FY2026 Tribal Child Support Comprehensive Grant Summary

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe received a Block Grant award of $1.27 million from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Support Enforcement under the Child Support Services program (CFDA 93.563) for the period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This grant supports the tribe's comprehensive child support enforcement services, which focus on locating absent parents, establishing paternity, and securing child, spousal, and medical support obligations. The funded services enable the tribe to administer an approved Title IV-D (child support) plan that ensures children receive financial support from both parents regardless of parental living arrangements.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will utilize the grant funding to maintain and operate administrative and legal frameworks necessary for effective child support enforcement services across its tribal jurisdiction spanning approximately 2.3 million acres in North and South Dakota. The tribe's established capacity to manage complex, multi-year federal programs demonstrates its ability to effectively implement child support collection, enforcement, and compliance activities in accordance with the regulatory requirements set forth in 45 CFR Part 75 and program performance standards mandated by the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998.