2026 tanf

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Mississippi Department of Human Services $214,340,979 in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant funding on October 1, 2025, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. TANF (Assistance Listing 93.558) provides block grants to states to assist needy families with children, promote job preparation and work, prevent out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and encourage two-parent family formation.

Mississippi Department of Human Services, operating as MDHS Family and Children's Services, administers the award statewide in Mississippi. The agency passes through funding to multiple sub-recipients delivering family assistance programs, afterschool activities, family dynamics programming, workforce training and education, and support services aligned with the state's 2025-2026 TANF plan. Sub-recipients include the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services (family formation and parenthood programs); Hancock County Child Development Center (support services); University of Mississippi Medical Center (Family Dynamics Program titled ROOTS: Resiliency Outcomes through Outreach, Training, and Support); Noxubee County School District and Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District (assistance programs and family dynamics services); Mississippi Council on Economic Education (assistance programs and family dynamics services); Oseola McCarty Youth Development Center and Spring Initiative Inc. (afterschool program activities); New Way Mississippi Inc. (workforce support services); Stewpot Community Services (afterschool program activities); and Refill Jackson Initiative, doing business as Sati (assistance programs, family dynamics, workforce training, and support services).