National Center for Child Traumatic Stress - Category 1
This cooperative agreement funds a national coordinating center to support the NCTSI network through resource development, dissemination, child trauma education, training, technical assistance, and related service-system improvement efforts for domestic public or private nonprofit applicants.
RESTRICTED TO: NONPROFITS
⚑ Statutorily limited to domestic public and private non-profit entities. · Cooperative agreement with substantial sponsor involvement expected. · Funds a national coordinating/coordination center and TA/training/dissemination, not primary research or direct clinical service.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 54 partial | peripheral portfolio topic: public_health; signature methods: community engaged, policy analysis; social/behavioral work is substantial; funds technical assistance, not research (capped); capped at 54 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds technical assistance (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
The purpose of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative - Category I National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS) program is to create/maintain the national coordinating center that serves the NCTSI network. The NCCTS is also expected to support resource development and dissemination and coordinate the NCTSI child trauma education, training, technical assistance and related NCTSI-wide service-system improvement efforts.
Eligibility
Eligibility is statutorily limited to domestic public and private non-profit entities.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Rachel Bailey Content Administrator <NOFOBudget.CMHS@samhsa.hhs.gov>
Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →
A one-page internal memo: fit assessment, submission requirements, document scaffold, and next steps dated back from the deadline — tailored to your project idea if you add one.
Proposal shell · HHS services agencies (SAMHSA / HRSA / CDC / ACF) conventions SEE AN HHS EXAMPLE →
Funder-faithful document skeletons — HHS services agencies (SAMHSA / HRSA / CDC / ACF)'s document set with section headings, page limits, reviewer guidance, and writing prompts; add a project idea to get [DRAFT] starter bullets. Download as .md for Word or Overleaf.
Legacy IPPRA LLM assessment (v2.0, for comparison)
45/100 · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-06
This is in a relevant public health/crisis-response domain because it addresses child traumatic stress and system improvement, but the program is primarily a coordinating center providing training, technical assistance, and dissemination rather than a research grant. A public university could be eligible as a domestic public nonprofit, but the fit for IPPRA’s research mission is only partial because the opportunity is service/support-oriented with no clear research or evaluation core.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 45 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is in a relevant public health/crisis-response domain because it addresses child traumatic stress and system improvement, but the program is primarily a coordinating center providing training, technical assistance, and dissemination rather than a research grant. A public university could be eligible as a domestic public nonprofit, but the fit for IPPRA’s research mission is only partial because the opportunity is service/support-oriented with no clear research or evaluation core. |
| 2026-07-06 | 45 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a strong public health/crisis-response opportunity because it focuses on child traumatic stress, education, training, technical assistance, and service-system improvement. IPPRA could contribute on the behavioral, communication, and program-evaluation sides of trauma-informed systems and dissemination, but the core work is more clinical/service-network oriented than one of IPPRA’s signature technical-policy intersections. Public universities are eligible as domestic public nonprofit entities, so eligibility is not a barrier. |