The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Virginia Department of Social Services $723,660 on October 1, 2025, under the Chafee Education and Training Vouchers Program (CFDA 93.599).
The program provides vouchers for postsecondary training and education to youth who have experienced foster care at age 14 or older, have aged out of foster care, or have been adopted or reunified from foster care. Virginia will administer the voucher program across the Commonwealth, with funds disbursed quarterly for up to one-fourth of the state's annual allotment. The award covers the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. Recipients must submit a five-year state plan with annual updates due June 30 each year; plans are approved or disapproved by September 30. The state plan must coordinate the provision of voucher services with other federal or federally assisted programs serving the same population.