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Adoption Assistance

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

93.659

Program objective

This program provides Federal Financial Participation (FFP) to states, Indian tribes, tribal organizations and tribal consortia (tribes) in adoption subsidy costs for the adoption of children with special needs who cannot be reunited with their families and who meet certain eligibility tests. This assistance is intended to prevent inappropriately long stays in foster care and to promote the healthy development of children through increased safety, permanency and well-being.

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 6 tribes will receive grant awards. 52 states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and 6 tribes received grant awards.

  2. 2017

    52 states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and 2 tribes received grant awards.

  3. 2018

    52 states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and 6 tribes received grant awards in FY 2018.

  4. 2019

    52 states (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and 6 tribes received grant awards.

  5. 2020

    53 states (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and 6 tribes received grant awards.

  6. 2021

    53 states (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and 6 tribes received grant awards.

  7. 2022

    52 states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and 5 tribes received grant awards

  8. 2023

    52 awards were made to states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and 5 awards to tribes in FY 2023

  9. 2024

    It is anticipated that 52 awards will be made to states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and to 5 tribes in FY 2024

  10. 2025

    It is anticipated that 52 awards will be made to states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and to 5 tribes in FY 2025

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.

Program regulations can be found at 45 CFR 1355-1356.

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