Summary

The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services received a $3.07 million formula grant award under the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program (CFDA 93.645) from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This funding supports the delivery of coordinated child and family services throughout Mississippi, with emphasis on community-based service delivery models that integrate child welfare services under Title IV-B with complementary federal and federally assisted programs.

Under this award, the department provides comprehensive child welfare and protection services to vulnerable populations, including children in foster care, adopted children, and youth transitioning out of the child welfare system. Services encompass foster care maintenance and administration, adoption assistance and subsidies, child welfare case management, and specialized programs such as the Chafee Education and Training Vouchers and Independent Living Program. The award requires the state to maintain a five-year coordinated agency plan jointly developed with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with annual updates submitted by June 30 and fund drawdowns occurring following plan approval by September 30 each year.