Scss-2026 - child support services - states

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $179.240613 million to the Arizona Department of Economic Security on October 1, 2025, under the Child Support Services block grant program (CFDA 93.563) for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, to establish and enforce support obligations owed by absent parents to their children, locate absent parents, establish paternity, and obtain child, spousal, and medical support across Arizona.

The funding is administered by Arizona Department of Economic Security, doing business as Legal Services, as the state administering agency. Arizona Department of Economic Security passes funds to county-level sub-recipients including Pima County, Graham County, La Paz County, Yuma County, Gila County, Cochise County, Pinal County, Navajo County, Yavapai County, Santa Cruz County, and Mohave County. Sub-awards to these counties were issued between March 1, 2018, and August 1, 2025, reflecting a multi-year grant cycle structure. Each sub-recipient delivers child support enforcement services within its county jurisdiction, including locating absent parents, establishing paternity, and enforcing support obligations for eligible individuals under an approved Title IV-D State Plan.

The assistance type is a block grant. States receive funds quarterly based on estimated needs for support enforcement services, comprised of matching funds (Federal Financial Participation) and incentive funds earned through demonstrated performance. Performance data reliability and compliance audits are conducted under authority of the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998. All records must be maintained in accordance with 45 CFR 75.361–365. Place of performance is Arizona.