Cwss-2026 - child welfare social services

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the State of Alaska Department of Family and Community Services $1,272,908 on October 1, 2025, under the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program (CFDA 93.645), a formula grant providing funding through September 30, 2027.

The award funds child welfare social services delivered throughout Alaska. The program requires joint development of a five-year agency plan by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the state, with annual updates due by June 30. Funds are drawn down after plan approval, which occurs by September 30 each year, within 60 days of submission. The plan must coordinate provision of services under title IV-B with services under other federal or federally assisted programs serving the same populations and must be developed after consultation with appropriate public and nonprofit private agencies and community-based organizations.

The State of Alaska Department of Family and Community Services, headquartered in Juneau, administers the award through its FGA 26000 (Misc) Division, which manages a portfolio of child welfare and family services formula grants and block grants across the state, including Foster Care Title IV-E, Adoption Assistance Block Grant, Guardianship Assistance Block Grant, Social Services Block Grant, Promoting Safe and Stable Families, Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention, and Children's Justice Act initiatives. The department also partners with the State of Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development to provide Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programming to youth under division supervision in treatment facilities located in Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Bethel, the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, and Kenai Peninsula regions.