Block Grant 2501MOFOST

The Missouri Department of Social Services, operating as Finance and Administrative Services, received a $60,594,995 federal Block Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families under the Foster Care Title IV-E program (CFDA 93.658). This funding supports the department's delivery of safe and stable out-of-home care for children under the jurisdiction of the state child welfare agency. The grant enables the department to provide foster care maintenance payments, administrative expenses, training for staff and foster parents, and support for foster care case management systems. The department frequently partners with local government entities, non-profit organizations, and community action agencies as sub-recipients to deliver these foster care and related child welfare services directly within Missouri communities.