Block Grant 2601ALFOST
- The Administration on Children, Youth and Families awarded the Alabama Department of Human Resources a $11.86 million block grant on October 1, 2025, under the Title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. This funding enables Alabama to provide direct guardianship assistance payments to relatives who have legally assumed guardianship of eligible children transitioning from foster care. The program removes financial barriers to permanency...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) awarded the Department of Human Resources Alabama $47.8 million in Adoption Assistance block grant funding for fiscal year 2026 (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026). Under CFDA 93.659, this award funds ongoing financial assistance payments to adoptive families in Alabama to facilitate permanent placements for children with special needs who cannot be reunited with their biological families. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Administration on Children, Youth and Families awarded the Department of Human Resources Alabama a formula grant totaling $2,214,119 effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (CFDA 93.674). This entitlement-based grant funds Alabama's delivery of comprehensive independent living services to youth transitioning out of foster care, including skills training, financial...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Department of Human Resources Alabama received a $64.0 million formula grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Care under the Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds program (CFDA 93.596), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This award provides mandatory and matching formula grant funding authorized under Section 418 of the Social Security Act to support Alabama's child care services infrastructure and expand...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Support Enforcement awarded Alabama's Department of Human Resources a Block Grant of $87.2 million under the Child Support Services program (CFDA 93.563) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This funding supports Alabama's comprehensive child support enforcement operations, enabling the state to establish and enforce child support obligations, locate absent parents, establish...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Department of Human Resources Alabama, serving as the designated lead agency, received a $328.5 million Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) discretionary award from the Office of Child Care (CFDA 93.575) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This three-year block grant funds Alabama's primary child care assistance and quality improvement initiatives, enabling the state to provide child care subsidies through vouchers and...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Alabama Department of Human Resources a $2.588 million Formula Grant 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 program is to incentivize states to increase annually the number of children in foster care who find permanent homes through adoption or legal guardianship. Under...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $520,188 Block Grant to the Alabama Department of Human Resources from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025 under the Children's Justice Grants to States program (CFDA 93.643). The grant aims to support Alabama's efforts 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...
- Summary of Federal Grant Award The Department of Human Resources Alabama received a $31.2 million Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) formula grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Care (CFDA 93.596) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This award supports the state's delivery of child care subsidies and services to low-income families throughout Alabama, enabling eligible families to access affordable, quality child care while enhancing...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Department of Human Resources Alabama has received $34.3 million in formula grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families under the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) program (CFDA 93.667). This award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, enables the state to deliver a comprehensive range of flexible social services tailored to Alabama's population needs, including child welfare and...
The Department of Human Resources Alabama received a $35.7 million block grant award from the Administration for Children, Youth and Families under the Foster Care Title IV-E program (CFDA 93.658) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This formula grant supports the delivery of safe and stable out-of-home care services for children under the jurisdiction of Alabama's child welfare agency, including foster care maintenance payments, case management, placement services, adoption assistance, guardianship assistance to relative caregivers, and support for youth aging out of foster care. The award enables Alabama to maintain comprehensive child welfare infrastructure and services throughout the state, administered through the department's headquarters division in Montgomery. As a formula grant, the funding is distributed quarterly based on estimated and actual allowable claimed expenditures, subject to approval of Alabama's Title IV-E plan by the Administration for Children and Families regional office. The department, which has managed substantial federal child welfare funding since its federal registration in 2003, serves as the primary state entity responsible for implementing this federal program and may issue sub-awards to county governments, nonprofit organizations, and community-based service providers to support service delivery across Alabama.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $10.3m | 3/31/26 | ||
| Not listed | $4.0m | 1/6/26 | ||
| Not listed | $4.0m | 1/6/26 | ||
| Not listed | $5.8m | 10/7/25 | ||
| Not listed | $5.8m | 10/7/25 |