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HHS-2023-ACF-ORR-ZU-0162: Residential (Long Term Foster Care) Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children

Closed Closed November 17, 2025 Opportunity HHS-2023-ACF-ORR-ZU-0162 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Residential Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children (HHS-2027-ACF-ORR-ZU-0045). Status: Closes December 29, 2026 (52 days left). It is in our archive of Administration for Children and Families - ORR notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$12.0 million
• Award floor$500,000
• Total funding$140 million
• Expected awards100
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

Eligibility is unrestricted. Care providers are required to be licensed (child placement license and/or any other required license according to state regulations) by a state licensing agency to provide residential, group home, or foster care services for dependent children. You are required to submit documentation of current state licensure to provide residential, group home, or foster care services for children with the application. Failure to submit documentation of a care provider license for each proposed location within the application submission will disqualify the application from review and from funding under this SNOFO. You must provide a copy of non-expired licenses for all proposed locations. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible for awards under this funding opportunity. See Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations in Section VI.2 Administrative and National Policy Requirements.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Unaccompanied Alien Children Program awards averaged $20.6 million; this notice allows up to $12.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (94% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

For Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 competition. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has modified: Section I. Program Description (revised language related to vaccinations and Faith-Based Organizations); Section II. Federal Award Information (updated estimated funding and award amounts); Section IV.4. Submission Dates and Times (provided applicable due dates); and Section VI.2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements, Pertinent Federal Laws and Regulations for the UAC Program (updated the list of governing laws and regulations). Terminology was revised throughout the document to comply with Presidential Executive Orders. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau (UACB), within the Administration for Children and Families, provides temporary shelter care and other child welfare-related services to unaccompanied alien children (UAC) in ORR custody. Residential care services begin once ORR accepts a UAC for placement and end when the minor is released from ORR custody, turns 18 years of age, or the minor"s immigration case results in a final disposition of removal from the United States. Residential care and other child welfare-related services are provided by state-licensed residential care programs in the least restrictive setting appropriate for the UAC"s age and special needs. ORR is announcing the availability of funds under this Standing Notice of Funding Opportunity (SNOFO) to seek Residential (Long Term Foster Care) Services for UAC providers. For the purposes of this SNOFO, the term "care provider" refers to the prime recipient and if applicable, its subrecipient(s). LTFC providers, or care providers, are required to be licensed (child placement license and any other required license according to state regulations) in the state in which they are located to provide foster care services and are required to meet the needs of UAC by providing quality care in a community setting. UAC who may qualify for placement in LTFC include the following: minors between the ages of 0-17 years of age, sibling groups, pregnant/parenting teens, and/or minors who are especially vulnerable or with other special needs. All entities funded under this SNOFO must also comply with Flores v. Reno, No. 85-4544-RJK (Px) (C.D. Cal. Jan. 17, 1997) (the Flores Settlement Agreement); pertinent federal laws and regulations; and ORR policies and procedures, including, but not limited to, the ORR Policy Guide and Manual of Procedures.

Category: Income Security and Social Services.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, HHS-2027-ACF-ORR-ZU-0045, which is open now.

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