Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2018 ACF OCC TH 1365
The Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (Tribal MIECHV) Implementation and Expansion Grants is a Fiscal Year 2018 discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Care (OCC). It is offered as a 5-year cooperative agreement, meaning awardees are expected to work closely with ACF throughout the grant period rather than operating with minimal federal involvement. The overall purpose is to help tribal entities sustain and/or expand evidence-based home visiting programs that serve American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) families with young children, while strengthening the underlying systems that make those services high quality, measurable, and culturally relevant over time.
This opportunity is designed for tribal communities that already have real, on-the-ground experience running an evidence-based home visiting model and can show that their services are both high quality and culturally responsive. The program is not framed as a start-up grant for brand-new home visiting efforts. Instead, it targets organizations that can demonstrate an established history of implementing home visiting with fidelity, using performance measurement and continuous quality improvement (CQI), contributing to early childhood systems development, and participating in rigorous evaluation. ACF explicitly signals that it wants applicants who are ready to build on a strong foundation, either by sustaining services that are already operating or by expanding into additional families, communities, or service components.
Eligible applicants include federally recognized Native American tribal governments, tribal organizations (including those other than tribal governments), and urban Indian organizations. Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status may also be eligible depending on the eligibility clarifications in the full announcement, and the funding notice also references additional eligible applicant types in its eligibility text. The funding opportunity number is HHS 2018 ACF OCC TH 1365, the CFDA number is 93.872, and the activity category is listed under Income Security and Social Services.
The structure of the grant places special emphasis on what happens in Year 1 versus Years 2 through 5. During Year 1, grantees are expected to maintain their existing home visiting services to families while also completing a needs and readiness assessment and producing an implementation plan. That plan is expected to lay out how the grantee will respond to identified community needs through sustained services, expanded services, or a combination of both. Year 1 planning also includes designing how the program will measure and report participant progress against legislatively required benchmark areas, and how the grantee will carry out rigorous evaluation activities. In other words, Year 1 is not a pause in service delivery; it is a planning-and-assessment year layered on top of continuing service.
During Years 2 through 5, grantees move from planning into execution of the ACF-approved plan. This includes implementing the approach to sustain or expand high-quality evidence-based home visiting, fully operating performance measurement systems, and actively using CQI processes to improve program implementation and outcomes over time. The grant also expects grantees to engage in broader early childhood systems development activities, which commonly means coordinating with related tribal and community services that support families with young children (for example, early care and education, maternal and child health, behavioral health supports, and family support systems). Rigorous evaluation remains a core expectation across the project period, reinforcing that grantees must be able to produce credible evidence about implementation quality and outcomes, not just deliver services.
Financially, the award ceiling is listed as $800,000, with an estimated 5 awards expected. The original application closing date was June 25, 2018, with electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Taken together, the announcement describes a competitive, capacity-focused investment aimed at strengthening and scaling what is already working in tribal home visiting, while requiring strong data practices, continuous improvement, and meaningful evaluation alongside culturally grounded service delivery.Apply for HHS 2018 ACF OCC TH 1365
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - OCC in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Implementation and Expansion 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 Apr 25, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 25, 2018 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (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 $800,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the Tribal MIECHV Implementation and Expansion Grants opportunity?
The Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (Tribal MIECHV) Implementation and Expansion Grants is a Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Care (OCC). It supports tribal entities to sustain and/or expand evidence-based home visiting for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) families with young children, while strengthening the systems that keep services high quality, measurable, and culturally relevant over time.
Is this grant a cooperative agreement or a standard grant?
It is a 5-year cooperative agreement. That means awardees are expected to work closely with ACF throughout the grant period, rather than operating with minimal federal involvement.
What is the overall purpose of this funding?
The purpose is to help tribal communities sustain and/or expand evidence-based home visiting programs serving AIAN families with young children, and to strengthen program and system capabilities such as performance measurement, continuous quality improvement (CQI), early childhood systems development, and rigorous evaluation, while ensuring services remain culturally grounded.
Who is this opportunity designed for?
This opportunity is designed for tribal communities and organizations that already have real, on-the-ground experience operating an evidence-based home visiting model and can demonstrate that services are both high quality and culturally responsive.
Is this a start-up grant for brand-new home visiting programs?
No. The announcement is not framed as a start-up grant for new home visiting efforts. It targets applicants that can show an established history of implementing evidence-based home visiting with fidelity and the capacity to build on a strong foundation.
What types of applicants are eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants include federally recognized Native American tribal governments, tribal organizations (including those other than tribal governments), and urban Indian organizations. The notice also indicates that nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status may be eligible depending on eligibility clarifications in the full announcement, and it references additional eligible applicant types in its eligibility text.
What federal agency offices are associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is from HHS, administered through ACF, and associated with ACF's Office of Child Care (OCC).
What are the funding opportunity and CFDA numbers?
The funding opportunity number is HHS 2018 ACF OCC TH 1365. The CFDA number is 93.872.
What is the activity category for this funding?
The activity category is listed under Income Security and Social Services.
How long is the project period?
The award is structured as a 5-year cooperative agreement.
How is the work different in Year 1 compared to Years 2 through 5?
Year 1 emphasizes maintaining existing home visiting services while also completing a needs and readiness assessment and producing an implementation plan. Years 2 through 5 focus on executing the ACF-approved plan, including sustained and/or expanded service delivery, full operation of performance measurement systems, active CQI, early childhood systems development activities, and ongoing rigorous evaluation.
Do grantees continue delivering services during Year 1?
Yes. Year 1 is not a pause in service delivery. Grantees are expected to maintain their existing home visiting services to families while completing assessment and planning requirements.
What planning activities are expected during Year 1?
During Year 1, grantees are expected to complete a needs and readiness assessment and produce an implementation plan describing how they will respond to community needs through sustained services, expanded services, or both.
What does the implementation plan need to address?
The implementation plan is expected to explain how the grantee will respond to identified community needs via sustaining services, expanding services, or a combination. It also includes designing how participant progress will be measured and reported against legislatively required benchmark areas and how rigorous evaluation activities will be carried out.
What are the expectations for performance measurement?
The grant expects grantees to design (in Year 1) and then fully operate (in Years 2 through 5) performance measurement systems that measure and report participant progress against legislatively required benchmark areas.
What is expected regarding continuous quality improvement (CQI)?
Applicants are expected to have experience using performance measurement and CQI, and awardees are expected to actively use CQI processes during Years 2 through 5 to improve implementation and outcomes over time.
What does "evidence-based home visiting" imply in this opportunity?
The opportunity focuses on sustaining and/or expanding an evidence-based home visiting model that is already being implemented with fidelity. Applicants are expected to demonstrate an established history of implementing the model in a high-quality way.
What does "implementing with fidelity" mean in the context of this grant?
Based on the announcement language, fidelity refers to delivering the evidence-based home visiting model as intended, and being able to demonstrate an established track record of doing so while maintaining high quality and cultural responsiveness.
How does cultural responsiveness factor into the program?
The funding emphasizes services that are culturally relevant and culturally grounded for tribal communities over time. Applicants are expected to show their home visiting services are both high quality and culturally responsive.
What are the expectations around evaluation?
Rigorous evaluation is a core expectation. In Year 1, grantees are expected to design evaluation activities as part of planning. Across Years 2 through 5, evaluation remains central, with an expectation that grantees can produce credible evidence about implementation quality and outcomes, not only provide services.
What is meant by "early childhood systems development" in this grant?
The grant expects engagement in broader early childhood systems development activities, commonly meaning coordination with related tribal and community services that support families with young children.
What types of partner systems or services are referenced for coordination?
Examples referenced include early care and education, maternal and child health, behavioral health supports, and family support systems.
What is the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling is listed as $800,000.
How many awards were expected?
The announcement estimated that 5 awards were expected.
When was the application due?
The original application closing date was June 25, 2018.
What time were electronic applications due on the closing date?
Electronic submissions were due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
What is ACF signaling about the competitiveness and focus of this investment?
The announcement describes a competitive, capacity-focused investment aimed at strengthening and scaling what is already working in tribal home visiting, while requiring strong data practices, continuous improvement, and meaningful evaluation alongside culturally grounded service delivery.
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