Block Grant 2602MNPSGP

The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families received a $13.5 million block grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Title IV-E Prevention Program (CFDA 93.472) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This funding supports time-limited prevention services designed to address the root causes of foster care entry by providing mental health treatment, substance abuse services, and in-home parenting skill-based programs to children and youth at risk of entering the foster care system, as well as pregnant and parenting foster youth and their parent or kinship caregivers.

The program operates as a formula grant exclusively available to states and federally recognized Indian tribes with approved Title IV-E Prevention Services five-year plans. Services are delivered without regard to children's eligibility for Title IV-E foster care maintenance payments, ensuring broad access to preventive interventions. Recipients must maintain comprehensive financial and programmatic records in accordance with 45 CFR Part 75 and submit quarterly estimates and claims on federal financial report Form CB-496 to draw down award funds. This award is consistent with the program's pattern of annual October disbursements and represents Minnesota's allocation within the broader $2.47 billion national Title IV-E Prevention Program funding distributed across all 50 states and territories.