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- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the State of Connecticut Department of Children & Families a $3.649 million Formula Grant under the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments (CFDA #93.603) program for fiscal year 2022. The objective of the program is to provide incentives to states and eligible tribes to increase annually the number of children in foster care who find permanent homes through adoption or legal guardianship....
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Administration on Children, Youth and Families awarded Connecticut's Department of Children & Families a $26.26 million block grant for the Adoption Assistance program (CFDA 93.659) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This federal assistance provides financial support in the form of adoption subsidies to facilitate the permanent placement of children with special needs who cannot be reunited with their biological families. The...
- FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Summary The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) received a $7 million block grant award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) under the Title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. This funding supports guardianship assistance payments to relative caregivers who have assumed legal guardianship of eligible children transitioning from...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $2.14 million Block Grant to the District of Columbia Government's Child and Family Services Agency for the Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The Guardianship Assistance Program provides federal funding to support guardianship assistance payments made to relatives or fictive kin who have assumed legal guardianship of children who...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $3.2 million Block Grant to the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The award supports the Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA #93.090), which provides Federal financial participation to states and tribes that opt to provide guardianship assistance payments to relatives caring for children who cannot...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Tennessee Department of Children's Services $12,454,564 under the Guardianship Assistance federal Block Grant program (CFDA 93.090) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The objective of the Guardianship Assistance Program is to provide Federal financial participation to states and tribes that opt to provide guardianship assistance payments to relatives who assume legal...
- FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Summary The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) awarded the Illinois Department of Children & Family Service $4.8 million in block grant funding effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, under the Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090). This award supports the provision of guardianship assistance payments to relatives who assume legal guardianship of eligible children transitioning from foster care, thereby...
- The Administration on Children, Youth and Families awarded Washington State's Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) $6.4 million in Block Grant funding under the Title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) for Fiscal Year 2026, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This program provides federal financial participation to support guardianship assistance payments to relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of eligible children transitioning from...
- This $5.5 million FY 2022 block grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families supports guardianship assistance programs in Florida under the Guardianship Assistance (CFDA #93.090) federal grant program. The Florida Department of Children and Families receives the funding on October 1, 2021 for a one-year project period ending September 30, 2022. Through various sub-awards, the department provides guardianship assistance payments to...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Administration on Children, Youth and Families awarded Connecticut's Department of Children & Families (DCF) a Foster Care Title IV-E block grant (CFDA 93.658) totaling $22.4 million for the fiscal year October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award supports DCF's comprehensive foster care program operations, including the provision of safe and stable out-of-home care for children under state child welfare agency jurisdiction, as well as...
The Connecticut Department of Children & Families received a $2.8 million block grant from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) for Fiscal Year 2026 (award date October 1, 2025; completion date September 30, 2026) under the Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090). This funding supports the provision of guardianship assistance payments to relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of eligible children transitioning out of foster care. The program removes financial barriers to permanency by enabling these relative guardians to establish secure, legally recognized family placements for children who cannot be reunited with their parents. Under this block grant, the Department of Children & Families implements comprehensive guardianship assistance services through a collaborative approach with sub-recipients including the Connecticut Department of Education and other state agencies. The funding covers both direct guardianship assistance payments to eligible relative guardians and associated administrative and training costs necessary for proper program operation. Award disbursements are made quarterly based on estimated expenditures, which are subsequently adjusted to reflect only actual allowable claimed costs in accordance with Title IV-E plan requirements and federal regulations.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.4m | 12/31/25 | ||
| Not listed | $1.4m | 10/9/25 |