Scss-2026 - child support services - states

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance $607.310911 million on October 1, 2025, under the Child Support Services block grant program (CFDA 93.563, SCSS-2026), with performance through September 30, 2026.

The award funds child support enforcement, paternity establishment, and financial support obligations collection from absent parents across New York. NY OTDA administers the program statewide and passes funding through to 47 county social services departments and the New York City Department of Social Services to deliver local child support enforcement activities, eligibility determination, and case management. Sub-recipients include Jefferson, Madison, Washington, Cattaraugus, Suffolk, Oneida, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, Rockland, Herkimer, Franklin, Orange, Onondaga, Chautauqua, Essex, Warren, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Allegany, Putnam, Saratoga, Westchester, Erie, Chemung, Greene, Seneca, Steuben, Dutchess, Schoharie, Chenango, Cayuga, Niagara, Onondaga, Saratoga, Westchester, Oneida, Suffolk, Jefferson, Madison, Nassau, Monroe, Warren, Onondaga, Orange, Saratoga, Broome, Ontario, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Saratoga, Sullivan, Schoharie, Montgomery, Tompkins, Ulster, Wyoming, Lewis, and Seneca Counties, plus the NYC Department of Social Services. The assistance type is a block grant. Place of performance is New York State. The federal grant program establishes and enforces child, spousal, and medical support obligations owed by absent parents, locates absent parents, and establishes paternity, with states earning incentive payments based on performance metrics under the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998.