ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 84/100
North Dakota FamilyFirst Services Training and Implementation Grant — 2026
North Dakota HHS is offering $400,000 for agencies and professionals to train and implement approved evidence-based FamilyFirst prevention services. Applications are reviewed as received through March 1, 2027 or until funds are allocated.
Funding$400,000 total available. Maximum award is $17,000 for one staff member, $34,000 for two staff members, and $50,000 for three or more staff members. Awards are one-time training/implementation grants and are not renewable.
DeadlineApplications may be submitted any time before March 1, 2027 and are reviewed as received; the program can close earlier when the $400,000 pool is fully allocated.
Last verifiedAugust 30, 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
Atlas Opportunity Score 84/100. North Dakota HHS has $400,000 available to expand approved evidence-based FamilyFirst prevention services, with one-time awards capped by the number of staff trained. Eligible costs include approved training and professional development, related travel and implementation costs, limited startup operating costs for new providers, outreach/promotional materials, and technology or equipment necessary to support service delivery and implementation. The current approved service portfolio includes behavioral-health and in-home family-support models. N9+ Direct Vendor Fit 60/100: the explicit technology/equipment allowance creates an applicant-led vendor pathway, but N9+ is neither required nor automatically allowable and must be directly necessary to the selected evidence-based service and implementation plan.
North Dakota Health and Human Services has $400,000 available for agencies and professionals to train and implement 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 $400,000 pool is fully allocated. Applications are reviewed as received.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 84/100
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 60/100. 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 August 30, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
