Federal grant programs / Department of Health and Human Services

Title IV-E Prevention Program (93.472)

Also known as Title IV-E Prevention Services

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$665 million
• Grant awards128
• Typical award$2.3 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$151 million
• Size rank311 of 1824
• Type of assistanceGrant

Key findings

• Annual funding rose from $64.7 million in fiscal 2021 to $151 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 311th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 95% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 34 states and territories.

What the program funds

The Title IV-E Prevention Program provides funding for time-limited prevention services, including mental health, substance abuse, and in-home parent skill-based services for children or youth who are candidates for foster care, pregnant or parenting youth in foster care, and the parents or kin caregivers of those children and youth. These services are available when the needs of the child, a parent, or a caregiver are directly related to the safety, permanence, or well-being of the child or to preventing the child from entering foster care. These services are to be provided to children and families without regard to children’s eligibility for title IV-E foster care maintenance payments.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

State and Tribal agencies directly administering approved title IV-E plans may participate in the prevention services program. State and tribal title IV-E agencies electing to provide the title IV-E prevention program must submit a five-year title IV-E prevention program plan (five-year plan) that meets the statutory requirements.

What the money can and cannot pay for

The state or tribal Title IV-E agency may claim for FFP at a reimbursement rate of 50% of the costs of operating a prevention services program. For state Title IV-E agencies, funds may be used only for prevention services or programs that ACF determines are operated in accordance with promising, supported, or well-supported practices that meet the applicable criteria specified for the practices in section 471(e)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act (Act). At least 50 percent must be spent each federal fiscal year (FFY) for the provision of services or programs in accordance with well-supported practices. Program services provided on behalf of an eligible child are limited to a one-year period. Tribal title IV-E agencies may determine the practice criteria for family services and programs that are adapted to the context of the tribal communities served. Tribal title IV-E agencies are not subject to the requirement that at least 50 percent of the amounts expended must be for programs and services that meet the well-supported practice criteria.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. The non-Federal share of program costs (difference between total cost and the 50% Federal financial participation rate) in each funding category constitutes the required match to be met by the title IV-E agency. Matching funds from State agencies must be appropriated monies raised from non-Federal revenue sources. Tribal title IV-E agencies must also use appropriated monies, but may at the option of the tribe include Federal funds specifically authorized by Federal statutes to be used as match for other Federal programs.This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. State expenditures (excluding amounts used to match federal funds) for federal assistance program purposes for the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) must at least be maintained at the established base level (FFY 2014 or alternate applicable year) amount.

Deadlines

Deadlines do not apply

Award range and average, in the agency's words

FY 2024: Assistance to states ranged from $62,792to $63,302,383with an average of $7,588,382 FY 2024: Assistance to tribes ranged $72,433 to $72,433 with an average of $72,433.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to state and local governments.

By state

28 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.