Savp-2026 - state access and visitation

The Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Child Support Services received a $373,604 Formula Grant award from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Child Support Enforcement under the Grants to States for Access and Visitation Programs (CFDA 93.597) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This award supports Georgia's State Access and Visitation Program (SAVP-2026), which facilitates non-custodial parent access to and visitation of their children through mediation, counseling, parenting education, development of parenting plans, visitation enforcement with monitoring and supervision, and development of guidelines for visitation and alternative custody arrangements.

The state grantee allocated sub-awards to six community-based organizations to deliver direct services: A Child's World Corporation, Families First, Inc., Four Points, Inc., Lily Pad Sane Center, Inc., TLC Children's Services, Inc. (TLC Casa), and Diamonds Of Success Youth Development Center Incorporated. These sub-awardees provide intake assessment, child access and visitation services, with particular emphasis on supervised visitation and assessment activities. The program operates under the statutory formula allocation methodology, which distributes funding based on each state's ratio of children living with a single biological parent, with federal support covering up to 90 percent of state expenditures and no extension or continuation options available beyond the two-year performance period.