ACF Initiatives

• Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking
• Faith-Based and Community Initiative at ACF
• Healthy Marriage Initiative
• Improving Head Start

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ACF Programs

• Administration for Native Americans
• Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)
• Administration on Developmental Disabilities
• Assets for Independence
• Child Care Bureau
• Child Support Enforcement
• Child Outcomes Research & Evaluation, OPRE
• Children's Bureau
• Community Services
• Division of Tribal Services
• Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Program
• Family and Youth Services Bureau
• Head Start Bureau
• Healthy Marriage Initiative
• Low Income Home Energy Assistance
• Office of Family Assistance (TANF/AFDC/JOBS)
• Office of Financial Services
• Office of Depty Asst. Sec. for Administration
• Office of Legislative Affairs and Budget
• Office of Planning Research and Evaluation
• Office of Public Affairs (OPA)
• Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
• Office of Regional Operations
• The President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
• Region I, Boston
• Region II, New York City
• Region III, Philadelphia
• Region IV, Atlanta
• Region V, Chicago
• Region VI, Dallas
• Region VII, Kansas City
• Region VIII, Denver
• Region IX, San Francisco
• Region X, Seattle

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Contracts

• Commerce Business Daily (CBD)(Government Printing Office)
• Government-wide Acquisition Opportunities (FedBizOpps) GSA
• General Services Administration (GSA) IT-Solutions
• Program Support Center Contracting Office (PSC) (HHS)

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Employer Info

Child Support

• Employer Services (Federal Parent Locator Services)
• Employer Responsibilities - The Child Support Program and Employers
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Publications for Employers

Welfare and Work

• Working Out of Poverty: Helping Welfare Recipients Increase Their Wages and Advance
• Welfare to Work Partnership
• Welfare to Work Tax Credit
• Hiring Welfare-to-Work Employees, A Step-by-Step Guide For Small Businesses
• Employer Involvement /Job Development, Welfare Information Network
• Job Readiness/Job Search/Job Placement, Welfare Information Network

General

• FirstGov Business Gateway

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Grant Opportunities

• Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)
• Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD)
• Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
• Children’s Bureau (CB)
• Child Care Bureau (CCB)
• Child Support Enforcement (CSE)
• Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)
• Head Start Bureau (HSB)
• Office of Community Services (OCS)
• Office of Family Assistance (OFA)
• Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

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Grant Manuals & Forms

• Grant Related Documents & Forms

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Grant Reviewers

• Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) Call for Grant Reviewers

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Information Technology

• ADD Electronic Grantee Data Submission Information
• Children's Bureau Data and Information Systems
• Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)
• AFCARS Assessment Review
• State Guide to an AFCARS Assessment Review
• AFCARS Resources
• Child Care Automation Resource Center
• Tools and Online Help
• Child Care Data Viewer
• Child Care Data Viewer Tutorial
• Tribal Data Tracker
• Tribal Data Tracker Tutorial
• Child Support State and Tribal Information Systems Resources
• Child Welfare Data and Information Systems
• National Human Services Information Technology Resources Center (NHSITRC)
• Documents Library
• IT Planning and Management Guides
• PARIS - Public Assistance Reporting information System
• Promising Practices
• State Systems Profiles

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Jobs

• Health and Human Services Job Site
• Look for available jobs in the US Department of Health and Human Services (including ACF positions)
• Register to be considered for a position
• Health and Human Services Career Information
• Federal Employment Information and Forms
• Special Employment Programs in HHS
• Job Opportunities for Low Income Individuals Program
• Project summaries
• Funding opportunities and more
• State and Local Government Employment Opportunities
  (National Association of Chief Information Officers)
• State labor and employment services links
• USA Jobs
• Federal employment opportunities nationwide
• ACF Equal Employment Opportunity Data Posted Pursuant to No FEAR Act

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Program Descriptions

• Abandoned Infants Assistance
• Adoption Opportunities
• Assets for Independence Demonstration Program Individual Development Accounts (IDAs)
• Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
• Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
• Child Support Enforcement
• Child Welfare Services
• Community Food and Nutrition (CFN)
• Community Services Block Grant - Poverty
• Developmental Disabilities
• Empowerment Zones (EZ) / Enterprise Communities (EC)
• Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants
• Family Violence Prevention and Services Formula Grants
• Foster Care/Adoption Assistance/Independent Living
• Head Start
• Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)
• Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and Block Grant and Leveraging Incentive Program
• National Youth Sports Program
• Native American Programs
• Native Employment Works (NEW)
• Refugee Assistance
• Repatriation Assistance
• Residential Energy Assistance Challenge (REACH) Option Program
• Runaway and Homeless Youth
• Rural Community Development Activities Program
• Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) - State Programs
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) - Tribal Programs
• Urban and Rural Community Economic Development

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Special Populations

Native Americans

• Administration for Native Americans
• Tribal Consultation Letter from Dr. Wade F. Horn
• Tribal Consultation Meeting Summary
• ACF Program Response to Tribal Consultation

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State and Local Resources

Child Care

• Child Care Technical Assistance (Services to States, Territories and Tribes)
• National Child Care Information Center
• Child Care Automation Resource Center for Federal Reporting

Child Support

• Best Practices and Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement
• Child Support State and Tribal Information Systems Resources
• Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement
• Federal Parent Locator Service for Child Support
• National Electronic Child Support Resource System for States

Child Welfare

• Adoption Information for Professionals (National Adoption Information Clearinghouse)
• Child Welfare Data and Information Systems
• Child Welfare Programs
• Child Welfare Safety and Well-Being Initiatives
• Hot Child Welfare Issues

Developmental Disabilities

• Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD)
• ADD Electronic Grantee Data Submission Information

Energy Assistance

• Energy Assistance Links
• Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
• LIHEAP Clearinghouse
• LIHEAP State Programs
• LIHEAP Tribal Programs

Families & Communities

• Community Services Block Grant Progra
• HHS Support for Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Community (EZ/EC)
• Social Services Block Grant
• Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
• LIHEAP Clearinghouse
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Office of Family Assistance
• Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network for States

Head Start

• Head Start Program Search
• Head Start Information and Publication Center National Training Guides
• Head Start Information and Publication Center Tool Kits
• Head Start Partners
• Head Start Publication Center
• Head Start Information Center

Tribal

• Administration for Native Americans Technical Assistance
• Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) (Information for Tribes)
• CSBG Training and Technical Assistance
• Division of Tribal Services Program Announcements
• Energy Assistance Tribal Programs (LIHEAP)
• Native Employment Works (NEW) Program Guidance
• Office of Community Services Division of Tribal Services
• Tribal Child Care Technical Assistance Center
• Tribal TANF Guide

Refugees

• Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
• Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Grantee Technical Assistance
• ORR Partners (State, National, International)

Welfare/Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

• Office of Family Assistance
• Selected Provisions of State TANF Plans
• Tribal TANF Guide
• Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network
• Welfare Reform
• Welfare State Links

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