Welcome to the National Center for Housing & Child Welfare WebsiteNews US Children's Bureau issues Notice of Upcoming Grant to Support Housing-Child Welfare Partnerships to Keep Families Together and Safe On May 29, 2012 HHS will begin to accept applications for a pilot program called, Partnerships to Demonstrate the Effectiveness of Supportive Housing for Families in the Child Welfare System. HHS will award five communities a maximum of $5 million over five years to communities who work in partnership to address the housing needs of families who are at risk of separation or unable to reunite due to serious housing problems. Applications will be due on July 28, 2012 and projects are due to begin in September 2012. Click this link to view the announcement: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/hhsgrantsforecast/index.cfm?switch=grant.view&gff_grants_forecastInfoID=38683 While the program is remarkably similar to HUD’s Family Unification Program and indeed could be easily folded into a FUP site, it is not necessarily identical to FUP and allows for additional innovations, including triage systems. Eligible activities include:
Eligible applicants include:
If you are interested in learning more about housing-child welfare partnerships in anticipation of this upcoming grant, please feel free to reach out to NCHCW at info@nchcw.org or 301-699-0151 for more information. |

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