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Awards/BLOCK GRANT (A)

$135,571,320

Department of Health and Human Services·Administration for Children and Families

to DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICE

ACTION DATE2026-04-06·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_2601ILFOST_075
Award description

FOSTER-2026 - FOSTER CARE

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Federal block grant funding for state foster care services and child welfare programs in fiscal year 2026.

Sub-sectors
foster-carechild-welfareblock-grant
Why this matters

Foster care block grants are critical entitlements supporting vulnerable children in state custody; this large allocation signals sustained federal commitment to child welfare infrastructure.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.001925.

Period of performance
Start
2025-10-01
End
2026-09-30
Status
activein 136 days
Sources

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