Prevention Services Evaluation Partnerships: Supporting Adoptive Families

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The Prevention Services Evaluation Partnerships: Supporting Adoptive Families funding opportunity aims to support a summative randomized control trial or quasi-experimental evaluation of programs and services intended to provide enhanced support to children and families in adoption arrangements at risk of disruption or dissolution that may result in foster care placements.This funding opportunity will support collaborations among evaluators and partnering Title IV-E agencies, community entities, and/or researchers that have experience in working with adopted children, foster children or children in kinship care arrangements to conduct well-designed and rigorous evaluations of programs or services in the areas of mental health, substance abuse prevention and/or treatment, in-home parent skill-based, or kinship navigator.The award recipient is expected to conduct a randomized control trial or quasi-experimental evaluation design that aligns with Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse (the Clearinghouse) Design and Execution Standards for Moderate or High Support of Causal Evidence and may contribute to the research systematically reviewed by the Clearinghouse. The award recipient may collect and analyze primary data or leverage existing administrative data for the proposed evaluation. ACF is particularly interested in evaluations of programs or services that are eligible for review by the Clearinghouse but which are not yet rated; programs and services with a rating of “does not currently meet criteria” by the Clearinghouse; and programs and services that have been designed for or adapted for specific cultural, ethnic, or racial groups, or programs and services that aim to serve other populations that have been historically marginalized and/or have historic or ongoing disproportionate representation in the child welfare system in order to support the goals and requirements of the Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities. Applicants must demonstrate that programs and services proposed for evaluation are ready for rigorous summative evaluations, for example by describing formative evaluations that have already been completed. Finally, award recipients are expected to collaborate with federal staff and with each other as they conduct their evaluations.For further information about OPRE, see https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre.