Formula Grant 2602CTSAVP

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $100,000 to the Connecticut Department of Social Services under the Grants to States for Access and Visitation Programs (CFDA 93.597) formula grant, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. This award enables Connecticut to establish and administer programs that support and facilitate non-custodial parents' access to and visitation with their children through evidence-based activities including mediation, counseling, parent education, development of parenting plans, visitation enforcement, and creation of guidelines for alternative custody arrangements.

The formula grant allocation is determined by a statutory calculation based on the proportion of children in Connecticut living with only one biological parent relative to the national total, with a federal minimum allotment of $100,000 per fiscal year for all states. Connecticut must ensure that grant funds supplement rather than supplant existing state expenditures for similar access and visitation activities, maintaining compliance with applicable Uniform Guidance requirements under 2 CFR Part 200 and HHS-specific regulations.