Home Study and Post-Release Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children
ORR cooperative agreements fund organizations to conduct home studies and provide post-release support services for unaccompanied alien children and their sponsors, including safety screening, case navigation, and community support.
⚑ Current recipients may apply only if continuing at project period end or proposing a new facility and new location; ACF does not fund duplicate projects in the same location. · Individuals, federal entities, and foreign entities are ineligible. · Faith-based and community organizations are eligible if they meet program requirements.
This is primarily a service-delivery and child-welfare contract for refugee resettlement, not the team’s research program. It does not match their core lines in risk perception, weather/emergency communication, energy/nuclear public opinion, or education policy evaluation.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-07-11
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 service delivery, not research (capped); capped at 54 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds service delivery (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 5 none | no commercialization signal |
Description
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) provides temporary housing and care for children who arrive in the United States alone. These are children who are under 18 years old, don't have legal permission to be in the U.S., and don't have a parent or legal guardian in the U.S. who can take care of them. ORR runs the Home Study and Post-Release Services Program to help these children. Before placing a child with a sponsor, ORR carefully checks potential homes to make sure they're safe and appropriate. After placement, ORR provides ongoing support to help children and their sponsors succeed. This support helps children adjust to living with their sponsor, connect with their community, stay safe and healthy, and navigate the immigration court process. The goal is to make sure children are placed in safe homes and have the support they need to thrive while their immigration cases move forward.
Eligibility
Current RecipientsCurrent recipients in the final year of their project period must check when their project period ends. If the project period end date aligns with this funding opportunity"s projected award date, and the current recipient wants to apply to continue providing services, they must apply for this funding opportunity.Current recipients who are not in the final year of their project period and want to apply for this funding opportunity must propose services in a new facility and new location from where they are currently funded. ACF does not fund multiple projects that offer the same type of service in the same location. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships), federal entities, and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible for awards under this funding opportunity.
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View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Administration for Children and Families - ORR <UCBgrants@acf.hhs.gov>
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Legacy IPPRA LLM assessment (v2.0, for comparison)
18/100 · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-06
This is primarily a child welfare and resettlement services cooperative agreement, not a research funding opportunity, so it is only a weak fit for IPPRA. There is some overlap with Public Health & Crisis Response through family adjustment, safety, and support services, but the program is service-delivery oriented rather than a study, evaluation, or survey infrastructure award. Eligibility appears limited to current/service providers and excludes federal, foreign, and individual applicants; a public university could not clearly apply as a research lead, so the score is capped low.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 18 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is primarily a child welfare and resettlement services cooperative agreement, not a research funding opportunity, so it is only a weak fit for IPPRA. There is some overlap with Public Health & Crisis Response through family adjustment, safety, and support services, but the program is service-delivery oriented rather than a study, evaluation, or survey infrastructure award. Eligibility appears limited to current/service providers and excludes federal, foreign, and individual applicants; a public university could not clearly apply as a research lead, so the score is capped low. |
| 2026-07-06 | 12 | gpt-5.4-mini | This opportunity is about child welfare, placement safety, and post-release support for unaccompanied minors, which has some overlap with public health/crisis response and community-based service delivery. However, it is primarily a direct-service ORR program rather than a research or policy opportunity aligned with IPPRA’s core survey, risk-communication, or behavioral research strengths, and public universities are only eligible if they can meet the recipient/location constraints. |