Savp-2026 - state access and visitation

The State of Arkansas Judiciary Administrative Office of the Courts received a Formula Grant award of $100,126 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). The award, dated October 1, 2025, supports a two-year performance period through September 30, 2027.

Under this award, Arkansas will deliver access and visitation services to facilitate non-custodial parents' interaction with their children. Funded activities include voluntary and mandatory mediation, counseling, parenting education, development of parenting plans, visitation enforcement (including monitoring and supervision), and development of guidelines for visitation and alternative custody arrangements. The grant allocation represents Arkansas's formula-based allotment under the program's statutory framework, which distributes $10 million annually to states based on the ratio of children living with a single biological parent relative to the national total, subject to a $100,000 minimum allotment per state. As a Formula Grant under this program, the award is non-renewable with no extensions or continuations available, and the state must maintain supplement, not supplant, requirements by maintaining service expenditure levels at least equal to fiscal year 1995 baseline spending.