Savp-2026 - state access and visitation

The State of Wisconsin Department of Children and Families received a formula grant award of $139,357 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Grants to States for Access and Visitation Programs (CFDA 93.597). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, funds Wisconsin's initiatives to support and facilitate noncustodial parents' access to and visitation with their children. Under this program, the state delivers services including mediation (both voluntary and mandatory), counseling, parenting education, development of parenting plans, visitation enforcement with monitoring and supervision, and development of guidelines for visitation and alternative custody arrangements.

Wisconsin's allocation is based on a statutory formula that distributes available federal funding ($10 million annually across all states) proportional to the number of children in each state living with a single biological parent, with a $100,000 minimum allotment per state. The award supports up to 90 percent of eligible state expenditures, with Wisconsin required to supplement rather than supplant existing state funding at levels no less than fiscal year 1995 spending levels. As a formula grant with a two-year performance period, this award is non-renewable with no extensions or continuations available.