Federal Grant Award Summary

The State of Alaska Department of Family and Community Services received a formula grant award of $263,340.20 from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families under the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (CFDA 93.556), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This award supports family preservation and child welfare services designed to prevent child maltreatment among at-risk families, ensure children's safety within their home communities, and promote family stability and permanency across Alaska.

Under this award, the department delivers comprehensive family support services as a component of the broader PSSF initiative, which may include family preservation services, kinship navigator programming, and caseworker visitation enhancement activities. These services are coordinated with Alaska's existing portfolio of federal child welfare funding, including the department's substantial Title IV-E Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Guardianship Assistance block grants, to create an integrated approach to protecting vulnerable children and supporting families throughout the state. The formula grant allocation reflects Alaska's proportional share of the $337 million distributed nationally under this program in the current funding cycle.