Block Grant 2601VTGARD
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) awarded a Foster Care Title IV-E block grant (CFDA 93.658) to the Human Services Vermont Agency of in the amount of $6.26 million for the fiscal year period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This formula grant supports Vermont's comprehensive foster care program, providing safe and stable out-of-home care for children under state child welfare agency jurisdiction. The funding enables the...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Administration on Children, Youth and Families awarded $7.196 million in adoption assistance funding to the Human Services Vermont Agency of (a division of the Vermont Department of Public Safety) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. Under the Adoption Assistance program (CFDA 93.659), Vermont delivers Federal Financial Participation (FFP) to support adoption subsidy costs for children with special needs who cannot be reunited with...
- The Vermont Agency of Human Services received a $158,000 Formula Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments program (CFDA 93.603). The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The objective of the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentives program is to provide incentives to states and eligible tribes to increase annually the number of children in...
- FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Summary The West Virginia Department of Human Services received a $3.95 million block grant award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) under the Title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP, CFDA 93.090) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award supports the provision of guardianship assistance payments to relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of eligible children in West Virginia's child...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Virginia Department of Social Services, Division of Finance, received a block grant award of $845,569.00 from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) for Fiscal Year 2026 (October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2026) under the Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090). This award supports the provision of guardianship assistance payments to relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of eligible children in foster care. The program aims to...
- FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Award Summary The State of Montana Department of Health and Human Services received a block grant award of $2,619,878 from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) for the Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP, CFDA 93.090), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This funding supports the delivery of guardianship assistance payments to relative guardians who have assumed legal guardianship of eligible children...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Vermont's Human Services Agency a $9.76M block grant (CFDA 93.563 – Child Support Services) effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This funding supports Vermont's Title IV-D child support enforcement program, which establishes and enforces child support obligations, locates absent parents, establishes paternity, and obtains child, spousal, and medical...
- FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Award Summary The Maine Department of Health and Human Services received a $610,802 Block Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children, Youth and Families under the Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP, CFDA 93.090) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This funding supports the provision of guardianship assistance payments to relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of eligible...
- FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Program Block Grant Summary The New York Office of Children & Family Services (OCFS) received a $19.6 million block grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) under the Title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP, CFDA 93.090) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This program provides Federal Financial Participation to support guardianship assistance payments to relatives...
- FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Award Summary The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) awarded the Department of Human Services Colorado a block grant of $878,231.00 for the Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP, CFDA 93.090) for the fiscal year period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This funding supports the provision of guardianship assistance payments to relative guardians who have assumed legal guardianship of eligible children in Colorado's child...
The Administration for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) awarded Vermont's Human Services Agency a block grant of $100,382.00 for the Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP, CFDA 93.090) effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award provides federal financial participation to support guardianship assistance payments to relatives who assume legal guardianship of eligible children transitioning from foster care. The program removes financial barriers to permanency by ensuring children can secure stable, legally recognized family placements with qualified relatives rather than remaining in the foster care system. Under this block grant mechanism, Vermont will utilize the funding to administer guardianship assistance payments and related administrative costs in accordance with Title IV-E program requirements. As a state-level human services agency with extensive experience administering federal child welfare programs including Foster Care and Adoption Assistance, the Human Services Agency of Vermont is positioned to deliver these guardianship services efficiently. Block grant awards such as this are made quarterly based on estimated expenditures, with final awards adjusted to reflect only actual allowable claimed costs, and all programmatic and financial records must be maintained in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200 (effective October 1, 2025) and related HHS regulations.FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $48.2k | 12/31/25 | ||
| Not listed | $52.2k | 10/9/25 |