Fpss-2026 - promoting safe and stable families

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services $8,838,448.24 on October 1, 2025, under the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (CFDA 93.556), a formula grant supporting child maltreatment prevention and family stabilization services. Performance runs through September 30, 2027, with work performed throughout the United States.

The formula grant funds supportive family services designed to prevent child maltreatment among families at risk and assure children's safety within the home. North Carolina DHHS administers the award as the state's designated recipient, distributing federal resources to 100 North Carolina counties, county social services departments, Area Agencies on Aging, Federally Qualified Health Centers, community action agencies, nonprofit organizations, and universities. The agency's sub-recipients deliver early childhood home visiting services including Healthy Families America and Nurse-Family Partnership models, alongside substance use disorder treatment expansion and specialized services through research institutions including the Duke-Margolis Health Policy Center and UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.

This award obligates $8,838,448.24 as a formula allocation. Under the program structure, North Carolina's agency plan and annual updates are due June 30 each year, with ACF approval or disapproval due September 30. Funding is released following agency plan approval. The assistance type is a formula grant.