Federal grant programs / Department of Health and Human Services

Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program (93.645)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$1.3 billion
• Grant awards1,056
• Typical award$23,893
• Awarded in FY 2025$259 million
• Size rank221 of 1824
• Type of assistanceFormula grants

Key findings

• Annual funding was roughly flat, $268 million in fiscal 2021 and $259 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 221st largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 71% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 55 states and territories.

What the program funds

The purpose of the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services program is to promote state and tribal flexibility in the development and expansion of a coordinated child and family services program that utilizes community-based agencies and ensures all children are raised in safe, loving families.

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

Territories and possessions include only Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Funds may be used for the following purposes: (a) protecting and promoting the welfare of all children; (b) preventing the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of children; (c) supporting at-risk families through services that allow children to remain with their families or return to their families in a timely manner; (d) promoting the safety, permanence, and well-being of children in foster care and adoptive families; and (e) providing training, professional development, and support to ensure a well-qualified workforce. State and Tribal recipients may spend no more than 10 percent of the Federal allocation under title IV-B, Subpart 1 for administrative costs. Also, states may also not spend more title IV-B, Subpart 1, funds for childcare, foster care maintenance and adoption assistance payments than the state expended for those purposes in FY 2005. In addition, the amount of state expenditures of non-Federal funds for foster care maintenance payments that may be used as match for the title IV-B, Subpart 1 award may not exceed the amount of such non-Federal expenditures applied as state match for title IV-B, Subpart 1 for the FY 2005 award.

Matching requirements

Statutory Formula: Title IV,, Part B,, Subpart 1,,Public Law - Social Security Act..Matching Requirements: Federal Financial Participation (FFP) is available up to the full allotment at the rate of 75 percent for allowable program expenditures made by the recipient. Recipients must provide a 25 percent match for these expenditures.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Apr 01, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026 The plan or its annual update is due on June 30 of each year.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

FY 2024: Awards for states and territories ranged from $68,842 to $28,149,249 with an average of $4,664,180. Awards for tribes ranged from $666 to $1,313,378, with an average of $43,843. FY 2023: Awards for states and territories ranged from $84,202 to $27,997,373 with an average of $4,667,286. FY 2023: Awards for tribes ranged from $1,056 to $1,118,378 with an average of $42,582.

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

State and local governments received 98% of the money, tribes 2.0% and colleges and universities less than 0.1%.

By state

52 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.