Block Grant 2201MDGARD
- The FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance award is a $881,660 block grant provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.090) to the Maryland Department of Human Services. This grant aims to facilitate guardianship arrangements that support children who might otherwise remain in foster care, ensuring stable and permanent living situations. The funding will be used by the Maryland Department of Human Services to administer the Guardianship...
- The Maryland Department of Human Services received a $456,000 formula grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments program (CFDA 93.603) for fiscal year 2022. The objective of this program is to incentivize states to increase annually the number of children in foster care who find permanent homes through adoption or legal guardianship. With this funding, the Maryland Department...
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $4,257,774 Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP) block grant to the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services for FY 2026. The GAP program, authorized under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, provides federal financial support to states for guardianship assistance payments to help relative guardians care for children who cannot be reunited with their parents, facilitating stable and...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the State of Missouri Department of Social Services $18,040,347 under the Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) block grant for FY 2022. The grant will support guardianship assistance payments from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The Guardianship Assistance Program provides Federal financial participation to help states and tribes provide subsidized guardianship arrangements for...
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, awarded a $1,827,276 Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) block grant to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for FY 2026. This grant provides federal financial support to facilitate guardianship arrangements for children who cannot be reunited with their parents, ensuring stable and permanent living situations. The grant covers the period from October 1, 2025 to September 30,...
- 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 Minnesota Department of Human Services received a $38,650,499 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 award was provided through the Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA #93.090), which aims to provide federal matching funds to states and tribes that opt to provide guardianship assistance payments to relatives caring for children who were in foster care....
- The FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant in the amount of $4,090,373.00 was awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.090) to the Executive Office of the State of New Jersey, doing business as Children & Families. This funding will support the Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP), which provides federal financial support to states for guardianship assistance payments. The program's objective is to facilitate...
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families awarded a $1,557,772.00 Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) block grant to the Arkansas Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Services for Fiscal Year 2026. This grant funding will enable the division to provide financial assistance and support for guardianship arrangements that help place children who cannot be reunited with their parents into stable, permanent living situations. The...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $3.2 million Block Grant to the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The award supports the Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA #93.090), which provides Federal financial participation to states and tribes that opt to provide guardianship assistance payments to relatives caring for children who cannot...
The Maryland Department of Human Services received a $2.96 million Block Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families to support guardianship assistance programs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The objective of the Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP), as outlined in the federal grant program (CFDA 93.090), is to provide federal matching funds to states and tribes that opt to provide guardianship assistance payments to relatives caring for children who exit the foster care system to live with a legal guardian. The award will allow Maryland to deliver guardianship assistance payments and services to eligible relative guardians and the children in their care, supporting legal guardianship arrangements as alternatives to foster care for children who cannot safely return home.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | ($64k) | 1/6/23 | ||
| Not listed | ($64k) | 1/6/23 | ||
| Not listed | ($63k) | 10/13/22 | ||
| Not listed | ($63k) | 10/13/22 | ||
| Not listed | ($63k) | 10/13/22 |