Block Grant 2601WYPSGP

The Wyoming Department of Family Services received a $250,485 block grant award from the Administration for 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 help children and youth who are candidates for foster care, as well as pregnant or parenting foster youth and their caregivers. The program delivers mental health services, substance abuse treatment, and in-home parent skill-based interventions to eligible populations without regard to children's Title IV-E foster care maintenance payment eligibility.

Wyoming DFS administers this prevention program through partnerships with community-based sub-recipients and organizations including the Food Bank of Wyoming, Climb Wyoming, the University of Wyoming, and local community organizations. The award operates as a formula grant requiring Wyoming DFS to maintain an approved five-year Title IV-E Prevention Services plan and comply with federal financial and programmatic record-keeping requirements under 45 CFR Part 75 and OMB Guidance 2 CFR Part 200. Funding is drawn down quarterly through federal financial report Form CB-496 submissions, with the Division of Payment Management managing post-award accounts for authorized expenditure drawdowns.