Abandoned Infants Assistance
Program Description
This program provides support for the development, implementation and operation of projects to demonstrate strategies/approaches to: (1) prevent abandonment of infants and young children, particularly those who have been perinataly exposed to a dangerous drug and those with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or who have been perinatally exposed to the virus; (2) identify and address needs of those abandoned infants, especially those with AIDS; (3) assist these children to reside with their biological families, if possible or in foster care; (4) recruit train health and social services personnel foster care families and residential care providers to meet the needs of abandoned infants and children who are at risk abandonment; (5)carry out residential care programs and foster families; and (7) provide technical assistance and training to providers to meet the needs of this population
Number of Grants
There are 21 grants currently funded under this program.
Awarded Grants
To view information about current and previously funded grants under this program, go to either:
- ACYF Directory of Funded Grants - for abstracts and contact information for grant awardees starting with FY 2002--use the "guided search", select "year", select "Children's Bureau", and select the Abandoned Infants program.
- Children's Bureau Listing of Discretionary Grant and Competitive Grant Awards - For awardees names and funding levels from FY 2000 and later.
Budget Information
The program is funded at $11,955,000 for FY 2006.