ACF headquarters and regional office staff are available to assist with requests. The agency also funds training and technical assistance centers to help with grant applications, support grant-funded activities, assist with financial matters, provide training, and/or problem solve human services-related issues. Assistance can be obtained through the staff, program, and technical assistance centers below.
ACF Contact List
Have questions? Use this email contact information to connect directly with ACF Program Office staff working on Tribal initiatives throughout the agency.
ACF Program Offices
- Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
- Children's Bureau (CB)
- Office of Early Childhood and Development (ECD)
- Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)
- Office of Child Care (OCC)
- Office of Child Support Services (OCSS)
- Office of Community Services (OCS)
- Office of Family Assistance (OFA)
- Office of Head Start (OHS)
- Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR)
- Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation (OPRE)
- Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP)
Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
General inquiries and information requests for ANA may be sent to anacommissioner@acf.hhs.gov.
ANA also provides training and technical assistance to all ANA grant recipients to support grant administration and project implementation. ANA has four main Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Centers, divided into ANA’s four main geographic areas, which provide project planning, project development, and pre-application training. You can explore the training and technical resources ANA’s TTA Centers provide by clicking on the links below:
Children's Bureau (CB)
General inquiries and information requests for CB may be sent to Scott Trowbridge.
You can also explore CB’s resources tailored for Tribes and native communities below:
- Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative — Center for Tribes collaborates with American Indian and Alaska Native nations to help strengthen Tribal child and family systems and services in order to nurture the safety, permanency, and well-being of children, youth, and families.
- Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative — Center for Courts provides tools and resources to promote knowledge about the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).
- Child Welfare Information Gateway Tribal Resources . The Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children, youth, and families by connecting child welfare, adoption, and related professionals as well as the public to information, resources, and tools covering topics on child welfare, child abuse and neglect, out-of-home care, adoption, and more. Click on the link above to explore Child Welfare Information Gateway’s Tribal resources.
Office of Early Childhood and Development (ECD)
General inquiries and information requests for CB may be sent to Moushumi Beltangady.
Tribal Early Childhood Research Center (TRC)
TRC is a national network of tribal early childhood researchers and program leaders who work in partnership with American Indian and Alaska Native communities and tribal Head Start, Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV), and Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) programs. Email TRC at tribalearlychildhood@cuanschutz.edu.
Tribal Home Visiting Evaluation Institute (TEI)
TEI provides technical assistance that promotes rigorous and relevant performance measurement, data management, continuous quality improvement, and evaluation activities in the Tribal MIECHV Program.
Programmatic Assistance for Tribal Home Visiting (PATH)
PATH provides technical assistance to Tribal Early Learning Initiative grant recipients on collaboration and program integration, development of an early childhood system, Collective Impact, and programmatic needs specific to each TELI project. PATH can be found at Zero to Three .
Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)
Office of Child Care (OCC)
General inquiries and information requests for OCC may be sent to Noelle Bee.
Tribal Child Care Capacity Building Center
The Tribal Child Care Capacity Building Center, a service of the Office of Child Care, supports Tribal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) grantees in meeting the requirements of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 and the 2016 CCDF Final Rule and to meet their goals to enhance the quality, affordability, and availability of child care in their Tribal communities.
National Center on Tribal Child Care Implementation and Innovation (NCTCCII)
NCTCCII assists American Indian and Alaskan Native Tribes and tribal organizations in their efforts to implement and administer Child Care and Development Fund as well as increase the quality, affordability, and availability of child care. Targeted activities include a toll-free information and referral line; development and dissemination of materials; a peer learning and leadership network; national and regional webinars; and other on-site and distance learning events.
Office of Child Support Services (OCSS)
General inquiries and information requests for OCSS may be sent to OCSS.Tribal@acf.hhs.gov.
Office of Community Services (OCS)
General inquiries and information requests for OCS may be sent to yolanda.butler@acf.hhs.gov
Office of Family Assistance (OFA)
Office of Head Start (OHS)
Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR)
Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation (OPRE)
Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP)
General inquiries and information requests for OTIP may be sent to elizabeth.pfenning@acf.hhs.gov.