Federal Formula Grant Award Summary

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services received a $6.99 million formula grant from the Administration on Children Youth and Families (ACF) under the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (CFDA 93.556), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. This award funds comprehensive family support services designed to prevent child maltreatment and ensure child safety within family settings across Michigan. The program encompasses family preservation services, kinship navigator programs that support relatives caring for children, and caseworker visitation initiatives to strengthen child welfare practice. As the prime recipient, MDHHS typically functions as a pass-through entity, sub-awarding portions of these funds to local health departments, non-profit organizations, community-based organizations, and other service providers to implement prevention and family stability programs at the community level.

The formula grant supports services targeted at at-risk families to prevent child abuse and neglect while maintaining children safely within their homes and communities. Eligible recipients and sub-awardees utilize the funding to provide supportive services that promote family stability and permanency outcomes. Grant administration requires MDHHS to submit a five-year agency plan or annual updates to ACF by June 30 of each year, with ACF approval or disapproval due by September 30, with funds awarded following plan approval and compliance with all award terms and conditions.