2026 tanf

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $1.457815680 billion to the Illinois Department of Human Services under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program (CFDA 93.558) on October 1, 2025, for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, serving Illinois.

The award funds temporary financial assistance, job preparation, work activities, and supportive services to needy families with children across Illinois. The Illinois Department of Human Services passes funds through to over 60 sub-recipients delivering direct services: employment and job training through organizations including National Able Network Inc., Community Assistance Programs, Pyramid Partnership Inc., and The Cabet Group Inc.; emergency food assistance and distribution through Greater Chicago Food Depository, Central Illinois Foodbank Inc., Eastern Illinois Foodbank, Northern Illinois Food Bank, and other food banks; cash assistance and case management through nonprofits including Metropolitan Family Services, Universal Family Connection, Phalanx Family Services, Chicago Commons Association, and Ucan; workforce development through Agents Of Hope Training & Information Center, Ladder Up, and Family Legacy Foundation; transportation services through Shawnee Mass Transit District; and refugee and immigrant services through Trellus (Asian Human Services Inc.). Additional sub-recipients include African-American Resource Center At Booker, Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House Inc., Springfield Urban League Inc., Two Rivers Regional Council of Public Officials, The Salvation Army Metropolitan Division, and Serco Inc., among others. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University administers sub-awards for workforce training programming. The Illinois Department of Human Services is a division of the State of Illinois, which serves as the parent entity.