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Today, President Trump signed an executive order on economic mobility reforms that will guide the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) work to help more Americans move toward self-sufficiency.

ACF's Office of Child Support Enforcement awards $2.1M for the Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt demonstration project that will allow grantees to examine whether incorporating procedural justice principles into child support business practices increases reliable child support payments.

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced more than 10,000 children featured on the AdoptUsKids.org Web site since 2002 have been placed into adoptive families. The AdoptUsKids project is managed through a cooperative agreement with the Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the availability of Recovery Act funds for state programs that establish, enforce, collect and distribute child support.

HHS today announced that Head Start and Early Head Start programs will receive funding and be eligible to apply for grants worth $2.1 billion under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  Head Start will receive $1 billion, while $1.1 billion will benefit Early Head Start.  Head Start will also benefit from a separate $235 million increase in funding for fiscal year 2009, bringing the total funding increase for Head Start and Early Head Start to more than $2.3 billion.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced the availability of grants worth $50 million from the Strengthening Communities Fund, a new fund created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The fund will strengthen nonprofit and faith-based organizations that aid families and communities who are struggling in the economic downturn.

In the face of growing need for mental health and substance abuse treatment,ACF  and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration are notifying states about how Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds can be used to help families in their communities in need of short term mental health or substance use treatment services.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF), in partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is accepting applications for fiscal year 2010 for the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant Program.

The Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today made $55 million in funding available to states and territories through the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP), established under the Affordable Care Act. This initiative will support comprehensive, evidence based-programs and strategies to prevent teen pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS.

ACF's Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) announced the award of nearly $9.5 million to help reduce the number of children in long-term foster care.  The grants will fund six partnerships between state and local public child welfare agencies, non-profits and institutions of higher education to develop innovative intervention strategies to help move children into permanent homes.  This is the first year of funding in a five-year initiative.