Federal Grant Award Summary

The New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services received a $100,000 formula grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families under the Grants to States for Access and Visitation Programs (CFDA 93.597), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This award supports New Hampshire's establishment and administration of programs designed to facilitate non-custodial parents' access to and visitation with their children.

Under this grant, New Hampshire will deliver services and programs including mediation (both voluntary and mandatory), counseling, education, development of parenting plans, visitation enforcement activities (monitoring, supervision, and neutral dropoff/pickup services), and development of guidelines for visitation and alternative custody arrangements. The formula grant allocation is calculated based on the number of children in New Hampshire living with only one biological parent relative to the national total, with the $100,000 award representing the state's minimum allotment threshold for this fiscal year. New Hampshire must supplement—not supplant—existing state expenditures for these activities and maintain compliance with federal record-keeping and administrative requirements under 2 CFR Part 200.