Administration for Children and Families — Federal Assistance Programs

The objective of the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments Program is to provide incentives to states and eligible tribes to increase annually the number of…

The Title IV-E Adoption Assistance Program supports states, Indian tribes, tribal organizations and tribal consortia (tribes) in securing permanent adoptive homes for children with special needs…

The purpose of this program is to eliminate barriers, including geographic barriers, to adoption and to provide permanent, loving home environments for children who would benefit…

The Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) supports prevention education services for youth ages 10 to 19, to include special populations of youth who are at risk…

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) funds the Services for Survivors of Torture Program which includes Direct Services for Survivors of Torture (DS SOT) funding opportunity…

The objectives of the Basic Center Program are to: 1) provide outreach, shelter, crisis intervention and aftercare; 2) reunite youth with their families , if deemed…

This program provides resources to states and eligible Indian tribes to make available vouchers for postsecondary training and education to youth who have experienced foster care…

This program improves the national, state, and community activities for the prevention, assessment, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect through research, demonstration, service improvement,…

This program assists States in the support and improvement of their child protective services systems.

Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the Discretionary funding authorized by the CCDBG Act. The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) is the primary…

Child care disaster relief funds are used for child care recovery to state, territory, and Tribal lead agencies administering the CCDF program in areas affected by…

The Mandatory and Matching portion (or Child Care Entitlement or CCE) of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program consists of two formula grant opportunities.…

The primary objective of this program is to ensure that children receive financial support from both parents, even when they live separately.

To fund experimental projects that assist in promoting the objectives of Section 1115, Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act.

This program supports research and demonstration projects which are of national or regional significance and special projects for the demonstration of new methods which show promise…

This program encourages states to enact reforms which are designed to improve (1) the assessment and investigation of suspected child abuse and neglect cases, including cases…

The objectives of the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) are to provide assistance to states and local communities, working through a network of community action agencies…

CED and RCD are two funding opportunities in this program with a focus on development of communities with low income. CED is the only federal opportunity…

The purpose of this program is to improve child abuse prevention by improving community-based child abuse prevention programs.

The Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking (DVHT) Program is a comprehensive federal initiative administered by the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) to support the identification,…