Federal Block Grant Award Summary

Award Details: The District of Columbia Government's Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) received a $1,075,000 block grant award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families under the Title IV-E Prevention Program (CFDA 93.472), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This formula-based allocation supports time-limited prevention services designed to keep children and youth out of foster care.

Products and Services: The funding supports comprehensive prevention services including mental health treatment, substance abuse services, and in-home parent skill-based programming for children and youth who are candidates for foster care, as well as pregnant and parenting foster youth and their parent or kinship caregivers. Services are provided on a time-limited basis (one year or less per recipient) and are delivered without regard to children's Title IV-E foster care maintenance payment eligibility. CFSA, as the state Title IV-E agency, administers the program and functions as the primary pass-through entity, distributing funds to local government entities, nonprofit organizations, and community providers throughout Washington, D.C. to deliver specialized prevention services to vulnerable children and families.