Open — applications accepted through March 1, 2027 or until funds are fully awardedAtlas Opportunity Score 84/100
North Dakota FamilyFirst Services Training and Implementation Grant — 2026
North Dakota HHS has expanded the current FamilyFirst Services Training and Implementation Grant pool to $800,000 for agencies and professionals to train and implement approved evidence-based prevention services. Applications are reviewed as received through March 1, 2027 or until funds are allocated.
FundingUSD 400,000 is currently available. Maximum awards are USD 17,000 for one staff member, USD 34,000 for two staff members, and USD 50,000 for three or more staff members.
DeadlineApplications accepted through March 1, 2027 and reviewed as received, subject to earlier exhaustion of the current $400,000 pool. The public HHS materials do not publish an exact clock time or time zone for the March 1 deadline.
Last verifiedOctober 7, 2026
Required next actionConfirm the applicant is legally organized to conduct business in North Dakota, has principals with demonstrated human-services experience serving children and families, can document an unmet need in at least one North Dakota community, and intends to train for and implement at least one approved FamilyFirst evidence-based prevention service. Select the approved service, identify staff to be trained, define counties/service areas, prepare the application and budget worksheet, tie all startup, training, travel, outreach, technology or equipment costs directly to service delivery and implementation, and submit promptly because applications are reviewed as received until funds are exhausted or March 1, 2027.
Broad Eligibility
Eligible applicants are entities legally organized to conduct business in North Dakota whose principals have demonstrated experience delivering human services to children and families. Applicants must intend to provide at least one evidence-based service approved in North Dakota's FamilyFirst Services Plan in a community with demonstrated unmet need, commit to trauma-informed and fidelity-based implementation, and complete the required training and implementation plan.
Atlas Analysis
North Dakota HHS FamilyFirst Services Training and Implementation Grant supports agencies and professionals implementing approved evidence-based prevention services. The current funding pool is $400,000. Maximum awards are $17,000 for one staff member, $34,000 for two staff members, and $50,000 for three or more staff members. Applications are accepted through March 1, 2027 or until funds are fully awarded.
North Dakota Health and Human Services expanded the current FamilyFirst Services Training and Implementation Grant pool to $800,000 on September 3, 2026, adding $400,000 to the $400,000 originally announced in June. The funding supports agencies and professionals training for and implementing approved evidence-based FamilyFirst prevention services that strengthen children and families.
Eligible applicants include new providers/agencies seeking to train and implement an approved service and existing FamilyFirst providers expanding staff, service areas, or approved models where an unmet need exists. Current awards are capped at $17,000 for one staff member, $34,000 for two, and $50,000 for three or more.
The 2026 grant overview explicitly allows technology and equipment costs that are necessary to support service delivery and implementation. It also makes clear that grants are one-time startup/implementation awards and are not renewable.
Deadline: March 1, 2027, or earlier if the $800,000 pool is fully allocated. Applications are reviewed as received.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 84/100
N9+ Fit Score: 52/100. Dr. Miltie direct-applicant fit is 0/100. Technology and equipment are expressly allowable when necessary to implement an approved evidence-based service, creating an applicant-led vendor path. N9+ is not itself a required or automatically allowable component, so any proposed use must be tied directly and defensibly to the selected FamilyFirst service model and implementation plan.
Official source: North Dakota HHS FamilyFirst Grant
Source verificationOfficial government source · www.hhs.nd.govAtlas last verified this record October 7, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
