Block Grant 2602IAADPT
- The Iowa Department of Human Services received an $11.26 million Block Grant award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families under the Adoption Assistance program (CFDA 93.659) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award provides Federal Financial Participation (FFP) to support adoption subsidy costs for children with special needs who cannot be reunified with their biological families. The funding enables Iowa to facilitate permanent placements by...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Iowa Department of Human Services received a $4,088,462 Block Grant award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) under the Foster Care Title IV-E program (CFDA 93.658) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This formula grant supports the delivery of safe and stable out-of-home care services for children under state child welfare jurisdiction in Iowa. The funding enables the state to provide comprehensive foster care...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Iowa Department of Human Services received a $62.33 million Block Grant award from the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) under the Child Support Services program (CFDA 93.563) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award supports Iowa's comprehensive child support enforcement operations, enabling the state to establish and enforce child support obligations, locate absent parents, establish paternity, and obtain child,...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Iowa Department of Human Services received a $157.9 million Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Discretionary award from the Office of Child Care, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. Under the CFDA 93.575 program, the state serves as the designated lead agency responsible for administering child care subsidies to low-income families throughout Iowa, primarily through voucher and certificate mechanisms. The funding supports...
- The Iowa Department of Human Services, Division of Fiscal Management was awarded a $2.7 million Formula Grant 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) for the period of 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...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Iowa Department of Human Services received a $208.99 million Medicaid Entitlement block grant award from the Centers for Medicaid and Chip Services for fiscal year 2026 under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, CFDA 93.767). This award, dated October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2027, provides federal-state matching funds to support Iowa's administration and expansion of health insurance coverage for low-income children under...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Iowa Department of Human Services (Iowa DHS) received a formula grant award of $16.16 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Care under the Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds program (CFDA 93.596). The award, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028, supports Iowa's provision of child care subsidies and services to low-income families while enhancing the quality of child care service delivery throughout the...
- FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant Summary The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services received a $209,109 block grant award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) under the Title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award provides Federal Financial Participation (FFP) to support guardianship assistance payments to relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of eligible...
- The Iowa Department of Human Services received a $110.1 million block grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. The award, provided under the Child Care and Development Block Grant program (CFDA 93.575), will support child care and development services in Iowa from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. As the primary federal funding source to help low-income families access child care and improve quality, the CCDF block grant...
- The Foster Care Title IV-E program block grant (CFDA 93.658), administered by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, awarded the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services $19.3 million effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This funding supports comprehensive foster care and related child welfare services for children under the jurisdiction of Iowa's child welfare agency. The grant enables the delivery of foster care maintenance payments, case management,...
The Administration on Children, Youth and Families awarded the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services $22.5 million in Adoption Assistance program funding (CFDA 93.659) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This block grant provides Federal Financial Participation to support adoption subsidy costs for children with special needs who cannot be reunited with their biological families. The funding enables Iowa to facilitate permanent placements for difficult-to-place children with physical, emotional, or developmental challenges by providing ongoing financial assistance payments to adoptive families. Under this program, Iowa DHHS submits quarterly expenditure estimates (due July 30, October 30, January 30, and April 30) to the Administration on Children and Families, with awards distributed on a reimbursement basis reconciled to actual allowable claimed costs. The state maintains comprehensive financial and programmatic records documenting eligibility determinations and fund utilization in accordance with 45 CFR Parts 75, 1355, and 1356. Iowa DHHS may sub-award portions of the funding to county governments, local child welfare agencies, nonprofit organizations, and community-based service providers to implement adoption assistance services at the local level throughout the state.Federal Block Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $11.2m | 5/28/26 | ||
| Not listed | $11.3m | 5/27/26 |