Adptasst-2026 - adoption assistance

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $512.7 million to the Children & Family Services, New York Office Of (Division Of Administration) on October 1, 2025, under the Adoption Assistance program (CFDA 93.659), a block grant funding adoption subsidy costs for children with special needs.

The recipient distributes this funding to 45 county-level sub-grantees across New York State and the New York City Administration for Children's Services to support adoption assistance payments and related program administration. The award funds adoption subsidies for eligible children and covers direct administrative and training costs associated with operating the adoption assistance program statewide. Place of performance includes New York State, with administrative oversight at the Division Of Administration.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The Adoption Assistance program provides Federal Financial Participation to states for adoption subsidy costs, with quarterly awards based on estimated expenditures that are later revised to actual allowable claimed expenditures. Awards remain effective without plan renewal, though Title IV-E plans may be amended as necessary. ACF approves or disapproves applications within 45 days of receipt.

County sub-recipients include Westchester, Oneida, Suffolk, Albany, Schuyler, St. Lawrence, Greene, Nassau, Schoharie, Tompkins, Cayuga, Onondaga, Steuben, Saratoga, Niagara, Columbia, Hamilton, Fulton, Otsego, Oswego, Monroe, Dutchess, Montgomery, Lewis, Sullivan, Yates, Herkimer, Rensselaer, Wayne, Chemung, Madison, Essex, Allegany, Chautauqua, Broome, Jefferson, Clinton, Rockland, Orange, Ontario, Putnam, Genesee, Cortland, Warren, Cattaraugus, Orleans, Tioga, Wyoming, Seneca, Franklin, Schenectady, and New York City Administration for Children's Services.