Savp-2026 - state access and visitation

The Vermont Agency of Human Services received a $100,000 formula grant from the Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.597—Grants to States for Access and Visitation Programs) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This award funds Vermont's statewide access and visitation program designed to facilitate non-custodial parent engagement with their children through evidence-based services including mediation (voluntary and mandatory), counseling, parenting education, development of parenting plans, visitation enforcement with monitoring and supervision, and establishment of guidelines for visitation and alternative custody arrangements.

As a state administrator of this formula grant, the Vermont Agency of Human Services distributes federal funding to regional service providers and nonprofit organizations across Vermont's 14 counties to deliver these family support services. The $100,000 award represents Vermont's statutory minimum allotment under the program, which allocates the $10 million annual federal ceiling to states based on the proportion of children living with a single biological parent. The grant operates under a non-supplantation requirement, obligating the state to maintain funding levels at or above fiscal year 1995 expenditures while using federal dollars to supplement rather than replace existing state investments in access and visitation services.