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Foster Care Title IV-E

Program Information

Popular name

Title IV-E Foster Care

Program Number

93.658

Program objective

The Title IV-E Foster Care program helps 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 until the children are returned home safely, placed with adoptive families, or placed in other planned arrangements for permanency. The program provides funds to assist with the costs of foster care maintenance for eligible children; administrative costs to manage the program; and training for public agency staff, foster parents and eligible professional partner agency staff. In addition, $3 million is reserved for technical assistance and plan development/implementation awards to eligible tribes.

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. 2016

    It is anticipated that a total of 52 states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and six tribes will receive grant awards to provide assistance to an average of 166,500 in-placement children per month. Training and technical assistance grants are also expected to be provided to seven tribes for program developmental activities 52 states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and six tribes will receive grant awards to provide assistance to an average of 166,500 in-placement children per month. Training and technical assistance grants were provided to five tribes for program developmental activities.

  2. 2017

    It is anticipated that a total of 52 states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and six tribes will receive grant awards. Training and technical assistance grants are also expected to be provided to seven tribes for program developmental activities.

  3. 2018

    52 states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and 9 tribes received grant awards in FY 218. Training and technical assistance grants were awarded to three tribes for program developmental activities.

  4. 2019

    52 states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and 10 tribes received grant awards in FY 2019. Training and technical assistance grants were awarded to four tribes for program development activities.

  5. 2020

    53 states (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and 12 tribes received grant awards. Training and technical assistance grants were provided to 4 tribes for program development activities.

  6. 2021

    53 states (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and ten tribes received grant awards. 5 tribes received training and technical assistance grants for program development activities.

  7. 2022

    53 states (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and 8 tribes received grant awards. Training and technical assistance grants were provided to 2 tribes for program development activities.

  8. 2024

    It is anticipated that 53 states (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and eleven tribes will receive grant awards. It is anticipated that plan development/implementation awards will be provided to up to five tribes for program development activities.

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.

The regulations at 45 CFR 1355-1356 apply to this program.

  1. IV-E, 470, et seq., Social Security Act.
  2. as amended.