Notice2026-19145
Infant-Toddler Court Program-National Resource Center
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Published
September 18, 2026
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
HRSA is providing supplemental award funds of $2,750,000 in federal fiscal year (FY) 2026 to ZERO TO THREE National Center for Infant, Toddler and Families, Inc., the current recipient of the Infant-Toddler Court Program (ITCP)--National Resource Center (NRC) cooperative agreement (HRSA-22-074). These funds will support the activities that strengthen child welfare and early childhood systems and advance early developmental health and well-being through the Infant-Toddler Court (ITC) approach. Supplemental funding will provide financial and technical support to local infant-toddler court sites, support increased expansion of the ITC approach into new sites and states, and expand technical assistance needed to sustain and expand state award activities funded under HRSA-22-073/074.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 180 (Friday, September 18, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59143-59144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19145]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Infant-Toddler Court Program--National Resource Center
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of supplemental awards to the Infant-Toddler Court
Program National Resource Center award recipient.
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SUMMARY: HRSA is providing supplemental award funds of $2,750,000 in
federal fiscal year (FY) 2026 to ZERO TO THREE National Center for
Infant, Toddler and Families, Inc., the current recipient of the
Infant-Toddler Court Program (ITCP)--National Resource Center (NRC)
cooperative agreement (HRSA-22-074). These funds will support the
activities that strengthen child welfare and early childhood systems
and advance early developmental health and well-being through the
Infant-Toddler Court (ITC) approach. Supplemental funding will provide
financial and technical support to local infant-toddler court sites,
support increased expansion of the ITC approach into new sites and
states, and expand technical assistance needed to sustain and expand
state award activities funded under HRSA-22-073/074.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ekaterina Zoubak, Early Childhood
Systems Analyst, Division of Home Visiting and Early Childhood Systems,
HRSA, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c9acb3a6bcaba8a289a1bbbaa8e7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acc9d6c3d9cecdc7ecc4dedfcd82cbc3da">[email protected]</span></a> and 240-475-8014.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award: ZERO TO THREE National Center for
Infant, Toddler and Families, Inc.
Amount of Award: $2,750,000.
Project Period: September 30, 2026, to September 29, 2027.
Assistance Listing Number: 93.110.
Award Instrument: Non-competitive supplemental funding to the
existing Cooperative Agreement.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2) (Title V, Sec. 501(a)(2) of the
Social Security Act).
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Table 1--Recipients and Award Amounts
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Grant No. Award recipient name City, state Award amount
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U2DMC32394.............................. ZERO TO THREE National Washington, DC............ $2,750,000
Center for Infant,
Toddler and Families, Inc.
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Justification: In FY 2022, under the authority for Special Projects
of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS) (42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2)
(Title V, Sec. 501(a)(2) of the Social Security Act)), HRSA awarded
the ITCP NRC to ZERO TO THREE National Center for Infant, Toddler and
Families, Inc (HRSA-22-074). This award included expectations for the
recipient to provide technical assistance to the ITCP (HRSA-22-073)
state recipients and support the nationwide implementation and
sustainability of the evidence-based ITC approach.
A Congressional Report accompanying the Further Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub. L. 118-47) included funding for this
program to ``continue and expand research-based Infant-Toddler Court
Teams to change child welfare practices to improve wellbeing for
infants, toddlers, and their families'' (Senate Report 118-84). In
addition, the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the FY 2024
appropriations act directed HRSA to ``allocate funding to ensure
continuation of existing grantees, technical assistance, and other
activities.'' In FY 2024, HRSA provided a supplement of $1,750,000 in
SPRANS to the NRC Program recipient to continue work initiated in FY
2023 with an increased SPRANS appropriation, to expand technical
assistance to ITC teams, provide financial and technical support to
local infant-toddler court sites that previously received funding under
HRSA-18-123, and advance national-level reach and impact of the
program.
In addition, a Congressional Report accompanying the FY 2025
appropriations act directed HRSA to ``allocate funding to ensure
continuation of existing grantees, technical assistance, and support
other expansion activities,'' (House Report 118-585). In response to
the congressional intent, HRSA provided a supplement of $1,750,000 to
the NRC Program recipient in FY 2025 to continue work initiated in
prior years to expand technical assistance to ITC teams, provide
financial and technical support to local infant-toddler court sites
that previously received funding under HRSA-18-123, and advance
national-level reach and impact of the program.
A Congressional Report accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2026 (Pub. L. 119-75) included an additional $2,000,000, for a
total of $20,000,000 in funding ``for research-based Infant-Toddler
Court Teams to change child welfare practices to improve well-being for
infants, toddlers, and their families,'' (House Report 119-271). The
Report also included a directive to ``allocate funding to ensure
continuation of existing grantees, technical assistance, and support
other expansion activities,'' (House Report 119-271).
Consistent with congressional intent, HRSA, through its Maternal
and Child Health Bureau, will provide a supplement of $2,750,000 in
SPRANS funding to the ITCP NRC Program recipient. This funding will
continue the number of ITC teams funded through subawards and continue
to provide technical assistance to ITC teams, increase the number of
ITC teams funded through subawards to new ITC teams, expand technical
assistance to ITC teams funded under HRSA-22-073/074, and advance the
national reach and impact of the program.
Thomas J. Engels,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2026-19145 Filed 9-17-26; 8:45 am]
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