The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Children and Families awarded a $35,490,851 Foster Care Title IV-E Block Grant (CFDA 93.658) to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will fund a comprehensive range of child welfare services in Maine, including foster care maintenance payments, administrative expenses, staff and foster parent training, and support for foster care case management systems. This funding aims to provide safe and stable...
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services was awarded a $1.32 million Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments program (CFDA #93.603) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The objective of this federal grant program is to incentivize states to increase annually the number of children in foster care who find permanent homes through...
This $659,789 federal Formula Grant award, issued on October 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, supports the National Family Caregiver Support, Title III, Part E (CFDA 93.052) program. The grant provides funding to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to develop a comprehensive system of caregiver support services, including information dissemination, counseling, training, respite care, and supplemental services. These...
The federal Block Grant award of $51,159,148.00 was provided by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) under the Adoption Assistance program (CFDA 93.659) to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (Maine DHHS). The award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, enables Maine DHHS to deliver comprehensive adoption support services, including adoption subsidies, pre- and post-adoption assistance, recruitment of adoptive families, and administrative support...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families has awarded a $1,875,061 Fiscal Year 2025 Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) block grant to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. This block grant funding will support the agency's delivery of guardianship assistance payments, case management, training, and administrative services related to permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children in the child welfare system. The grant aims...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Maine Department of Health and Human Services $195,908 under the Children's Justice Grants to States program (CFDA 93.643) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. This Block Grant funding will support Maine's efforts to improve the assessment and investigation of suspected child abuse and neglect cases, including cases of suspected child sexual abuse and exploitation, in a...
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was awarded a $712,510 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) under the Child Abuse and Neglect State Grants program (CFDA 93.669). The funding will support DHHS's child protective services system from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. As the designated state agency, DHHS will deliver services to prevent, identify, and treat instances of child abuse and...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families awarded a $16,034,782 five-year Project Grant (CFDA 93.600 - Head Start) to the Southern Kennebec Child Development Corporation, a non-profit organization based in Farmingdale, Maine. This grant funding supports the organization's delivery of comprehensive early childhood education and family support services through Head Start and Early Head Start programs. The grant aims to promote school readiness and...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families awarded a $466,840 Formula Grant to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (Maine DHHS) under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (CFDA 93.674). This 2-year grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, supports Maine DHHS in establishing and carrying out programs designed to assist youth who have transitioned out of...
This federal Block Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) program provides $14,512,392.00 to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (Maine DHHS) to support child care services and improve early childhood education infrastructure across the state. The award will fund a range of activities over the performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027,...