Foster-2026 - foster care

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $45.221 million to the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services for foster care maintenance payments and case management services under the Foster Care Title IV-E program (CFDA 93.658) on October 1, 2025, with performance through September 30, 2026.

The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, operating through its Business & Financial Services Division, administers this block grant statewide across Montana. The department passes through funding to multiple tribal governments and local entities to deliver IV-E eligible services including foster care case management, legal services, and stipend support. Sub-recipients include the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation, Fort Belknap Community Council, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the Blackfeet Tribe, the City-County of Butte-Silver Bow, County of Cascade, and County of Yellowstone. Sub-award activity dates to July 1, 2020, with the most recent sub-awards obligated July 1, 2024. The University of Montana received a sub-award obligated July 1, 2025, and Salish Kootenai College received a stipend sub-award obligated July 1, 2024. The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services manages this award as one of over 100 formula and project grants annually across nutrition assistance, child welfare, vocational rehabilitation, and early intervention programs, serving as Montana's designated state administering agency for federal nutrition and human services programs.