The state of North Dakota, acting through its North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS) is soliciting proposals for a Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS). The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is an awarding agency of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), ACF recipients must review and follow the HHS Grants Policy Statement (HHS GPS). Where it applies regarding in the list of terms has been identified as HHS GPS. It is intended to make the general terms and conditions of HHS discretionary grant and cooperative agreement awards available in a single document. These general terms and conditions are common across all HHS awarding agencies and apply unless there are statutory, regulatory, or award-specific requirements to the contrary (as specified in individual Notices of Award).[footnoteRef:2] [2: HHS Grants Policy Statement | The Administration for Children and Families]