Effects of International Parental Child Abduction on Abducted Children and Left-Behind Parents
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: July 14, 2026
Close date: September 10, 2026
Opportunity ID: 363170
Opportunity number: DFOP0018453
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor
Agency code: DOS-DRL
Award floor: $1,000,000
Award ceiling: $1,973,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Eligible Applicants
- Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
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- category_of_funding_activity:science_and_technology_and_other_research_and_development
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
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- funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
Through this cooperative agreement, the Office of Children’s Issues seeks to fund one research study whose goal is to better understand how international parental child abduction (IPCA) affects abducted children and their left-behind parents in order to better support impacted individuals, their families, and their communities in the United States. The study objectives are: 1) identify short- and long-term effects of IPCA on abducted children and left-behind parents across multiple domains (including psychological/mental health, child development, child welfare, economics/finance, social and community factors, legal, law enforcement and other governmental systems); 2) identify gaps in support for children and left-behind parents impacted by IPCA in the United States; and 3) recommend solutions to the identified gaps in support in the United States.