Psgp-2026 - psgp prevention services grant program

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Children and Families $15.847 million on October 1, 2025, under the Title IV-E Prevention Program (CFDA 93.472), a block grant funding time-limited prevention services for candidates for foster care and pregnant or parenting foster youth.

DCF delivers mental health, substance abuse, and in-home parent skill-based programs to children and families in Massachusetts without regard to Title IV-E foster care maintenance payment eligibility. The award period runs October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. Performance occurs throughout Massachusetts.

The Title IV-E Prevention Program provides optional federal funding for one-year prevention services targeting children and youth at risk of entering foster care, pregnant and parenting foster youth, and their parent and kinship caregivers. Recipient agencies must submit approved five-year Title IV-E prevention plans for each five-year operating period and draw down funds quarterly through federal financial reports. DCF, as an eligible state agency with an approved Title IV-E plan, receives formula-based awards and must maintain financial and programmatic records in accordance with 45 CFR Part 75.