Child Support Services
Department Of Health And Human Services, Administration For Children And Families
The primary objective of this program is to ensure that children receive financial support from both parents, even when they live separately.
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Helps tribes and tribal organizations establish and enforce child support obligations for children. They receive federal funding to support these services without needing to contribute their own funds.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Reach out to your local OCSE Regional Program Office for assistance.
- Research and analyze application preparation.
- Prepare and organize the application and program development plan.
- Submit the completed application packet.
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css
- 📤Submission Method
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- Completed and signed Standard Form (SF) SF-424 – Application for Federal Assistance
- Completed SF-424A – Budget Information—Non-Construction Programs
- Documentation to support the SF-424 and SF-424A
- 📎Optional Documents
- Appendix (optional)
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- 📥Templates Available
- ✉️Supporting Letters
- No specific letters of support required, but additional documentation is welcomed.
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- approved and allowable expenditures
- 📏Expense Caps
- Total award cannot exceed $500,000, typically awarded as $250,000 per year
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- No
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Tribes do not need to provide any non-federal share of expenditures to operate a child support program.
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- progress report
- annual funding request
- annual budget
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards
- 📢Branding Requirements
- acknowledgment of federal funding
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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This program offers funding up to $50,000,000 (minimum $29).
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