The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the State of Connecticut Department of Children & Families a $377,850 Block Grant under the Children's Justice Grants to States program (CFDA 93.643) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The grant aims to improve the assessment and investigation of suspected child abuse and neglect cases, including sexual abuse and exploitation cases, in a way that limits additional trauma to...
The Department of Children & Families (DCF) in Connecticut has been awarded a $8,418,830 Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. This one-year grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will provide financial support and services to facilitate permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children previously in the child welfare system. The grant funding...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families has awarded a $68,057,403 Foster Care Title IV-E Block Grant to the Connecticut Department of Children & Families for the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. This federal grant program provides funding to state child welfare agencies to support a range of critical child welfare services, including foster care maintenance payments, administrative expenses, staff and foster parent...
The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families received a $3.4 million Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. The five-year award, issued on October 1, 2021 under the Child Abuse and Neglect State Grants program (CFDA #93.669), will support Massachusetts' child protective services system through September 30, 2026. As the stated purpose of the Child Abuse and Neglect State Grants program is to assist states in...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $84.9M Block Grant under the Child Support Services program (CFDA 93.563) to the Connecticut Department of Social Services. The grant, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, will fund the department's efforts to enforce child support obligations, locate absent parents, establish paternity, and obtain child, spousal, and medical support orders. The department plans to sub-award...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families awarded a $35,602,879 Formula Grant under the Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund (CFDA 93.596) program to the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC). This 3-year grant, commencing on October 1, 2024, supports the OEC's comprehensive early childhood initiatives across the state of Connecticut. Through this funding, the OEC will deliver a range of...
The Federal grant award of $606,336.00 was provided by the Administration on Children Youth and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (CFDA 93.674). This Formula Grant supports the Department of Children & Families (DCF), the state child welfare agency for Connecticut, in establishing and carrying out programs designed to assist youth who experienced foster care at age 14...
The Florida Department of Children and Families received a $10.5 million Formula Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. The five-year award, issued on October 1, 2021 under the Child Abuse and Neglect State Grants program (CFDA #93.669), will support Florida's efforts to improve its child protective services system through September 30, 2026. As outlined in the program description, the funding will assist the state in enhancing...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $76,453,266 Adoption Assistance Block Grant (CFDA 93.659) to the Connecticut Department of Children & Families (DCF) for the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. This grant funding will enable DCF, the state child welfare agency, to provide comprehensive adoption support services including adoption subsidies, pre- and post-adoption assistance, recruitment of adoptive families,...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the State of Connecticut Department of Children & Families a $3.649 million Formula Grant under the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments (CFDA #93.603) program for fiscal year 2022. The objective of the program is to provide incentives to states and eligible tribes to increase annually the number of children in foster care who find permanent homes through adoption or legal guardianship....