National Quality Improvement Center for Preventive Services and Interventions in Indian Country

Roshanda Shoulders
888.203.6161
CB@grantreview.org

This opportunity will award a 5-year cooperative agreement to establish a national Quality Improvement Center (QIC) on the prevention and intervention of child abuse and neglect in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. The QIC will gather, generate, and disseminate knowledge regarding effective practice models for strengths-based, culturally relevant, trauma-informed, and preventive services and interventions for all forms of child maltreatment.

The QIC will be required to provide technical assistance and implementation assistance for 2-5 project sites that will implement and assess practice models that show promise in preventing child abuse and neglect and that may be implemented or adapted in other tribal child welfare systems.

Eligible applicants include:

• Local governments, such as state, county, city, township, or special district governments
• Independent school districts
• Public, state controlled, and private institutions of higher education
• Federally recognized native American tribal governments and other than federally recognized tribal organizations
• Public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities
• Nonprofits organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status
• For-profit organizations and small businesses

Award Ceiling: $1,000,000 per budget period
Award Floor: $500,000 per budget period
Project Period: 60-month project with five 12-month budget periods

Links to the program guidance and online application procedures are available on grants.gov.