Title IV-E Prevention Program

Objective

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.

Who Can Apply

• Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government
• State

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.

Who Benefits

• Unrestricted by Individual Type

Children designated as candidates for foster care and those who are pregnant/parenting in foster care along with the parents or kin caregivers of these children.

Assistance Types

• Grant

Program Contact

dori.sneddon@acf.hhs.gov
2022058024