Division Of Child And Family Services

Division Of Child And Family Services, a Nevada state government entity, is the recipient of federal grant funding for child welfare, foster care, adoption assistance, juvenile justice services, and crime victim support programs delivered statewide across Nevada. The division operates as a prime recipient under formula grants, block grants, and project grants from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Victims of Crime office, with no federal contract prime awards.

The division's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in HHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF) formula and block grants. ACF accounts for the majority of the division's 275 total awards (139 by one count in the portfolio data), anchored by large entitlement grants for core child welfare functions. Representative prime recipient awards include $119.137 million under the Adoption Assistance program (CFDA 93.659, awarded October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026) for adoption subsidies for children with special needs; $105.262 million under the Foster Care Title IV-E program (CFDA 93.654, awarded October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026) for safe and stable out-of-home care; and $5.045 million under the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program (CFDA 93.645, awarded October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027) for coordinated community-based child and family services. Smaller but recurring ACF awards support caseworker visitation services ($312,939, CFDA 93.556, October 1, 2025), the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood ($1.570 million, CFDA 93.674, October 1, 2025), education and training vouchers for youth aging out of foster care ($532,871, CFDA 93.599, October 1, 2025), and the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program ($2.633 million, CFDA 93.556, October 1, 2025).

The division also receives significant funding from the Department of Justice for juvenile justice system improvement and crime victim services. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awards formula grants under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Title II program (CFDA 16.540) to strengthen compliance with core requirements (deinstitutionalization of status offenders, sight and sound separation, racial and ethnic disparity reduction, jail removal), expand youth mental health services, and fund alternatives to detention. A representative award of $653,877 was granted July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030. Project grants from OJJDP support Prison Rape Elimination Act compliance at the division's three juvenile correctional facilities through body-worn camera deployment and staffing-ratio remediation partnerships. The Victims of Crime office awards formula grants for state crime victim assistance and victim compensation programs, with multiple awards running through September 2027 and beyond. Additionally, the division received $1.651 million under the Family Violence Prevention and Services program (CFDA 93.671, October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027) and a $3.125 million project grant under the Maternal and Child Health Bureau's Infant Toddler Court Program (awarded September 30, 2022, through September 29, 2027) to expand safe babies court teams across Washoe, Clark, and Carson City counties. A smaller SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services grant supports Nevada's System of Care for youth with serious emotional disturbance.

The division operates as a sub-recipient on approximately 32 sub-awards (12% of total awards), primarily routed through the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services and Nevada Department of Education for emergency foster care support services, mobile crisis response teams, special education programs, and vocational rehabilitation in corrections.

Combined dollars obligated across all 275 awards total $2.68 billion, with the largest concentration in entitlement foster care and adoption assistance programs that turn annually or biennially. Eighteen awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating recompete or renewal activity across multiple ACF and DOJ programs beginning in fiscal 2027. The division maintains UEI VHMAJPEDACJ6 and is headquartered in Carson City, Nevada, with place of performance spanning the state including Mound House, Nevada, and subordinate county and regional juvenile justice operations.