The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services was awarded a $1.192 million Formula Grant 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 the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The objective of the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentives program is to provide incentives to states and eligible tribes to increase annually the number of...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families awarded a $5,633,969.00 Fiscal Year 2025 Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) block grant to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The grant funding will be used to provide financial support and services to facilitate permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children in Michigan's child welfare system, with a focus on supporting relative guardians. The program...
This $244,790,199 federal Block Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, under the Child Support Services program (CFDA 93.563), supports the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services in enforcing child support obligations, locating absent parents, establishing paternity, and obtaining child, spousal, and medical support orders to ensure adequate financial support for children. The grant funds a range of child support...
The Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS) received a $26,021,455.00 federal Adoption Assistance Block Grant (CFDA 93.659) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. This award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will enable DHS to provide comprehensive adoption support services across Maryland, including adoption subsidies, pre- and post-adoption assistance, and administrative support for adoption-related activities....
The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services has been awarded a $61,485,545.00 Adoption Assistance Block Grant (CFDA 93.659) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. This grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will enable the department to provide comprehensive adoption support services, including adoption subsidies, pre- and post-adoption assistance, recruitment of adoptive families, and...
The federal Block Grant award of $101,721,464.00 was issued on October 1, 2024 by the Administration on Children Youth and Families, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The award supports the Adoption Assistance program (CFDA 93.659), which provides federal financial participation to the Minnesota Department of Human Services (MN DHS) to facilitate the adoption of children with special needs who cannot be reunited with their families. MN DHS will use the...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $51,159,148 Block Grant under the Adoption Assistance program (CFDA 93.659) to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (Maine DHHS). The award period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The Adoption Assistance program provides federal funding to state child welfare agencies to support the adoption of children with special needs who cannot be reunited with their families....
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families awarded a $99,525,298 Adoption Assistance block grant (CFDA 93.659) to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) for the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The grant funding enables DCF to provide comprehensive adoption support services, including adoption subsidies, pre- and post-adoption assistance, recruitment of adoptive families, and administrative...
The $132,085,400 Foster Care Title IV-E Block Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, supports the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) in providing safe and stable out-of-home care for children under the jurisdiction of the state child welfare agency. The grant funds a range of child welfare services, including foster care maintenance payments, administrative expenses, staff and foster parent training,...
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) was awarded a $4,589,129.06 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families under the Child Support Services program (CFDA 93.563). The funding will support MDHHS in providing technical assistance and evaluation services to NextGen Employment initiatives designed to promote responsible parenting and help young people postpone parenthood until they have completed...