Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2020 ACF OPRE PD 1548
The Human Services Interoperability Innovations grant opportunity is a discretionary funding program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), through the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE). It is designed to speed up real-world data sharing in human services by funding demonstration projects that test innovative, practical ways to implement interoperability. In this context, interoperability is not limited to software connections; it also includes the business rules, legal agreements, organizational coordination, governance, and day-to-day processes that determine whether programs can responsibly use and exchange data across different systems.
The core goal is to help human services organizations share information more effectively so they can make better decisions, improve data accuracy and quality, lower the long-term costs of integrating systems, and strengthen protections for sensitive information. Rather than funding routine technology upgrades, the program emphasizes approaches that can produce usable lessons for the broader field. Projects are expected to generate model practices or replicable methods that other jurisdictions and agencies can adopt, helping interoperability efforts scale beyond a single pilot site.
ACF indicates it is looking to fund projects that meet several specific criteria. Proposals should address a high-priority local need related to data sharing or data integration, meaning a problem that is important and timely for the applicant’s service environment. Applicants also need to propose a new or novel implementation approach, such as a creative governance model, an innovative technical architecture, or a fresh method of aligning legal and operational requirements across partners. In addition, projects should contribute promising practices and actively support replication, so the work should be documented and communicated in ways that make it transferable to other programs and locations. ACF also expects applicants to demonstrate implementation readiness and cost effectiveness, indicating that projects should be feasible within the award period and designed with realistic budgets and sustainable choices. Another major expectation is strong collaboration with OPRE and ACF, consistent with the cooperative agreement structure, and productive partnerships across programs, agencies, and jurisdictions, since interoperability typically requires shared ownership and coordinated execution.
The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally implies more substantial federal engagement than a standard grant, particularly around learning, evaluation, and coordination. The opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number HHS 2020 ACF OPRE PD 1548; CFDA 93.647) anticipates making about three awards, with an award ceiling of $600,000 per award. Applications were required to be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date listed (Original Closing Date: August 6, 2019). The funding activity category is Income Security and Social Services.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of organizations that participate in human services data ecosystems. Eligible applicants include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions in those nonprofit categories); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. This wide eligibility reflects the reality that meaningful interoperability often involves multiple sectors, including government agencies, service providers, research partners, and technical implementers.
Overall, the opportunity is aimed at helping human services organizations move from planning and isolated pilots to workable, secure, and cost-conscious data sharing implementations. It prioritizes projects that solve pressing local integration problems while producing lessons, tools, or approaches that can be reused elsewhere, and it expects applicants to work closely with ACF and OPRE and to build strong cross-agency partnerships to make interoperability achievable in practice. For additional context on the broader program direction, ACF points applicants to its Interoperability Initiative information page at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/about/interoperability.Apply for HHS 2020 ACF OPRE PD 1548
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - OPRE in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Human Services Interoperability Innovations" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.647.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 07, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 06, 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 $600,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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