Federal Grant Award Summary

The Children Youth & Families New Mexico Department received a Formula Grant award of $1.96M under the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program (CFDA 93.645) from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. This award supports the delivery of coordinated child and family services throughout New Mexico, with the state agency serving as the primary administrator of federal child welfare and family services programs across all 33 counties. The funding enables the department to expand and maintain community-based service delivery mechanisms that address child abuse and neglect prevention, family preservation, foster care coordination, and related child welfare initiatives developed in accordance with the program's requirement for jointly developed, five-year agency plans.

The award represents one component of the department's comprehensive federal grant portfolio, which collectively totals tens of millions of dollars annually and encompasses foster care, adoption assistance, guardianship support, and juvenile justice services. Recipients under this formula grant program must submit annual plan updates by June 30 each year for approval within 60 days, with funds distributed thereafter through a draw-down account system administered by the Division of Payment Management. All funding is subject to compliance with 45 CFR Part 75 and applicable federal regulations governing fund management and reporting.