Foster Care Title IV-E

Objective

The Title IV-E Foster Care program supports states, Indian tribes, tribal organizations and tribal consortia (tribes) to provide safe and stable out-of-home care for children under the jurisdiction of the state or tribal child welfare agency. The goal is to ensure children can return home safely or achieve permanency through or other planned permanent living arrangements.

Who Can Apply

• U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states)
• State
• Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government

Funds are available to states (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa) and to tribes with approved Title IV-E plans. For plan development/implementation awards: Eligibility is limited to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia. The terms "Indian tribe" and "tribal organization" have the meanings given those terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, Pub. L. 93-638, 25 U.S.C. § 450b. Also see sections 479B(a) and 476(c)(2)(A)(iii) of the Social Security Act.

Who Benefits

• Infant and Toddler (0-3)
• Young Child (4-9)
• Pre-Teen (10-12)
• Teen (13-19)

Children meeting eligibility criteria for the former Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (except up to a 12-month period for those children placed with a parent residing in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility for substance abuse treatment) whose removal and placement in foster care are in accordance with a voluntary placement agreement or judicial determinations to the effect that continuation in the home would be contrary to the child's welfare and that reasonable efforts were made to prevent the removal (or that such efforts were not necessary), and whose placement and care are the responsibility of the state or tribal agency administering the Title IV-E program.

Assistance Types

• Grant
• Grant

Program Contact

merancia.fils@acf.hhs.gov
(617) 565-1104