Adptasst-2026 - adoption assistance

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community $179,576 on October 1, 2025, under the Adoption Assistance program (CFDA 93.659), a block grant that provides Federal Financial Participation to tribes in adoption subsidy costs for children with special needs who cannot be reunited with their families.

The award covers the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, and supports the tribe's adoption assistance operations on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community reservation in Arizona, with administrative oversight in Scottsdale. The funding is obligated as $179,576 total.

Under the Adoption Assistance program structure, quarterly awards are made on the basis of estimated expenditures and later revised to include only actual allowable claimed expenditures. Title IV-E plans and amendments are submitted to the ACF Regional Child Welfare Program Manager for approval, with ACF approval or disapproval of applications within 45 days of receipt. The tribe must maintain all financial and programmatic records necessary for proper and efficient operation of the program, including records of applications, eligibility determinations, utilization of awarded grants and other funds for financial assistance, and allocated indirect and direct administrative and training costs, in accordance with 45 CFR 75.361–365 and written ACF guidance.