This letter from the Associate Commissioner of the Children’s Bureau provides program instruction and announces changes to allow videoconferencing for monthly caseworker visits as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter also identifies changes…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced a competitive grant opportunity under the Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program. Up to 19 grant awards will be funded to support…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) issued a policy memo to share resources and tools that can help state agencies improve and expand their respective Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) E…

The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care has issued a Program Instruction (PI) to State and Territorial lead agencies administering the Child Care and Development Fund. The Instruction pertains to how to collect and submit…

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is soliciting invitations from ACF program offices, state- or county-administered human services programs, and local ACF grantees for participation in a pilot study under the Human Centered…

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) requests caseload data for October 2019 on the number of foster children supported with public funds and the number of children in families receiving TANF payments in excess of the poverty income…

The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) seeks public comment on potential changes to performance measures for the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) program. Developed in 2014, the program’s current metrics include…

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Office of Justice Programs issued a solicitation for grant funding to support probation and parole agencies in identifying effective practices that reduce recidivism and create…

This Office of Family Assistance information memoranda provides guidance regarding the definition of federal public benefits. In 1998, the Department of Health and Human Services identified 31 programs that provide federal public benefits. Albeit…

The Improper Payments Information Act of 2002, amended by the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010, requires Federal agencies to estimate, report, and address improper payments in their programs. TANF was designated as high risk…