Foster-2026 - foster care

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Indiana Department of Child Services $30,280,657 on October 1, 2025, under the Foster Care Title IV-E program (CFDA 93.658) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

The award supports foster care maintenance and related services for children under state child welfare jurisdiction in Indiana. Title IV-E formula grants enable states to provide safe and stable out-of-home care, with quarterly awards based on estimated expenditures later revised to actual allowable claimed costs.

The Indiana Department of Child Services, the state's primary child welfare agency, passes portions of Title IV-E funding to county governments, non-profit organizations, and local community providers to deliver direct services statewide, including child protective investigations, foster care maintenance and support, adoption subsidies, family preservation programs, kinship navigator services, caseworker visitation support, and transitional services for youth aging out of foster care.

A sub-award of $30.96 was obligated on March 30, 2026, to the Indiana Public Defender Council to fund administrative costs for training attorneys who represent families in Title IV-E eligible child welfare matters.