible applicants listed in the synopsis include Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments, nonprofit organizations having 501(c)(3) status with the IRS other than institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations without 501(c)(3) status other than institutions of higher education, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, and private institutions of higher education. Additional eligibility requirements state that an entity must be a local agency, nonprofit private organization, or tribal organization with a demonstrated record of serving victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence and their children. Nonprofit private organizations may include faith-based and charitable organizations, community-based organizations, and voluntary organizations. Faith-based and community organizations meeting the eligibility requirements may receive awards. Individuals, including sole proprietorships, and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from merit review and funding. The opportunity was posted on August 11, 2026, and the current and original application closing date is September 8, 2026. Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the application due date. An Apply link is provided through Grants.gov for creation of an application workspace. The supplied synopsis does not identify a letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating requirement. It also does not provide specific application questions, required proposal forms or uploads, evaluation criteria, award notification timing, or a stated performance period. No language in the supplied material establishes that this opportunity recurs annually, biennially, or on another regular schedule. Applicants having difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically are directed to Jan-Sheri Morris at Jan-Sheri.Morris@acf.hhs.gov. No telephone number is provided in the supplied material. The synopsis does not contain an explicit direct PDF URL for a NOFO, RFP, application document, or guidelines document, so no PDF link can be recorded from the source. The Grants.gov synopsis lists an archive date of October 8, 2026. Because no recurring schedule or future cycle is stated, no next cycle or recurring deadline should be inferred from the available information.

Demonstrate a record of serving victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence and their children, and clearly address the required activities of direct counseling, developmentally and age-appropriate services, advocacy for victims and their children, and support for non-abusing parents.