Notice of Supplemental Funding, Infant-Toddler Court Program-State Awards
HRSA is providing additional award funds to 11 current ITCP-- State Award recipients previously funded under HRSA-22-73 to support the continuation and expansion of existing act...
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION:
Notice of supplemental funding.
SUMMARY:
HRSA is providing additional award funds to 11 current ITCP—State Award recipients previously funded under HRSA-22-73 to support the continuation and expansion of existing activities to build state and local capacity and implement the infant-toddler court approach in federal fiscal year (FY) 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ekaterina Zoubak, Early Childhood Systems Analyst, Division of Home Visiting and Early Childhood Systems, HRSA, at
ezoubak@hrsa.gov
and 240-475-8014.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient(s) of the Award:
Current ITCP—State Award recipients (11 current awardees).
Amount of Non-Competitive Award:
$4,588,804, or up to $417,164 for each award.
Project Period:
September 30, 2022, to September 29, 2027.
Assistance Listing Number:
93.110.
Award Instrument:
Non-competitive supplemental funding to the existing Cooperative Agreement.
Authority:42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2) (Title V, § 501(a)(2) of the Social Security Act).
Table 1—Recipient(s) and Award Amount(s)
Grant No.
Award recipient name
City, state
U2ZMC46643
Prevent Child Abuse Arizona
AZ
$417,164
U2ZMC529755
Illuminate Colorado
CO
417,164
U2ZMC46638
Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc
GA
417,164
U2ZMC55646
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
IA
417,164
U2ZMC46639
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
MI
417,164
U2ZMC46636
Nevada Division of Child & Family Services
NV
417,164
U2ZMC46642
Passaic County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation
NJ
417,164
U2ZMC46640
Justice Innovation Inc. d/b/a Center for Court Innovation
NY
417,164
U2ZMC46637
Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County
OH
417,164
U2ZMC46635
Children's Center
UT
417,164
U2ZMC46634
Children and Youth Justice Center
WA
417,164
( printed page 57899)
Justification:
In FY 2022, under the authority for Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS) (42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2) (Title V, § 501(a)(2) of the Social Security Act)), HRSA awarded the ITCP State awards to 12 recipients (HRSA-22-073). This award included expectations for the recipient to continue and expand research-based infant-toddler court (ITC) teams to change child welfare practices and improve the early developmental health and well-being of infants, toddlers, and their families.
A Congressional Report accompanying the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub. L. 118-47), included funding for this program to “continue and expand research-based Infant-Toddler Court Teams to change child welfare practices to improve well-being for infants, toddlers, and their families” (Senate Report 118-84). In addition, the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the FY 2024 appropriations act directed HRSA to “allocate funding to ensure continuation of existing grantees, technical assistance, and other activities.” In FY 2024, HRSA provided a supplement of $2,700,000 in SPRANS funding, through its Maternal and Child Health Bureau, to the ITCP—State Award Program recipients noted in Table 1.[1]
A Congressional Report accompanying the FY 2025 appropriations act directed HRSA to “allocate funding to ensure continuation of existing grantees, technical assistance, and support other expansion activities” (House Report 118-585). In response to the Congressional intent, HRSA provided a supplement of $2,798,847 in SPRANS funding to the State award recipients in FY 2025 to continue work initiated in prior years, to improve access to evidence-based child welfare practices and improve the early developmental health and well-being of infants, toddlers, and their families.
A Congressional Report accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Pub. L. 119-75) included an additional $2,000,000, for a total of $20,000,000 in funding “for research-based Infant-Toddler Court Teams to change child welfare practices to improve well-being for infants, toddlers, and their families” (House Report 119-271). The Report also included a directive to “allocate funding to ensure continuation of existing grantees, technical assistance, and support other expansion activities” (House Report 119-271).
Consistent with Congressional intent, HRSA will provide $4,588,810 in FY 2026 in supplemental funding to the recipients outlined in Table 1. This supplement will be used to implement project activities within the scope of the current ITCP—State Awards funding opportunity (HRSA-22-073) and to: (1) increase staff capacity through hiring, consultancy, contracting, or training; (2) increase the reach of the infant-toddler court approach by increasing caseloads or expanding to new sites; or (3) address unmet measurement and evaluation needs. These activities are within scope to change child welfare practices to improve well-being for infants, toddlers, and their families.
Margaret M. Bush,
Deputy Administrator.
Footnotes
1.
In addition to the recipients included on Table 1, a FY 2024 supplement was provided to the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (Award Number U2ZMC46641). This recipient has since relinquished their award and will not receive supplemental funds in FY 2026.
42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2)