The Regional Partnership Grants (RPG) Program, administered by the Administration for Children and Families (ACYF/CB), supports regional partnerships between child welfare, substance abuse treatment, and juvenile or state courts. The goal is to support family-centered treatment programs and services for children who are in an out-of-home placement or are at risk of being placed in an out-of-home placement due to a caregiver's substance abuse. Projects will also work to expand the scope of evidence-based services for families impacted by substance-use disorders.

Overview

The RPG Program funds regional partnerships established by agencies within or across states. Projects are required to have regional partnerships with legislatively required partners, including a planning and implementation phase, to provide a cost-sharing match, and report on performance indicators. This project is for one 60-month project period, comprised of five 12-month budget periods. It includes a Planning Phase and an Implementation Phase.

Funding and Benefits

• Program Funding: $8,000,000
• Expected Awards: 8
• Award Minimum: $250,000
• Award Maximum: $1,000,000
• Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative agreement
• Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

RPG funds may support family-based, comprehensive, long-term substance-use disorder treatment, including medication-assisted treatment and in-home substance-use disorder treatment and recovery services, as well as early intervention and prevention services, children and family counseling, mental health services, parenting skills training, and the replication of successful models for delivering family-based, comprehensive, long-term substance use disorder treatment services.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are regional partnerships established by agencies within or across states. They consist of mandatory and optional partners.

Mandatory partners include:

• The state child welfare agency responsible for administering the state plan under title IV-B or title IV-E of the Social Security Act.
• The state agency responsible for administering the substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant provided under the Public Health Service Act.
• The most appropriate administrative office of the juvenile state court overseeing court proceedings involving families who come to the attention of the court due to child abuse or neglect.

Optional partners include additional state agencies, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, tribal consortia, faith-based and community organizations, and public or private agencies, including for-profit organizations.

Eligible applicant types:

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
• Other Native American tribal organizations
• Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
• Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
• For-profit organizations other than small businesses
• Other

Additional notes: There must be a primary lead applicant, as long as they can monitor program activities or services, funding, and reporting requirements. If an Indian tribe or tribal consortium is the lead applicant, the Indian tribe is not required to include the state child welfare agency as a partner. If the regional partnership is an Indian tribe or tribal consortium, they may not enter into a collaborative agreement only with tribal child welfare agencies (or a consortium of such agencies). 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.

Deadline and Timeline

Closing: August 7, 2026

Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date. Applications must be submitted via Grants.gov.

Contact Information

For grantor inquiries, contact:

Catherine Luby
Email: cb@grantreview.org