Cwss-2026 - child welfare social services

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Muscogee Creek Nation $273,019 on October 1, 2025, under the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program (CFDA 93.645), a formula grant supporting coordinated child and family services. The award runs through September 30, 2027, with performance and administrative oversight in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and across the Nation's eleven-county reservation jurisdiction in east-central Oklahoma.

The program promotes tribal flexibility in developing and expanding community-based child and family services coordinated with federal and federally assisted programs serving the same populations. Recipients must submit a five-year agency plan jointly developed with HHS by June 30 each year; approval occurs within 60 days, and funds are drawn down after plan approval. Muscogee Creek Nation, a federally recognized tribal government headquartered in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, operates primarily as a grant recipient delivering social services, infrastructure, and community development programs to its 100,380 citizen membership. The Nation's child welfare portfolio includes this award alongside a $4.67 million Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant and child support and family services programs managed through the Administration for Children and Families. Compliance with 45 CFR Parts 75, 1355, and 1357, and OMB Guidance in 2 CFR part 200 applies to the award.