ACF Awards $2.2 Million to Modernize Child Welfare Licensing Infrastructure

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is awarding $2.2 million to modernize child welfare licensing infrastructure. The funding will support efforts to improve the systems states use to license and monitor foster care providers, with the goal of strengthening the processes that help ensure children and families receive safe, effective care.

For Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) practitioners, this announcement offers a look at how improvements to child welfare systems can support stronger coordination across programs serving families. Modernized licensing systems can make it easier for child welfare agencies to maintain provider information, streamline processes, and strengthen connections with other family-serving systems. TANF programs can use this as an opportunity to consider how they coordinate with child welfare partners, particularly when serving families involved with or at risk of involvement with the child welfare system.