The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a FY 2025 Child Support Services Block Grant of $1,641,326.57 to the Penobscot Indian Nation, a federally recognized tribal government located in Maine. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, is intended to support the Penobscot Nation's comprehensive child support services programs, which focus on locating absent parents, establishing paternity, and obtaining child and spousal support orders to...
This $535,310.60 Tribal Child Support Services Block Grant, awarded on October 1, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.563 Child Support Services), provides funding to the Penobscot Indian Nation (also known as Penobscot Nation) to enforce child support obligations, locate absent parents, establish paternity, and obtain child, spousal, and medical support payments. As a federally recognized tribal government, the Penobscot...
The Penobscot Indian Nation was awarded a $200,849.00 Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. The award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, will support the delivery of child care services and early childhood education initiatives to low-income families within the Penobscot tribal community. The funding is part of the Child Care and Development Block Grant program, the...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded an $857,260 block grant to the Penobscot Indian Nation from October 2021 through September 2025 under the Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services program (CFDA 93.671). The purpose of this funding is to support primary and secondary prevention of family violence through increased public awareness and assistance efforts. Specifically, the Penobscot...
The Penobscot Indian Nation was awarded a $110,000 Block Grant under the Indian Law Enforcement Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.030) by the U.S. Department of the Interior. This program provides funding to Indian Tribal Governments to develop and maintain comprehensive public safety infrastructure, including police departments, detention facilities, and correctional services. The grant funding will enable the Penobscot Indian Nation to enhance and sustain their local law enforcement and...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation $1,160,776.90 in funding under the Child Support Services program (CFDA #93.563) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. This Block Grant funding will support the Nation's efforts to enforce child support obligations, establish paternity, and obtain child, spousal and medical support for tribal members as outlined under the Child Support Services...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $709,080.48 Block Grant to the Quinault Indian Nation under the Child Support Services program (CFDA 93.563). The grant will fund the delivery of child support enforcement services by the Quinault Tribal Enterprises from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024. These services include case management, parent locator efforts, paternity establishment, wage garnishment, and the collection and...
The Osage Nation received a $1,759,105.84 block grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to provide child support services from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The purpose of this funding through ACF's Child Support Services program (CFDA #93.563) is to enforce child support obligations owed by absent parents, locate absent parents, establish paternity, and obtain child, spousal and medical support for families in...
The Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma received a $1.176 million block grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) under the Child Support Services program (CFDA #93.563) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The purpose of this funding is to support the Ponca Tribe's child support enforcement program, which aims to enforce child and medical support obligations owed by absent parents, locate absent parents, establish...
The Quinault Indian Nation received a $1,369,792 Block Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) through the Child Support Services program (CFDA #93.563) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The purpose of this award is to support the Quinault Indian Nation in enforcing child support obligations, establishing paternity, and obtaining child, spousal and medical support for absent parents' children as...