Block Grant 2201LATANF
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services received a $245.1 million Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant (CFDA 93.558) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Family Services, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. TANF provides comprehensive assistance services to low-income families with children, enabling direct financial aid, employment training and job...
- The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services will receive $517,876 through September 2025 under a Block Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. The funding supports the Children's Justice Grants to States program (CFDA #93.643), which aims to improve the assessment and investigation of suspected child abuse and neglect cases, including sexual abuse and exploitation incidents, in a manner that limits additional trauma to...
- The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) was awarded a $2,768,736 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families to support its child protective services system from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. Under the Child Abuse and Neglect State Grants program (CFDA #93.669), DCFS will work to assist and improve Louisiana's efforts to prevent, identify, and treat child abuse and neglect. As the designated...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services received an $83.5 million block grant award from the Office of Child Support Enforcement under the Child Support Services program (CFDA 93.563) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This block grant funds comprehensive child support enforcement operations across Louisiana, with primary objectives to establish and enforce child support obligations, locate absent parents, establish...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Mississippi Department of Human Services a $107,745,656.80 block grant under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2035. The grant provides funding to deliver services that assist needy families with children so they can be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives and help needy parents end their dependence on...
- The Puerto Rico Department of the Family received an $89.2 million Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 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 TANF program (CFDA #93.558) aims to provide assistance to needy families with children so they can be cared for in their own homes or relatives' homes and reduce dependence on government benefits. Through this...
- The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services received a $9,605,634 block grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services program (CFDA 93.671). The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The purpose of this funding is to support the State of Louisiana's efforts to increase awareness of and provide primary...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Administration on Children Youth and Families awarded the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services $88.1 million through the Foster Care Title IV-E program (CFDA 93.658) for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This block grant funds comprehensive foster care and related child welfare services, including foster care maintenance payments, case management, placement services, adoption assistance, guardianship assistance to...
- 2026 TANF Block Grant Award Summary The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) received a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant of $128.6 million from the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.558), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. TANF is a federal block grant program designed to provide comprehensive assistance services to low-income families with children, with statutory objectives to...
- 2026 TANF Block Grant Award Summary The Florida Department of Children and Families received a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant award (CFDA 93.558) from the Office of Family Assistance totaling $840.7 million, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. TANF provides federal block grant funding to states to deliver comprehensive assistance services to low-income families with children, enabling states to assist needy families so children can be cared for in...
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services received a $326.86 million Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 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 TANF program (CFDA #93.558) aims to provide assistance to needy families with children so they can be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives and promote self-sufficiency through work and job preparation activities. As the designated state-level recipient, the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services will administer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program services and benefits to eligible residents using the federal Block Grant funding.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $40.2m | 7/1/22 | ||
| Not listed | $40.2m | 7/1/22 | ||
| Not listed | $39.7m | 4/5/22 | ||
| Not listed | $39.7m | 4/5/22 | ||
| Not listed | $41.5m | 1/3/22 |