Federal Grant Award Summary

The Office of Child Support Enforcement awarded $100,000 under the Grants to States for Access and Visitation Programs (CFDA 93.597) to the Executive Office of the Government of the US Virgin Islands, operating through its VI Department of Justice Paternity & Child Support Division. The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, funds the establishment and administration of programs that support and facilitate non-custodial parents' access to and visitation with their children throughout the US Virgin Islands territory.

The grant supports a comprehensive range of services designed to promote meaningful parent-child relationships and shared parenting arrangements, including mediation services (both voluntary and mandatory), counseling programs, parenting education, development of customized parenting plans, visitation enforcement mechanisms (encompassing monitoring, supervision, and neutral drop-off and pick-up services), and development of guidelines for visitation and alternative custody arrangements. As a prime awardee with no sub-recipients, the VI Department of Justice Paternity & Child Support Division maintains direct responsibility for delivering these services under the formula grant allocation methodology, which provides consistent funding based on the number of children living with one biological parent in the territory.