Federal Grant Award Summary: SAVP-2026

The Wyoming Department of Family Services received a $100,000 formula grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 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 funding supports Wyoming's establishment and administration of programs that facilitate non-custodial parents' access to and visitation with their children. The program encompasses a range of activities including mediation, counseling, parenting education, development of parenting plans, visitation enforcement (including monitoring and supervision), and establishment of guidelines for alternative custody arrangements.

As a formula grant allocation, the $100,000 award is determined by a statutory formula based on the proportion of children in Wyoming living with a single biological parent relative to the national total. The funding enables Wyoming DFS to supplement existing state expenditures for access and visitation services without supplanting prior funding levels, consistent with the program's requirement to maintain baseline state spending established in fiscal year 1995.