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HHS extends comment period for proposed revisions to Head Start performance standards 

A new, innovative Web-based tool that helps place foster children with families much sooner and at substantial savings recently received funding in a $3.6 million three-year grant to the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) and its affiliate, the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (AAICPC).

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) formula grants totaling $108 million have been awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to support state, territorial, and tribal domestic violence victims and organizations.

HHS’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has announced it will award new grants totaling more than $1.4 million to nine community-based programs designed to help individuals move toward financial security through its Assets for Independence (AFI) grants.  

Nearly $300 million is now available from HHS’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to help Americans who may struggle to heat their homes during frigid temperatures this winter.

The number of child abuse and maltreatment victims has dropped nationwide for the seventh consecutive year, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF).

HHS’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) today announced preliminary winners for its Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships grants to improve the quality of existing child care programs and expand access to high-quality care for infants and toddlers.

HHS’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announced the 2014 class of honorees for its annual Adoption Excellence Awards, recognizing individuals, families and organizations that have performed exceptional work in finding permanent homes for children in foster care.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), AdoptUSKids and the Ad Council announced the release of a new series of public service advertisements (PSAs) designed to encourage the adoption of children from foster care with an emphasis on the importance of keeping siblings together.

More than half of homeless youth become homeless for the first time because they are asked to leave home by a parent or caregiver, according to a study announced today at an event hosted by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and music icon and activist Cyndi Lauper.