2026 tanf

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $539,887,146.72 to the Department of Human Services Colorado under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program (CFDA 93.558) on October 1, 2025, for the period ending September 30, 2026.

Colorado operates TANF in Colorado through the Department of Human Services as the state administering agency, passing funds to 30 sub-recipients delivering targeted assistance. The largest programmatic allocation supports the Colorado Works Subsidized Training and Employment Program, implemented through Montrose County with additional funding of $53,329.28 added for fiscal year 2027, bringing that sub-award to $107,599.28 total. The Domestic Violence Prevention (DVP) TANF Flex Funds Project constitutes the second major component, providing emergency housing-related financial assistance and crisis intervention to TANF-eligible survivors of domestic and sexual violence through 24 non-profit and local government sub-recipients. These recipients include Alternative Horizons Corporation, Better Tomorrow, Hilltop Health Services Corporation, Project Pave Inc., Advocates Victim Assistance Team, Alternatives To Violence Inc., Three Birds Alliance, Advocates Of Lake County Inc., Mariposa Center For Safety, Safehouse Denver Inc., Advocate Safehouse Project, T.e.s.s.a., Latina Safehouse Initiative, S.h.a.r.e. Inc., Volunteers Of America Colorado Branch, Help For Abused Partners, The Blue Bench, Safehouse Progressive Alliance For Nonviolence Inc., Domestic Violence Initiative For Women With Disabilities, Safe Shelter Of ST Vrain Valley, La Raza Services Inc., Bright Future Foundation For Eagle County, Clear Creek County Advocates, Family Tree Inc., Rise Above Violence, Advocates Against Domestic Assault, Family Crisis Services Inc., Alliance Against Domestic Abuse, Ember Center, Crossroads Safehouse Inc., Response: Help For Survivors Of Domestic Violence And Sexual Assault, San Miguel Resource Center, Peaceworks Inc., Deaf Overcoming Violence Through Empowerment, and Arkansas Valley Resource Center Inc.

Colorado also administers TANF-funded employment, refugee support, and family services programs through sub-awards to Sunrise Community Health, Emily Griffith Technical College, Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountain, International Rescue Committee Inc., Jewish Family Service Of Colorado Inc., Ethiopian Community Development Council Inc., Church World Service Inc., Jefferson County School District R-1, and Spring Institute For Intercultural Learning, all awarded October 1, 2025. These sub-recipients deliver refugee cash and medical assistance, employment training, adult education, family support services, and child welfare administration.

Place of performance is Colorado.