Federal Grant Award Summary

The Judiciary Courts of the State of Michigan received a $277,379 formula grant award effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Child Support Enforcement under the Grants to States for Access and Visitation Programs (CFDA 93.597). This award supports the establishment and administration of programs that facilitate non-custodial parents' access to and visitation with their children within Michigan's state court system.

The funded program delivers core services including mediation, counseling, education, parenting plan development, visitation enforcement, and development of guidelines for alternative custody arrangements. These activities are designed to strengthen parent-child relationships and promote shared parenting approaches across Michigan's judicial jurisdiction. The allocation is determined through a statutory formula based on the proportion of children living with a single biological parent in Michigan relative to the national total, with a guaranteed minimum annual allotment of $100,000. Grant funding may not supplant existing state expenditures but must supplement current activity levels at amounts equal to or exceeding fiscal year 1995 baseline spending.