Title IV-B, subpart 2

Funds are available to states and tribes to promote flexibility in the development and expansion of coordinated child and family services programs that utilize community-based agencies, family support services, family preservation services, adoption promotion and support services, and time-limited family reunification services and that ensure all children are raised in safe, loving families. MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) (Title IV-B, Subpart 2 of the Social Security Act) (93.556): funds to assist with family support, family preservation and support, time-limited family reunification services, and services to support adoptions.

Social Security Act, Title IV, Part B, Section Subpart 2, Sections 430 - 435; 436(a), (b)(1), (3) - (4) and (c) and 437(a), (b)(1), (3), (c) - (e), and (g).

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The objectives of the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (PSSF) are: 1) to prevent child maltreatment among families at risk through the provision of supportive family services; 2) to assure children's safety within the home and preserve intact families in which children have been maltreated, when the family's problems can be addressed effectively; 3) to address the problems of families whose children have been placed in foster care so that reunification may occur in a safe and stable manner; 4) to support adoptive families by providing support services as necessary so that they can make a lifetime commitment to their children. This is accomplished through the issuance of grants to child welfare agencies in states, territories, and eligible Indian tribes to serve families at risk or in crisis, to develop or expand and operate coordinated programs of community-based family support services, family preservation services, family reunification services, and adoption promotion and support services.

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None, State Agency Use;

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Families and children who need services to assist them to stabilize their lives, strengthen family functioning, prevent out-of-home placement of children, enhance child development and increase competence in parenting abilities, facilitate timely reunification of the child, and promote appropriate adoptions.

Formula Grants

Human Services

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Statutory Formula: Title IV Chapter Sections 433 and 437 Part B Subpart 2 Public Law Social Security Act Formula Grants: State allotments are computed based on the number of children receiving food stamps over a three-year rolling average. Matching Requirements: Federal Financial Participation (FFP) is available up to the full allotment at the rate of 75 percent for allowable program expenditures made by the recipient. Recipients must provide a 25 percent match for these expenditures. An MOE requirement is applicable to the formula grants to states. States may not use the Federal funds under title IV-B, Subpart 2, to supplant Federal or non-Federal funds for existing family preservation and family support services as of 1992 (base year). There are no matching requirements for Kinship Navigator Grants.

Under the main Promoting Safe and Stable Families Formula Grants, states must spend a significant portion of funds (approximately 20 percent) on each of the service categories of family preservation, family support services, time-limited family reunification services and adoption promotion and support services. State recipients must limit administrative costs to 10 percent of the Federal funds. Caseworker visit formula grants: States and territories are required to spend funds to improve the quality of monthly caseworker visits with children in foster care under the responsibility of the state, with an emphasis on improving caseworker decision making on the safety, permanency, and well-being of foster children, and on activities designed to increase retention, recruitment, and training of caseworkers.

Program Reports; Expenditure Reports; Performance Reports

Audits are conducted in accordance with the requirements of 45 CFR Part 75 Subpart F.

Retention requirements for records are covered by the provisions of 45 CFR §§75.361-365.

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ACYF-CB-PI-22-01, ACYF-CB-PI-22-02, ACYF-CB-PI-21-04, and ACYF-CB-PI-21-05

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406 East Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62701

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Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program (Title IV-B, Subpart 1, of the Social Security Act) (93.645): funds to support preventive intervention, alternative placements, and reunification efforts to keep families together. Sub-program of MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (PSSF) (93.556) - Kinship Navigator Programs (Title IV-B): funding to support the development, enhancement or evaluation of kinship navigator programs.

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7/1/2023