Federal funding

The DOJ has halted juvenile justice grants that don't support current "priorities,” says a staff email obtained by Youth Services Insider.

A new report finds many states end up giving back some of their funds from the federal Chafee program for older youth in foster care

To prevent entries into foster care, the federal government has awarded six tribal communities $3 million to expand programs for families with young children.

The first tribal and state governments have been approved by the Biden administration for an alternative path to licensing kinship caregivers

Analysis and handy chart on youth and family funding in the 2024 spending deal passed by Congress and signed by President Biden.

A bill to reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act would more than double spending on programs while adding a prevention component.

A bipartisan group of Senators has proposed an $800 million emergency fund to help communities address family and youth homelessness as advocates fear a potentially disastrous wave of instability as coronavirus continues to hamper the economy. 

Hundreds of child welfare and family services organizations signed on to a letter asking House and Senate leadership for a massive boost to child welfare funding for the year as part of a possible next piece of stimulus legislation.

This month, a slate of federal waivers offering states flexibility on child welfare funds came to an end. Many of the big child welfare systems with waivers have forecasted big cuts to the federal supply of dollars to their budgets as a result.