Staff and Operating Division Grant Portfolios: Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

Mission: Provides national leadership and creates opportunities for families to lead economically and socially productive lives, including helping children to develop into healthy adults and communities to become more prosperous and supportive of their members.

ACF Awards by Award Class
Award Class Awards Dollars
Discretionary 4,913 $7,506,066,289
Mandatory 2,832 $37,000,348,632
Total 7,745 $ 44,506,414,921

ACF administers grant programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals and communities. These programs are the primary mechanisms ACF uses to achieve its major goals to (1) empower families and individuals to increase their own economic independence and productivity; (2) encourage the development of strong, healthy and supportive communities that have a positive impact on the quality of life and development of children; (3) partner with individuals, front-line service providers, communities, American Indian tribes, Native communities, states and Congress to achieve solutions which transcend traditional agency boundaries; (4) plan, reform and integrate services to improve needed access; and (5) commit to working with people with developmental disabilities, refugees and migrants to address their needs, strengths and abilities.

ACF leads the nation in improving the economic and social well-being of families, children, and communities by administering mandatory and discretionary grant programs such as the national welfare-to-work program, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families); foster care; adoption assistance; Head Start, child care; child support enforcement; positive youth development programs; refugee resettlement; and services for those with developmental disabilities.

ACF Mandatory - Selected CFDA Programs
CFDA Program Name Awards Dollars
93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
109
$17,309,563,377
93.658 Foster Care: Title IV-E
77
$4,328,095,778
93.563 Child Support Enforcement (CSE)
93
$2,880,550,562
93.667 Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)
61
$1,715,200,000
ACF Discretionary - Selected CFDA Programs
CFDA Program Name Awards Dollars
93.600 Head Start
1867
$6,688,866,582
93.576 Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants
400
$88,098,576
93.550 Transitional Living for Homeless Youth
197
$35,791,880
93.612 Native American Programs
147
$28,293,445
93.632 Developmental Disabilities University Affiliated Programs
65
$31,164,628
93.592 Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants for Battered Women's Shelters: Discretionary Grants
31
$13,832,068
93.593 Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals
11
$4,935,481

URL: www.acf.hhs.gov

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