The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families has awarded a $3,479,583 Fiscal Year 2025 Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) block grant to the Children Youth & Families New Mexico DEP, a division of the New Mexico Department of Children. This grant funding will support the organization's provision of guardianship assistance, including guardianship assistance payments, case management, training, and administrative services. The goal is...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $1,527,000 under the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments (CFDA 93.603) Formula Grant program to the New Mexico Children Youth & Families Department. The objective of the program is to provide incentives to states and tribes to increase annually the number of children in foster care who find permanent homes through adoption or legal guardianship. The funding will support the Children...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the State of Alaska Department of Family and Community Services a $4,088,651 Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) block grant for FY 2025. This federal grant funding enables the agency to provide financial support and services to facilitate permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children who have been removed from their homes. The primary objective is to create stable, alternative...
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 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 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 Administration for Children and Families awarded a $35,425,584 Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) block grant to New York State's Office of Children & Family Services (OCFS) for Fiscal Year 2025. This funding will support OCFS in providing financial assistance and administrative services to facilitate permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children in the child welfare system, with a focus on placing children with relative...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families awarded a $1,875,061.00 Block Grant under the Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. This grant, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, provides financial assistance and services to support permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children in the child welfare system, with a focus on relative guardians. The funding will...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families awarded a $2,591,034 Fiscal Year 2025 Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) block grant to the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). This federal block grant will fund DCFS's administration of the Guardianship Assistance Program, which provides financial support and services to facilitate permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children previously in the child...
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....