Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2019 ACF OCS ET 1581
This funding opportunity, administered by the Office of Community Services (OCS) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, supports a single Regional Performance and Innovation Consortium (RPIC) in ACF Region II through a cooperative agreement. The project sits under the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Program and is designed to function as a regional hub that strengthens how CSBG agencies plan, carry out, measure, and sustain community transformation work. The central purpose is to help move individuals, families, and entire communities toward stronger human capacity, reduced dependency, and long-term self-sufficiency, using structured performance management and practical, on-the-ground technical support.
At its core, the RPIC model is meant to elevate multi-year community transformation initiatives. Rather than focusing only on short-term service delivery, the work emphasizes longer-range strategies that can change conditions in communities. The RPIC is expected to identify promising transformation efforts already happening in the region, highlight and share lessons from them, and provide targeted training and technical assistance to help participating organizations design stronger initiatives, improve coordination across partners, and track outcomes in a consistent way. All of this is expected to align with the established CSBG Performance Management Framework, meaning the grantee is not inventing a new system from scratch but helping agencies use the existing CSBG structure more effectively.
A major feature of the opportunity is its emphasis on regional collaboration and cross-sector partnerships. The initiatives being supported are expected to bring together CSBG-eligible entities (often community action agencies), state and local human services agencies, philanthropic organizations, private employers, faith-based organizations, and other community stakeholders. The idea is that community transformation is more likely to last when it is jointly owned and resourced by multiple partners, rather than carried by one agency alone. In practice, the community initiatives themselves are expected to be implemented primarily by CSBG-eligible entities using their regular CSBG formula/distribution funds, with additional direct support or in-kind contributions coming from partner organizations.
The RPIC grantee’s technical assistance role includes coordinating regional T/TA plans and helping local and state actors leverage existing resources instead of duplicating efforts. A key expectation is support for outcome measurement: the RPIC will help participating initiatives identify outcome measures at the individual, family, and community levels using the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)-approved CSBG National Performance Indicators. This measurement component is not an add-on; it is central to how the program defines “performance” and “innovation,” and it reinforces accountability by encouraging agencies to connect activities to measurable results.
Beyond training and coordination, the award allows the RPIC grantee to provide some financial support to help cover planning and coordination costs associated with community initiatives. This is not framed as the primary funding stream for the local initiatives themselves, but it can help pay for the connective tissue that often determines whether a collaboration succeeds, such as convening partners, facilitating planning processes, and aligning shared goals and metrics. The opportunity also recognizes that strong community initiatives depend on strong statewide and local systems, so the RPIC may support ongoing statewide efforts tied to accountability and performance management.
A substantial portion of the RPIC’s value is expected to come from strengthening organizational standards across the CSBG network. The grantee will assist CSBG Lead Agencies, State Community Action Agency (CAA) Associations, and local CSBG-eligible entities in meeting high standards in areas that directly affect program quality and credibility. These areas include consumer input and involvement (ensuring people served have meaningful voice), community engagement and assessment (grounding strategies in local conditions and data), organizational leadership and board governance (sound oversight and direction), strategic planning, human resource management, financial operations and oversight, and data and analysis. In other words, the RPIC is not only about helping agencies run a specific initiative; it is also about improving the institutional capacity needed to sustain effective work over time.
Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity (CFDA 93.569) offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically implies substantial federal involvement during the project period compared to a standard grant. The opportunity number is HHS 2019 ACF OCS ET 1581. One award is expected, with an award ceiling of $400,000. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (also excluding institutions of higher education), and other entities as clarified in the full eligibility section of the notice. The original posting date was May 16, 2019, and the original application deadline was July 10, 2019, with electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date.
Overall, the opportunity funds a single Region II consortium to act as the region’s organizing and capacity-building engine for CSBG community transformation work. The expected impact is twofold: stronger, better-coordinated multi-year initiatives that address poverty-related conditions through collaboration, and a more capable CSBG network that can demonstrate results through consistent performance measurement and strong organizational practices.Apply for HHS 2019 ACF OCS ET 1581
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - OCS in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Program: Regional Performance and Innovation Consortium (RPIC) - Human Capacity and Community Transformation Initiatives - ACF Region II" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.569.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 16, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 10, 2019 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $400,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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| Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Program: Regional Performance and Innovation Consortium (RPIC) - Human Capacity and Community Transformation Initiatives - ACF Region VIII Apply for HHS 2019 ACF OCS ET 1588 Funding Number: HHS 2019 ACF OCS ET 1588 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - OCS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $400,000 |
| Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Program: Regional Performance and Innovation Consortium (RPIC) - Human Capacity and Community Transformation Initiatives - ACF Region IX Apply for HHS 2019 ACF OCS ET 1589 Funding Number: HHS 2019 ACF OCS ET 1589 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - OCS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $400,000 |
| Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Program: Regional Performance and Innovation Consortium (RPIC) - Human Capacity and Community Transformation Initiatives - ACF Region X Apply for HHS 2019 ACF OCS ET 1590 Funding Number: HHS 2019 ACF OCS ET 1590 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - OCS Category: Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: $400,000 |
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