Block Grant 2601ILGARD
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) awarded the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services $57.1 million in Adoption Assistance block grant funding (CFDA 93.659) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award supports adoption subsidy costs and related services for children with special needs who cannot be reunified with their biological families. The funding enables the state to provide Federal Financial...
- FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children, Youth and Families awarded a $3.757 million block grant to the State of Wisconsin Department of Children and Families effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, under the Title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090). This grant provides federal financial participation to support guardianship assistance payments to relatives who have...
- FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Award Summary The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) awarded the Maryland Department of Human Services $881,660 in block grant funding on October 1, 2025, under the Title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. This award supports the provision of guardianship assistance payments to relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of eligible children transitioning from foster...
- FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Summary The Administration for Children and Family Services awarded the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services a block grant of $1,031,704 on October 1, 2025, under the Title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090). This award, effective through September 30, 2026, provides financial assistance payments to relative guardians who have assumed legal guardianship of eligible children transitioning from foster care. The program...
- FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Award Summary The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) awarded $80.9 million to the California Department of Social Services Finance and Accounting Division under the Title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP, CFDA 93.090) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This block grant funds guardianship assistance payments to relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of eligible children transitioning from foster...
- FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Summary The Administration on Children, Youth and Families awarded the Ohio Department of Children and Youth Services $2.22 million in block grant funding for the Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award supports the delivery of guardianship assistance payments to relative guardians who assume legal guardianship of eligible children transitioning from foster care, thereby removing...
- The Illinois Department of Children & Family Service will receive $602,000 under a FY 2022 Formula Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. The grant funding supports the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments program (CFDA #93.603) from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The objective of the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentives program is to provide incentives to states and eligible tribes to increase...
- FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Award Summary The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) awarded the Department of Human Services Colorado a block grant of $878,231.00 for the Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP, CFDA 93.090) for the fiscal year period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This funding supports the provision of guardianship assistance payments to relative guardians who have assumed legal guardianship of eligible children in Colorado's child...
- 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 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 removing financial barriers to permanency and enabling children to achieve stable, legally recognized family placements. As a pass-through entity, the Illinois Department of Children & Family Service distributes these funds to local government entities, non-profit organizations, and community-based providers across the state to deliver comprehensive guardianship assistance services. The program operates on a quarterly funding basis tied to estimated and actual allowable expenditures, with awards subject to standard federal compliance requirements under 2 CFR Part 200 and 45 CFR Part 75. This funding represents a portion of the Department's broader FY 2026 child welfare portfolio, which totals approximately $162.3 million in block grants supporting foster care, adoption assistance, prevention services, and related child welfare initiatives statewide.FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $2.4m | 12/31/25 | ||
| Not listed | $2.4m | 10/9/25 |