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John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood

Program Information

Popular name

The Chafee Program

Program Number

93.674

Program objective

To assist states and eligible Indian tribes in establishing and carrying out programs designed to assist youth who experienced foster care at age 14 or older, youth who leave foster care for adoption or kinship guardianship after attaining age 16, youth likely to remain in foster care until age 18, and former foster care recipients between 18 and 21 years, to make a successful transition to adulthood and self-sufficiency. States or tribes that operate an extended foster care program for youth up to age 21 have the option to extend services under the Chafee program to youth up to their 23rd birthday.

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 56 grants will be awarded to states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and 4 Indian tribes. 56 grants were awarded to states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and 4 Indian tribes

  2. 2017

    56 grants were awarded to states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and 4 Indian tribes.

  3. 2018

    57 grants were awarded to states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and 4 Indian tribes.

  4. 2019

    60 grants were awarded to states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and 11 to tribes.

  5. 2020

    Sixty grants were awarded to states (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and 7 to eligible tribes.

  6. 2021

    60 grants were awarded to states (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and to 7 eligible tribes.

  7. 2022

    60 grants were awarded to states (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and to 7 eligible tribes.

  8. 2023

    Sixty awards were made to 53 states (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and to 7 eligible tribes.

  9. 2024

    It is anticipated that 60 awards will be made to 53 states (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and to 7 eligible tribes in FY 2024.

  10. 2025

    It is anticipated that 60 awards will be made to 53 states and to 7 eligible tribes.

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 following Program Instructions (PI) apply to this program: ACYF-CB-PI-24-02 and ACYF-CB-PI-24-03.

  1. IV, E, 477, Social Security Act.