The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $13,791,127 FY 2025 Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) block grant to the Florida Department of Children and Families. This federal grant program provides financial support and services to states to facilitate permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children in the child welfare system, with a focus on supporting relative guardians. Through this block grant award, the Florida...
The federal Block Grant award of $261,486,845.00, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, was provided by the Administration on Children Youth and Families (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) under the Adoption Assistance program (CFDA 93.659). This grant enables the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) to deliver comprehensive adoption support services, including adoption subsidies, pre- and post-adoption assistance, recruitment of adoptive...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families awarded a $20,005,252.00 Fiscal Year 2025 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF). This funding, awarded on October 1, 2024, will support DCF in providing financial assistance and services to facilitate permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children previously in the child welfare system. The program objective is to create...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families has awarded a $278,608,163 Foster Care Title IV-E Block Grant (CFDA 93.658) to the Florida Department of Children and Families for the award period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. This grant funding supports a comprehensive range of child welfare services, including foster care maintenance payments, administrative expenses, training for staff and foster parents, and support for foster care case...
The Florida Department of Children and Families received a $10.5 million Formula Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. The five-year award, issued on October 1, 2021 under the Child Abuse and Neglect State Grants program (CFDA #93.669), will support Florida's efforts to improve its child protective services system through September 30, 2026. As outlined in the program description, the funding will assist the state in enhancing...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $2.14 million Block Grant to the District of Columbia Government's Child and Family Services Agency for the Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The Guardianship Assistance Program provides federal funding to support guardianship assistance payments made to relatives or fictive kin who have assumed legal guardianship of children who...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Florida Department of Children and Families a $1,742,748 block grant under the Children's Justice Grants to States program (CFDA 93.643) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The grant aims to support reforms to improve the assessment and investigation of suspected child abuse and neglect cases, including suspected child sexual abuse and exploitation, in a manner that limits...
The federal Block Grant award provides $2,072,438.00 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.090 Guardianship Assistance Program) to the District of Columbia's Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA). The grant supports the delivery of guardianship assistance services, including guardianship assistance payments, case management, training, and administrative support. The goal is to facilitate permanent legal guardianship...
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services received a $3.5 million Block Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The funding supports the Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA #93.090), which provides Federal financial participation to states that opt to provide guardianship assistance payments to relatives caring for children who exit the foster care system...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families awarded a $8,418,830 Fiscal Year 2025 Guardianship Assistance (CFDA 93.090) Block Grant to the Connecticut Department of Children & Families. This federal grant funding will support the agency's efforts to provide guardianship assistance payments, case management, training, and administrative services to facilitate permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children previously in the state's...