Foster-2026 - foster care

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $962.589 million to the Children & Family Services, New York Office Of, Division Of Administration on October 1, 2025, under the Foster Care Title IV-E program (CFDA 93.658), with performance through September 30, 2026.

The award funds foster care services—safe and stable out-of-home care for children under the jurisdiction of the state child welfare agency—distributed as pass-through funding to 46 county-level sub-recipients and New York City Administration for Children's Services across New York State. The Title IV-E Foster Care program operates on a formula basis; awards are made quarterly based on estimated expenditures and later revised to reflect actual allowable claimed expenditures.

The recipient, a state government entity within the New York State government structure, receives and distributes federal child welfare funding statewide. Work is performed throughout New York State, with administrative oversight at the New York Office of Children and Family Services. County sub-recipients include Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Chautauqua, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Orange, Orleans, Otsego, Oswego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, Wyoming, and Yates Counties, plus Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and New York City Administration for Children's Services.