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Title IV-E Kinship Navigator Program

Program Information

Popular name

Kinship Navigator

Program Number

93.471

Program objective

The title IV-E Kinship Navigator program helps states, Indian tribes, tribal organizations and tribal consortia (tribes) that also operate the title IV-E foster care and adoption assistance programs to operate kinship navigator programs. Kinship navigator programs assist kinship caregivers in learning about, finding, and using programs and services to meet the needs of the children they are raising and their own needs. They also promote effective partnerships among public and private agencies to ensure kinship caregiver families are served. Title IV-E kinship navigator programs must meet requirements in section 427(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (the Act) and must also be operated in accordance with promising, supported, or well-supported practice standards specified in section 471(e)(4)(C) of the Act. Services are to be provided to children and families without regard to children’s eligibility for title IV-E foster care maintenance payments.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2020

    No grants were awarded to states or tribes in FY 2020.

  2. 2022

    9 grants were awarded in FY 2022.

  3. 2024

    It is anticipated that 3 awards will be made in FY 2024.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Implementing program regulations are published at 45 CFR 1355.10 -.30 and 1356.20. Also review: provisions of the ACF Child Welfare Policy Manual and ACYF-CB-PI-18-11.

  1. IV, E - Federal Payments for Foster Care Prevention, and Permanency, 474(a)(7), Social Security Act.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Child (6-15)
  • Individual/Family
  • Infant (0-5)
  • Youth (16-21)

Additional resources