Federal Block Grant Award Summary

The New York Office of Children & Family Services received a $499,352 block grant award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families under the Title IV-E Prevention Program (CFDA 93.472) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This funding supports time-limited prevention services designed to reduce the need for foster care placement among vulnerable populations in New York State. Services delivered through this award include mental health treatment, substance abuse counseling, and in-home parent skill-based programming for children and youth who are candidates for foster care, as well as pregnant and parenting foster youth and their parents or kinship caregivers.

The Title IV-E Prevention Program operates as a formula grant exclusively through the Administration for Children and Families, with services provided without regard to children's Title IV-E foster care eligibility. Recipients must maintain approved five-year prevention service plans and submit quarterly financial reports on Form CB-496 for fund draw-downs. New York's award is one of 37 distributed nationally in fiscal year 2025, with total program funding across all states and territories reaching approximately $2.47 billion, reflecting the program's emphasis on family preservation and early intervention services across the country.