Executive Office Of The State Of New Jersey

The Executive Office of the State of New Jersey, doing business as Children & Families, operates as a state government entity and prime recipient of federal grants focused on child welfare, family services, and violence prevention. As a division of the State of New Jersey, the organization administers and sub-awards Title IV-E and Title IV-B child welfare funding, domestic violence services, early childhood education coordination, and sexual assault victim services to county governments, nonprofit organizations, and local entities throughout New Jersey. The organization does not hold prime federal contracts; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant awards and sub-grant activities.

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families dominates the funding landscape, accounting for the vast majority of grant awards across multiple programs and funding streams. Representative recent prime grant awards include a $599,970 cooperative agreement (CFDA 93.670, awarded September 2026) to design, validate, pilot, and evaluate a predictive analytics decision-support tool for child protective services casework; a $3.25 million Preschool Development Grants Birth Through Five Systems-Building Grant (CFDA 93.434, awarded December 2025) to advance early childhood education system integration; a $276.951 million Foster Care Title IV-E block grant (CFDA 93.658, awarded October 2025) funding out-of-home care; a $188.411 million Adoption Assistance block grant (CFDA 93.659, awarded October 2025) for adoption subsidy costs; and an $11.627 million Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program grant (CFDA 93.645, awarded October 2025) supporting community-based child and family services. The organization also administers formula grants under the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (CFDA 93.556), Child Abuse and Neglect State Grants (CFDA 93.669), John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (CFDA 93.674), Guardianship Assistance (CFDA 93.090), Chafee Education and Training Vouchers (CFDA 93.599), and Social Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.667). The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awards school nutrition program funding that the organization sub-awards; the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women funds sexual assault victim services through formula grants (CFDA 16.017), with recent awards including a $3.665 million Family Violence Prevention and Services grant (CFDA 93.671, awarded October 2025) and a $1.053 million Sexual Assault Services Formula Program grant (CFDA 16.017, awarded August 2024).

The organization carries 293 total federal awards across prime and sub-award categories, with 279 (95%) operating as prime recipient awards. Activity volume has been mixed: 19 awards in 2022, 27 in 2023, 20 in 2024, and 13 in 2025, with only one award recorded in 2026 to date. Thirteen awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure across Title IV-E, Title IV-B, and violence prevention programs. The organization receives federal funding as a state pass-through recipient and systematically sub-awards portions to county governments and nonprofit service providers; this sub-award activity covers school nutrition, early childhood intervention, behavioral health services, and child welfare casework across New Jersey. As a state government entity, the organization does not compete for federal contracts under set-asides and does not operate as a commercial federal contractor.