Child Welfare

ACF to Check Performance of Child Support Demo Grants
   Public Comment Deadline: March 11
posted 1/16/13 10:33 AM  read complete story

ACF to Look at Various Models for TANF Services Delivery
   The Administration for Children & Families (ACF) wants to evaluate how different counties and states deliver Temporary Assistance for Needy Families-TANF, (CFDA Number: 93.558) services to poor and underserved families. Public Comment Deadline: March 8. The research would be part of the o...
posted 1/10/13 10:56 AM  read complete story

HHS Looks to Review 'Home Visiting' Grantees
   The Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) wants to review the effectiveness of programs funded under the Health Resources and Services Admin. $4 million Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (CFDA Number: 93.505). Public Comment Deadline: Jan. 21. HHS wants to review effect...
posted 12/31/12 10:59 AM  read complete story

ACF to Review Performance of $80M TANF Assistance Program
   The Admin. For Children and Families wants to review an $80 million grants competition that supports programs which help Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients find jobs in the healthcare field. Public Comment Deadline: Feb. 20. ACF will seek performance reports from those rece...
posted 12/28/12 06:39 AM  read complete story

HHS to Extend Performance Reporting for $75M Child Refugee Program
   Public Comment Deadline: Feb. 19.
posted 12/21/12 3:37 PM  read complete story

HHS to Look at TANF Disconnect for Poor Women, Children
   The Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) wants to look at why poor women with children become disconnected from the job market and the $16.5 billion Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) (CFDA Number: 93.558) program, which is designed to help them. Public Comment Deadline: Feb. 19....
posted 12/20/12 2:53 PM  read complete story

HHS to Launch Program to Weed Out Benefit Cheats
   The Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) wants to launch a program to ensure sure that recipients of federal support, including the $16.5 billion Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program, are not also illegally receiving state unemployment checks. Public Comment Deadline: Jan. 11. The...
posted 12/14/12 06:57 AM  read complete story

Revisions Proposed to Financial Performance Measures for $79M Child Support Program
   The Admin. For Children and Families (ACF) at the Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) plans to revise the quarterly reporting forms required of grantees who participate in the $79 million Child Support Enforcement Program. Public Comment Deadline: Feb. 5. The quarterly forms help track how fed...
posted 12/6/12 4:34 PM  read complete story

ACF Continues to Revise Performance Measures for $79M Child Support Program
   The Admin. For Children and Families (ACF) at the Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) plans to publish revisions to financial reporting forms required of grantees who participate in the $79 million Child Support Enforcement Program (CFDA Number: 93.563). Public Comment Deadline: Jan. 28. ACF c...
posted 11/30/12 08:42 AM  read complete story

ACF to Review $123M Healthy Marriage Program
   The Admin. for Children and Families (ACF) at the Health & Human Services Dept. wants to review the performance of grantees who received funding from a $123 million program to help marriages and improve relationships fathers have with their children. Public Comment Deadline: Jan. 21. The revie...
posted 11/27/12 10:06 AM  read complete story