DEPARTMENT 

 OF HEALTH

AND HUMAN

SERVICES

FISCAL YEAR

2013

JUSTIFICATION OF ESTIMATES FOR 

APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES

ADMINISTRATION FOR 

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
.

Acting

for 

~#~ ¢ "H. Sheldon -

Assistant Secretary 

Children and Families 

MESSAGE FROM THE ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY 

I am pleased to present the FY 2013 President's Budget request for the Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF). ACF programs strive to promote the economic and social well-being of children, 

individuals, families, and communities. 

The FY 2013 ACF budget invests in efforts to support families and communities and promote economic

opportunity in the context of a fiscally responsible budget. For example, the Budget targets funding to 

early childhood education by increasing the investment in Head Start and Early Head Start and 

dedicating an additional $825 million to child care -- including funding to expand access to child care 

assistance for low-income families and a $300 million quality initiative that will train teachers and help 

states improve their efforts to inform parents about the -quality of care available and to monitor child car

programs' compliance with critical health and safety standards. Taken together,this Budget continues 

President Obama's commitment to our youngest learners and invests in early care and education that ca

put children on a path to school success and opportunity. 

The Budget also seeks to ensure that programs are responsive to the needs of America's most vulnerabl

families by: (1) proposing a package of child support enforcement investments that support family selfsufficiency and responsible fatherhood, and that recognize the essential role of both parents in providing

financial and emotional support for children; (2) proposing child welfare improvements that build on 

evidence-informed practices by incentivizing states to bolster outcomes for children in foster care and 

others who are receiving child welfare services; and (3) providing a range of strategic, tar.geted 

investments to improve services for vulnerable children and families. " 

Finally, the budget responds to the President's call for a government that is accountable and transparent.

In this vein, we will employ rigorous program integrity mechanisms, and judiciously target staff 

resources to safeguard the investments sought in this budget, and we will set tough performance 

standards and closely monitor their achievement. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

George Sheldon

Acting Assistant Secretary

Office of Administration

Jason Donaldson

Deputy Assistant Secretary

Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental 

Liaison for Early Childhood Development

Linda Smith

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy

Mark Greenberg

Office of Family 

Assistance

Earl Johnson

Director

Administration on 

Children, Youth and 

Families

Bryan Samuels

Commissioner

Office of Child Support 

Enforcement

Vicki Turetsky

Commissioner

Office of Refugee 

Resettlement

Eskinder Negash

Director

Administration on 

Developmental 

Disabilities

Sharon Lewis

Commissioner

Administration for 

Native Americans

Lillian Sparks

Commissioner

Office of Community 

Services

Jeannie Chaffin

Director

Office of

Head Start

Yvette Sanchez Fuentes

Director

Office of Child Care

Shannon Rudisill

Director

Office of Public Affairs

Marrianne McMullen

Director

Office of Planning, 

Research and 

Evaluation

Naomi Goldstein

Director

Office of Regional 

Operations

Diann Dawson

Director

Office of Legislative 

Affairs and Budget

Matthew McKearn

Director

Region I

Boston, MA

Mary Ann 

Higgins

Regional 

Administrator

Region II

New York, NY

Joyce 

Thomas

Regional 

Administrator

Region III

Philadelphia, 

PA

David Lett

Regional 

Administrator

Region IV

Atlanta, GA

Carlis 

Williams

Regional 

Administrator

Region V

Chicago, IL

Kent Wilcox

Regional 

Administrator

Region VI

Dallas, TX

Leon 

McCowan

Regional 

Administrator

Region VII

Kansas City, 

MO 

Patricia Brown

Regional 

Administrator

Region VIII

Denver, CO

Thomas 

Sullivan

Regional 

Administrator

Region IX

San

Francisco, CA

Sharon Fujii

Regional 

Administrator

Region X

Seattle, WA

Steve

Henigson

Regional 

Administrator
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION AND MISSION

The mission of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) is to foster health and well-being by providing federal leadership, 

partnership and resources for the compassionate and effective delivery of human services. ACF 

administers programs carried out by state, territorial, county, city, and tribal governments as well as by 

private, non-profit, and community- and faith-based organizations designed to meet the needs of a 

diverse cross-section of society.

FY 2013 BUDGET OVERVIEW

The FY 2013 President’s Budget request for the Administration for Children and Families, including 

both mandatory (pre-appropriated and entitlement) and discretionary programs, is $50 billion in budget 

authority – an increase of $170 million from the FY 2012 enacted level. Addressing critical needs in this 

period of high unemployment and increasingly limited federal resources, this budget targets funding to 

high quality early childhood education, strategies to strengthen services to at-risk families and 

communities, and financial support for our most vulnerable children and families.

 

The FY 2013 discretionary budget request is $16.2 billion; a decrease of $.3 billion below the FY 2012 

enacted level. The discretionary budget will: 

• Continue the FY 2012 President’s Budget proposals to focus resources on the Presidential and 

Secretarial priorities of promoting early childhood health and development and ensuring program 

integrity, quality, and accountability by sustaining critical support for Head Start (+$85 million) and 

supporting major efforts to improve the quality of the services provided. 

• Support a comprehensive approach to early learning and school readiness by providing $325 million 

in additional discretionary funding for child care – coupled with an $500 million increase in 

mandatory funding – to serve 70,000 children more than could have been served in the absence of 

these funds and support new investments in quality and standards across child care settings. 

• Provide a range of targeted investments to improve services for vulnerable children and families 

including +$7 million for Violent Crime Reduction programs and +$5 million for a new effort 

targeted to disconnected youth and redirect unobligated Abstinence Education funds to a program 

designed to reduce pregnancy among youth in foster care. 

At the same time the Budget proposes decreases in keeping with the President’s commitment to deficit 

reduction. This includes 1) for LIHEAP, a reduction of -$452 million below the FY 2012 appropriation 

but a $450 million increase above both FY 2008, the base for most of the program’s history, and the FY 

2012 request with funding targeted to those most in need and 2) a -$332 million reduction in Community 

Services Programs. The budget includes proposals to strengthen the oversight of the LIHEAP program 

and to make the Community Services Block Grant program more accountable for outcomes by, among 

other things, introducing a system of core standards and accountability to ensure that funding is 

targeted to the highest-performing organizations. 

The request for the mandatory budget is $34.1 billion, an increase of $480 million from the FY 2012 

enacted level. The mandatory budget: 

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• Provides an additional $500 million in FY 2013, and $7.2 billion over ten years, in increased 

mandatory child care and supports reforms to promote high quality care.

• Invests an additional $1.8 billion over ten years in the child support enforcement program to bolster 

State efforts to facilitate family self-sufficiency and promote responsible fatherhood through a multipronged Child Support and Fatherhood Initiative.

• Invests $2.5 billion over ten years to incentivize and support state efforts to improve outcomes for 

children in foster care and those who are receiving child welfare services and an additional $303 

million over ten years to require states to use the child support collections received on behalf of 

children in foster care in the best interest of the child. 

• Continues the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families programs, including Healthy Marriage and 

Responsible Fatherhood grants, and restructures the Contingency Fund to make the Supplemental 

Grants for Population Increases a permanent part of TANF. 

Program Increases:

• Head Start (+$85.5 million) – The FY 2013 request for the Head Start program is $8.1 billion, an 

increase of $85.5 million from the FY 2012 enacted level. These funds will allow local programs to 

continue to serve approximately 962,000 children and support the implementation of the historic 

new regulations that require low-performing grantees to compete for continued funding, putting a 

focus on improving program quality and ensuring that funds are directed toward the organizations 

most capable of providing high quality early education that can put children on a path to school 

success and opportunity. 

• Child Care (+$825 million in FY 2013 and $3.8 billion over five years and $7.5 billion over ten 

years) – The FY 2013 request for the Child Care and Development Block Grant is $2.6 billion and 

the request for the Child Care Entitlement is $3.4 billion. The discretionary request includes a $300 

million initiative to improve the quality of child care programs. Taken together, these budget 

proposals represent a firm commitment to avoid a major caseload decline while reforming the 

nation’s child care system to one that provides healthy, safe, nurturing care and is focused on school 

success and is committed to quality improvement.

• Child Support Enforcement (+$7 million in FY 2013 and $1.8 billion over ten years) – The FY 

2013 request includes a Child Support and Fatherhood Initiative that will bolster states efforts to 

direct more of the support collected to children and integrate parenting plan arrangements in the 

support order establishment process. The request also includes proposals to improve collections and 

increase program efficiency and effectiveness.

• Violent Crime Reduction (+$6.8 million) – The FY 2013 request for the Family Violence 

Prevention Services and Domestic Violence Hotline programs is $139.5 million, an increase of $6.8 

million from the FY 2012 enacted level. The additional funding will respond to the increased 

demand for emergency domestic violence shelter services, and enhance staff capacity for the 

National Domestic Violence Hotline.

• Refugee and Entrant Assistance (+$37 million) – The FY 2013 request for the Refugee and 

Entrant Assistance programs is $805.4 million, an increase of $37 million from the FY 2012 enacted 

level, in order to maintain estimated current services. 

• Foster Care and Adoption Assistance (+$252 million in FY 2013 and +$2.8 billion over ten 

years) - The FY 2013 funding request supports a new initiative to incentivize improvements in 

foster care, along with continuing implementation of the Fostering Connections to Success and 

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Improving Adoptions Act of 2008. In addition to requiring that child support collected on behalf of 

children in foster care be used in the best interest of the child, the Budget supports reforms that: 

create financial incentives to improve child outcomes; improve the well-being of children and youth 

in the foster care system; and reduce costly and unnecessary administrative requirements, 

while retaining the focus on children in need.

• Federal Administration (+$7.9 million) – The FY 2013 request will support 1,362 full-time 

equivalent (FTE) staff. This request reflects the critical need to sustain the infrastructure of the 

agency and fund sufficient staff to effectively manage increased program responsibilities, including: 

(1) $3.7 million to support 24 additional program, grant, and fiscal FTE needed in order to 

successfully implement the historic new regulations in Head Start; and (2) $4 million to support 

ACF’s strong commitment to employing vigorous program integrity efforts across ACF programs 

and meeting departmental and agency strategic goals. 

Funding for the Rural Communities Facilities program has been eliminated from the ACF budget. 

 

The budget justifications included in this submission include outcome and output measures that reflect 

historical practice, and will need to be reviewed to evaluate whether these measures should be updated 

over the upcoming year. 

An All-Purpose Table showing the FY 2011 enacted level, the FY2012 estimated levels, and the FY 

2013 President’s Budget request for all ACF programs is included in this document.

 

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OVERVIEW OF PERFORMANCE 

The mission of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) is to foster health and well-being by providing federal leadership, 

partnership and resources for the compassionate and effective delivery of human services. 

ACF values the following:

• Dedication...to promoting hope and opportunity for those in need of human services 

• Excellence...in our performance, exemplified by innovations and solutions that are anchored in 

available evidence, build knowledge, and transcend boundaries 

• Professionalism...in the manner in which we provide services, the attitude we bring, the 

relationships we build, and our commitment to the mission of the Administration for Children 

and Families 

• Integrity...of the Administration for Children and Families as an organization, personified in 

ethical conduct by each of us 

• Stewardship...of the resources entrusted to us by the people of the United States and 

accountability for and transparency in our actions as public servants 

• Respect...for those we serve, with whom we work, and with whom we partner 

ACF’s performance mainly supports the objectives associated with HHS Strategic Goal 3: Advance the 

Health, Safety and Well-Being of the American People, as well as three of the Secretary’s Priorities: Put 

Child and Youth on the Path for Successful Futures, Promote Early Childhood Health and Development, 

and Ensure Program Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency. Each ACF priority is briefly discussed 

below: 

ACF Priority 1 – Reduce Child Poverty and Advance Family Economic Security

Growing up in poverty and economic insecurity diminishes the opportunity of children to reach their full 

potential. ACF aims to reduce child poverty, family economic insecurity, and the damage they cause by 

helping parents succeed in the workforce, ensuring children have the support of both parents, helping 

low-income families save for the future, providing temporary financial support for families in need, and 

providing low-income families with access to high-quality early care and education. Among the ACF 

programs that support this priority are Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Health 

Professions Opportunity Grants, Refugee and Entrant Assistance, Assets for Independence, Child 

Support Enforcement, Child Care, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the 

Community Services Block Grant. 

ACF Priority 2 – Ensure Children’s Safety and Well-Being

Children should grow up in nurturing environments where they are safe from abuse and neglect. ACF 

aims to ensure children’s safety and well-being and to provide the conditions in which children can build 

a foundation of physical, emotional, social and behavioral health. To these ends, ACF seeks to prevent 

the abuse of children in troubled families, protect children from abuse, help children who have been 

mistreated to recover, find permanent placements for those who cannot safely return to their homes, and 

provide short-term housing and transitional services for runaway and homeless youth. Among the ACF 

programs that support this goal are Head Start, Child Care, Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, Promoting 

Safe and Stable Families and other Child Welfare programs, Runaway and Homeless Youth, and the 

Unaccompanied Alien Children program. 

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ACF Priority 3 – Support Child and Adolescent Development

In order to thrive, children need engaged and supportive family members, access to high-quality, 

effective early care and education, quality out-of-school time programs, and caring communities. ACF 

aims to support child development by ensuring that all children can grow up in these conditions. To this 

end, ACF provides access to high-quality care and education for low-income families, and services to

strengthen families. Among the ACF programs that support this goal are Head Start, the Child Care and 

Development Fund, and Personal Responsibility Education. 

ACF Priority 4 – Support Vulnerable Populations

ACF will empower and support vulnerable populations across all ACF programs. In particular, the 

following programs support this goal: Native American programs, the Administration on Developmental 

Disabilities programs, the President’s Committee on Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, the Office of 

Refugee Resettlement, Services to Victims of Human Trafficking, Runaway and Homeless Youth 

programs, Family Violence Prevention and Domestic Violence programs, Head Start, Child Care, and 

Assets for Independence.

ACF Priority 5 – Upgrade ACF’s Capacity to Make a Difference for Families and Communities, and 

Ensure Program Integrity

This cross-cutting goal applies to all ACF programs, to ensure that every program prioritizes the 

identification of systemic vulnerabilities and opportunities for fraud, waste, and abuse, and implements 

heightened oversight. ACF is committed to the promotion of an interoperable system in which services 

are planned, coordinated, monitored, and evaluated in an integrated and efficient manner, maximizing 

positive outcomes for children, families, and communities.

ACF uses performance management as a framework for linking agency-wide goals with program 

priorities and targeting resources to meet the needs of children and families. With a strong focus on 

outcomes, ACF’s performance management framework has proven to be an effective way to highlight 

and build upon exceptional achievements and to target areas for improvement. ACF aims for 

coordinated and results oriented management and operations across all of its programs. ACF also 

incorporates program-related performance metrics into Senior Executive Staff performance plans to 

promote accountability at all levels. 

ACF’s performance management activities are coordinated by the Office of Planning, Research and 

Evaluation (OPRE) in collaboration with all ACF program offices and in partnership with the Office of 

Legislative Affairs and Budget (OLAB). OPRE staff work with program office staff to develop and 

select performance measures that can be used by program managers, leadership, outside stakeholders, 

and ultimately Congress to assess and communicate the progress that ACF accomplishes from year to 

year in achieving its strategic goals and objectives. ACF Leadership also meets regularly with HHS 

Leadership to review agency progress on the current set of High Priority Performance Goals. Program 

office staff and OPRE staff coordinate to provide quarterly progress updates related to the current 

Priority Goal on Improving the Quality of Early Childhood Education. 

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The sections below present highlights of performance for each of the first three specific ACF priorities:

ACF Priority 1 – Reduce Child Poverty and Advance Family Economic Security

TANF CONTINUES TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE OF LOW-INCOME FAMILIES

• The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program continues to help parents 

succeed as workers in today’s difficult economy. The TANF program looks at performance 

measures that represent the full continuum of success, to ensure that participants not only get 

jobs, but that they also stay in employment and increase their earnings over time. The earnings 

gains of TANF recipients who find jobs has fallen in recent years, as would be expected during a 

downtown. Still, even in this economy, TANF recipients who find jobs experience significant 

earnings growth over a short period of time: In FY 2010, the earnings gain rate – which 

measures earnings gain over two quarters by those who maintain employment – showed an 

increase in earnings of 30 percent between two successive quarters. This progress reflects the 

importance of continuing to improve the programs’ efforts to help families succeed in finding 

employment. 

Source: National Directory of New Hires

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FY 

2005

FY 

2006

FY 

2007

FY 

2008

FY 

2009

FY 

2010

Percentage increase between two 

successive quarters

Increase in Earnings of TANF Recipients Between 

Initial Quarter and Second Subsequent Quarter

FY 2004 - 2010 

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CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE COST-EFFECTIVE

 In FY 2010, preliminary data show that the child support enforcement program distributed more than 

$26 billion in collections. Of that amount, about 94 percent or $25 billion was sent directly to 

families.

 Despite the impact of a slowed economy, the child support program continues to be a very costeffective program. As shown in the chart, the child support program continues to improve its costeffectiveness by securing increased amounts of child support per dollar spent to operate the program. 

Child Support Collections on Behalf of Families in the IV-D System and Total Federal and State 

Administrative Expenditures, FY 2000-2010

Source: OCSE Preliminary and Annual Reports to Congress

 The downturn in the American economy, including an unemployment rate of over 9 percent, had an 

impact upon the FY 2010 child support collections. Collections returned to the FY 2008 level after 

dipping slightly in FY 2009. 

 The economic downturn and increased unemployment means parents are finding it harder to meet 

their child support obligations. According to FY 2010 data, the largest proportion of collections 

(over two-thirds) are due to income withholding from employee wages, and these collections were 

down 0.4 percent as would be expected due to the high unemployment in FY 2010. The overall 

increase in collections in FY 2010 was driven primarily by a 22 percent increase in collections due 

to offset of unemployment compensation benefits. Consequently, CSE agencies have expanded 

efforts to modify existing orders promptly when family circumstances change. 

$17.9 $19.0 $20.1 $21.2 $21.9 $23.0 $23.9 $24.9

$26.6 $26.4 $26.6

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IV-D Collections Total Administrative Expenditures

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ACF Priority 2 – Ensure Children’s Safety and Well-Being 

ACF HELPED TO EXPEDITE PERMANENT LIVING SITUATIONS FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE

 Through the combined efforts of multiple ACF child welfare programs, including Promoting Safe 

and Stable Families, ACF and states have shown continued success in moving children from foster 

care into stable, permanent adoptive homes, taking into account the size of the pool of children in 

foster care for whom adoption is the appropriate goal. In FY 2010 (the most recent actual results 

available) the adoption rate reached over 12 percent (12.2), with approximately 52,000 children 

adopted, exceeding the FY 2010 target of 10.2 percent. 

Source: Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System (AFCARS)

 ACF is also introducing two new performance measures to monitor overall progress on moving children 

from Foster Care into permanent living situations, including reunification with parent(s) or primary 

caretaker(s), living with other relative(s), guardianship, or adoption. Historical data show that between 

FY 2004- 2008, of those children who exited care within 24 months, over 90 percent exited to permanent 

homes. In FY 2010, this number increased to 91.5 percent. 

 

 The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-351) also is

likely to support continued improvements in this measure by increasing incentives available to states 

under the Adoption Assistance Program and by gradually increasing the population of children eligible 

for Title IV-E Adoption Assistance. 

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

FY 

2006

FY 

2007

FY 

2008

FY 

2009

FY 

2010

% of children adopted

Percentage of children being adopted from 

public child welfare system

Goal

Actual

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ACF Priority 3 – Support Child and Adolescent Development

ACF EXPANDS OPTIONS FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES TO OBTAIN QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION 

 As part of the HHS Priority Performance Goal – Quality in Early Care and Education Programs for LowIncome Children – the Office of Child Care is working to expand the number of states with Quality 

Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) that meet high quality benchmarks. To date, at least 25 states 

have implemented QRIS statewide.

 In FY 2011, a historic partnership between ACF and the Department of Education was formed to launch 

nine Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge Fund grants to states, totaling $500 million in funding 

to support building statewide systems of high quality early education programs. These investments will 

impact all early learning programs, including Head Start, public pre-K, childcare, and private preschools.

 States used Recovery Act child care funds to expand access to child care assistance, make quality 

investments, and avert cuts in provider payments. Based on information from the state expenditure 

reports, through September 30, 2011, states had spent enough Recovery Act child care funds on direct 

services to support child care services for an estimated 338,000 children. Also as a result of Recovery 

Act funds, ACF had expanded the number of funded Early Head Start slots by 48,000 children – 

increasing the size of the program by 75 percent – and funded 13,000 additional Head Start slots. 

Recovery Act funds also supported activities of State Advisory Councils on Early Childhood Care and 

Education, which are focused on improving quality across early childhood programs, as well as activities 

to improve Head Start program quality. As previously noted, the FY 2012 appropriation and this FY 

2013 request both continue to support this historical program expansion 

ACF HELPED TO IMPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING READINESS OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN

 In FY 2011, 88 percent of Head Start teachers had an AA, BA, Advanced Degree, or a degree in a field 

related to early childhood education, an improvement over the previous year’s result of 85 percent, but 

falling short of the FY 2011 target of 100 percent. The Head Start Reauthorization requires that all Head 

Start preschool center-based teachers have at least an AA degree or higher with evidence of the 

relevance of their degree and experience for early childhood education. More Head Start teachers have 

degrees than ever before, and are better equipped to deliver quality instruction to Head Start children.

Source: Head Start Program Information Report

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90%

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FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11

% Total Head Start teachers

Head Start Teachers with AA, BA, Advanced Degree, or 

Degree in Early Childhood Education

Target

Result

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Budget by HHS Strategic Plan Goal

Administration for Children and Families

(Dollars in Millions)

ACF

HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Request

1: Strengthen Health Care $ - $ - $ - 

2: Advance Scientific Knowledge and Innovation - - - 

3: Advance the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of the 

American People 50,725 49,934 50,097

3.A: Promote the safety, well-being, resilience, and healthy 

development of children and youth 20,911 21,369 22,451 

Early Childhood Education: Child Care, Head Start 12,699 13,164 14,082 

Child Welfare 7,971 7,965 8,129 

Youth and Adolescent Development Programs: Runaway and 

Homeless Youth, Personal Responsibility Education, 

Abstinence Education 240 240 240 

3.B: Promote economic and social well-being for individuals, 

families, and communities 29,626 28,395 27,475

TANF, JOLI, and Health Professions Opportunity Grants 17,371 17,436 17,436 

Child Support Enforcement and Children’s Research and 

Technical Assistance 4,217 4,105 3,926

LIHEAP 4,701 3,472 3,020 

Assets for Independence/Individual Development Accounts 24 20 20 

SSBG 1,700 1,700 1,700 

Community Services Programs: CSBG, Community 

Economic Development, Rural Community Facilities 702 712 380 

Refugee and Entrant Assistance 729 768 805 

Native American Programs 49 49 49 

Violent Crime Reduction Programs 133 133 140 

3.C: Improve the accessibility and quality of supportive 

services for people with disabilities and older adults 186 168 168 

Developmental Disabilities 186 168 168 

3.D: Promote prevention and wellness 

3.E: Reduce the occurrence of infectious diseases

3.F: Protect Americans’ health and safety during 

emergencies, and foster resilience in response to emergencies

2 2 2 

Disaster Human Services Case Management 2 2 2 

4: Increase Efficiency, Transparency, and Accountability 

of HHS Programs - - - 

5: Strengthen the Nation’s Health and Human Service 

Infrastructure and Workforce - - - 

Total $ 50,725 $ 49,934 $ 50,097

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

All Purpose Table

FY 2013 Congressional Justification

FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Change from

Program Enacted Enacted Request FY 2012

DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS:

LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:

 Block Grant..................................................................................................................... 4,500,653,000 3,471,672,000 2,820,000,000 (651,672,000)

 Contingency Fund........................................................................................................... 200,000,000 - 200,000,000 200,000,000

Total, LIHEAP, B.A................................................................................................... 4,700,653,000 3,471,672,000 3,020,000,000 (451,672,000)

CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND (Discretionary):

 Child Care & Development Block Grant......................................................................... 2,212,737,000 2,268,442,000 2,593,442,000 325,000,000

 Research and Evaluation Fund........................................................................................ 9,890,000 9,871,000 9,871,000 -

Total, Child Care Development Fund, B.A. (Discretionary)............................................. 2,222,627,000 2,278,313,000 2,603,313,000 325,000,000

PROMOTING SAFE & STABLE FAMILIES, B.A................................................... 63,184,000 63,065,000 63,065,000 -

CHILDREN & FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS:

 Head Start............................................................................................... 7,559,633,000 7,968,544,000 8,054,000,000 85,456,000

 Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs

 Basic Center Program ........................................................................... 53,637,000 53,536,000 53,536,000 -

 Transitional Living Program..................................................................... 43,902,000 43,819,000 43,819,000 -

 Subtotal, Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs....................................................... 97,539,000 97,355,000 97,355,000 -

 Education & Prevention Grants to Reduce Sexual Abuse

 of Runaway, Homeless and Street Youth...................................................... 17,935,000 17,901,000 17,901,000 -

 Child Abuse Programs

 CAPTA State Grants.................................................................................................... 26,482,000 26,432,000 26,432,000 -

 Child Abuse Discretionary Activities, including Innovative 

 Evidence-Based Community Prevention Programs ....................................... 25,793,000 25,744,000 25,744,000 -

 Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention................................................................. 41,606,000 41,527,000 41,527,000 -

 Subtotal, Child Abuse Programs..................................................................................... 93,881,000 93,703,000 93,703,000 -

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FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Change from

Program Enacted Enacted Request FY 2012

 Child Welfare Programs

 Child Welfare Services................................................................................................. 281,181,000 280,650,000 280,650,000 -

 Child Welfare Research, Training and Demonstration, including 

 Innovative Approaches to Foster Care....................................................................... 27,153,000 26,092,000 31,092,000 5,000,000

 Adoption Opportunities................................................................................................ 39,253,000 39,179,000 39,179,000 -

 Abandoned Infants Assistance Programs..................................................................... 11,605,000 11,553,000 11,553,000 -

 Subtotal, Child Welfare Programs................................................................................... 359,192,000 357,474,000 362,474,000 5,000,000

 Chafee Education and Training Vouchers...................................................................... 45,260,000 45,174,000 45,174,000 -

 Adoption Incentives................................................................................ 39,421,000 39,346,000 39,346,000 -

 Developmental Disabilities

 State Councils on Developmental Disabilities.............................................................. 74,916,000 74,774,000 74,774,000 -

 Protection and Advocacy.............................................................................................. 40,942,000 40,865,000 40,865,000 -

 Projects of National Significance................................................................................. 14,134,000 8,317,000 8,317,000 -

 University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities................................ 38,865,000 38,792,000 38,792,000 -

 Subtotal, Developmental Disabilities............................................................................ 168,857,000 162,748,000 162,748,000 -

 Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities................................................ 17,375,000 5,235,000 5,235,000 -

 Native American Programs.............................................................................................. 48,675,000 48,583,000 48,583,000 -

 Social Services Research & Demonstration, B.A., including Early 

 Childhood Evaluation............................................................................ - - 8,000,000 8,000,000

 PHS Evaluation Funds...................................................................................... 5,762,000 5,762,000 5,762,000 -

 Subtotal, Social Services Research & Demonstration, Program Level......................... 5,762,000 5,762,000 13,762,000 8,000,000

 Federal Administration.............................................................................................. 208,013,000 203,627,000 211,574,000 7,947,000

 Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships....................................... 1,373,000 1,370,000 1,370,000 -

 Subtotal, Federal Administration.................................................................................... 209,386,000 204,997,000 212,944,000 7,947,000

 Disaster Human Services Case Management ............................................................. 1,996,000 1,992,000 1,992,000 -

 Community Services Programs

 Community Services Block Grant.................................................................................. 678,640,000 677,358,000 350,000,000 (327,358,000)

 Community Service Discretionary Activities:

 Community Economic Development............................................................................ 17,964,000 29,943,000 29,943,000 -

 Rural Community Facilities.......................................................................................... 4,990,000 4,981,000 - (4,981,000)

 Job Opportunities for Low Income Individuals................................................. 1,641,000 - - -

 Assets for Independence.............................................................................................. 23,977,000 19,869,000 19,869,000 -

 Subtotal, Community Services Programs........................................................................ 727,212,000 732,151,000 399,812,000 (332,339,000)

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 Violent Crime Reduction

 Family Violence Prevention and Services/Battered

 Women's Shelters............................................................................................... 129,792,000 129,547,000 135,000,000 5,453,000

 Domestic Violence Hotline .......................................................................................... 3,202,000 3,197,000 4,500,000 1,303,000

 Subtotal, Violent Crime Reduction................................................................................. 132,994,000 132,744,000 139,500,000 6,756,000

Total, Children & Families Services Programs, B.A......................................................... 9,519,356,000 9,907,947,000 9,688,767,000 (219,180,000)

REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE:

 Transitional and Medical Services.................................................................. 352,625,000 372,295,000 403,000,000 30,705,000

 Victims of Trafficking............................................................................. 9,794,000 9,775,000 9,775,000 -

 Social Services......................................................................................... 153,697,000 153,407,000 153,407,000 -

 Victims of Torture.......................................................................................................... 11,066,000 11,045,000 11,045,000 -

 Preventive Health........................................................................................................... 4,739,000 4,730,000 4,730,000 -

 Targeted Assistance........................................................................................................ 48,493,000 48,401,000 48,401,000 -

 Unaccompanied Alien Children .................................................................. 149,052,000 168,681,000 175,000,000 6,319,000

 Total, Refugee and Entrant Assistance, B.A ................................................................... 729,466,000 768,334,000 805,358,000 37,024,000

Total, Discretionary Programs, B.A.................................................................................. 17,235,286,000 16,489,331,000 16,180,503,000 (308,828,000)

PHS Evaluation Funds.......................................................................................... 5,762,000 5,762,000 5,762,000 -

Total, Program Level ....................................................................................................... 17,241,048,000 16,495,093,000 16,186,265,000 (308,828,000)

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MANDATORY PROGRAMS:

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT &

FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS:

 State Child Support Administrative Costs....................................................................... 4,165,538,000 3,780,819,000 3,587,467,000 (193,352,000)

 Federal Incentive Payments to States.............................................................................. 465,542,000 526,158,000 539,838,000 13,680,000

 Access and Visitation Grants.......................................................................................... 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 -

 Subtotal, Child Support Enforcement.......................................................................... 4,641,080,000 4,316,977,000 4,137,305,000 (179,672,000)

 Payments to Territories - Adults...................................................................................... 29,930,000 33,000,000 33,000,000 -

 Repatriation..................................................................................................................... 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 -

 Subtotal, Other Payments............................................................................................ 30,930,000 34,000,000 34,000,000 -

Total, Payments to States for CSE & FS Programs, Obligations....................................... 4,672,010,000 4,350,977,000 4,171,305,000 (179,672,000)

Payments to States for CSE & FS Programs, Net B.A....................................................... 4,159,464,000 4,047,513,000 3,867,842,000 (179,671,000)

CHILDREN'S RESEARCH & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: 

 Training & Technical Assistance.................................................................................... 12,318,000 12,318,000 12,318,000 -

 Federal Parent Locator Service........................................................................................ 24,635,000 24,635,000 24,635,000 -

 Child Welfare Study................................................................................. 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 -

 Welfare Research........................................................................................... 15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 -

Total, Children's Research & Technical Assistance, B.A.................................................. 57,953,000 57,953,000 57,953,000 -

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES: 

 State Family Assistance Grants....................................................................................... 16,488,667,000 16,488,667,000 16,488,667,000 -

 Territories -- Family Assistance Grants........................................................................ 77,875,000 77,875,000 77,875,000 -

 Matching Grants to Territories.................................................................................... 15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 -

 Supplemental Grants for Population Increases................................................................ 211,322,000 - 319,450,000 319,450,000

 Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants ................................. 150,000,000 150,000,000 150,000,000 -

 Tribal Work Programs................................................................................................. 7,633,000 7,633,000 7,633,000 -

 Contingency Fund..................................................................................................... 334,239,000 612,000,000 292,550,000 (319,450,000)

Total, TANF, B.A.............................................................................................................. 17,284,736,000 17,351,175,000 17,351,175,000 -

CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND (Child Care Entitlement): 2,917,000,000 2,917,000,000 3,417,000,000 500,000,000

PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE & PERMANENCY:

 Foster Care...................................................................................................................... 4,456,380,000 4,288,000,000 4,395,000,000 107,000,000

 Adoption Assistance........................................................................................................ 2,362,123,000 2,495,000,000 2,537,000,000 42,000,000

 Guardianship Assistance................................................................................................. 28,730,000 80,000,000 90,000,000 10,000,000

 Chafee Foster Care Independence Program..................................................................... 140,000,000 140,000,000 140,000,000 -

 Tribal IV-E Technical Assistance (Pre-Appropriated)..................................................... 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 -

Total, Foster Care and Permanency, B.A........................................................................... 6,990,233,000 7,006,000,000 7,165,000,000 159,000,000

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PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES (including Affordable Care Act 

 programs authorized under Title V):

 Promoting Safe and Stable Families B.A........................................................................ 365,000,000 345,000,000 345,000,000 -

 Family Connection Grants (Pre-Appropriated)................................................................ 15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 -

Subtotal, Promoting Safe and Stable Families................................................................... 380,000,000 360,000,000 360,000,000 -

 Personal Responsibility Education (Pre-Appropriated)................................................... 75,000,000 75,000,000 75,000,000 -

 Abstinence Education (Pre-Appropriated)...................................................................... 50,000,000 50,000,000 50,000,000 -

Subtotal, Affordable Care Act programs........................................................................... 125,000,000 125,000,000 125,000,000 -

Total, Promoting Safe and Stable Families, B.A............................................................... 505,000,000 485,000,000 485,000,000 -

SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (including Affordable Care Act program 

 authorized under Title XX):

Social Services Block Grant, B.A...................................................................................... 1,700,000,000 1,700,000,000 1,700,000,000 -

Health Profession Opportunity Grants (Pre-Appropriated)............................................... 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 -

Total, Social Services Block Grant, B.A........................................................................... 1,785,000,000 1,785,000,000 1,785,000,000 -

TOTAL, MANDATORY PROGRAMS, B.A.................................................................... 33,699,386,000 33,649,641,000 34,128,970,000 479,329,000

TOTAL, DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS, B.A.............................................................. 17,235,286,000 16,489,331,000 16,180,503,000 (308,828,000)

TOTAL, B.A.......................................................................................... 50,934,672,000 50,138,972,000 50,309,473,000 170,501,000

PHS EVALUATION FUNDS.................................................................................. 5,762,000 5,762,000 5,762,000 -

TOTAL, PROGRAM LEVEL................................................................................... 50,940,434,000 50,144,734,000 50,315,235,000 170,501,000

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FY 2013 BUDGET PAGE

APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE AND EXPLANATION OF LANGUAGE CHANGES.............................. 19 

AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION ....................................................................................................... 20 

APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW ............................................................................ 21 

APPROPRIATIONS HISTORY TABLE ............................................................................................. 22 

AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION .................................................................................... 24 

BUDGET AUTHORITY BY ACTIVITY ............................................................................................ 25 

SUMMARY OF CHANGES .............................................................................................................. 26 

JUSTIFICATION: 

GENERAL STATEMENT .............................................................................................................. 27 

 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS................................................................. 27

 BUDGET REQUEST.................................................................................................................... 29

 OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES TABLE ........................................................................................... 30 

RESOURCE AND PROGRAM DATA............................................................................................. 32

STATE TABLE ............................................................................................................................ 34 

 

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FY 2013 Proposed Appropriation Language

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

For making payments under subsections (b), [and] (d), and (e) of section 2602 of the Low Income 

Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, [$3,478,246,000]$3,020,000,000, of which $2,820,000,000 shall 

be for payments under subsections (b) and (d) of such section; and of which $200,000,000, shall be for 

payments under subsection (e) of such section, to be made notwithstanding the designation requirements 

of such subsection: Provided, That all but [$497,000,000]$403,000,000 of [such funds] the amount 

provided in this section for subsections (b) and (d) shall be allocated as though the total appropriation for 

such payments for fiscal year [2012]2013 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That 

notwithstanding section 2609A(a), of the amounts appropriated under section 2602(b), not more than 

$3,000,000 of such amounts may be reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, training, and 

monitoring of program activities for compliance with internal controls, policies and procedures. 

(Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2012.) 

LANGUAGE ANALYSIS

Language Provision Explanation

of which $2,820,000,000 shall be for payments 

under subsections (b) and (d) of such section; and 

of which $200,000,000, shall be for payments 

under subsection (e) of such section, to be made 

notwithstanding the designation requirements of 

such subsection 

This language provides a portion of the LIHEAP 

funding in contingency, allowing the 

Administration to respond to high energy prices 

and other energy-related emergencies.

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Authorizing Legislation

FY 2012 

Amount 

Authorized1

FY 2012 Enacted

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

1. Low Income Home 

Energy Assistance 

Program: Section 

2602(b) of the Low 

Income Home Energy 

Assistance Act

$5,100,000,000 $3,471,672,000 $5,100,000,000 $3,020,000,000

2. Leveraging Incentive 

Fund, Section 2602(d) 

of the Low Income 

Home Energy 

Assistance Act

$30,000,000 

($50M if amount 

appropriated 

under (b) is not 

less than $1.4B)

$26,456,000 $30,000,000 

($50M if amount 

appropriated 

under (b) is not 

less than $1.4B)

$27,000,000

3. Energy Emergency 

Contingency Fund, 

Section 2602(e) of the 

Low Income Home 

Energy Assistance Act

$600,000,000 $0 $600,000,000 $200,000,000

4. Training and Technical 

Assistance, Section 

2609A(a) of the Low 

Income Home Energy 

Assistance Act

$300,000 $2,940,000 $300,000 $3,000,0002

Total request level $3,471,672,000 $3,020,000,000

Total request level against 

definite authorizations

$29,396,000 $30,000,000

1 Authorization expired at the end of FY 2007.

2 The budget request includes appropriation language to increase the training and technical assistance funding to not 

more than $3,000,000. The FY 2012 appropriation language includes the same amount less a rescission.

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Appropriations Not Authorized by Law 

Program

Last Year of 

Authorization

Authorization Level in Last 

Year of Authorization

Appropriations in 

Last Year of 

Authorization

Appropriations in 

FY 2012 

Low Income Home 

Energy Assistance 

Program FY 2007 $5,100,000,000 $2,161,170,000 $3,471,672,000

Leveraging 

Incentive Fund FY 2007

$30,000,000 ($50,000,000 

if amount appropriated for 

Block Grant is not less than 

$1.4B) 27,225,000 26,456,000

Energy Emergency 

Contingency Fund FY 2007 $600,000,000 181,170,000 0 

Training and 

Technical 

Assistance FY 2007 $300,000 297,000 2,940,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Appropriations History Table 

Year

Budget 

Estimate to 

Congress

House 

Allowance

Senate 

Allowance Appropriation

2004

Block Grant $1,700,000,0000 $1,700,000,000 $2,000,000,0000 $1,800,000,000

Contingency Fund 300,000,000 100,000,000 100,000,000

Rescission -11,210,000

Total 2,000,000,000 1,800,000,000 1,888,790,000

2005

Block Grant 1,900,500,000 1,911,000000 1,901,090,000 1,900,000,000

Contingency Fund 300,000,000 100,000,000 99,410,000 300,000,000

Rescission -17,601,000

Total 2,200,500,000 2,011,000,000 2,000,050,000 2,182,399,000

2006

Block Grant 1,800,000,000 2,006,799,000 1,883,000,000 2,000,000,000

Contingency Fund 200,000,000 300,000,000 183,000,000

Supplemental 1,000,000,000

Rescission -21,830,000

Section 202 Transfer -1,485,000

Total 2,000,000,000 2,006,799,000 2,183,000 3,159,685,000

2007

Block Grant 1,782,000,000 1,980,000,000

Contingency Fund 181,170,000

Total 1,782,000,000 2,161,170,000

2008

Block Grant 1,500,000,000 2,015,206,000

Contingency Fund 282,000,000 596,379,000

Rescission -41,257,000

Total 1,782,000,000 2,570,328,000

2009

Block Grant 1,700,000,000 1,980,000,000 1,980,000,000 4,509,672,000

Contingency Fund 300,000,000 790,328,000 590,328,000 590,328,000

Total 2,000,000,000 2,770,328,000 2,570,328,000 5,100,000,0003

2010

Block Grant 2,410,000,000 4,509,672,000 4,509,672,000 4,509,672,000

Contingency Fund 790,000,000 590,328,000 590,328,000 590,328,000

1% Transfer to HRSA -777,000

Total Discretionary Funding 3,200,000,000 5,100,000,000 5,100,000,000 5,099,223,000

Mandatory Trigger 450,000,000

3 The Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009, P.L. 110-329, appropriated LIHEAP funding for FY 

2009.

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Year

Budget 

Estimate to 

Congress

House 

Allowance

Senate 

Allowance Appropriation

2011

Block Grant 2,510,000,000 4,509,672,000

Contingency Fund 790,000,000 200,328,000

Contingency Fund awarded 

under CR 73,000

Rescission -9,420,000

Total Discretionary Funding 3,300,000,000 4,700,653,000

Mandatory Trigger 2,000,000,000

2012

Block Grant 1,980,000,000 3,391,973,000 3,400,653,000 3,478,246,000

Contingency Fund 589,551,000 0 199,927,000 0

Rescission -6,574,000

Total 2,569,551,000 3,391,973,000 3,600,580,000 3,471,672,000

2013

Block Grant 2,820,000,000

Contingency Fund 200,000,000

Total 3,020,000,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Amounts Available for Obligation

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Annual, B.A. $4,710,073,0004 $3,478,246,000 $3,020,000,000

Rescission -9,420,000 -6,574,000 0

Subtotal, Net Budget Authority $4,700,653,000 $3,471,672,000 $3,020,000,000

Unobligated balance, start of year 36,000 36,000 0

Unobligated balance, end of year -36,000 0 0

Total Obligations $4,700,653,000 $3,471,708,000 $3,020,000,000

4 The annual B.A. amount in 2011 includes funding of $4,710,000 from Public Law 112-10 and $73,000 from Public Law 111-

242, as amended.

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Budget Authority by Activity

FY 2011

Enacted

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Block Grant

Grants to States $4,500,317,000 $3,441,729,000 $2,790,000,000

Leveraging Incentive Funds 0 26,949,000 27,000,000

Training & Technical Assistance 300,000 2,994,000 3,000,000

Subtotal, Block Grant 4,500,617,000 3,471,672,000 2,820,000,000

Contingency Fund 200,000,000 0 200,000,000

Contingency Funds Released [200,000,000] [0] [0]

Total, Discretionary Budget Authority $4,700,617,000 $3,471,672,000 $3,020,000,000

Total, Budget Authority $4,700,617,000 $3,471,672,000 $3,020,000,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Summary of Changes

FY 2012 Enacted

 Total estimated budget authority $3,471,672,000

 (Obligations) ($3,471,708,000)

FY 2013 Estimate

 Total estimated budget authority $3,020,000,000

 Net change -$451,672,000

FY 2012

Enacted Change from Base

Increases:

A. Program:

1) LIHEAP Contingency Fund: The budget 

requests $200 million to allow the Administration to 

respond to high energy prices and other energy-related 

emergencies. $0 +$200,000,000

 Subtotal, Program Increases +$200,000,000

 Total, Increases +$200,000,000

Decreases:

A. Program:

1) LIHEAP Block Grant: The budget requests 

$2.820 billion in block grants to States to assist lowincome families by offsetting some of their home 

energy costs and providing weatherization services. 

With constrained resources, the request targets limited 

LIHEAP assistance to those most in need. $3,471,672,000 -$651,672,000

 Subtotal, Program Decreases -$651,672,000

 Total, Decreases -$651,672,000

Net Change -$451,672,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Justification

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$4,700,653,000 $3,471,672,000 $3,020,000,000 -$451,672,000

Authorizing Legislation – Section 2602(b), (d) and (e) of the Low Income Energy Assistance Act of 1981 

2013 Authorization .................................. Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method ........................................................................................................ Formula Grant/Other

General Statement

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides home heating and cooling 

assistance to low-income households consistent with the Administration for Children and Families’ 

(ACF) strategic goal to build healthy, safe and supportive communities and tribes. 

States use LIHEAP funds to target assistance to low-income households with high energy burdens or need 

in accordance with the Low Income Energy Assistance Act of 1981, as amended. The statute indicates 

that households with the highest energy needs include those vulnerable households with very young 

children, individuals with disabilities, and frail older individuals. Through a collaborative process with 

state and local LIHEAP officials the program has defined national recipiency targeting indices for both

elderly (60 years and older) and young child (five years old or younger) households as a way to measure 

the extent to which LIHEAP targets vulnerable populations to receive heating assistance. For FY 2010, 

preliminary data show that approximately 29 percent of LIHEAP heating recipients were elderly 

households and 23 percent were households including young children. An unknown number of these 

households could include both elderly and young child members. 

Program Description and Accomplishments

LIHEAP Block Grant – LIHEAP provides home energy assistance to low-income households generally 

through payments to eligible households or their home energy suppliers. Funds are provided through the 

block grant to states, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, Puerto Rico and four other territories for their 

use in programs tailored to meet the unique requirements of their jurisdictions. This program assists 

eligible households in meeting the costs of home energy, defined by the statute to include sources of 

residential heating and cooling.

States are required to give priority to households with the highest home energy costs or need in relation to 

income. States are allowed flexibility in determining payment levels and types of payments, including 

unrestricted cash payments, payments to vendors on behalf of eligible households, or energy vouchers. 

Typically, states elect to provide benefits in the form of payments to vendors on behalf of recipient 

households. Up to ten percent of the funds payable to a state may be used to pay planning and 

administrative costs. States may request that up to ten percent of the funds be held available for 

obligation in the subsequent year. State responses to the LIHEAP Grantee Survey for FY 2009 indicate 

preliminarily that 51 states provided an estimated $2.8 billion for heating assistance, 17 states provided an 

estimated $252 million for cooling assistance, 47 states provided an estimated $914 million for 

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winter/year-round crisis assistance, six states provided an estimated $50 million for summer crisis 

assistance, and 49 states provided an estimated $523 million in assistance for low-cost residential 

weatherization or other energy-related home repair.

Using the most current data available from FY 2009, an estimated 7.3 million households received 

assistance with heating costs through LIHEAP. On average, the annual heating assistance benefit per 

household was $418, with estimated heating benefits ranging from $144 in Kentucky to $1,826 in Alaska. 

The typical household that received assistance with heating costs had a median income at 83 percent of 

the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Poverty Guidelines; such assistance offset 62 

percent of their annual heating costs. 

LIHEAP Contingency Fund – The LIHEAP Contingency Fund is designed to provide additional funds to 

states, tribes and territories that are adversely affected by extreme heat or cold, energy prices, or other 

causes of energy-related emergencies. The authorizing statute gives the Secretary the discretion in 

determining when and how Contingency Funds should be disbursed. Over the past few years, several 

Contingency Fund disbursements have occurred. In FY 2012, the Administration’s budget included a 

request for Contingency Funds, but Congress did not appropriate these funds. 

Leveraging Incentive and REACH Programs– LIHEAP also includes the Leveraging Incentive and the 

Residential Energy Assistance Challenge (REACH) programs. Leveraging Incentive funds have been 

successful in encouraging states and utility companies to add non-federal energy assistance resources to 

low-income households beyond what could be provided with federal LIHEAP resources. In FY 2010, 

states reported the value of $2.6 billion in allowable non-federal energy assistance resources, largely in 

the form of utility fuel funds, cash contributions, donations of heating/cooling equipment, and utility 

waivers of late payment and arrearage charges for LIHEAP eligible households.

REACH became a component of the Leveraging Incentive fund in FY 1996. REACH is a competitive 

grant program that assists a limited number of LIHEAP grantees in developing and operating programs to 

help LIHEAP-eligible households reduce their energy vulnerability. For example, in FY 2010, 8 REACH 

awards totaling $1.4 million were made to state and tribal projects that: support energy efficiency 

education to rural communities; target the most vulnerable populations susceptible to health issues as a 

result of inadequate heating and cooling; and implement an alternative energy program that provides 

efficient wood pellet stoves to tribal families.

In June 2010, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report titled, LIHEAP: 

Greater Fraud Prevention Controls Needed, based on an investigation of seven state LIHEAP grantees 

that found instances of ineligible households or household members receiving LIHEAP benefits and 

fraudulent energy vendors receiving LIHEAP payments on behalf of recipients. ACF considers program 

integrity to be a critical aspect of program management and ACF has taken a number of steps to provide 

new guidance to LIHEAP grantees addressing program integrity. 5 ACF has released new programmatic 

guidance that strongly encourages states to require Social Security Numbers (SSNs) for all members of 

the applicant household and establish rigorous program integrity measures under their LIHEAP programs. 

ACF also developed a LIHEAP plan supplement requiring states to document their program integrity 

systems. During the first round of program integrity reviews in September 2010, approximately 21 states 

indicated they had cross-checked SSNs for all members of the applicant household with third-party 

databases. Twenty-seven states required or asked for SSNs, and 13 states committed to begin requiring 

SSNs in FY 2011. 

5 See: www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/liheap/guidance/information_memoranda/im10-06.html 

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ACF has also initiated a new program integrity working group (to operate through June 2012) and 

convened this working group in January 2011 to provide grantees and other stakeholders with a forum to 

exchange best practices, propose implementation strategies, and develop metrics for evaluating success in 

addressing the GAO’s recommendations. In June 2011, ACF officials gave several presentations about 

the GAO’s findings concerning LIHEAP errors and recommendations for LIHEAP program integrity at 

the National Energy and Utility Affordability Conference (NEUAC). In addition, ACF conducted a 

Program Integrity Workshop at NEUAC to increase awareness and to share LIHEAP program integrity 

activities and objectives. The proposed legislative changes are discussed below.

Budget Request  The FY 2013 Budget requests $3,020,000,000 for LIHEAP to help struggling families 

make ends meet by offsetting some of their home heating and cooling costs. This total includes 

$2,820,000,000 for LIHEAP Block Grant funds and $200,000,000 for the LIHEAP Contingency Fund. 

The request is a $451,672,000 decrease from the FY 2012 enacted level and an increase of approximately 

$450,000,000 above both FY 2008, the base for most of the program’s history, and the FY 2012 request 

to respond to increases in some fuel prices and growth in the number of eligible households. 

The FY 2013 request reflects expected winter fuel costs. While the cost of natural gas – the heating fuel 

most LIHEAP households use -- has not risen in recent years, the price of heating oil has been on the rise. 

The most common heating fuel types among LIHEAP households are natural gas (60 percent), electricity 

(19 percent), and heating oil (12 percent).6 Average home heating expenditures this winter compared to 

last winter are expected to decrease to well below historic norms for natural gas users (-7 percent to 

$671), decrease modestly for electricity users (-2 percent to $934), and increase to a record high for 

heating oil users (+4 percent to $2,383). Forecasts for winter 2012-2013 are less certain, but so far 

suggest little change from winter 2011-2012, with natural gas remaining below historic norms and heating 

oil continuing to rise.7

 

With constrained resources, the 2013 Budget request targets limited LIHEAP assistance to where it is 

needed most. For instance, the cost of heating a home with home-delivered fuels can be more than three 

times the cost of heating it with natural gas. Unlike many households using fuels sold by regulated 

utilities (natural gas or electricity), households using home delivered fuels are not protected by laws 

prohibiting winter shut offs. In response, the Administration proposes to continue the state allocation of 

block grant funds enacted by Congress in 2012, which directed 85 percent of Block Grant funds to be 

allocated via the “old formula,” favoring colder states with larger shares of households reliant on heating 

oil. And, if the expected price trends are realized, the Contingency Fund will be used to address the needs 

of vulnerable households reliant on heating oil, as well as those impacted by other energy-related 

emergencies. Given the flexibility of this block grant program, states may further adjust service strategies 

and provide priority to low-income vulnerable households. 

To continue efforts to improve the integrity of LIHEAP, the request includes $3 million to support 

oversight and program integrity efforts to ensure that LIHEAP funding is provided to those eligible for 

energy assistance. In addition, the Budget re-proposes the LIHEAP statutory changes included in the FY 

2012 request that would: (1) require states to develop and maintain a detailed system to prevent and 

detect waste, fraud, and abuse by clients, vendors, and workers, and to report to HHS on the features of 

such a system; (2) require grantees to collect SSNs from applicants and authorize LIHEAP access to the 

National Directory of New Hires to detect and prevent program waste, fraud, and abuse; and (3) make 

technical changes to support accountability and program performance. 

6 Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, LIHEAP Report to 

Congress for Fiscal Year 2008 (September 2011). 7 Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Short Term Energy Outlook (January 10, 2012).

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LIHEAP’s current measurement system, the recipiency targeting index, measures how well LIHEAP is 

serving elderly households and households that include young children, by comparing these vulnerable 

group’s receipt of LIHEAP heating assistance to these group’s representation in the low-income 

household population. For example, if 25 percent of the low-income households included children and 25 

percent of LIHEAP-receiving households included children, then the recipiency targeting index for 

children would be 100. Program data for FY 2010 indicate that LIHEAP continues to provide effective 

outreach to eligible households with young children (the FY 2010 actual result of 118 exceeded the target 

of 110) and that LIHEAP is nearly reaching its recipiency targeting index score for elderly households 

(the FY 2010 actual result of 73 almost reached the target of 77). To continue to improve LIHEAP's 

ability to reach the elderly populations, ACF participates in the National Center for Outreach and Benefit 

Enrollment, which is funded by the Administration on Aging. LIHEAP is one of five federal benefit 

programs that this Center is studying in an effort to develop innovative ways for increasing benefit 

enrollment of the elderly. ACF’s target for FY 2013 is to increase the index value by two percent over 

the prior year’s actual result.

ACF is working with external stakeholders, especially state LIHEAP grantees, to develop long term 

outcome measures that the states are willing to adopt, and identify states’ best strategies for targeting. 

The LIHEAP Performance Measures Implementation Work Group consists of state LIHEAP Directors 

and ACF staff. This Work Group will be active through at least FY 2014 to oversee the selection and 

implementation of a new set of performance measures. ACF, with the assistance of the Performance 

Measures Implementation Work Group and Program Integrity Work Group, intends to propose a new, 

developmental performance measure in the area of program integrity as part of the FY 2014 President’s 

Budget request. 

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

1.1LT and 1A: Recipiency 

targeting index score of 

households having at least 

one member 60 years or 

older.8

FY 2010: 73

Target:

77

(Outcome)

9

Prior Result +2%

(Target Not Met)

Prior Result +2% N/A

1.1LT and 1B: Recipiency 

targeting index score for 

LIHEAP households having 

at least one member five 

years or younger.

10

FY 2010: 118

Target:

110

(Outcome) (Target Exceeded) 

Prior Result +2% Prior Result +2% N/A

1i: Number of heating 

assistance households with at 

least one member 60 years or 

older (millions). (Output)

FY 2010: 2.1

million

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

8 This measure is calculated using only heating-assisted households with at least one elderly member. 9 Target calculated by prior result plus two percent.

10 This measure is calculated using only heating-assisted households with at least one young child.

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Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

1ii: Number of heating 

assistance households served 

with at least one member five 

years or younger (millions). 

(Output)

FY 2010: 1.7 

million

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

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Resource and Program Data

LIHEAP Block Grant

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $4,500,353,000 $3,441,765,000 $2,790,000,000

Discretionary 26,949,000 27,000,000

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance 266,000 2,312,000 2,318,000

Program Support 34,000 682,000 682,000

Total, Resources $4,500,653,000 $3,471,708,000 $2,820,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 223 252 252

New Starts

# 223 252 252

$ $4,500,353,000 $3,468,714,000 $2,817,000,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 2 6 6

$ $266,000 $2,406,000 $2,412,000

Interagency Agreements

# 0 1 1

$ $0 $556,000 $556,000

Notes:

1. Discretionary – The Secretary has authority to set aside up to 25 percent of Leveraging funding for the Residential Energy Assistance 

Challenge program (REACH). We estimate that $1.5 million will be needed for REACH in FY 2013.

2. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support, panel and monitoring/on site review and associated overhead 

costs.

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Resource and Program Data

LIHEAP Contingency Fund 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $200,000,000 $200,000,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $200,000,000 $0 $200,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 215 0 TBD

New Starts

# 215 0 TBD

$ $200,000,000 $0 $200,000,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program - Block Grants CFDA # 93.568

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $59,010,121 $47,081,453 $39,474,083 -$7,607,370

Alaska 14,327,158 10,641,269 8,548,685 -2,092,584

Arizona 30,214,443 21,904,297 17,652,709 -4,251,588

Arkansas 34,985,452 28,537,599 24,038,704 -4,498,895

California 201,117,115 153,260,692 123,636,360 -29,624,332

Colorado 62,138,649 47,308,863 38,348,142 -8,960,721

Connecticut 98,253,881 79,532,717 65,591,684 -13,941,033

Delaware 15,171,820 11,956,909 10,053,250 -1,903,659

District of Columbia 14,050,604 10,687,258 8,585,674 -2,101,584

Florida 107,686,091 78,020,203 62,876,642 -15,143,561

Georgia 85,164,350 61,702,752 49,726,374 -11,976,378

Hawaii 6,027,212 6,107,051 5,007,722 -1,099,329

Idaho 25,736,498 19,578,114 15,728,189 -3,849,925

Illinois 238,712,118 185,685,903 148,409,408 -37,276,495

Indiana 102,742,736 79,999,789 63,276,687 -16,723,102

Iowa 68,137,227 54,813,490 44,431,325 -10,382,165

Kansas 42,326,807 32,118,641 26,443,002 -5,675,639

Kentucky 58,334,575 46,423,561 37,538,829 -8,884,732

Louisiana 53,164,200 43,421,892 37,196,952 -6,224,940

Maine 51,464,282 38,520,853 31,224,644 -7,296,209

Maryland 85,522,613 69,790,886 58,778,223 -11,012,663

Massachusetts 175,103,814 132,679,542 105,805,943 -26,873,599

Michigan 227,108,113 172,430,519 137,253,778 -35,176,741

Minnesota 145,240,955 116,840,147 94,709,579 -22,130,568

Mississippi 38,756,195 31,530,942 26,503,621 -5,027,321

Missouri 95,595,838 68,231,961 55,308,217 -12,923,744

Montana 25,911,700 19,916,121 15,999,701 -3,916,420

Nebraska 39,738,187 30,207,907 24,282,167 -5,925,740

Nevada 15,462,272 11,202,631 9,028,223 -2,174,408

New Hampshire 34,255,054 26,055,292 20,931,678 -5,123,614

New Jersey 180,990,934 136,747,299 111,275,033 -25,472,266

New Mexico 20,573,372 15,715,345 12,625,006 -3,090,339

New York 495,531,625 375,514,233 303,167,859 -72,346,374

North Carolina 109,284,197 81,535,245 68,745,571 -12,789,674

North Dakota 26,573,796 20,554,923 16,512,873 -4,042,050

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

225,398,415

43,338,994

44,847,353

280,477,917

29,701,124

165,465,332

32,787,799

36,012,532

209,550,638

23,175,687

132,443,130

27,776,299

29,116,206

166,027,302

18,710,088

-33,022,202

-5,011,500

-6,896,326

-43,523,336

-4,465,599

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

46,909,261

22,877,566

71,594,781

179,199,982

31,707,749

36,270,134

17,507,601

55,405,824

129,832,868

24,100,670

31,337,814

14,064,806

46,087,134

104,632,577

19,349,620

-4,932,320

-3,442,795

-9,318,690

-25,200,291

-4,751,050

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

25,675,382

102,839,476

71,774,103

39,046,566

130,737,715

12,479,577

19,529,370

80,437,034

57,968,290

29,699,842

105,172,909

9,501,782

15,689,038

67,196,389

46,986,955

23,859,549

85,252,221

7,631,145

-3,840,332

-13,240,645

-10,981,335

-5,840,293

-19,920,688

-1,870,637

Subtotal 4,443,019,965 3,398,674,611 2,754,876,810 -643,797,801

Indian Tribes 51,237,943 38,429,025 31,344,749 -7,084,276

Subtotal

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

51,237,943

100,824

221,050

76,777

5,487,060

209,027

38,429,025

77,107

169,052

58,717

4,196,380

159,857

31,344,749

62,506

137,041

47,598

3,401,709

129,587

-7,084,276

-14,601

-32,011

-11,119

-794,671

-30,270

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

6,094,738

4,500,352,646

4,661,113

3,441,764,749

3,778,441

2,790,000,000

-882,672

-651,764,749

Discretionary Funds

Training and Technical 

Assistance

0

299,964

26,948,970

2,994,330

27,000,000

3,000,000

51,030

5,670

Subtotal, Adjustments 299,964 29,943,300 30,000,000 56,700

TOTAL RESOURCES $4,500,652,610 $3,471,708,049 $2,820,000,000 -$651,708,049

1

Discretionary Funds - These are funds for Leveraging including a set aside for the Residential Energy Assistance Challenge program (REACH). 

We estimate $1,015,000 in REACH funding for FY 2013.

2

FY 2012 Enacted – State allocations are subject to change based on tribal agreements, therefore the final state allocation will be included on the 

HHS/ACF Office of Community Services web site. In addition to FY 2012 appropriated funding, this column also includes $35,933 allocated to 

states from prior year block grant appropriations.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program - Contingency Funds CFDA # 93.568

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $2,135,935 0 0 0

Alaska 646,161 0 0 0

Arizona 847,293 0 0 0

Arkansas 1,415,614 0 0 0

California 8,636,452 0 0 0

Colorado 2,896,020 0 0 0

Connecticut 4,665,356 0 0 0

Delaware 682,090 0 0 0

District of Columbia 590,400 0 0 0

Florida 3,067,947 0 0 0

Georgia 2,697,151 0 0 0

Hawaii 208,080 0 0 0

Idaho 1,090,945 0 0 0

Illinois 10,228,456 0 0 0

Indiana 4,833,904 0 0 0

Iowa 3,451,729 0 0 0

Kansas 1,597,317 0 0 0

Kentucky 2,776,193 0 0 0

Louisiana 1,730,961 0 0 0

Maine 2,892,681 0 0 0

Maryland 3,402,912 0 0 0

Massachusetts 8,672,501 0 0 0

Michigan 10,073,196 0 0 0

Minnesota 7,318,258 0 0 0

Mississippi 1,797,246 0 0 0

Missouri 4,597,475 0 0 0

Montana 1,107,007 0 0 0

Nebraska 1,708,383 0 0 0

Nevada 405,771 0 0 0

New Hampshire 1,795,158 0 0 0

New Jersey 7,800,766 0 0 0

New Mexico 1,007,223 0 0 0

New York 26,110,754 0 0 0

North Carolina 4,853,989 0 0 0

North Dakota 1,150,263 0 0 0

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STATE/TERRITORY

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Request

Difference

+/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

9,476,715 0 0

1,509,188 0 0

2,245,975 0 0

14,008,175 0 0

1,479,783 0 0

1,740,106 0 0

1,039,795 0 0

2,795,717 0 0

5,001,455 0 0

1,287,169 0 0

1,283,670 0 0

4,375,444 0 0

3,565,619 0 0

1,739,360 0 0

6,652,288 0 0

522,664 0 0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Indian Tribes

197,614,710 0 0

2,157,771 0 0

0

0

Subtotal

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

2,157,771 0 0

3,764 0 0

8,252 0 0

2,866 0 0

204,834 0 0

7,803 0 0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

Other

227,519 0 0

200,000,000 0 0

0 0 $200,000,000

0

0

$200,000,000

Subtotal, Adjustments

TOTAL RESOURCES

0 0 200,000,000

$200,000,000 $0 $200,000,000

200,000,000

$200,000,000

1

Other - The LIHEAP Contingency Fund amount available to release to states once decisions to release them is made.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FY 2013 BUDGET PAGE

APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE ........................................................................................................ 41 

AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION ....................................................................................................... 42 

APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW ............................................................................ 42 

APPROPRIATIONS HISTORY TABLE ............................................................................................. 43 

AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION .................................................................................... 45 

BUDGET AUTHORITY BY ACTIVITY ............................................................................................ 45 

SUMMARY OF CHANGES .............................................................................................................. 46 

JUSTIFICATION: 

GENERAL STATEMENT .............................................................................................................. 47

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................... 48

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS .............................................................................................. 50

BUDGET REQUEST................................................................................................................... 52

OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES TABLE .......................................................................................... 55

 RESOURCE AND PROGRAM DATA ............................................................................................ 57

 STATE TABLES .......................................................................................................................... 63

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FY 2013 Proposed Appropriation Language

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Child Care and Development Fund 

Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant1

Discretionary

For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990,

[$2,282,627,000]$2,303,313,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds 

for child care assistance for low-income families: Provided, That [19,433,000]$19,609,000 shall be 

available for child care resource and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which $1,000,000 

shall be available to the Secretary for a competitive grant for the operation of a national toll free hotline

and Web site to develop and disseminate child care consumer education information for parents and help 

parents access child care in their local community: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts 

required to be reserved by the States under section 658G, [$291,248,000]$293,887,000 shall be reserved 

by the States for activities authorized under section 658G, of which [$106,813,000]$107,781,000 shall be 

for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler care: Provided further, That

[$9,890,000]$9,871,000 shall be for use by the Secretary for child care research, demonstration, and 

evaluation activities.

In addition, $300,000,000 for grants to States to improve the quality of child care and for the 

Federal costs of carrying out evaluations. (Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations 

Act, 2012) 

1 The Administration’s reauthorization proposal would incorporate the quality requirements listed here into the quality 

requirements of the CCDBG Act.

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Child Care and Development Fund 

Authorizing Legislation

FY 2012 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2012 

Budget 

Estimate1

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized2

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

Section 658B of the Child 

Care and Development 

Block Grant Act of 1990. 

(The authorization for this 

program expired on 

September 30, 2002.)

$2,278,312,835 $2,278,312,835 $2,303,313,000 $2,303,313,000

Section 418 of the Social 

Security Act

2,917,000,000 2,917,000,000 3,417,000,000 3,417,000,000

Appropriations 300,000,000 300,000,000

Total request level 5,195,312,835 5,195,312,835 6,020,313,000 6,020,313,000

Total request level against 

definite authorizations

5,195,312,835 5,195,312,835 6,020,313,000 6,020,313,000

Appropriations Not Authorized by Law 

Program

Last Year of 

Authorization

Authorization Level in Last 

Year of Authorization

Appropriations in 

Last Year of 

Authorization

Appropriations in 

FY 2012

Child Care and 

Development Block 

Grant FY 2002 $1,000,000,000 $2,099,979,000 $2,278,312,835

1 For all tables in this chapter, the FY 2012 level reflects the enacted amount for the discretionary appropriation and the current law level for the 

mandatory appropriation.

2 FY 2013 Amount Authorized reflects the Administration’s proposal for reauthorization of the CCDBG Act and the Child Care Entitlement in 

Section 418 of the Social Security Act.

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Child Care and Development Fund 

Appropriations History Table 

Year

Budget 

Estimate to 

Congress

House 

Allowance

Senate 

Allowance Appropriation

2004

Appropriation $2,099,729,000 $2,099,729,000 $2,099,729,000 $2,099,729,000

Pre-appropriation 2,717,000,000

Rescission -12,419,000

Total 4,804,310,000

2005

Appropriation 2,099,729,000 2,099,729,000 2,099,729,000 2,099,729,000

Pre-appropriation 2,717,000,000

Rescission -16,808,000

Total 4,799,921,000

2006

Appropriation 2,082,910,000 2,082,910,000 2,082,910,000 2,082,910,000

Pre-appropriation 2,917,000,000

Rescission -20,829,000

Section 202 Transfer -1,417,000

Total 4,977,664,000

2007

Appropriation 2,062,081,000 2,062,081,000 2,062,081,000 2,062,081,000

Pre-appropriation 2,917,000,000

Total 4,979,081,000

2008

Appropriation 2,062,081,000 2,137,081,000 2,062,081,000 2,098,746,000

Pre-appropriation 2,917,000,000

Rescission -36,665,000

Total 4,979,081,000

2009

Appropriation 2,062,081,000 2,112,081,000 2,137,081,000 2,127,081,000

Pre-appropriation 2,917,000,000

Recovery Act 2,000,000,000

Total 7,044,081,000

2010

Appropriation 2,127,081,000 2,127,081,000 2,127,081,000 2,127,081,000

1% Transfer to HRSA -324,000

Pre-appropriation 2,917,000,000

Total 5,043,757,000

2011

Appropriation 2,927,081,000 2,227,081,000

Pre-appropriation 3,717,000,000 2,917,000,000

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Year

Budget 

Estimate to 

Congress

House 

Allowance

Senate 

Allowance Appropriation

Rescission-4,454,000

Total 6,644,081,000 5,139,627,000

2012

Appropriation 2,926,757,000 2,282,627,000

Pre-appropriation 3,417,000,000 2,917,000,000

Rescission-4,314,000

Total 6,343,757,000 5,195,313,000

2013

Appropriation 2,603,313,000

Pre-appropriation 3,417,000,000

Total 6,020,313,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Child Care and Development Fund 

Amounts Available for Obligation

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Estimate

FY 2013

Estimate

Annual, B.A. $2,227,081,000 $2,282,627,000 $2,603,313,000

Pre-Appropriated, B.A. 2,917,000,000 2,917,000,000 3,417,000,000

Rescission -4,454,000 -4,314,000 0

Subtotal, Net Budget Authority $5,139,627,000 $5,195,313,000 $6,020,313,000

Unobligated balance, lapsing -8,000 0 0

Total Obligations $5,139,619,000 $5,195,313,000 $6,020,313,000

Budget Authority by Activity

FY 2011

Enacted

FY 2012

Estimate

FY 2013

Estimate

Discretionary:

Child Care and Development Block Grant 2,212,737,000 2,268,442,000 2,593,442,000

Research and Evaluation Fund 9,890,000 9,871,000 9,871,000

Subtotal, Budget Authority, Discretionary $2,222,627,000 $2,278,313,000 $2,603,313,000

Mandatory:

Mandatory State Grants 1,177,525,000 1,177,525,000 1,177,525,000

Matching Child Care Grants 1,673,843,000 1,673,843,000 2,154,050,000

Training and Technical Assistance 7,292,000 7,292,000 17,085,000

Mandatory Tribal Funds 58,340,000 58,340,000 68,340,000

Subtotal, Budget Authority, Mandatory $2,917,000,000 $2,917,000,000 $3,417,000,000

Total, Budget Authority $5,139,627,000 $5,195,313,000 $6,020,313,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Child Care and Development Fund 

Summary of Changes

FY 2012 Enacted

 Total estimated budget authority $5,195,313,000

FY 2013 Estimate

 Total estimated budget authority $6,020,313,000

 Net change +$825,000,000

FY 2012

Enacted Change from Base

Increases:

A. Program:

1) Matching Child Care Grants: Increase matching 

grants with a strong focus on improving the quality of 

services provided to children (mandatory 

appropriation). $1,673,843,000 +$480,207,000

2) Child Care and Development Block Grant: 

Increase funding for CCDBG with a strong focus on 

improving the quality of services provided to children 

(discretionary appropriation). $2,268,442,000 +$325,000,000

3) Mandatory Tribal Funds: Increase funds for 

Tribal CCDF programs, which corresponds to overall 

increase in Child Care Entitlement (mandatory 

appropriation). $58,340,000 +$10,000,000

4) Training and Technical Assistance: Additional 

funding for training and technical assistance targeted 

to program integrity (mandatory appropriation). $7,292,000 +$9,793,000

 Subtotal, Program Increases +$825,000,000

 Total, Increases +$825,000,000

Decreases:

A. Program:

Net Change +$825,000,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Child Care and Development Fund 

Justification

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Estimate

Change from 2012 

Estimate

Child Care and 

Development Block Grant $2,222,627,000 $2,278,313,000 $2,603,313,000 +$380,686,000

Child Care Entitlement to 

States 2,917,000,000 2,917,000,000 3,417,000,000 +500,000,000

Total, Budget Authority $5,139,627,000 $5,195,313,000 $6,020,313,000 +$880,686,000

Authorizing Legislation – Section 658B of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act and Section 

418 of the Social Security Act

2013 Authorization ..................................Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method ................................................................................................................... Formula Grant 

General Statement

The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) includes the Child Care Entitlement to States program 

and the discretionary Child Care and Development Block Grant. The entitlement portion consists of 

“Mandatory funds” – funds that states receive that are not subject to a matching or maintenance of effort 

requirement – and “Matching funds,” which require a match and maintenance of effort. Both sets of 

funds are made available under section 418 of the Social Security Act. The Deficit Reduction Act of 

2005 (DRA) reauthorized the Child Care Entitlement to States program through 2010. The Child Care 

Entitlement was extended in the four Continuing Appropriations Resolutions of 2012. On December 23, 

2011, President Obama signed the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, which included 

an extension of the Child Care Entitlement to States program through February 29, 2012. The Child Care 

and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) was created by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 

as a discretionary funded program, which does not have matching or maintenance of effort requirements. 

The CCDBG Act is long overdue for reauthorization, having last been reauthorized in 1996. 

CCDF discretionary and mandatory funding is used by states to provide financial support to low-income 

families that are working or attending a job training or educational program to help them pay for child 

care and to improve the quality of child care, including staff training and monitoring of child care 

providers. High quality child care promotes the health and well-being of children and promotes school 

success for both children under the age of five and for school-age children in after-school and summer 

care. CCDF provides states with significant flexibility to design and implement their child care programs. 

In 2010 – the most recent year for which preliminary data are available – approximately 1.7 million 

children received child care assistance in an average month through child care subsidies funded through 

the CCDF program. With additional funding for child care subsidies from the Temporary Assistance for 

Needy Families (TANF) and Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) programs, the total estimated average 

monthly number of children served in 2010 was 2.6 million. Millions of additional children who do not 

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receive subsidies benefit from the nearly $1 billion in CCDF funds that are invested annually in efforts to 

improve the quality of child care. 

 

Through FY 2011, states were able to use an additional $2 billion made available through the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) to meet the needs of low-income families during the 

recession when many families experienced financial hardship and needed assistance to pay for child care 

so that they could maintain their employment, go back to school, or look for work. Preliminary FY 2010 

data show that at the height of Recovery Act spending, CCDF funds helped support services for 

approximately 1.7 million children and to support quality improvement investments totaling 

approximately $1.2 billion, about 12 percent of total CCDF spending in FY 2010. Since these funds 

expired in FY 2011, states have been forced to scale back services and reduce investments in child care 

quality improvement activities. 

This President’s FY 2013 budget request would help states avert more cutbacks and maintain services to 

families, as well as continue investments in quality such as scholarships for teachers and grants to 

providers that were made possible with the Recovery Act funding. The FY 2013 child care funding 

request would extend child care assistance in FY 2013 to an estimated 70,000 more children than could be 

served in the absence of these additional funds. 

Program Description – CCDF is a dual purpose program with a two-generational impact. CCDF 

provides access to child care for low-income parents in order for them to work and gain economic 

independence, and it supports the long-term development of our nation’s most disadvantaged and 

vulnerable children by making investments to improve the quality of child care. Federal funds enable 

states, tribes, and territories to provide child care subsidies through grants, contracts, and vouchers to lowincome families. In addition, CCDF funds are used to improve the quality and availability of child care 

for subsidized and unsubsidized children alike, through implementation of tiered Quality Rating and 

Improvement Systems (QRIS), improved training and professional development opportunities for early 

childhood educators, and expansion of infrastructure in communities to support curriculum development 

and linkages to health and other supportive services in early care and after-school programs. Quality 

child care and afterschool programs support children’s learning and development to help them succeed in 

school and in life. Findings from a longitudinal study by the National Institute of Child Health and 

Human Development (NICHD) released in 2010 found that the impact of quality care extends into 

adolescence [NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, National Institutes of Health, 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2010)].

Discretionary Child Care – The amount an individual state (including D.C. and Puerto Rico) receives in a 

fiscal year is determined according to a formula that consists of three factors – the population of children 

under age 5, the number of children who receive free or reduced price school lunches under the National 

School Lunch Act, and per capita income. The amount a tribal grantee receives is based on the number of 

Indian children under age 13 in addition to a base amount set by the Secretary. Territorial grantees 

receive funds based on the number of children under age 5 living in territories, and per capita income in 

the territories.

Mandatory Child Care – Mandatory funds are allocated to state grantees based on historic levels of Title 

IV-A child care expenditures. Mandatory tribal funds are allocated based on tribal child counts. 

Matching Child Care – Matching funds are those remaining after Mandatory funds and the two percent of 

the appropriation set-aside for tribes and tribal organizations are allocated. Matching funds are available 

to states if three conditions are met by the end of the fiscal year in which Matching funds are awarded: 

(1) all Mandatory funds are obligated; (2) the state’s maintenance-of-effort funds are expended; and (3) 

the state provides its share of Matching funds at the Federal Medical Assistance rate (FMAP). 

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Unobligated funds not spent by states will be available for re-appropriation in the next fiscal year. A 

state's allocation of the Matching Fund is based on the number of children under age 13 in the state 

compared with the national total of children under age 13. 

Training and Technical Assistance – In accordance with program regulations, the Secretary may withhold 

no more than one quarter of one percent of the CCDF funding made available for a fiscal year for the 

provision of training and technical assistance to the states, territories, and tribes.

Tribal and Territorial Grantees – Two percent of the CCDF funds are reserved for Indian tribes, and one 

half of one percent of the CCDBG appropriation is reserved for the territories. 

Administrative Expenditures – State and territorial grantees may spend no more than five percent of their 

CCDF funds on administrative activities. The definition of administrative activities does not include the 

following activities: client eligibility determination; preparation and participation in judicial hearings; 

child care placement; recruitment, licensing, and supervision of child care placements; rate setting; 

resource and referral services; training of child care staff; and establishment and maintenance of child 

care information systems.

Quality Expenditure Requirement – A portion of CCDF funds are designated for activities to promote 

quality. Under section 658G of the CCDBG Act, states are required to spend a minimum of four percent 

of CCDF funds on activities that are designed to provide comprehensive consumer education to parents 

and the public, activities that increase parental choice, and activities designed to improve the quality and 

availability of child care (such as resource and referral services, training and education for providers, 

child care licensing, and ongoing technical assistance for providers). Since 2000, states have been 

required by CCDBG appropriations language to spend additional funds on the following three targeted 

quality activities, including:

• Child Care Resource and Referral and School-Aged Child Care Activities – States, tribes, and 

territories are required to spend a specified amount of funds ($19 million in FY 2012) on resource 

and referral services and on school-aged child care activities. These funds may support 

development of school-age care credentials for child care providers, grants to expand or improve 

school-age care, and consumer information and referral services to help parents find child care. 

• Quality Expansion Activities – States and territories are required to spend a specified amount of 

funds ($184 million in FY 2012) on quality expansion activities. These funds may support any 

activities authorized under section 658G of the CCDBG Act and may include improvement of 

professional development opportunities, support to include children with special needs in child 

care, and monitoring and site visits of child care programs. 

• Infant and Toddler Care States and territories are required to spend a specified amount of funds 

($107 million in FY 2012) on activities to improve the quality of child care provided to infants 

and toddlers. States may use this funding to provide specialized training, technical assistance, 

and/or expand the supply of child care programs serving infants and toddlers. 

The CCDBG research and evaluation funds support activities that inform policy development, consumer 

education, and innovative ways to improve child care services and systems. Recently, funds have been 

used for a number of efforts, including: 

 

• Implementation of the National Survey of Early Care and Education, the first conducted since 1990, 

to provide national estimates of utilization of child care and early education, parental preferences and 

choices of care, characteristics of programs providing care and early education services to children 

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and of the teaching and care-giving staff interacting with children, and availability and use of public 

funds; 

• Assessment of evidence on the effectiveness of QRIS in improving quality of care and informing 

parental choice; 

• Development of a CCDF policies database to be used by analysts in conjunction with other state- or 

national-level data to better understand the relationships between CCDF policies and use and stability 

of child care and parent employment outcomes; 

• Experimental evaluations of the effects of alternative child care subsidy strategies, such as alternative 

eligibility and re-determination policies and alternative co-payment structures, on stability of care 

arrangements, choices of care, and parental satisfaction with care; and,

• Research partnerships between CCDF Lead Agencies and researchers to answer policy-relevant child 

care subsidy questions such as how parents value and weight different features of quality care when 

making choices for their children and factors that promote stability of care and family and child 

outcomes; and

• Assessment of the relationships between different characteristics of quality care, dosages of quality 

care, and thresholds or levels of quality in programs and young children’s developmental outcomes in 

multiple domains; and, design of a rigorous study to test those relationships. 

Program Accomplishments – The performance measures for CCDF reflect the current HHS High 

Priority Performance Goal to improve the quality of early childhood education, thereby increasing the 

number of low-income children in high-quality care. Research shows that high quality child care can 

improve children’s school readiness. However, the availability of quality child care varies considerably 

and available services do not always meet minimum standards for quality care. 

Helping Nearly 1 Million Families Succeed at Work 

In FY 2010, at the height of state spending of Recovery Act funds, and the most recent year for which 

preliminary data are available, nearly 1 million families and 1.7 million children received child care 

assistance in an average month through child care subsidies funded under CCDF and associated state 

funding. Of the children served in FY 2010, school-age children made up more than a third of the 

caseload, infants and toddlers slightly less than a third, and preschoolers slightly less than a third. Center 

care was the most prevalent type of care used by families receiving CCDF subsidies at 63 percent, and 

approximately 27 percent of children were cared for in family child care homes. Nearly half of the 

families receiving subsidies had incomes below 100 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), which 

was $22,350 for a family of four in 2011, and only 15 percent had incomes above 150 percent of FPL. 

Promoting Higher Standards and Helping Child Care Programs Meet Them

CCDF invests in improving the quality of child care available to families across the country. In FY 2010, 

states reported spending approximately $1.2 billion (12 percent) of CCDF funds on quality improvement 

activities. This exceeds the statutory quality spending requirements, demonstrating the commitment 

states have to improving child care quality. These quality investments reach millions of children across a 

wide array of settings in the child care market. States are using quality dollars to build a strong child care 

infrastructure that ensures child care is supporting children’s learning and development to help them 

succeed in school and life. As of the fall of 2011, 25 states have developed statewide QRIS that set 

standards for excellence for child care providers and provide a pathway to help programs continually 

improve to meet the higher standards. Through these systems, states provide grants and technical 

assistance to child care programs and provide easy-to-understand quality information to parents so that 

they can assess the child care choices available in their community. 

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Promoting More Qualified Child Care Teachers and Leaders

Many states use CCDF to provide scholarships for child care teachers and work closely with systems of 

higher education, especially community colleges, to increase the number of teachers with training or a 

degree in early childhood or youth development for afterschool teachers. In the FY 2012-2013 CCDF 

Plans, the majority of states and territories indicated they have implemented key components of a 

professional development system for their child care workforce, including standards for the skills and 

knowledge of early childhood and afterschool educators and administrators (48 states and territories), and 

career pathways that encourage child care teachers and administrators to reach higher credentials and 

complete their education (46 states and territories). In addition, nearly all states and territories have 

implemented early learning guidelines that describe what children should know and be able to do in the 

years leading up to kindergarten. State early learning guidelines (also known as early learning standards) 

for young children are linked to the education and training of caregivers, preschool teachers, and 

administrators and often align with state K-12 standards. 

Supporting States’ Efforts to Create Strong, Accountable Early Learning and Afterschool Systems

The Office of Child Care (OCC) has implemented several new initiatives reflecting a more 

comprehensive approach to helping more low-income children access high-quality care. OCC has 

revised the CCDF Plan to include a quality section focused on establishing a planning process for 

building the components of a strong child care system that involves self-assessment, goal setting, and 

tracking of progress through an annual Quality Performance Report. In addition, OCC is in the process of 

revising the ACF-801 case-level administrative data report to begin to capture information on the quality 

of child care settings serving children receiving CCDF subsidies. For the first time ever these changes 

will provide key data on activities to improve the quality of child care, the quality of care provided to 

children supported by CCDF, and the impact of CCDF quality investments. 

OCC recently re-designed the child care technical assistance network to specialize in core areas focusing 

on accountability, subsidy policy and quality improvement efforts. This new structure complements the 

changes made to the CCDF Plan and will help OCC target technical assistance to better help states meet 

their goals. The new technical assistance network includes establishment of three new National Centers – 

Child Care Subsidy Innovation and Accountability, Child Care Quality Improvement, and Child Care 

Professional Development Systems and Workforce Initiatives. 

OCC also has been working with states, tribes, and territories to strengthen program integrity to ensure 

that funds are maximized to benefit eligible children and families. For example, OCC recently issued 

stronger policy guidance on preventing waste, fraud, and abuse and has worked with states to conduct 

case record reviews to reduce administrative errors. OCC recently revised the Grantee Internal Control

Self Assessment Instrument, which is designed to assist grantees in assessing how well their policies and 

procedures meet the CCDF regulatory requirements for supporting program integrity and financial 

accountability. Additionally, OCC has completed several site visits to provide technical assistance to 

states that completed case record reviews and reported high administrative error rates. 

Finally, CCDF has helped lay the ground work for the development of early learning systems, 

investments that will be leveraged by the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC), a grant 

competition administered jointly by Department of Education and HHS. RTT-ELC provides incentives 

and supports to selected states to build a coordinated system of early learning development to ensure more 

low-income children have access to high-quality early learning programs and are able to start school with 

a strong foundation for learning. OCC has worked in collaboration with the Department of Education to 

ensure that there is alignment between the goals and priorities of RTT-ELC and quality investments made 

through CCDF, resulting in a complementary national strategy to improve the quality of early learning 

programs across the country. 

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Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for CCDF is $6.0 billion, an $825 million increase above the 

FY 2011 Enacted level, including $2.6 billion in discretionary funding for CCDBG and $3.4 billion for 

the Child Care Entitlement to States. The request provides a total increase of $3.5 billion over five years, 

and $7.2 billion over ten years for the Child Care Entitlement, representing a firm commitment to 

maintaining child care funding at these levels in the future. This funding level will support 1.5 million 

children in FY 2013, which is 70,000 more than would be served in the absence of these fundsand 

supports new investments in quality and standards across child care settings. 

High quality early childhood development programs are critical to preparing children for success in 

school. Children who attend higher quality child care programs perform better academically than 

children in lower-quality programs.1

 To expand access to high-quality child care, the Budget supports a 

reauthorization package that devotes a larger share of CCDF to raising the bar on quality and puts more 

information into the hands of parents so that they can make informed choices about the care and 

education of their children. These reforms, along with investments in the Race to the Top Early Learning 

Challenge and Head Start, are key elements of the Administration’s broader education agenda designed to 

help every child reach his or her academic potential and improve our nation’s competitiveness.

This request also maintains $9.9 million in discretionary funds to support continuing research, 

demonstration, and evaluation activities. Increasing our knowledge of what child care services work best 

and disseminating that knowledge throughout the country are integral to improving the quality care 

provided to our children. 

Principles for Reauthorization – The Administration supports reauthorization of the CCDBG Act and 

Section 418 of the Social Security Act and looks forward to working with Congress to develop a 

reauthorization package that improves health and safety in child care settings, supports parents in making 

child care choices, and improves the overall quality of early learning and afterschool programs available 

to families. This budget request supports a set of critical reauthorization principles that would reform the 

nation’s child care system to one that provides healthy, safe, nurturing care and is focused on continuous 

quality improvement. The Administration’s principles for reauthorization include: 

• Improving the quality of early childhood development and afterschool settings to better prepare 

children for success in school. 

• Serving more low-income children in safe, healthy, nurturing child care settings that are highly 

effective in promoting learning, child development, and school readiness. 

• Supporting parent employment and parent choice by expanding high quality choices available to 

parents across a range of child care settings and providing parents with information about the 

quality of child care programs. 

• Minimizing disruptions to children’s development and learning by promoting continuity of care. 

• Strengthening program integrity and accountability in the CCDF program. 

• Encouraging states to assess and track children’s school readiness. 

• Streamlining federal, state, and local early care and education programs to support early learning 

and school readiness. 

Improving Quality 

This Administration remains committed to reforms to CCDF that focus on improving the quality of care 

provided to the 12 million young children in out-of-home care. The Administration is outlining a set of 

reauthorization proposals that will help the nation meet the overarching goal of helping more low-income 

1 Peisner-Feinberg, E. S., Burchinal, M. R., Clifford, R. M., Culkin, M.L., Howes, C., Kagan, S. L., Yazejian, N., Byler, P., Rustici, J., & Zelazo, 

J. (2000). The children of the cost, quality, and outcomes study go to school: Technical report. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina at 

Chapel Hill, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.

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children access high quality child care that fosters healthy development, school success, and meets the 

diverse needs of families. 

The Administration’s reauthorization proposals preserve state flexibility inherent within the block grant 

structure, while establishing a foundation that will assure health and safety in child care and a systemic 

framework through which states and communities can improve the quality of child care. This includes 

increasing the share of dollars dedicated to quality improvement and incorporating into statute existing 

quality set-asides included in appropriations language. Currently, combined statutory quality spending 

requirements are 7 percent and in FY 2010 states reported spending an average of 12 percent on quality 

activities.

Increasing the share of funds spent on quality will support improvements in state health and safety 

standards, as well as improved state monitoring systems to ensure providers meet regulatory requirements 

established by the state. Quality funds will also be used by states to support implementation of Quality 

Rating and Improvement Systems for child care programs and to expand professional development 

opportunities for the child care workforce. 

 

Expanding Access

The increased funding included in this budget request will help meet critical child care needs and ease the 

burden on working families by supporting services for 1.5 million children through CCDF in FY 2013. 

Over the last few years child care caseloads have been declining. In FY 2009, the Recovery Act provided 

$2 billion in supplemental funding for the program. Preliminary FY 2010 data showed that, at the height 

of Recovery Act spending, CCDF funds helped support services for approximately 1.7 million children 

and to support quality improvement investments totaling approximately $1.2 billion which was about 12 

percent of total spending in FY 2010. Since these funds expired in FY 2011, states have been forced to 

scale back services and reduce investments in child care quality improvement activities. The President’s 

FY 2013 budget request, coupled with the reauthorization proposals outlined here, will help low-income 

children access higher quality child care, a critical factor in school readiness and the future success of 

low-income children. 

Promoting Continuity of Care

Research tells us that children have better educational and developmental outcomes when they have 

continuity in their child care arrangements.2

 Thus, the proposal would support changes that would 

improve continuity for families, such as longer eligibility re-determination periods for families receiving 

child care subsidies. 

Ensuring Program Integrity

In addition, the Budget proposes additional resources for state program integrity efforts and to provide 

technical assistance to states on reducing waste, fraud, and abuse and improving the quality of care. OCC 

will continue to work to identify best practices in states with low error rates and work intensively with 

states identified as needing to improve error rates. 

2

 Helen Raikes, “A Secure Base for Babies: Applying Attachment Theory Concepts to the Infant Care Setting,” 

Young Children 51, no. 5 (1996): 59-67.

Debby Cryer, Laura Wagner-Moore, Margaret Burchinal, Noreen Yazejian, Sarah Hurwitz, and Mark Wolery, 

“Effects of Transitions to New Child Care Classes on Infant/Toddler Distress and Behavior,” Early Childhood 

Research Quarterly 20, no. 1 (2005): 37-56.

J.Clasien de Schipper, Marinus H. Van Ijzendoorn, and Louis W.C. Tavecchio, “Stability in Center Day Care: 

Relations with Children’s Well-being and Problem Behavior in Day Care,” Social Development 13, no. 4 (2004): 

531-550.

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Child Care is a Key Part of the Administration’s Early Care and Education Agenda

The child care proposal aligns closely with the Administration’s comprehensive education reform agenda, 

which includes improving opportunities for early learning in child care, Head Start, and other early 

learning programs. The administration is aligning early care and education programs and raising the bar 

on quality so that more low-income children have access to high-quality early education and are ready to 

succeed in school. In Head Start, the Administration has taken steps to require low-performing grantees 

to re-compete for continued federal funding to ensure that Head Start programs provide the best available 

early education services to children in every community. The new RTT-ELC grant competition provides 

incentives and supports to selected states to build a coordinated system of early learning and 

development. With 12 million young children in child care settings and over 1.5 million children 

receiving CCDF subsidies, the Administration is also committed to improving quality in child care 

settings through reform proposals, including a new $300 million initiative to help parents identify highquality programs and to help programs meet quality standards. 

The CCDF reform proposals remove barriers to coordination with programs such as Head Start and state 

pre-kindergarten programs to allow states and communities to better address the comprehensive needs of 

children. For example, the reforms help align early care and education programs by promoting continuity 

of care for children and higher standards for child care providers. 

In addition, the budget includes $300 million in funding for a Child Care Quality Initiative. Funds would 

be available to each state that submit a plan that demonstrates how it will use QRIS or another system of 

quality indicators to help families, especially low-income families, find early learning and afterschool 

programs that will help their children enter kindergarten ready to succeed. Building on the existing 

infrastructure investments in CCDF and RTT-ELC, states will use the majority of these funds to invest 

directly in programs and teachers to help them meet the higher quality standards that can help children on 

the path to school success. States will need to demonstrate how they will make reliable information about 

the quality of child care programs available to parents so that parents can make informed decisions about 

the program that will best meet the needs of their families. Additional funding will be competitively 

awarded to states and tribes that demonstrate strong commitment to making large strides in their ability to 

implement a QRIS or other system of quality indicator that communicates reliable program-specific 

quality information to parents. This targeted funding will complement the RTT-ELC by supporting states 

that need to develop, implement, or fundamentally improve quality indicators in order to move forward 

on early childhood systems-building. In addition, the initiative includes an evaluation fund to assess 

which investments make the greatest impact on quality, including in-depth examinations of which 

indicators most closely reflect improved teacher-child interaction and other classroom practices strongly 

linked to child outcomes. 

High Priority Performance Goals - As noted previously, HHS has established a High Priority 

Performance Goal in the area of Early Childhood Education to improve the quality of early care and 

education programs for low-come children. As an indicator for this goal, OCC is working to expand the 

number of states with QRIS that meet high quality benchmarks as defined for child care and other early 

childhood programs developed by HHS in coordination with the Department of Education. QRIS 

provides pathways and support for child care providers to move up to higher standards of quality and 

increases parents’ knowledge and understanding of the child care options available to them. The 

reauthorization proposal furthers this goal by working with all states to establish effective QRIS systems 

and taking best practices nationwide with full implementation of QRIS benchmarks. The baseline for 

developmental performance measure 2B, once established, will reflect the number of states adopting these 

practices which are the hallmarks of a strong QRIS. When implemented effectively, QRIS can help 

improve the overall quality of care available and potentially improve child outcomes as a result.

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Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent 

Result

FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013 Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

2A: Maintain the proportion of 

children served through Child Care 

and Development Fund (CCDF), 

Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families (TANF), and Social Services 

Block Grant (SSBG) child care 

funding as compared to the number of 

children in families with income equal 

to or less than 85 percent of State 

Median Income.1

FY 2010: 18%

(Outcome)

2 18%

Target:

17%

(Target 

Exceeded) 

3 18%4 Maintain

2B: Increase the number of states that 

implement Quality Rating and 

Improvement Systems (QRIS) that 

meet high quality benchmarks.5

TBD

(Developmental Outcome) 

TBD TBD N/A

2C: Increase the number of states and 

territories with professional 

development systems that include core 

knowledge and competencies, career 

pathways, professional development 

capacity assessments, accessible 

professional development 

opportunities, and financial supports 

for child care practitioners. (Outcome)

FY 2011: 31

(Baseline)

N/A6 35 N/A

2D: Increase the number of states that 

have implemented state early learning 

guidelines in literacy, language, prereading, and numeracy for children 

ages three to give that align with state 

K-12 standards and are linked to the 

education and training of caregivers, 

preschool teachers, and administrators.

(Outcome)

FY 2009: 38

Target:

35

(Target 

Exceeded)

N/A7 42 +2

1 This measure estimates the average monthly number of children receiving child care subsidies from all federal sources (Temporary Assistance 

for Needy Families, Child Care and Development Fund, and Social Services Block Grant), compared on an annual basis to an estimate of the 

average monthly number of children eligible for child care subsidies. This measure has been revised to include all children eligible under federal 

statute (i.e., equal to or less than 85 percent of State Median Income); the prior measure reflected a smaller universe of eligible children (i.e., less 

than 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Level). Under CCDF law, states have substantial flexibility to establish their own rules regarding 

eligibility for child care subsidies within broad federal guidelines. This estimate does not take into account state-specific eligibility thresholds and 

other requirements families must meet to receive child care subsidies.

2 This is a preliminary estimate that is subject to change once final data is available. 3 The FY 2012 target for this measure is dependent on the funding level requested for FY 2012 in the President’s Budget Request. 4

The FY 2013 target for this measure is dependent on the funding level requested for FY 2013 in the President’s Budget Request. 5 This developmental outcome measure aligns with the HHS High Priority Performance Goal “Quality of Early Childhood Education.”

6 This measure is biennially reported due to constraints on data availability.

7 This measure is biennially reported due to constraints on data availability.

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Measure Most Recent 

Result

FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013 Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

2E: Increase the number or percentage 

of low-income children receiving 

CCDF subsidies who are enrolled in 

high quality care settings. 

(Developmental Outcome)

N/A N/A TBD Maintain

2i: Number of grants. (Output) FY 2011: 314

(Historical 

Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

2ii: Estimated number of families 

receiving consumer education. 

(Output)

FY 2010: 9.8 

million8

N/A

(Historical 

Actual)

N/A N/A

8

The FY 2010 figure is preliminary.

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Resource and Program Data

Child Care and Development Block Grant 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $2,207,180,000 $2,262,771,000 $2,474,925,000

Discretionary 92,000,000

Research/Evaluation 20,000,000

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance 4,762,000 4,671,000 5,267,000

Program Support 795,000 1,000,000 1,250,000

Total, Resources $2,212,737,000 $2,268,442,000 $2,593,442,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 313 313 319

New Starts

# 313 313 319

$ $2,207,180,000 $2,262,771,000 $2,586,925,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 4 4 3

$ $4,762,000 $4,671,000 $5,267,000

Interagency Agreements

# 1 1 1

$ $795,000 $1,000,000 $1,250,000

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for interagency agreements, information technology support, and printing. 

2. Training/Technical Assistance – FY 2013 reflects the amount reserved from the CCDBG appropriation for the 0.5% set-aside for activities 

to provide technical assistance, monitoring, and oversight. The total for this set-aside, including Child Care Entitlement, in FY 2013 is 

$28,601,565. Training/Technical Assistance includes funding for contracts and program integrity grants to states. 

3. The number of grants in FY 2013 could rise because of the $300 million Quality Initiative.

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Resource and Program Data

Research and Evaluation Fund 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation $9,441,000 $9,330,000 $9,346,000

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support 441,000 541,000 525,000

Total, Resources $9,882,000 $9,871,000 $9,871,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 6 9 18

New Starts

# 3 4 11

$ $74,000 $100,000 $2,150,000

Continuations

# 3 5 7

$ $597,000 $1,551,000 $1,251,000

Contracts

# 8 7 7

$ $8,995,000 $7,904,000 $6,170,000

Interagency Agreements

# 3 0 0

$ $66,000 $66,000 $66,000

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Resource and Program Data

Mandatory State Grants

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $1,177,525,000 $1,177,525,000 $1,177,525,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $1,177,525,000 $1,177,525,000 $1,177,525,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 51 51 51

New Starts

# 51 51 51

$ $1,177,525,000 $1,177,525,000 $1,177,525,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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Resource and Program Data

Matching Child Care Grants 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $1,673,843,000 $1,673,843,000 $2,154,050,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $1,673,843,000 $1,673,843,000 $2,154,050,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 51 51 51

New Starts

# 51 51 51

$ $1,673,843,000 $1,673,843,000 $2,154,050,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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Resource and Program Data

Training and Technical Assistance

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance $7,292,000 $7,292,000 $17,085,000

Program Support

Total, Resources $7,292,000 $7,292,000 $17,085,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 0 0 0

New Starts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 3 10 10

$ $7,292,000 $7,292,000 $17,085,000

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Notes:

1. Training/Technical Assistance – FY 2013 reflects the amount reserved from the CCDBG appropriation for the 0.5% set-aside for activities 

to provide technical assistance, monitoring, and oversight. The total for this set-aside, including Child Care and Development Block Grant, 

in FY 2013 is $28,601,565. 

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Resource and Program Data

Mandatory Tribal Funds 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $58,340,000 $58,340,000 $68,340,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $58,340,000 $58,340,000 $68,340,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 242 242 242

New Starts

# 242 242 242

$ $58,340,000 $58,340,000 $68,340,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

Child Care & Development Block Grant CFDA # 93.575

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $41,802,873 $42,841,727 $43,127,621 $285,894

Alaska 4,316,191 4,533,086 4,563,336 30,250

Arizona 57,395,997 56,867,397 57,246,887 379,490

Arkansas 27,614,947 28,143,488 28,331,297 187,809

California 243,236,756 244,004,509 245,632,812 1,628,303

Colorado 27,524,224 28,442,448 28,632,252 189,804

Connecticut 14,525,253 14,940,222 15,039,922 99,700

Delaware 5,327,010 5,529,727 5,566,628 36,901

District of Columbia 2,935,562 2,962,184 2,981,951 19,767

Florida 118,478,385 121,009,572 121,817,099 807,527

Georgia 92,440,670 92,991,494 93,612,049 620,555

Hawaii 6,906,414 7,682,628 7,733,896 51,268

Idaho 13,522,936 14,244,639 14,339,697 95,058

Illinois 79,137,908 80,078,508 80,612,892 534,384

Indiana 50,126,013 52,761,493 53,113,584 352,091

Iowa 19,974,531 21,097,600 21,238,390 140,790

Kansas 20,386,572 21,639,826 21,784,234 144,408

Kentucky 39,059,368 39,580,516 39,844,647 264,131

Louisiana 41,175,115 42,490,869 42,774,421 283,552

Maine 7,347,802 7,791,183 7,843,176 51,993

Maryland 26,461,035 27,564,114 27,748,056 183,942

Massachusetts 26,325,394 27,066,102 27,246,721 180,619

Michigan 67,356,531 70,025,126 70,492,421 467,295

Minnesota 28,889,292 30,690,970 30,895,779 204,809

Mississippi 33,139,627 33,334,909 33,557,361 222,452

Missouri 42,789,795 44,384,770 44,680,961 296,191

Montana 6,342,489 6,771,331 6,816,518 45,187

Nebraska 12,872,947 13,438,942 13,528,623 89,681

Nevada 16,025,838 16,530,472 16,640,784 110,312

New Hampshire 5,178,486 5,353,209 5,388,932 35,723

New Jersey 38,257,673 40,080,473 40,347,940 267,467

New Mexico 19,675,244 20,077,317 20,211,298 133,981

New York 100,442,007 101,521,406 102,198,884 677,478

North Carolina 74,539,159 76,128,077 76,636,099 508,022

North Dakota 3,867,009 4,156,452 4,184,189 27,737

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STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

76,946,750

32,596,325

25,407,506

66,883,605

5,502,242

80,388,630

33,886,650

26,225,420

69,645,391

5,621,733

80,925,083

34,112,784

26,400,429

70,110,152

5,659,248

536,453

226,134

175,009

464,761

37,515

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

40,041,629

5,861,345

51,395,658

239,220,386

25,788,006

41,232,806

6,221,279

52,889,987

242,999,338

27,265,984

41,507,963

6,262,795

53,242,935

244,620,933

27,447,937

275,157

41,516

352,948

1,621,595

181,953

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

3,059,698

41,971,386

37,285,723

13,860,851

33,862,387

2,771,279

3,203,680

43,445,456

39,115,017

14,361,718

36,035,227

2,981,813

3,225,059

43,735,378

39,376,041

14,457,557

36,275,699

3,001,711

21,379

289,922

261,024

95,839

240,472

19,898

Subtotal 2,117,851,829 2,172,276,915 2,186,773,061 14,496,146

Indian Tribes 43,452,537 44,566,257 44,754,740 188,483

Subtotal

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

43,452,537

2,928,609

4,190,681

1,858,431

33,762,591

2,135,413

44,566,257

3,001,982

4,295,676

1,904,992

32,512,899

2,188,914

44,754,740

3,021,917

4,324,201

1,917,642

32,729,866

2,203,450

188,483

19,935

28,525

12,650

216,967

14,536

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

44,875,725

2,206,180,091

43,904,463

2,260,747,635

44,197,076

2,275,724,877

292,613

14,977,242

Discretionary Funds

Other

Training and Technical 

Assistance

1,000,000

9,881,964

5,342,817

0

11,894,095

5,671,105

1,000,000

315,120,913

11,467,210

1,000,000

303,226,818

5,796,105

Subtotal, Adjustments 16,224,781 17,565,200 327,588,123 310,022,923

TOTAL RESOURCES $2,222,404,872 $2,278,312,835 $2,603,313,000 $325,000,165

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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FY 2013 Mandatory State/Formula Grants

Child Care Entitlement to States - Mandatory CFDA # 93.596

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $16,441,707 $16,441,707 $16,441,707 0

Alaska 3,544,811 3,544,811 3,544,811 0

Arizona 19,827,025 19,827,025 19,827,025 0

Arkansas 5,300,283 5,300,283 5,300,283 0

California 85,593,217 85,593,217 85,593,217 0

Colorado 10,173,800 10,173,800 10,173,800 0

Connecticut 18,738,357 18,738,357 18,738,357 0

Delaware 5,179,330 5,179,330 5,179,330 0

District of Columbia 4,566,974 4,566,974 4,566,974 0

Florida 43,026,524 43,026,524 43,026,524 0

Georgia 36,548,223 36,548,223 36,548,223 0

Hawaii 4,971,633 4,971,633 4,971,633 0

Idaho 2,867,578 2,867,578 2,867,578 0

Illinois 56,873,824 56,873,824 56,873,824 0

Indiana 26,181,999 26,181,999 26,181,999 0

Iowa 8,507,792 8,507,792 8,507,792 0

Kansas 9,811,721 9,811,721 9,811,721 0

Kentucky 16,701,653 16,701,653 16,701,653 0

Louisiana 13,864,552 13,864,552 13,864,552 0

Maine 3,018,598 3,018,598 3,018,598 0

Maryland 23,301,407 23,301,407 23,301,407 0

Massachusetts 44,973,373 44,973,373 44,973,373 0

Michigan 32,081,922 32,081,922 32,081,922 0

Minnesota 23,367,543 23,367,543 23,367,543 0

Mississippi 6,293,116 6,293,116 6,293,116 0

Missouri 24,668,568 24,668,568 24,668,568 0

Montana 3,190,691 3,190,691 3,190,691 0

Nebraska 10,594,637 10,594,637 10,594,637 0

Nevada 2,580,422 2,580,422 2,580,422 0

New Hampshire 4,581,870 4,581,870 4,581,870 0

New Jersey 26,374,178 26,374,178 26,374,178 0

New Mexico 8,307,587 8,307,587 8,307,587 0

New York 101,983,998 101,983,998 101,983,998 0

North Carolina 69,639,228 69,639,228 69,639,228 0

North Dakota 2,506,022 2,506,022 2,506,022 0

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STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio 70,124,656 70,124,656 70,124,656 0

Oklahoma 24,909,979 24,909,979 24,909,979 0

Oregon 19,408,790 19,408,790 19,408,790 0

Pennsylvania 55,336,804 55,336,804 55,336,804 0

Rhode Island 6,633,774 6,633,774 6,633,774 0

South Carolina 9,867,439 9,867,439 9,867,439 0

South Dakota 1,710,801 1,710,801 1,710,801 0

Tennessee 37,702,188 37,702,188 37,702,188 0

Texas 59,844,129 59,844,129 59,844,129 0

Utah 12,591,564 12,591,564 12,591,564 0

Vermont 3,944,887 3,944,887 3,944,887 0

Virginia 21,328,766 21,328,766 21,328,766 0

Washington 41,883,444 41,883,444 41,883,444 0

West Virginia 8,727,005 8,727,005 8,727,005 0

Wisconsin 24,511,351 24,511,351 24,511,351 0

Wyoming 2,815,041 2,815,041 2,815,041 0

Subtotal 1,177,524,781 1,177,524,781 1,177,524,781 0

Indian Tribes 58,340,000 58,340,000 68,340,000 $10,000,000

Subtotal 58,340,000 58,340,000 68,340,000 10,000,000

Total States/Territories 1,235,864,781 1,235,864,781 1,245,864,781 10,000,000

Training and Technical 

Assistance 3,791,840 3,791,840 6,229,325 2,437,485

Subtotal, Adjustments 3,791,840 3,791,840 6,229,325 2,437,485

TOTAL RESOURCES $1,239,656,621 $1,239,656,621 $1,252,094,106 $12,437,485

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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FY 2013 Mandatory State/Formula Grants

Child Care Entitlement to States - Matching CFDA # 93.596

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $25,223,442 $25,223,442 $32,459,773 $7,236,331

Alaska 4,131,342 4,131,342 5,316,579 1,185,237

Arizona 39,839,319 39,839,319 51,268,787 11,429,468

Arkansas 16,047,972 16,047,972 20,651,961 4,603,989

California 211,577,448 211,577,448 272,276,718 60,699,270

Colorado 28,143,186 28,143,186 36,217,160 8,073,974

Connecticut 17,637,477 17,637,477 22,697,477 5,060,000

Delaware 4,643,334 4,643,334 5,975,456 1,332,122

District of Columbia 2,605,362 2,605,362 3,352,812 747,450

Florida 91,041,268 91,041,268 117,160,018 26,118,750

Georgia 58,916,458 58,916,458 75,818,949 16,902,491

Hawaii 6,606,074 6,606,074 8,501,285 1,895,211

Idaho 9,582,243 9,582,243 12,331,284 2,749,041

Illinois 71,134,734 71,134,734 91,542,516 20,407,782

Indiana 35,596,747 35,596,747 45,809,067 10,212,320

Iowa 15,937,334 15,937,334 20,509,582 4,572,248

Kansas 15,967,695 15,967,695 20,548,653 4,580,958

Kentucky 22,748,585 22,748,585 29,274,907 6,526,322

Louisiana 25,258,785 25,258,785 32,505,256 7,246,471

Maine 5,849,296 5,849,296 7,527,395 1,678,099

Maryland 30,075,721 30,075,721 38,704,118 8,628,397

Massachusetts 31,541,727 31,541,727 40,590,706 9,048,979

Michigan 51,245,545 51,245,545 65,947,335 14,701,790

Minnesota 28,279,950 28,279,950 36,393,160 8,113,210

Mississippi 17,273,241 17,273,241 22,228,746 4,955,505

Missouri 31,906,649 31,906,649 41,060,320 9,153,671

Montana 4,860,780 4,860,780 6,255,285 1,394,505

Nebraska 10,257,934 10,257,934 13,200,824 2,942,890

Nevada 15,608,628 15,608,628 20,086,574 4,477,946

New Hampshire 6,236,389 6,236,389 8,025,541 1,789,152

New Jersey 45,397,245 45,397,245 58,421,221 13,023,976

New Mexico 11,612,275 11,612,275 14,943,710 3,331,435

New York 97,517,367 97,517,367 125,494,040 27,976,673

North Carolina 51,911,521 51,911,521 66,804,372 14,892,851

North Dakota 3,210,491 3,210,491 4,131,546 921,055

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STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio 59,976,626 59,976,626 77,183,268 17,206,642

Oklahoma 20,928,183 20,928,183 26,932,251 6,004,068

Oregon 19,562,694 19,562,694 25,175,018 5,612,324

Pennsylvania 60,583,842 60,583,842 77,964,688 17,380,846

Rhode Island 4,943,143 4,943,143 6,361,277 1,418,134

South Carolina 24,304,086 24,304,086 31,276,664 6,972,578

South Dakota 4,497,509 4,497,509 5,787,795 1,290,286

Tennessee 33,541,274 33,541,274 43,163,901 9,622,627

Texas 159,360,482 159,360,482 205,079,272 45,718,790

Utah 7,500,000 20,482,393 26,358,569 5,876,176

Vermont 2,697,814 2,697,814 3,471,788 773,974

Virginia 41,690,954 41,690,954 53,651,636 11,960,682

Washington 35,237,555 35,237,555 45,346,826 10,109,271

West Virginia 8,565,514 8,565,514 11,022,867 2,457,353

Wisconsin 29,044,263 29,044,263 37,376,746 8,332,483

Wyoming 3,002,823 3,002,823 3,864,300 861,477

Subtotal 1,660,860,326 1,673,842,719 2,154,050,000 480,207,281

Total States/Territories 1,660,860,326 1,673,842,719 2,154,050,000 480,207,281

Training and Technical 

Assistance 3,487,342 3,500,660 10,855,675 7,355,015

Subtotal, Adjustments 3,487,342 3,500,660 10,855,675 7,355,015

TOTAL RESOURCES $1,664,347,668 $1,677,343,379 $2,164,905,675 $487,562,296

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CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FY 2013 BUDGET PAGE

APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE AND EXPLANATION OF LANGUAGE CHANGES ............................... 71 

AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION ........................................................................................................ 77 

APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW ............................................................................ 87 

APPROPRIATIONS HISTORY TABLE .............................................................................................. 88 

AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION .................................................................................... 89 

BUDGET AUTHORITY BY ACTIVITY ............................................................................................. 90 

SUMMARY OF CHANGES .............................................................................................................. 92 

JUSTIFICATION: 

GENERAL STATEMENT .............................................................................................................. 94 

HEAD START.............................................................................................................................. 96

RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH PROGRAM......................................................................... 106

EDUCATION AND PREVENTION GRANTS TO REDUCE SEXUAL ABUSE OF RUNAWAY, 

 HOMELESS AND STREET YOUTH .............................................................................................. 113 

CHILD ABUSE PROGRAMS:

CAPTA STATE GRANTS ......................................................................................................... 116 

CHILD ABUSE DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITIES........................................................................... 121

COMMUNITY-BASED CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION.................................................................. 124

CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS: 

CHILD WELFARE SERVICES .................................................................................................... 129

CHILD WELFARE RESEARCH, TRAINING AND DEMONSTRATION ............................................ 135 

ADOPTION OPPORTUNITIES..................................................................................................... 139

ABANDONED INFANTS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM...................................................................... 143

CHAFEE EDUCATION AND TRAINING VOUCHERS ...................................................................... 145 

ADOPTION INCENTIVES ............................................................................................................. 150

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAMS: 

STATE COUNCILS .................................................................................................................... 156

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY................................................................................................ 162

PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE ................................................................................. 167 

UNIVERSITY CENTERS FOR EXCELLENCE............................................................................... 170

VOTING ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ........................................................... 173 

NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS ................................................................................................ 179

SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION .............................................................. 183

DISASTER HUMAN SERVICES CASE MANAGEMENT .................................................................. 187 

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COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS:

COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT.................................................................................. 190

COMMUNITY SERVICES DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITIES ............................................................ 196 

JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS ........................................................... 200

ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE................................................................................................... 202

VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS:

FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES/BATTERED WOMEN’S SHELTERS .............. 206

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE .............................................................................................. 213 

FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION ...................................................................................................... 216

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FY 2013 Proposed Appropriation Language

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Children and Families Services Programs

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, 

the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the Child 

Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the Family Violence Prevention 

and Services Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse 

Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), the 

Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, section 291 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 

part B-1 of title IV and sections 413, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act; for making 

payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act (“CSBG Act”), sections [439(i), 

]473B[,] and 477(i) of the Social Security Act, and the Assets for Independence Act; and for 

necessary administrative expenses to carry out such Acts and titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, 

and XX of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, the Low Income Home Energy 

Assistance Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the 

Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, [$9,926,709,000]$9,688,767,000, of which 

[$39,421,000]$39,346,000, to remain available through September 30, [2013]2014, shall be for 

grants to States for adoption incentive payments, as authorized by section 473A of the Social 

Security Act and may be made for adoptions completed before September 30, [2012]2013:

Provided, That [$7,983,633,000]$8,054,000,000 shall be for making payments under the Head 

Start Act: Provided further, That of the amount in the previous proviso, $7,968,543,933 shall be 

available for payments under section 640 of the Head Start Act at the same level of such 

payments for FY 2012; of which $40,000,000 shall be available through fiscal year 2014 for 

allocation by the Secretary to supplement activities described in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of 

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section 641(c) of such Act under the Designation Renewal System, established under the 

authority of sections 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12) and 645A(d) of such Act; and of which $45,456,067 

shall be available for carrying out the cost of living adjustment described in section 

640(a)(3)(A)(ii)(II)(aa) of such Act: Provided further, That amounts allocated to Head Start 

grantees at the discretion of the Secretary to supplement activities pursuant to the previous 

proviso shall not be included in the calculation of the “base grant” in subsequent fiscal years, as 

such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act: [Provided further, That for 

purposes of allocating funds described by the immediately preceding proviso, the term “base 

grant” as used in subsection (a)(7)(A) of section 640 of such Act with respect to funding 

provided to a Head Start agency (including each Early Head Start agency) for fiscal year 2011 

shall be calculated as described in such subsection and to which amount shall be added 50 

percent of the amount of funds appropriated under the heading “Department of Health and 

Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children and Families Services 

Programs” in Public Law 111-5 and provided to such agency for carrying out expansion of Head 

Start programs, as that phrase is used in subsection (a)(4)(D) of such section 640, and provided 

to such agency as the ongoing funding level for operations in the 12-month period beginning in 

fiscal year 2010:] Provided further, That [$713,630,000]$379,943,000 shall be for making 

payments under the CSBG Act: Provided further, That [$35,340,000]$30,293,000 shall be for 

sections 680 and 678E(b)(2) of the CSBG Act, of which not less than [$30,000,000]$29,943,000

shall be for section 680(a)(2) [and not less than $4,990,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B)] of 

such Act: Provided further, That to the extent funds for the Assets for Independence Act are 

distributed as grant funds to a qualified entity and have not been expended by such entity within 

three years after the date of award, such funds may be recaptured and reallocated among other 

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qualified entities, to remain available for five years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

section 414(e) of the Assets for Independence Act, the Secretary may award up to $1,000,000 to 

support evidence-based research to evaluate the demonstration project: Provided further, That 

amounts provided herein to carry out the provisions of section 1110 of the Social Security Act 

shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 

herein, $5,762,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act 

to carry out the provisions of section 1110 of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That to 

the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State to an 

eligible entity as provided under the CSBG Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they 

shall remain with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity 

consistent with program purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish 

procedures regarding the disposition of intangible assets and program income that permit such 

assets acquired with, and program income derived from, grant funds authorized under section 

680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property of such grantees after a period of not more 

than 12 years after the end of the grant period for any activity consistent with section 

680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That intangible assets in the form of loans, 

equity investments and other debt instruments, and program income may be used by grantees for 

any eligible purpose consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, 

That these procedures shall apply to such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: 

Provided further, That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be 

available for financing construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private 

business enterprises owned by community development corporations: Provided further, That 

[$5,245,000]$5,235,000 shall be for activities authorized by section 291 of the Help America 

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Vote Act of 202: Provided further, That [$1,996,000]$1,992,000 shall be for a human services 

case management system for federally declared disasters, to include a comprehensive national 

case management contract and Federal costs of administering the system: Provided further, That 

section 303(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act shall not apply to 

amounts provided herein: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the 

Public Assistance Reporting Information System, including grants to States to support data 

collection for a study of the system’s effectiveness. (Department of Health and Human Services 

Appropriations Act, 2012.)

LANGUAGE ANALYSIS

Language Provision Explanation

[sections 439 (i)] This language can be deleted because no 

funding is being requested for Mentoring 

Children of Prisoners.

Provided further, That of the amount in the 

previous proviso, $7,968,543,933 shall be 

available for payments under section 640 of 

the Head Start Act at the same level of such 

payments for FY 2012;

This language allows activities under the Head 

Start Act to be supported at the same level of 

funding as FY 2012. 

of which $40,000,000 shall be available 

through fiscal year 2014 for allocation by the 

Secretary to supplement activities described in 

paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of 

such Act under the Designation Renewal 

System, established under the authority of 

sections 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12) and 645A(d) of 

such Act;

This language includes an additional $40 

million to minimize the disruptions in Head 

Start services to children and families during 

the implementation of the Designation 

Renewal System (DRS). These funds will be 

awarded to grantees on an as-needed basis 

during the two-year period. Funds will also be 

used to expand the interim provider contract to 

more communities as needed and to support 

the re-evaluation of American Indian/Alaska 

Native grantees as required in DRS and the 

monitoring of new grantees. These funds are 

available for obligation over a two year period.

and of which $45,456,067 shall be available 

for carrying out the cost of living adjustment 

described in section 640(a)(3)(A)(ii)(II)(aa) of 

such Act;

The additional $45,456,067 is available to 

provide Head Start grantees with a cost-ofliving adjustment.

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Language Provision Explanation

Provided further, That amounts allocated to 

Head Start grantees at the discretion of the 

Secretary to supplement activities pursuant to 

the previous proviso shall not be included in 

calculation of the “base grant” in subsequent 

fiscal years, as such term is used in section 

640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act:

This language is added to clarify that the 

additional $40,000,000 for implementation of 

the Designation Renewal System will not 

become part of the funding base for those Head 

Start grantees that receive these transition 

funds. 

[Provided further, That for purposes of 

allocating funds described by the immediately 

preceding proviso, the term “base grant” as 

used in subsection (a)(7)(A) of section 640 of 

such Act with respect to funding provided to a 

Head Start agency (including each Early Head 

Start agency) for fiscal year 2011 shall be 

calculated as described in such subsection and 

to which amount shall be added 50 percent of 

the amount of funds appropriated under the 

heading “Department of Health and Human 

Services, Administration for Children and 

Families, Children and Families Services 

Programs” in Public Law 111-5 and provided 

to such agency for carrying out expansion of 

Head Start programs, as that phrase is used in 

subsection (a)(4)(D) of such section 640, and 

provided to such agency as the ongoing 

funding level for operations in the 12-month 

period beginning in fiscal year 2010:]

This language can be deleted because the 

Recovery Act grantees are now all included in 

the base calculations.

[and not less than $4,990,000 shall be for 

section 680(a)(3)(B)]

This language can be deleted because no 

funding is being requested for Rural 

Communities Facilities.

Provided further, That to the extent funds for 

the Assets for Independence Act are distributed 

as grant funds to a qualified entity and have 

not been expended by such entity within three 

years after the date of award, such funds may 

be recaptured and reallocated among other 

qualified entities, to remain available for five 

years:

This language is inserted to allow for the 

recapture and reallocation of unexpended 

Assets for Independence funds

Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

section 414(e) of the Assets for Independence 

Act, the Secretary may award up to $1,000,000 

to support evidence-based research to evaluate 

the demonstration project: 

This language is inserted to provide the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

needed flexibility to maximize the use of these 

funds. 

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Language Provision Explanation

Provided further, That amounts provided 

herein to carry out the provisions of section 

1110 of the Social Security Act shall remain 

available until expended:

This language is being inserted to allow greater 

flexibility in funding research contracts. 

Provided further, That section 303(a)(2)(A)(i) 

of the Family Violence Prevention and Services 

Act shall not apply to amounts provided 

herein:

This language is inserted to ensure that 

additional funds above the base will be used to 

fund shelters and override the formula in 

statute.

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Children and Families Services Programs

Authorizing Legislation

FY 2012 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2012

Budget 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

1. Head Start [Section 

639 of the Head 

Start Act] [Authority 

expires 9/30/2012]

Such sums $7,968,544,000 Such sums $8,054,000,000

2. Head Start Training 

and Technical 

Assistance (T/TA) 

[Section 

640(a)(2)(C)(i) of 

the Head Start Act] 

[Authority expires 

9/30/2012] 

2 1⁄2% to 3% of 

the annual 

appropriation of 

which not less 

than 20% for 

Early Head 

Start; and, of 

remainder, not 

less than 50% 

for direct use by 

Head Start 

grantees; not 

less than 25% 

for State-based 

T/TA; and the 

balance for 

T/TA related to 

achieving 

compliance with 

the Head Start 

Performance 

Standards, 

except that not 

less than 

$3,000,000 will 

be for Family 

Literacy 

programs 

(199,214,000) 2 1⁄2% to 3% of 

the annual 

appropriation of 

which not less 

than 20% for 

Early Head 

Start; and, of 

remainder, not 

less than 50% 

for direct use by 

Head Start 

grantees; not 

less than 25% 

for State-based 

T/TA; and the 

balance for 

T/TA related to 

achieving 

compliance with 

the Head Start 

Performance 

Standards, 

except that not 

less than 

$3,000,000 will 

be for Family 

Literacy 

programs

(199,214,000)

3. Head Start Research, 

Demonstration, 

Evaluation including 

the Head Start 

National Impact 

Studies [Section 

640(a)(2)(D) of the 

Head Start Act] 

[Authority expires 

9/30/2012]

Not more than 

$20,000,000, of 

which not more 

than $7,000,000 

for the Head 

Start National 

Impact Studies

(19,962,000) Not more than 

$20,000,000, of 

which not more 

than $7,000,000 

for the Head 

Start National 

Impact Studies

(19,962,000)

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FY 2012 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2012

Budget 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

4. Discretionary 

Payments [Section 

640(a)(2)(E) of the 

Head Start Act] 

[Authority expires 

9/30/2012]

Not more than 

$42,000,000 

(41,921,000) Not more than 

$42,000,000 

(41,921,000)

5. Indian [including 

Early

Head Start] and 

Migrant and 

Seasonal expansion 

[Section 

640(a)(3)(A)(i)(II) 

and 

640(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I) of 

the Head Start Act] 

[Authority expires 

9/30/2012] 

Of any 

appropriation 

increase, 

$10,000,000 

(each) or 5% of 

the increase, 

whichever is 

less, except that 

no funds will be 

allocated for 

expansion if the 

appropriation 

increase will not 

permit a cost of 

living increase 

equal to at least 

50% of the prior 

year increase in 

the CPI-U

0 Of any 

appropriation 

increase, 

$10,000,000 

(each) or 5% of 

the increase, 

whichever is 

less, except that 

no funds will be 

allocated for 

expansion if the 

appropriation 

increase will not 

permit a cost of 

living increase 

equal to at least 

50% of the prior 

year increase in 

the CPI-U

0

6. Head Start Quality 

Improvement 

[Section 

640(a)(4)(A)(i) and 

640(a)(4)(B)(i)(I) of 

the Head Start Act] 

[Authority expires 

9/30/2012] 

After awarding 

COLA, T/TA 

and Indian and 

Migrant and 

Seasonal 

expansion, 40% 

of the balance 

(except that the 

allocation shall 

be 45% if the 

15% reserved 

for the State 

Advisory 

Councils is not 

required)

0 After awarding 

COLA, T/TA 

and Indian and 

Migrant and 

Seasonal 

expansion, 40% 

of the balance 

(except that the 

allocation shall 

be 45% if the 

15% reserved 

for the State 

Advisory 

Councils is not 

required)

0

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FY 2012 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2012

Budget 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

7. Head Start/EHS

Expansion [Section 

640(a)(4)(A)(ii) and 

640(a)(4)(B)(i)(II) of 

the Head Start Act] 

[Authority expires 

9/30/2012] 

After awarding 

COLA, T/TA 

and Indian and 

Migrant and 

Seasonal 

expansion, 45% 

of the balance 

(except that the 

allocation shall 

be 55% if the 

15% reserved 

for the State 

Advisory 

Councils is not 

required) 

0 After awarding 

COLA, T/TA 

and Indian and 

Migrant and 

Seasonal 

expansion, 45% 

of the balance 

(except that the 

allocation shall 

be 55% if the 

15% reserved 

for the State 

Advisory 

Councils is not 

required)

0

8. State Advisory

Councils [Section 

640(a)(4)(A)(iii) of 

the Head Start Act] 

[Authority expires 

9/30/2012] 

After awarding 

COLA, T/TA 

and Indian and 

Migrant and 

Seasonal 

expansion, 15% 

of the balance 

remaining will 

be reserved, 

except that no 

more than 

$100,000,000 

cumulatively 

through FY 

2012 shall be 

awarded for this 

purpose 

0 After awarding 

COLA, T/TA 

and Indian and 

Migrant and 

Seasonal 

expansion, 15% 

of the balance 

remaining will 

be reserved, 

except that no 

more than 

$100,000,000 

cumulatively 

through FY 

2012 shall be 

awarded for this 

purpose 

0

9. Head Start

Collaboration grants 

[Section 

640(a)(2)(B)(vi) of 

the Head Start Act] 

[Authority expires 

9/30/2012] 

In the same 

amount as the 

corresponding 

collaboration 

grant provided 

for FY 2007 

(8,826,000) In the same 

amount as the 

corresponding 

collaboration 

grant provided 

for FY 2007 

(8,826,000)

10. Head Start 

Fellowships 

[Section 648A(d)(6) 

of the Head Start Act 

with funds reserved 

for Discretionary 

Payment] [Authority 

expires 9/30/2012]

Not more than 

$1,000,000 

(1,000,000) Not more than 

$1,000,000 

(1,000,000)

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Amount 

Authorized

FY 2012

Budget 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

11. Runaway and

Homeless Youth 

Basic Center 

Program [Section 

388(a)(1) of the 

Runaway and 

Homeless Youth 

Act] 

Such sums 53,536,000 Such sums 53,536,000

12. Runaway and

Homeless Youth 

Transitional Living 

Program, including 

Maternity Group 

Homes [Section 

388(a)(2)(B) of the 

Runaway and 

Homeless Youth 

Act] 

45% of the 

amount reserved 

under section 

388(a)(2)(A), 

increasing to not 

more than 55% 

when warranted

43,819,000 45% of the 

amount reserved 

under section 

388(a)(2)(A), 

increasing to not 

more than 55% 

when warranted

43,819,000

13. Education and 

Prevention Grants to 

 Reduce Sexual

 Abuse Runaway,

 Homeless and Street

 Youth [Section

 388(a)(4) of the 

 Runaway and 

 Homeless Youth

 Act]

Such sums 17,901,000 Such sums 17,901,000

14. CAPTA State Grants

[Section 112(a)(1) of 

Section I of the 

Child Abuse 

Prevention and 

Treatment Act] 

Such sums 26,432,000 Such sums 26,432,000

15. Child Abuse 

Discretionary 

Activities [Section 

112(a)(2)(A) of 

Section 1 of the 

Child Abuse 

Prevention and 

Treatment Act]

30% of amount 

under section 

112(a)(1) 

25,744,000 30% of amount 

under section 

112(a)(1) 

25,744,000

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Amount 

Authorized

FY 2012

Budget 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

16. Community-Based 

Child Abuse Grants 

for the Prevention of 

Child Abuse and 

Neglect [Section 209 

of Section I of the 

Child Abuse 

Prevention and 

Treatment Act]

Such sums 41,527,000 Such sums 41,527,000

17. Child Welfare 

Services

[Section 425 of the 

Social Services Act]

$325,000,000 280,650,000 $325,000,000 280,650,000

18. Child Welfare 

Research, Training 

and 

Demonstration 

 Projects [Section

 426 of the Social

 Security Act] 

Such sums 26,092,000 Such sums 31,092,000

19. Adoption 

Opportunities 

[Section 205 of 

Section II of the 

Child Abuse 

Prevention and 

Treatment and 

Adoption Reform 

Act] 

Such sums 39,179,000 Such sums 39,179,000

20. Abandoned Infants

Assistance [Section 

302(a)(1) of Section 

III of the Child 

Abuse Prevention 

and Treatment and 

Adoption Reform 

Act] 

Such sums 11,553,000 Such sums 11,553,000

21. Chafee Education

 and Training 

 Vouchers 

 [Section 477(h)(2) 

 of the Social 

 Security Act]

$60,000,000 45,174,000 $60,000,000 45,174,000

22. Adoption Incentives

[Section 473A(h) of 

the Social Security 

Act] 

$43,000,000 39,346,000 $43,000,000 39,346,000

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Authorized

FY 2012

Budget 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

23. State Councils 

 [Section 129(a) of 

 the Developmental 

 Disabilities

 Assistance and Bill 

 of Rights Act]

 (Authorization for 

 the program expired 

 at the end of FY

 2007) 

Such sums 74,774,000 Such sums 74,774,000

24. Protection and 

Advocacy [Section 

145 of the 

Developmental 

Disabilities 

Assistance and Bill 

of Rights Act] 

(Authorization for 

the program expired 

at the end of FY 

2007) 

Such sums 40,865,000 Such sums 40,865,000

25. Projects of National 

Significance 

[Section 163 of the 

Developmental 

Disabilities 

Assistance and Bill 

of Rights Act] 

(Authorization for 

the program expired 

at the end of FY 

2007)

Such sums 8,317,000 Such sums 8,317,000

26. University Centers 

for Excellence 

[Section 156 of the 

Developmental 

Disabilities 

Assistance and Bill 

of Rights Act] 

(Authorization for 

the program 

expired at the end 

of FY 2007)

Such sums 38,792,000 Such sums 38,792,000

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Authorized

FY 2012

Budget 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

27.Voting Access for 

Individuals with 

Disabilities 

[Sections 264 and 

292 of the Help 

America Vote Act of 

2002] (Authorization 

for the program 

expired at the end of 

FY 2005)

$35,000,000 5,235,000 $35,000,000 5,235,000

28. Native American 

Programs [Section 

816(a) of the Native 

American Programs 

Act of 1974] 

(Authorization for 

the program expired 

at the end of FY 

2002, except for 

Native Language 

Program authorized 

through FY 2012)

Such sums 48,583,000 Such sums 48,583,000

29. Social Services 

Research and 

Demonstration 

[Section 1110 of the 

Social Security Act]

Such sums0 Such sums8,000,000

30. Community Services Block 

Grant [Section 

674(a) of the 

Community 

Services Block 

Grant Act] 

(Authorization for 

the program 

expired at the end 

of FY 2003) 

Such sums 677,358,000 Such sums 350,000,000

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Authorized

FY 2012

Budget 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

31. Community 

 Economic 

 Development 

Program [Section

674(b)(3) of the

 Community 

Services Block

Grant Act]

(Authorization for

 the program expired 

 at the end of FY 

2003)

9% of section 

674(a) 

29,943,000 9% of section 

674(a) 

29,943,000

32. Assets for 

Independence 

[Section 416 of the 

Assets for 

Independence Act] 

(Authorization for 

the program expired 

at the end of FY 

2003) 

$25,000,000 19,869,000 $25,000,000 19,869,000

33. Family Violence 

Prevention and 

Services 

Programs/Battered 

Women’s Shelters 

Grants to States and 

Tribes [Section 

303(a) of the Family 

Violence Prevention 

and Services Act] 

$175,000,000 129,547,000 $175,000,000 135,000,000

34. Domestic Violence

Hotline [Section 

303(b) of the Family 

Violence Prevention 

and Services Act] 

$3,500,000 3,197,000 $3,500,000 4,500,000

35. Specialized Services

 for Abused Parents 

 and their Children

 [Section

 303(a)(2)(A)(i) of

 the Family

 Violence 

 Prevention and

 Services Act] 

When 

appropriated 

amounts under 

Section 303 of 

the FVPSA 

exceeds $130M, 

the Secretary 

shall make 

available not less 

than 25% of the 

excess amount

0 When 

appropriated 

amounts under 

Section 303 of 

the EVPSA 

exceeds $130M, 

the Secretary 

shall make 

available not less 

than 25% of the 

excess amount

0

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Authorized

FY 2012

Budget 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

36. Federal 

Administration 

(Includes Center for 

Faith-Based and 

Neighborhood 

Partnerships)

Such sums 204,997,000 Such sums 212,944,000

37. Disaster Human 

Services Case

Management

[Authorization is 

being 

established through 

appropriations 

language]

$2,000,000 1,992,000 $2,000,000 1,992,000

Unfunded 

Authorizations:

1. Job Opportunities 

for Low-Income 

Individuals [Title V, 

Section 505 of the 

FSA of 1988, P.L. 

100-485 and Section 

112 of the 

PRWORA 1996, 

P.L. 104-193]

$25,000,000 0 $25,000,000 0

2. Rural Community 

 Facilities Program

 [Section 680(a)(3) 

 of the Community 

 Services Block

 Grant Act]

 (Authorization for 

 the program expired 

 at the end of FY 

 2003)

From amounts 

reserved under 

674(b)(3) of the 

Community 

Services Block 

Grant Act

4,981,000 From amounts 

reserved under 

674(b)(3) of the 

Community 

Services Block 

Grant Act

0

3. Collaborative Grants 

to Increase LongTerm Stability of 

Victims [Section 

41404 of the

Violence Against 

Women Act] 

 (Authorization 

 expired at the end of 

 FY 2011.)

$10,000,000 0 $10,000,000 0

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FY 2012 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2012

Budget 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

4. Periodic Estimate of 

 Incidence and 

 Prevalence of Youth

 Homelessness 

 [Section 388(3)(B)

 of the Runaway and

 Homeless Youth 

 Act]

Such sums 0 Such sums 0

5. Domestic Violence 

 Prevention

 Enhancement and

 Leadership through

 Alliances [Section

 303(c) of the Family

 Violence Prevention

 and Services Act]

$6,000,000 0 $6,000,000 0

Total request level $9,907,947,000 $9,688,767,000

Total request level 

against definite 

authorizations 

$525,010,000 $531,766,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Children and Families Services Programs

Appropriations Not Authorized by Law

Program

Last Year of 

Authorization

Authorization Level in Last 

Year of Authorization

Appropriations in 

Last Year of 

Authorization

Appropriations in 

FY 2012 

Adoption 

Awareness 

Programs FY 2005 Such sums 12,453,000 0

State Councils FY 2007 Such sums 71,771,000 74,774,000

Protection and 

Advocacy FY 2007 Such sums 38,718,000 40,865,000

Projects of National 

Significance FY 2007 Such sums 11,414,000 8,317,000

University Centers 

for Excellence FY 2007 Such sums 33,212,000 38,792,000

Voting Access for 

Individuals with 

Disabilities FY 2005 $35,000,000 14,879,000 5,235,000

Native American 

Programs (except 

Language 

Preservation Grants) FY 2002 Such sums 45,826,000 48,583,000

Community 

Services Block 

Grant FY 2003 Such sums 645,762,000 677,358,000

Community 

Economic 

Development 

Program FY 2003 9% of CSBG 27,082,000 29,943,000

Assets for 

Independence FY 2003 $25,000,000 24,827,000 19,869,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Children and Families Services Programs

Appropriations History Table 

Year

Budget 

Estimate to 

Congress

House 

Allowance

Senate 

Allowance Appropriation

2004

Appropriation 8,577,382,000 8,679,670,000 8,855,501,000 8,816,601,000

Rescission -53,409,000

Total 8,763,192,000

2005

Appropriation 9,106,025,000 8,985,633,000 9,094,146,000 9,069,535,000

Rescission -73,284,000

Total 8,996,251,000

2006

Appropriation 8,377,293,000 8,688,707,000 9,037,153,000 8,938,536,000

Rescission -89,334,000

Section 202 Transfer -5,123,000

Hurricane Relief 90,000,000

Total 8,934,079,000

2007

Appropriation 8,238,603,000 8,652,666,000 8,856,185,000 8,938,454,000

2008

Appropriation 8,239,709,000 9,146,940,000 9,213,332,000 9,129,990,000

Rescission -159,501,000

Total 8,970,489,000

2009

Appropriation 8,493,210,000 9,305,723,000 9,184,205,000 9,301,111,000

Supplemental, P.L. 111-5 3,150,000,000

Total 12,451,111,000

2010 

Appropriation 9,459,559,000 9,436,851,000 9,310,465,000 9,314,532,000

1% Transfer to HRSA

Total

-1,352,000

9,313,180,000

2011

Appropriation 10,312,070,000 10,356,000,000 10,359,627,000 9,538,433,000

Rescission -19,077,000

Total 9,519,356,000

2012 9,639,598,000 9,989,073,000 9,845,685,000 9,926,709,000

Rescission -18,762,000

Total 9,907,947,000

2013 9,688,767,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Children and Families Services Programs

Amounts Available for Obligation

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Annual, B.A. $9,538,433,000 $9,926,709,000 $9,688,767,000

Rescission -19,077,000 -18,762,000 0

Subtotal, Net Budget Authority $9,519,356,000 $9,907,947,000 $9,688,767,000

Unobligated balance, lapsing -3,330,000 0 0

Recoveries of prior year obligations 0 2,638,000 0

Total Obligations $9,516,026,000 $9,910,585,000 $9,688,767,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Children and Families Services Programs

Budget Authority by Activity

FY 2011

Enacted

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Head Start $7,559,633,000 $7,968,544,000 $8,054,000,000

Runaway and Homeless Youth Program 97,539,000 97,355,000 97,355,000

Education and Prevention Grants to Reduce 

Sexual Abuse 17,935,000 17,901,000 17,901,000

Child Abuse State Grants 26,482,000 26,432,000 26,432,000

Child Abuse Discretionary Activities 25,793,000 25,744,000 25,744,000

Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention 41,606,000 41,527,000 41,527,000

Child Welfare Services 281,181,000 280,650,000 280,650,000

Child Welfare Research, Training and 

Demonstration 27,153,000 26,092,000 31,092,000

Adoption Opportunities 39,253,000 39,179,000 39,179,000

Abandoned Infants Assistance Program 11,605,000 11,553,000 11,553,000

Chafee Education and Training Vouchers 45,260,000 45,174,000 45,174,000

Adoption Incentives 39,421,000 39,346,000 39,346,000

Developmental Disabilities: State Councils 74,916,000 74,774,000 74,774,000

Developmental Disabilities: Protection and 

Advocacy 40,942,000 40,865,000 40,865,000

Developmental Disabilities: Projects of National 

Significance 14,134,000 8,317,000 8,317,000

Developmental Disabilities: University Centers 

for Excellence 38,865,000 38,792,000 38,792,000

Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities 17,375,000 5,235,000 5,235,000

Native American Programs 48,675,000 48,583,000 48,583,000

Social Services Research and Demonstration 0 0 8,000,000

Disaster Human Services Case Management 1,996,000 1,992,000 1,992,000

Community Services Block Grant 678,640,000 677,358,000 350,000,000

Community Services Discretionary Activities 22,954,000 34,924,000 29,943,000

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FY 2011

Enacted

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Job Opportunities for Low Income Individuals 1,641,000 0 0

Assets for Independence 23,977,000 19,869,000 19,869,000

Battered Women's Shelters and Domestic 

Violence Hotline 132,994,000 132,744,000 139,500,000

Federal Administration 209,386,000 204,997,000 212,944,000

Total, Budget Authority $9,519,356,000 $9,907,947,000 $9,688,767,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Children and Families Services Programs

(Discretionary Only)

Summary of Changes

FY 2012 Enacted

 Total estimated budget authority $9,907,947,000

FY 2013 Estimate

 Total estimated budget authority $9,688,767,000

 Net change -$219,180,000

FY 2012

Enacted Change from Base

(FTE)

Budget

Authority (FTE)

Budget

Authority

Increases:

A. Program:

1) Head Start: These funds 

will support the implementation 

of the Designation Renewal 

System and provide Head Start 

grantees with a .59 percent costof-living increase. $7,968,544,000 +$85,456,000

2) Child Welfare Research, 

Training and Demonstration:

Funding to award competitive 

grants that focus on preventing 

and addressing commercial 

sexual exploitation of children. $26,092,000 +5,000,000

3) Social Services Research 

and Demonstration: Funding for 

an early care and education 

program evaluation study and a 

new disconnected youth 

initiative. $0 +$8,000,000

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FY 2012

Enacted Change from Base

(FTE)

Budget

Authority (FTE)

Budget

Authority

4) Family Violence Prevention

and Services: Additional funds

 will be directed to support

shelter and supportive services. $129,547,000 +$5,453,000

5) Domestic Violence Hotline:

Additional funds will be used to

increase staff capacity for the

Hotline. $3,197,000 +$1,303,000

6) Federal Administration:

 Includes funds to support 24

 additional FTE needed to in

 order to implement the

 designation renewal system for

 the Head Start program and $4

 million to support ACF’s

 program integrity efforts. 

 $204,997,000 +$7,947,000

Total Increases 1,338 +24 +$113,159,000

Decreases:

A. Program:

1) Community Services 

Block Grant: The program 

should maintain the current 

emphasis on place-based 

services to address the causes 

and impact of poverty, while 

introducing competition to 

promote the implementation of 

innovative evidence-based 

practices and provision of 

services to the highest need 

populations and highest 

communities within each state. $677,358,000 -$327,358,000

2) Rural Community 

Facilities: No funding 

requested in FY 2012. $4,981,000 -$4,981,000

 Subtotal, Program Decreases -$332,339,000

Net Change 1,338 +24 -$219,180,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Children and Families Services Programs

Justification

FY 2011

Enacted

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Change from 

20121 Enacted

Budget Authority

FTE

$9,519,356,000

1,338

$9,907,947,000

1,338

$9,688,767,000

1,362

-$219,180,000

+24

General Statement

The Children and Families Services Programs appropriations account incorporates funding for 

programs serving children, youth, families, the developmentally disabled, Native Americans, 

victims of child abuse and neglect and domestic violence, and other vulnerable populations. The 

FY 2013 request for Children and Families Services Programs is $9,688,767,000, a decrease of 

$219,180,000 from the FY 2012 enacted level. 

Highlights of the FY 2013 request for Children and Families Services Programs include:

Head Start (+$85 million) – ACF has begun to implement the Designation Renewal System, 

required in the Head Start Act, which establishes that Head Start grantees will be automatically 

renewed for a five-year grant only if they are determined to be delivering high-quality services. 

Those that are determined not to be providing high-quality services will be required to compete 

for continued funding. The increased funds will be available to support costs associated with 

transitioning grants to new organizations through the recompetition process, including modest 

start-up grants to new grantees for one-time start up costs. These transition grants will be 

provided on as as-needed basis. The increase also will support a partial cost of living adjustment 

to allow Head Start programs to keep pace with increasing costs without diminishing quality or 

services to children and families. These funds will build on investments made in recent fiscal 

years to allow Head Start and Early Head Start programs to continue services to young children 

and their families and improve program quality through the support of a newly restructured state 

Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) system and four new national TTA centers, including: 

the National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning, the National Center on Cultural and 

Linguistic Responsiveness, the National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement, 

and the National Center on Program Management and Fiscal Operations. 

Federal Administration (+$7.9 million) – Includes funds to support 24 additional FTE needed to 

implement the designation renewal system for the Head Start program and $4 million to support 

ACF’s program integrity efforts. 

Child Welfare Training, Research and Demonstration (+$5 million)  Funding to award 

competitive grants that focus on preventing and addressing the commercial sexual exploitation of 

children. 

Social Services Research and Demonstration (+$8 million)  Funding for an early care and 

education program evaluation study and a new disconnected youth initiative. 

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Violent Crime Reduction (+$6.8 million) – The additional funding will be directed to support 

shelter and supportive services under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act and 

increase staff capacity for the Hotline. 

The following program is eliminated in this budget: Rural Community Facilities. 

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HEAD START

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$7,559,633,000 $7,968,544,000 $8,054,000,000 +$85,456,000

Authorizing Legislation – Section 639 of the Head Start Act 

2013 Authorization .................................. Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action

Allocation Method ............................................................................................................ Competitive Grant

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Head Start program was established as part of the 

Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-452) and is authorized through FY 2012 under the

Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-134). The program provides grants

directly to local public and private non-profit and for-profit agencies to provide comprehensive early 

learning and development services to economically disadvantaged children and families, with a special 

focus on helping preschoolers develop the education and skills required to be successful in school. In FY 

1995, the Early Head Start program was established to serve pregnant women and children from birth to 

three years of age in recognition of the mounting evidence that the earliest years are critical to children’s 

growth and development. 

Head Start and Early Head Start programs promote school readiness by enhancing the cognitive and 

social development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other 

services to enrolled children and families. Head Start programs are expected to collaborate with other 

pre-K programs in their communities and to work closely with local school systems to assure the gains 

Head Start children achieve in Head Start are sustained as children leave Head Start and enter public 

school. 

All Head Start grantees must, unless a waiver is granted, contribute 20 percent of the total cost of the 

program from non-federal funds. No more than 15 percent of total program costs may be for program 

administration. At least 90 percent of the enrollees in a program must be children from families with 

income below the federal poverty level, from families receiving public assistance, homeless families or 

children in foster care. However, if a program can show that it has met the needs of all interested and 

eligible families in its community, using the above criteria, that program may propose to fill up to 35 

percent of funded enrollment with children whose family income is between 100 to 130 percent of the 

poverty line. Head Start programs must ensure that at least ten percent of funded enrollment is reserved 

for children with disabilities.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) included $2.1 billion for FY 2009 and FY 

2010 to support an historic investment in early childhood education by expanding the number of 

economically disadvantaged children and their families served by the Head Start program. The Recovery 

Act provided funds to expand enrollment of three and four year old children in Head Start by 13,000 slots

and to expand Early Head Start enrollment by 48,000 slots, increasing the size of the program by 75 

percent. The Recovery Act investment also supported activities for State Advisory Councils on Early 

Childhood Care and Education, which are focused on improving quality across early childhood programs, 

as well as activities to improve Head Start program quality. Funding provided in FY 2011 and FY 2012 

allowed for the continuation of the expansion slots that had been funded under the Recovery Act. 

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Raising the Bar on Quality

Improving the quality of Head Start is a key element of the Administration’s overall education agenda 

which is designed to help every child meet his or her full potential and, by doing so, makes our country 

more competitive. Almost one million children depend on the Head Start program, and they all should be 

in engaging classrooms where program activities are not only fun and developmentally appropriate, but 

also promote increased vocabulary, early literacy, early math, problem solving, and healthy social 

interaction skills. Research has shown that Head Start already helps children become more prepared for 

kindergarten; however it also shows that more needs to be done to deepen the effectiveness and lasting 

impact of the program.

The Department released the Roadmap to Excellence in Head Start in January 2010 that outlines a 

comprehensive set of quality initiatives, some of which were called for in the December 2007 Head Start 

Reauthorization Act, including: raising teacher qualification requirements; providing better training to 

teachers and other Head Start professionals on teaching and curriculum best practices that promote 

positive sustained outcomes, including early literacy and math skills; improving classroom monitoring to 

ensure that evidence based methods are being implemented and to help Head Start program directors 

identify areas where more training is needed; raising the standards to which Head Start programs are held; 

and requiring low-performing grantees to compete for continued funding. 

In November 2011, ACF published a Final Rule that provided a structure for identifying low performing 

programs that will be required to compete for continued funding under the Designation Renewal System 

(DRS). The rule requires grantees that fall short on quality benchmarks, including health and safety, 

financial accountability, and program management standards to be designated for competition. Among 

the factors considered are scores on the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS: Pre-K), a 

measure of classroom quality that assesses the dimensions of teacher child interaction associated with 

later achievement developed by researchers at the University of Virginia and that has been validated 

through rigorous research. In December 2011, the first set of grantees that have been designated for 

competition were notified. Over the course of 2012, competitions will be held to determine which entities 

will provide Head Start services in more than 100 communities around the country. Those applicants that 

successfully compete for these funds will begin transitioning into communities in late 2012. Over the 

course of the next three years, ACF will review the performance and program quality of all 1,600 Head 

Start grantees and additional grantees determined that fall short on the quality benchmarks will be 

designated for competition and competitions for Head Start funding will be held in more communities. 

In March 2011, ACF also published a proposed rule to strengthen procedures for determining Head Start 

eligibility, including procedures to document and verify eligibility, in order to reduce the risk that services 

are provided to persons not eligible. A Final Rule is expected this year. 

As part of our efforts to improve the quality of Head Start, ACF has revamped its training and technical 

assistance efforts and has invested in ensuring that these TA centers can bring the best evidence-based 

and evidence-informed practices to Head Start classrooms and programs around the country. The 

recently restructured state Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) system and four new national TTA 

centers, includes: the National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning, the National Center on Cultural 

and Linguistic Responsiveness, the National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement, and 

the National Center on Program Management and Fiscal Operations.

Further, the Office of Head Start (OHS) is enhancing efforts to reduce the vulnerability of Head Start 

programs to fraud and abuse related to the eligibility verification process by: (1) partnering with the 

Office of Inspector General to continue in-depth reviews of high risk grantees; (2) issuing guidance 

clarifying how Head Start programs should determine and verify eligibility and the consequences of not 

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following the established procedures; and (3) implementing a web hotline for reporting fraud and abuse. 

OHS plans to conduct regular training; strengthen regulations by requiring grantees to retain 

documentation of income eligibility; continue to produce a national level error rate using the Erroneous 

Payment Study; conduct unannounced monitoring visits; and review the current monitoring system to 

ensure that our procedures are clearly understood and fully implemented. 

Taken together, our efforts to revamp the training and technical assistance, require lower performing 

programs to compete for continued funding, and strengthen program integrity will bring higher quality 

early education to low-income children. These reforms, along with investments in the Race to the Top – 

Early Learning Challenge Program and Child Care, are key elements of the Administration’s broader 

education agenda. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 .................................................................................. $6,877,975,000 

2009 .................................................................................. $7,112,283,000 

2009 Head Start, Recovery Act ........................................ $1,000,000,0001

2009 Early Head Start, Recovery Act .............................. $1,100,000,0001

2010 .................................................................................. $7,233,680,000 

2011 .................................................................................. $7,559,633,000 

2012 .................................................................................. $7,968,544,000 

The 2007 reauthorization of the Head Start program raised the standard for Head Start teacher 

qualifications, and progress is being made. The law requires that by October 1, 2011, all pre-school 

center-based teachers have at least an AA degree or higher with evidence of the relevance of their degree 

and experience for early childhood education, thus the goal for fiscal years 2011 through 2013 is to reach 

100 percent. Based on the most recent data from the 2010-2011 program year, 88.2 percent of Head Start 

teachers had an AA degree or higher, improving over the FY 2010 actual result of 85 percent. While 

additional progress is still needed to meet the target of 100 percent, more Head Start teachers have 

degrees than ever before, and are better equipped to deliver quality instruction to Head Start children. Of 

the 45,701 Head Start teachers in the 2010-2011 program year, 40,285 have an AA degree or higher, 

which represents an increase of 1,164 degreed teachers over the previous year. ACF continues to provide 

training and technical assistance funds directly to grantees to increase the qualifications of teachers.

Head Start maintains three IT investments - the Head Start Enterprise System (HSES), the Head Start 

Monitoring System (HSMS), and the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC). The 

HSES provides a single, authoritative repository of up-to-date information about Head Start grantees and 

program operations, supporting long term goal 3.6 and annual performance measures 3B, 3C, and 3F. 

The HSMS contains both the instruments and process used to conduct federal monitoring of Head Start 

grantees supporting annual performance goal 3D. The ECLKC offers relevant, timely information to 

Head Start grantees and the early childhood community in an easy-to-use format. It continues to grow 

and evolve and is designed to be a comprehensive public resource for anyone involved with or interested 

in early childhood education.

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the Head Start program is $8,054,000,000, a $85,456,000 

increase from the FY 2012 enacted level. Appropriations language is included with the budget request to 

designate $40 million to support the implementation of the Designation Renewal System and the 

transition of new providers into communities around the country. With the goal of minimizing the 

1 The Recovery Act appropriations are available for two fiscal years.

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disruption of services to children and families, the language would allow ACF to use these funds where 

necessary to support new Head Start and Early Head Start grantees with a small amount of start-up or 

transition funding to ensure that the new grantee is fully operational when the incumbent grant ends. New 

grantees would have the resources necessary, for example, to hire, train and conduct criminal background 

checks on staff; obtain licenses; begin recruitment and enrollment; and transfer property and inventory 

from the incumbent grantee prior to the time when children begin to be served in the program; or ACF’s 

interim contractor will operate a program on a temporary basis. Finally, ACF also will use a portion of 

these transition funds to support the additional re-evaluation of American Indian/Alaska Native grantees 

and the monitoring of new grantees, both required by statute. The FY 2013 funding level also will 

support a 0.6 percent cost of living adjustment that will help to offset rising operating costs. At the FY 

2013 funding level, ACF estimates that it will be able to maintain services for approximately 962,000 

children and families, the same number served in FY 2012. 

This request includes a legislative proposal to extend the current program authorization for one year to 

allow time to assess implementation of the Roadmap to Excellence in Head Start and early 

implementation of the Designation Renewal System.

ACF is committed to ensuring that Head Start is serving the full number of children for which Congress 

has appropriated funds. Therefore, ACF has established an efficiency goal for the Head Start program of 

decreasing under-enrollment in Head Start programs. The most recent data available indicate that, during 

the 2010-2011 program year, Head Start grantees, on average, were serving 0.8 percent (0.77 percent) less 

than the children they were funded to serve, missing the FY 2011 target of 0.6 percent.1

 This represents 

approximately 6,960 children who could have been served using the Head Start funds appropriated and 

awarded to grantees. Based on the consistent and significant improvements over the baseline (4.4 percent 

in FY 2004), targets for FY 2008 and FY 2009 were revised to remain ambitious. For FY 2013, the 

program expects to see a 0.1 percentage point decrease from the previous year’s actual result in underenrollment. ACF has undertaken specific efforts to improve and standardize how grantees report 

enrollment. Per the 2007 reauthorization of the Head Start Act, ACF now collects online enrollment data 

on a monthly basis from all Head Start grantees through the Head Start Enterprise System, and will 

review these data semi-annually. The Office of Head Start will collaborate with grantees to develop plans 

and timetables for reducing or eliminating under-enrollment and will provide technical assistance to 

implement such plans with those programs operating with less than their funded enrollment for more than 

four consecutive months, as described in the Head Start Act. In cases where grantees remain chronically 

under-enrolled, ACF has reduced their funding commiserate with the actual enrollment. 

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently proposed a High Priority Performance 

Goal and specific outcome measures, strategies, and milestones for FY 2012 and FY 2013 involving both 

the Head Start and Child Care programs. This high priority goal calls for actions in FY 2012 and FY 

2013 to improve the quality of early childhood programs for low-income children. As part of that overall 

goal, the Office of Head Start is striving to increase the percentage of Head Start children in high quality 

classrooms, and is using multiple strategies to accomplish that goal, including providing programs with 

training and technical assistance support to improve classroom quality, measuring classroom quality in 

monitoring, and establishing clear expectations in the Designation Renewal System. ACF aims to 

increase the proportion of Head Start grantees scoring above the low range in the CLASS: Pre-K, which 

measures teacher-child interaction on a seven-point scale in three broad domains: emotional support, 

classroom organization, and instructional support. In support of this goal, and as noted previously, the 

Office of Head Start published a Final Rule that establishes a process for identifying low performing 

1 This under-enrollment percent of .8 excludes the 61,000 additional children served through the Recovery Act 

because these programs were in the process of becoming fully operational and enrolled children throughout the 

program year. The enrollment levels of these programs were tracked separately. 

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programs that will be required to compete with other applicants for continued funding, and takes into 

consideration, among other factors, scores on the CLASS: Pre-K. Other milestones for this high priority 

goal include strengthening the implementation of CLASS: Pre-K in monitoring reviews, including using a 

random sampling of classrooms that will be observed and providing training to CLASS reviewers to 

ensure their reliability on the CLASS instrument. Data collected from CLASS reviews in FY 2012 will 

allow the Office of Head Start to establish baseline data to establish targets for this high priority goal.

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

3A: Reduce the proportion of 

grantees receiving a score in the 

low range on the basis of the 

Classroom Assessment Scoring 

System (CLASS). 

(Developmental Outcome)

TBD TBD TBD N/A

3.6LT and 3B: Increase the 

percentage of Early Head Start 

children completing all medical 

screenings. (Outcome)

FY 2011: 85.7%

Target:

92% 

(Target Not Met but 

Improved)

93% 93% Maintain

3.7LT: Percentage of parents of 

children in pre-K Head Start 

year who report reading to child 

three times per week. 

(Outcome)

FY 1998: 68.4%

Target:

68.4%

(Baseline)

N/A 85% N/A

3C: Increase the percentage of 

Head Start teachers with AA, 

BA, Advanced Degree, or a 

degree in a field related to early 

childhood education. 

(Outcome)

FY 2011: 88.2%

Target:

100% 

(Target Not Met but 

Improved)

100%1 100% Maintain

3D: Reduce the number of 

grantees with repeat 

deficiencies through the 

provision of targeted technical 

assistance.2

FY 2011: 1 grantee

Target:

1 grantee

(Target Met)

(Outcome)

0 grantees 0 grantees Maintain

1

The FY 2012 target for this measure reflects the requirement of the 2007 Reauthorization of Head Start that, by October 1, 2011, all Head Start 

teachers must have at least an AA degree in early childhood education or a related field with pre-school teaching experience or have a BA degree 

and been admitted into the Teach for America program. The data reported for FY 2011 reflects teachers in the 2010-2011 program year, before 

the statutory mandate was in place. 

2 The purpose of this measure is to respond to the 2005 GAO report that cited grantees with repeat financial deficiencies. The goal of this 

measure is to capture data on grantees that have repeat financial deficiencies as monitored through triennial Office of Head Start monitoring 

review data. The FY 2005 – 2006 data found 25 grantees had one or more deficiencies in financial management. Monitoring data from FY 2008 – 

2009 determined that two grantees had repeat financial deficiencies, thus two grantees is the baseline. Instead of tracking the same grantees every 

three years, OHS is modifying this measure to report annually how many grantees in that year have repeat financial deficiencies from their 

monitoring review three years prior. For example, the results in FY 2010 will be the number of grantees who have repeat financial deficiencies 

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Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

3F: Decrease under-enrollment 

in Head Start programs, thereby 

increasing the number of 

children served per dollar. 

(Efficiency)

FY 2011: 0.8%

Target:

0.6% 

(Target Not Met)

0.7% Prior Result -

0.1PP

N/A

3i: Number of Early Head Start 

medical screenings completed. 

(Output)

FY 2011: 127,460

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

3ii: Number of Head Start 

teachers without a degree who 

are enrolled in Early Childhood 

Education degree program. 

(Output)

FY 2011: 4,899

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

3iii: Number of Head Start 

teachers with at least an AA 

degree. (Output)

FY 2011: 50,189

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

3iv: Number of teachers aids 

with at least an AA degree. 

(Output)

FY 2011: 11,682

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

3v: Number of Head Start staff 

who are current or former Head 

Start parents. (Output)

FY 2011: 59,916

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

from their 2007 triennial review. Modifying the measure to look at repeat financial deficiencies among all Head Start grantees annually, as 

opposed to focusing on the same grantees every three years, is more consistent with the purpose of the measure. 

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Resource and Program Data

Head Start

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $7,312,443,000 $7,707,448,000 $7,792,903,000

(Head Start) (6,335,394,000) (6,426,487,000) (6,497,740,000)

(Early Head Start) (977,049,000) (1,280,961,000) (1,295,163,000)

Research/Evaluation 19,937,000 19,962,000 19,962,000

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance 184,687,000 199,213,000 199,214,000

(TTA Head Start) (146,110,000) (157,602,000) (157,603,000)

(TTA Early Head Start) (38,577,000) (41,611,000) (41,611,000)

Centers of Excellence

Program Support 41,900,000 41,921,000 41,921,000

Total, Resources $7,558,967,000 $7,968,544,000 $8,054,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 1,828 1,822 1,812

New Starts

# 99 27 86

$ $30,000,000 $74,217,000 $371,402,000

Continuations

# 1,729 1,795 1,726

$ $7,346,694,000 $7,726,860,000 $7,510,782,000

Contracts

# 49 37 34

$ $166,664,000 $152,094,000 $156,576,000

Interagency Agreements

# 8 11 11

$ $9,992,000 $9,831,000 $9,698,000

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support, panel and monitoring/on-site reviews and overhead cost.

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Additional Head Start Program Data 

FY 2011 

Actual

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimates

Number of Grantees 1,656 1,656 1,636

Children in Head Start Programs: 964,430 962,120 962,120

(Head Start) 849,961 847,651 847,651

(Early Head Start) 114,469 114,469 114,469

Number of Staff 233,388 232,829 232,829

Number of Teachers 64,252 64,098 64,098

Percent of Staff that are Teachers 28% 28% 28%

Average Teacher Salary $27,800 $28,053 $28,182

Number of Teachers with AA Degree 19,544 20,511 21,793

Percent of Teachers with AA Degree 30% 32% 34%

Average Teacher Salary with AA Degree $24,900 $25,127 $25,275

Number of Teachers with BA Degree 25,587 26,280 26,921

Percent of Teachers with BA Degree 40% 41% 42%

Average Teacher Salary with BA Degree $29,400 $29,668 $29,843

Number of Teachers with Advanced Degree 5,059 5,128 5,128

Percent of Teachers with Advanced Degree 8% 8% 8%

Average Teacher Salary with Advanced 

Degree $35,000 $35,319 $35,527

Volunteers 1,324,000 1,320,829 1,320,829

Number of Classrooms 57,995 57,856 57,856

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

Head Start CFDA # 93.600

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $118,538,454 $126,116,169 $126,859,961 $743,792

Alaska 13,700,404 14,419,094 14,504,133 85,039

Arizona 114,920,032 122,132,816 122,853,115 720,299

Arkansas 71,284,596 75,414,696 75,859,467 444,771

California 913,314,091 961,007,656 966,675,431 5,667,775

Colorado 76,084,025 81,054,790 81,532,825 478,035

Connecticut 56,483,153 58,941,861 59,289,481 347,620

Delaware 14,582,960 15,390,494 15,481,262 90,768

District of Columbia 27,047,852 27,955,348 28,120,219 164,871

Florida 294,050,811 314,303,816 316,157,477 1,853,661

Georgia 187,289,495 199,225,857 200,400,826 1,174,969

Hawaii 24,750,678 25,675,399 25,826,824 151,425

Idaho 25,538,415 27,338,956 27,500,192 161,236

Illinois 298,559,425 315,321,673 317,181,337 1,859,664

Indiana 107,840,984 115,587,883 116,269,582 681,699

Iowa 56,555,143 59,455,800 59,806,451 350,651

Kansas 56,493,661 59,990,295 60,344,098 353,803

Kentucky 119,070,940 125,903,734 126,646,273 742,539

Louisiana 160,185,704 168,513,211 169,507,047 993,836

Maine 30,187,064 31,634,330 31,820,899 186,569

Maryland 85,450,156 89,677,330 90,206,218 528,888

Massachusetts 117,950,785 123,113,621 123,839,705 726,084

Michigan 256,329,651 268,517,307 270,100,934 1,583,627

Minnesota 79,494,477 84,052,860 84,548,576 495,716

Mississippi 174,610,322 180,887,414 181,954,229 1,066,815

Missouri 131,620,071 139,405,592 140,227,761 822,169

Montana 22,933,414 24,061,558 24,203,465 141,907

Nebraska 39,923,525 42,321,541 42,571,140 249,599

Nevada 27,655,675 30,055,175 30,232,431 177,256

New Hampshire 14,760,808 15,590,172 15,682,118 91,946

New Jersey 142,163,084 150,054,190 150,939,160 884,970

New Mexico 58,583,088 62,748,895 63,118,967 370,072

New York 473,230,126 495,549,593 498,472,182 2,922,589

North Carolina 159,627,572 172,280,427 173,296,481 1,016,054

North Dakota 18,998,575 20,123,364 20,242,045 118,681

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio 272,267,158 287,577,410 289,273,447 1,696,037

Oklahoma 91,151,052 97,976,084 98,553,915 577,831

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

66,205,368

250,062,285

24,019,635

70,527,514

262,631,620

25,123,227

70,943,462

264,180,535

25,271,396

415,948

1,548,915

148,169

South Carolina

South Dakota

92,680,645

20,634,052

99,522,604

21,673,818

100,109,556

21,801,643

586,952

127,825

Tennessee 130,885,676 137,557,725 138,368,995 811,270

Texas 529,791,786 561,394,575 564,705,496 3,310,921

Utah 42,274,915 45,256,053 45,522,958 266,905

Vermont 14,653,846 15,191,416 15,281,010 89,594

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Subtotal

109,393,196

111,137,972

55,548,315

100,050,519

13,181,559

115,652,122

117,831,024

58,385,484

105,517,607

13,480,863

116,334,200

118,525,953

58,729,822

106,139,915

13,560,369

682,078

694,929

344,338

622,308

79,506

6,493,747,195 6,859,122,063 6,899,574,984 40,452,921

Indian Tribes 214,891,848 224,600,547 225,925,167 1,324,620

Subtotal

American Samoa

Guam

214,891,848

2,256,017

2,369,904

224,600,547

2,272,537

2,487,795

225,925,167

2,285,940

2,502,467

1,324,620

13,403

14,672

Northern Mariana Islands 1,746,154 1,758,940 1,769,314 10,374

Palau 1,399,098 1,409,343 1,417,655 8,312

Puerto Rico 269,246,634 278,932,535 280,577,588 1,645,053

Virgin Islands

Migrant Program

8,888,001

317,889,153

9,454,227

327,409,528

9,509,985

329,340,482

55,758

1,930,954

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

603,794,961

7,312,434,004

623,724,905

7,707,447,515

627,403,431

7,752,903,582

3,678,526

45,456,067

Discretionary Funds

Other

0

61,846,346

0

61,882,820

40,000,000

61,882,820

40,000,000

0

Training and Technical 

Assistance 184,686,236 199,213,598 199,213,598 0

Subtotal, Adjustments 246,532,582 261,096,418 301,096,418 40,000,000

TOTAL RESOURCES $7,558,966,586 $7,968,543,933 $8,054,000,000 $85,456,067

1

Other - These totals include funding for Research/Evaluation and Program Support.

2

Discretionary Funds - These funds are requested in FY 2013 to minimize the disruptions in Head Start services to families and children during 

the implementation of the Designation Renewal System. Funds will be awarded to grantees on an as-needed basis during the two-year transition 

period.

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RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH PROGRAM

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate

Change from 2012 

Enacted

Basic Center Program $53,637,000 $53,536,000 $53,536,000 $0

Transitional Living Program 43,902,000 43,819,000 43,819,000 0

Total, Budget Authority $97,539,000 $97,355,000 $97,355,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 388 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act 

2013 Authorization .................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated 

Allocation Method .............................................................................................. Formula/Competitive Grant

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Program 

serves as the national leader for the provision of shelter services to unaccompanied homeless youth. The 

RHY program administers grants to public and private organizations to establish and operate youth 

emergency shelter and transitional living programs. 

Part A, the Basic Center Program, funds grants to community-based public and private agencies for the 

provision of outreach, crisis intervention, temporary shelter, counseling, family unification and aftercare 

services to runaway and homeless youth and their families. Basic Centers can provide 21 days of shelter 

for up to 20 youth at each facility with an exception in those jurisdictions that require a higher limit in 

order to be licensed as a Basic Center program. Funds available for the Basic Center Program are allotted 

among the states using a formula based on the population of youth under age 18 as a proportion of the 

national population. Basic Center programs provide youth with an opportunity to receive individual and 

family counseling, mental and physical health services as well as education and employment assistance. 

Part B, the Transitional Living Program (TLP), provides grants to public and private organizations for 

community-based, adult-supervised group homes for youth ages 16 to 22 who cannot safely live with 

their own families. Youth entering a TLP under the age of 18 are eligible for up to 21 months of service 

until they reach the age of 18. All youth between the ages 18 up to 22 are eligible for up to 18 months of 

TLP services. TLPs provide long-term safe, stable, and nurturing environment for homeless youth. 

Services include counseling in basic life skills, interpersonal skill building, educational advancement, job 

attainment skills, and physical and behavioral health care. These services are designed to help youth that 

are homeless develop the skills necessary to make a successful transition to self-sufficient living. The 

TLP also funds maternity group homes, which are specifically designed to meet the needs of pregnant and 

parenting youth. These homes provide the services described above in addition to parenting support. 

Funding also is provided for the national toll-free runaway and homeless youth crisis hotline that 

responds to between 100,000-120,000 calls a year. Of these calls, 44 percent come from youth, 36 

percent come from parents and the remaining 20 percent are general information and client-related calls.

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ....................................................................................... $96,128,000 

2009 ....................................................................................... $97,234,000 

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2010 ....................................................................................... $97,734,000 

2011 ....................................................................................... $97,539,000 

2012 ....................................................................................... $97,355,000 

Starting in FY 2007, Abt Associates, an independent research firm with considerable experience in 

studying homelessness, began to design an evaluation of long term housing and other outcomes for youth 

in transitional living programs. This study was requested in Section 119 of the Runaway, Homeless 

Youth and Missing Children’s Assistance Act (P.L. 108-96), which reauthorized the Runaway and 

Homeless Youth Act in 2003. Survey instruments have been finalized and approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget. The evaluation, which is scheduled to begin in FY 2012, will be implemented 

in several phases to gather information about the agencies and their service delivery models, including 

direct interviews with youth at program entry, exit, six months, and twelve months after leaving the 

program. The evaluation will help identify long term outcomes for youth and suggest which housing, 

services and program models provide the best support for youth in their development of protective factors 

around safety, well being, permanent connections and self sufficiency. 

The Basic Center program is usually the first entry point for services that youth encounter as they leave 

home, the street or other temporary residence. Services administered at the basic center shelters help 

youth work through crisis and begin to prepare their next steps. In addition to in residence shelter 

services, when safe and appropriate, the Basic Center Program also emphasizes the delivery of preventive 

services to help at risk youth avert episodes of running away while counseling the youth and their family 

through crisis. Since FY 2008, the Basic Center program maintained its trend of moving youth into safe 

exits at a minimum rate of 90 percent. In FY 2011, the program achieved a rate of 97.4 percent in this 

area, exceeding the FY 2011 target of 96 percent. 

The TLP program maintained its safe exit rate of 87 percent in FY 2011, surpassing the FY 2011 target of 

85 percent by two percentage points. These improvements were achieved through ACF’s promotion and 

support of innovative strategies that help grantees: (1) encourage youth to complete the program and 

achieve their developmental goals instead of dropping out; (2) stay connected with youth as they 

transition out of program residencies and provide preventive, follow-up and after care services; (3) track 

exiting youth more closely and stay connected; (4) report accurate data and maintain updated youth 

records to reduce the number of youth whose exit situations are unknown; and (5) analyze data to 

discover patterns of participating and opportunities for improved services. These objectives are 

consistently communicated through conferences, technical assistance services, mailings, conference calls, 

webinars and the direct efforts of federal staff through continuous oversight and onsite monitoring. These 

efforts also are supported by two national resource centers co-located at the University of Oklahoma, one 

for technical assistance and one for training. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program is $97,355,000, 

the same as the FY 2012 enacted level. These funds will support 342 Basic Center Programs and 215 

Transitional Living Programs. The FY 2012 budget request for an additional $5 million to address 

domestic sex trafficking has been redirected to Child Welfare Research, Training and Demonstration 

program. 

The Runaway and Homeless Youth program continues its effort to improve efficiency. For example, the 

TLP program has concentrated on the goal of “program completion.” The program completion rate is 

derived from the number of exiting TLP youth who have completed their program according to their 

individual plan plus those who finish early as a result of a positive opportunity, divided by all TLP youth 

who exited the program. Program completion is associated with safer exits and improved educational and 

employment progress. The program has succeeded in increasing the completion rate of youth in the TLP 

program from 45.6 percent in FY 2005 to 57.7 percent in FY 2011, exceeding the FY 2011 target of 56 

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percent. By FY 2013, it is expected that 58 percent of youth will either complete their plans successfully 

or leave ahead of schedule based on a positive opportunity. 

The FY 2013 request for this program is aligned with the Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to 

Prevent and End Homelessness, which was released in June 2010. For the past year, ACF has worked to 

review and identify improved performance measures and program indicators to help assess long term 

outcomes experienced by youth who use our shelter programs. ACF has also joined with other federal 

partners that serve homeless populations to discuss moving toward a shared language, shared data 

elements and data collection instruments. As the national leader on services to unaccompanied homeless 

youth, this program is an essential piece to accomplishing the goals of the Plan.

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

4.1LT and 4A: Increase the proportion of 

youth living in safe and appropriate

settings after exiting ACF-funded 

Transitional Living Program (TLP) 

services. (Outcome)

FY 2011: 87%

Target:

85% 

(Target Exceeded) 

86% 86% Maintain

4.2LT and 4B: Increase the proportion of 

youth who complete the Transitional 

Living Program (TLP) by graduating or 

who leave ahead of schedule based upon 

an opportunity. (Outcome)

FY 2011: 57.7%

Target:

56% 

(Target Exceeded) 

57% 58% +1

4C: Increase the proportion of 

Transitional Living Program (TLP) youth 

who are engaged in community service 

and service learning activities while in the 

program. (Outcome)

FY 2011: 37.6%

Target:

37.8% 

(Target Not Met but 

Improved)

38.4% Prior Result 

+2%

N/A

4D: Maintain the proportion of youth who 

are prevented from running as a result of 

Basic Center Programs' (BCP) nonshelter, preventive services as a 

percentage of all youth receiving such 

services. (Outcome)

FY 2011: 97.4%

Target:

96%

(Target Exceeded)

96% 96% Maintain

4i: Number of Basic Center Program 

grants. (Output)

FY 2011: 361

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

4ii: Number of youth entered BCP for 

services in the shelter. (Output)

FY 2011: 39,747

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

4iii: Number of Transitional Living 

Program grants. (Output)

FY 2011: 2081 N/A

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A

4iv: Number of youth entered TLP for 

services in the residency. (Output)

FY 2011: 4,104

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

1

This number reflects TLP grantees operating under a funding continuation. There were no new grant awards funded for TLP during FY 2011.

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Resource and Program Data

Basic Center Program

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $48,179,000 $48,182,000 $48,182,000

Research/Evaluation 729,000 754,000 781,000

Demonstration/Development 219,000 226,000 234,000

Training/Technical Assistance 3,542,000 3,814,000 3,785,000

Program Support 960,000 560,000 554,000

Total, Resources $53,629,000 $53,536,000 $53,536,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 342 341 342

New Starts

# 116 107 116

$ $17,794,000 $16,406,000 $16,930,000

Continuations

# 226 234 226

$ $32,485,000 $34,089,000 $33,852,000

Contracts

# 5 5 5

$ $3,071,000 $2,807,000 $2,520,000

Interagency Agreements

# 1 1 1

$ $279,000 $234,000 $234,000

Notes:

1. Training and Technical Assistance – Includes training and technical assistance, National Clearinghouse logistical support, management 

information systems and hotline.

2. Program Support – Includes information technology support, printing, contract fees and grants/panel review costs.

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Resource and Program Data

Transitional Living Program 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $39,312,000 $39,437,000 $39,437,000

Research/Evaluation 299,000 296,000

Demonstration/Development 1,243,000 1,200,000 1,200,000

Training/Technical Assistance 2,818,000 2,392,000 2,403,000

Program Support 234,000 491,000 483,000

Total, Resources $43,607,000 $43,819,000 $43,819,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 215 216 215

New Starts

# 0 76 109

$ $0 $14,841,000 $21,353,000

Continuations

# 215 140 106

$ $42,467,000 $27,183,000 $20,384,000

Contracts

# 2 4 4

$ $906,000 $1,561,000 $1,848,000

Interagency Agreements

# 1 1 1

$ $234,000 $234,000 $234,000

Notes:

1. Training and Technical Assistance – Includes training and technical assistance, National Clearinghouse logistical support, management 

information systems and hotline.

2. Program Support – Includes information technology support, printing, contract fees and grants/panel review costs.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

Runaway and Homeless Youth - Basic Center CFDA # 93.623

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $709,366 $689,917 $689,917 0

Alaska 200,000 200,000 200,000 0

Arizona 1,032,132 1,010,985 1,010,985 0

Arkansas 444,052 428,157 428,157 0

California 5,852,228 5,833,733 5,833,733 0

Colorado 712,841 752,549 752,549 0

Connecticut 527,074 527,074 527,074 0

Delaware 188,787 200,000 200,000 0

District of Columbia 440,580 340,580 340,580 0

Florida 2,638,450 2,519,263 2,519,263 0

Georgia 1,572,202 1,574,828 1,574,828 0

Hawaii 162,432 200,000 200,000 0

Idaho 266,342 266,342 266,342 0

Illinois 1,943,558 1,950,511 1,950,511 0

Indiana 774,921 993,788 993,788 0

Iowa 449,718 446,375 446,375 0

Kansas 395,235 444,402 444,402 0

Kentucky 579,997 606,147 606,147 0

Louisiana 866,581 673,419 673,419 0

Maine 227,759 200,000 200,000 0

Maryland 598,319 816,190 816,190 0

Massachusetts 891,689 857,970 857,970 0

Michigan 1,988,488 1,408,371 1,408,371 0

Minnesota 786,077 808,725 808,725 0

Mississippi 349,723 447,777 447,777 0

Missouri 894,678 868,214 868,214 0

Montana 200,000 200,000 200,000 0

Nebraska 554,273 274,250 274,250 0

Nevada 406,829 403,983 403,983 0

New Hampshire 200,000 200,000 200,000 0

New Jersey 1,283,893 1,262,723 1,262,723 0

New Mexico 779,499 594,499 594,499 0

New York 2,770,988 2,690,348 2,690,348 0

North Carolina 1,387,582 1,401,210 1,401,210 0

North Dakota 200,000 200,000 200,000 0

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

1,687,614

570,254

1,119,853

1,725,725

182,878

1,676,176

570,254

804,149

1,720,573

200,000

1,676,176

570,254

804,149

1,720,573

200,000

0

0

0

0

0

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

549,828

200,000

825,892

3,542,716

513,801

641,207

200,000

923,853

4,219,369

535,791

641,207

200,000

923,853

4,219,369

535,791

0

0

0

0

0

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

200,000

1,053,603

1,170,954

254,297

834,848

200,000

200,000

1,130,900

992,498

254,297

825,520

200,000

200,000

1,130,900

992,498

254,297

825,520

200,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal 47,908,556 47,386,917 47,386,917 0

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

0

70,000

0

200,000

0

70,000

70,000

70,000

515,483

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

515,483

70,000

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

270,000

48,178,556

795,483

48,182,400

795,483

48,182,400

0

0

Other

Training and Technical 

Assistance

1,908,478

3,542,129

1,540,432

3,813,168

1,540,432

3,813,168

0

0

Subtotal, Adjustments 5,450,607 5,353,600 5,353,600 0

TOTAL RESOURCES $53,629,163 $53,536,000 $53,536,000 $0

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EDUCATION AND PREVENTION GRANTS TO REDUCE SEXUAL ABUSE OF RUNAWAY, 

HOMELESS AND STREET YOUTH

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$17,935,000 $17,901,000 $17,901,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 388 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act 

2013 Authorization .................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated 

Allocation Method ............................................................................................................ Competitive Grant

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act authorizes 

funding for grants to public and private organizations for street-based services to runaway and homeless, 

and street youth, who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, 

prostitution, or sexual exploitation. 

Youth receive provisions for their basic needs, including food, clothing, hygiene or first aid packages, 

information about services and safe places, and encouragement to enter them. An established data 

collection tool captures the number of contacts, as well as the tangible assistance and information on

referral services to Runaway and Homeless Youth shelters.

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ....................................................................................... $17,221,000 

2009 ....................................................................................... $17,721,000 

2010 ....................................................................................... $17,971,000 

2011 ....................................................................................... $17,935,000 

2012 ....................................................................................... $17,901,000 

In FY 2010, the baseline for a new performance measure for the Street Outreach Program (SOP) was 

established. This new performance measure allows the SOP to capture the average number of street 

youth contacts per agency, who agree to leave the street and spend at least one night in a shelter setting. 

The FY 2011 actual result shows an agency average of 154 street youth who accepted shelter. This 

average not only exceeds the targeted average of 152, but also exceeds the previous year’s actual result 

and baseline average of 149. Street outreach programs may include roving teams of youth workers, a 

drop-in center, or other youth-friendly venue designed to attract street youth, who are constantly at risk of 

criminal exploitation and exposure to the elements. 

Information related to the program evaluation is included under the Runaway and Homeless Youth 

program section. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for Education and Prevention Grants to Reduce Sexual Abuse of 

Runaway, Homeless and Street Youth is $17,901,000, the same as the FY 2012 enacted level. These 

funds will be used for the SOP to assist private, non-profit agencies in meeting the critical needs of the 

runaway, homeless and street youth population by building relationships between grantee staff and youth 

receiving street-based outreach services and educational information. 

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As previously noted, the SOP recently established a new performance measure to track the average 

number of street youth contacts per agency who are provided shelter for at least one night. By FY 2013, 

the program aims to improve by at least two percent over the previous year’s actual result.

The FY 2013 request for this program is aligned with the Opening Doors: the Federal Strategic Plan to 

Prevent and End Homelessness which was released in June 2010. Because it is recognized that youth on 

the street may be in need of a more intense array of services, ACF has moved forward on a Street 

Outreach Initiative designed to engage and assess street youth to help identify their needs, the services 

that they prefer and gather much needed descriptive data on this transient population. This initiative will 

assist us in helping to move youth from the street and achieve more stable long term outcomes. 

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent 

Result

FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

4E: Increase the average number of annual 

street youth contacts per Street Outreach 

Program grantee who are provided shelter for at 

least one night. (Outcome)

FY 2011: 154

Target:

152

(Target Exceeded)

157 Prior Result +2% N/A

4v: Number of Street Outreach Program (SOP) 

grants. (Output)

FY 2011: 157

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

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Resource and Program Data

Education and Prevention Grants to Reduce Sexual Abuse of Runaway, Homeless and Street Youth 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $16,269,000 $16,111,000 $16,111,000

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support 1,666,000 1,790,000 1,790,000

Total, Resources $17,935,000 $17,901,000 $17,901,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 155 155 155

New Starts

# 15 58 82

$ $1,721,000 $5,294,000 $9,308,000

Continuations

# 140 97 73

$ $14,548,000 $10,817,000 $6,803,000

Contracts

# 1 1 1

$ $1,430,000 $1,554,000 $1,554,000

Interagency Agreements

# 1 1 1

$ $236,000 $236,000 $236,000

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support, contract fees and grants/panel review costs.

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CAPTA STATE GRANTS

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$26,482,000 $26,432,000 $26,432,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 112(a)(1) of Title I of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

2013 Authorization .................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated 

Allocation Method ................................................................................................................... Formula Grant 

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

(CAPTA) State Grant program provides grants to states to improve child protective service systems. 

Grants are based on an initial allocation of $50,000 per state with additional funds distributed in 

proportion to the state’s population of children under the age of 18. This program assists states in 

improving: intake, assessment, screening and investigation of child abuse and neglect reports; risk and 

safety assessment protocols; training for child protective services workers and mandated reporters; 

programs and procedures for the identification, prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect; 

development and implementation of procedures for collaboration among child protection services, 

domestic violence, and other agencies; and services to disabled infants with life-threatening conditions 

and their families. In addition, under this program, states perform a range of prevention activities 

including addressing the needs of infants born with prenatal drug exposure, referring children not at risk 

of imminent harm to community services, implementing criminal record checks for prospective foster and 

adoptive parents and other adults in their homes, training child protective services workers, protecting the 

legal rights of families and alleged perpetrators, and supporting Citizen Review Panels. The CAPTA 

Reauthorization Act of 2010 reauthorized the program through FY 2015. Reauthorization includes new 

state plan assurances and a focus on collaboration and linkages between domestic violence and child 

abuse and neglect. Reauthorization also includes a new funding formula adjustment should 

appropriations exceed FY 2009 amounts by more than $1 million. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ....................................................................................... $26,535,000 

2009 ....................................................................................... $26,535,000 

2010 ....................................................................................... $26,535,000 

2011 ....................................................................................... $26,482,000 

2012 ....................................................................................... $26,432,000 

In order to evaluate whether the program has been successful in decreasing the rate of repeat 

maltreatment, the program tracks the percentage of children with substantiated or indicated reports of 

maltreatment within six months of a previously substantiated or indicated report of maltreatment. ACF 

continues to see reductions in the percentage of victims who experience repeat maltreatment. From FY 

2003 to FY 2010, the national rate of repeat maltreatment fell from 8.5 percent to 6.5 percent, exceeding 

the FY 2010 target of 6.6 percent. The positive trend in performance on repeat maltreatment may be due 

in part to ACF’s continued assessment of state performance in this area. ACF hopes to continue to make 

progress in reducing repeat maltreatment by continuing to monitor state performance and working with 

states to improve their performance. 

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Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for Child Abuse State Grants is $26,432,000, the same as the FY 

2012 enacted level. These funds will continue to help support improved child protection systems, 

including prevention services for families. Child abuse and neglect continues to be a significant problem 

in the United States. CAPTA funds support the efforts of the states in establishing and maintaining 

effective systems of child protection, a critical element in eliminating the tragedy of child abuse and 

neglect. 

In addition to the continued emphasis on reducing the rate of repeat maltreatment, the program is working 

to improve states’ average response time between maltreatment report and investigation. This 

performance measure is calculated based on the median of all states’ average response times in hours 

from screen-in reports to the initiation of the investigation. In FY 2010, the average response time was 61 

hours, falling short of the FY 2010 target of 56 hours. The increase in reported response time in FY 2010 

was mostly attributable to one state reporting response time data for the first time in FY 2010. This state 

indicated that they have provided training to staff that focuses on responding in a more timely way and 

have changed policy which they believe will result in improved response time in future years. ACF will 

continue to work with all states to continue to improve the accuracy and completeness of the data, as well 

as to improve performance in ensuring that states respond to reports of abuse and neglect in a timely 

manner. Reducing the response time between maltreatment report and investigation improves the 

likelihood of identifying children in need of services in a timely manner and preventing additional 

maltreatment. This measure is targeted to decrease by five percent each year through FY 2013. 

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

7B: Decrease the percentage of 

children with substantiated or 

indicated reports of maltreatment 

that have a repeated substantiated or 

indicated report of maltreatment 

within six months. (CAPTA) 

(Outcome)

FY 2010: 6.5%

Target:

6.6% 

(Target Exceeded)

Prior Result 

-0.2PP

Prior Result -0.2PP N/A

7C: Improve states' average response 

time between maltreatment report 

and investigation, based on the 

median of states' reported average 

response time in hours from 

screened-in reports to the initiation 

of the investigation. (CAPTA) 

(Outcome and Efficiency)

FY 2010: 61.00 hrs

Target:

55.62 hrs 

(Target Not Met) 

Prior Result 

-5%

Prior Result -5% N/A

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Resource and Program Data

CAPTA State Grants

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $26,482,000 $26,432,000 $26,432,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $26,482,000 $26,432,000 $26,432,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 56 56 56

New Starts

# 56 56 56

$ $26,482,000 $26,432,000 $26,432,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

CAPTA State Grants CFDA # 93.669

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $403,440 $405,800 $405,800 0

Alaska 107,467 108,871 108,871 0

Arizona 592,284 561,809 561,809 0

Arkansas 272,287 273,534 273,534 0

California 3,004,253 2,970,349 2,970,349 0

Colorado 434,405 435,066 435,066 0

Connecticut 302,975 306,693 306,693 0

Delaware 114,808 114,648 114,648 0

District of Columbia 85,704 81,674 81,674 0

Florida 1,320,463 1,307,391 1,307,391 0

Georgia 858,969 832,805 832,805 0

Hawaii 140,910 145,455 145,455 0

Idaho 181,246 184,807 184,807 0

Illinois 1,044,817 1,033,137 1,033,137 0

Indiana 547,620 555,301 555,301 0

Iowa 273,284 278,723 278,723 0

Kansas 270,716 278,392 278,392 0

Kentucky 367,578 371,526 371,526 0

Louisiana 401,725 401,262 401,262 0

Maine 134,903 136,254 136,254 0

Maryland 473,282 475,079 475,079 0

Massachusetts 498,664 495,802 495,802 0

Michigan 785,736 786,468 786,468 0

Minnesota 444,748 453,431 453,431 0

Mississippi 290,375 287,383 287,383 0

Missouri 498,143 497,849 497,849 0

Montana 118,827 120,240 120,240 0

Nebraska 191,406 194,280 194,280 0

Nevada 263,227 258,935 258,935 0

New Hampshire 140,506 140,244 140,244 0

New Jersey 690,542 698,856 698,856 0

New Mexico 209,752 212,958 212,958 0

New York 1,435,155 1,408,825 1,408,825 0

North Carolina 763,217 766,852 766,852 0

North Dakota 95,076 97,087 97,087 0

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STATE/TERRITORY

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Request

Difference

+/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Subtotal

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

899,843

337,686

323,272

918,876

121,017

388,370

112,499

517,528

2,209,084

322,023

89,536

628,341

541,429

170,995

460,231

91,336

907,957

342,086

322,225

927,249

120,363

389,467

113,715

520,019

2,207,129

323,662

90,603

632,395

546,835

171,720

470,846

92,541

907,957

342,086

322,225

927,249

120,363

389,467

113,715

520,019

2,207,129

323,662

90,603

632,395

546,835

171,720

470,846

92,541

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

25,890,576

57,996

67,174

55,552

349,896

60,736

25,856,598

58,024

67,234

55,571

333,800

60,773

25,856,598

58,024

67,234

55,571

333,800

60,773

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

TOTAL RESOURCES

591,354

26,481,930

$26,481,930

575,402

26,432,000

$26,432,000

575,402

26,432,000

$26,432,000

0

0

$0

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CHILD ABUSE DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITIES

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$25,793,000 $25,744,000 $25,744,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

2013 Authorization .................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated

Allocation Method ............................................................................................................ Competitive Grant

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Child Abuse Discretionary Activities account 

funds a number of research and demonstration grants and contracts that seek to expand the evidence base 

for child welfare programs with the goal of improving child outcomes as lessons learned are adopted by 

communities across the country. The program funds research on the causes, prevention, identification 

and treatment of child abuse and neglect, and investigative, administrative and judicial procedures. It also 

funds projects to compile, publish and disseminate training materials; provide technical assistance; 

demonstrate and evaluate methods and procedures to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect; and 

develop or expand effective collaboration between child protective services and domestic violence 

agencies. In addition, the program funds a national resource center on issues relating to child 

maltreatment and a national clearinghouse, the Child Welfare Information Gateway, which gathers and 

disseminates information on the incidence of child abuse and neglect and on promising programs of 

prevention and treatment. The CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 (P. L. 111-320) focused on new 

areas: collaboration between domestic violence and child protection, issues facing Indian and Native 

populations, and the unique needs of children under age 3 and those with disabilities. 

Research and demonstration grants are awarded competitively to public and private agencies, including 

state and local government agencies, universities, and voluntary and faith-based organizations. Contracts 

may be awarded to public, nonprofit and proprietary organizations. Projects supported by grants and 

contracts awarded under this program may run up to five years, depending upon the availability of funds. 

Two Quality Improvement Centers are funded through this program: 1) the National Quality 

Improvement Center on Preventing the Abuse and Neglect of Infants and Young Children (a.k.a. National 

Quality Improvement Center on Early Childhood) which works to improve the social, physical, 

behavioral, cognitive, and emotional well-being of children zero to five years old, and their families, who 

are at risk of abuse and neglect by fostering collaborative research and demonstration projects across the 

child abuse prevention, child welfare, early childhood, and other health, education, and social service 

systems; and 2) the National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective 

Services which works to generate knowledge on effective practice models of differential response in child 

protective systems and supports the infrastructure needed at the State and local levels to improve child 

welfare outcomes for children and their families who are identified as a result of referrals for suspected 

child maltreatment.

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ....................................................................................... $37,135,000 

2009 ....................................................................................... $41,757,000 

2010 ....................................................................................... $29,020,000 

2011 ....................................................................................... $25,793,000 

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2012 ....................................................................................... $25,744,000 

The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) allows states to report child welfare data 

to ACF. NCANDS supports three annual performance measures related to the Child Abuse Prevention 

and Treatment Act (CAPTA) State Grant Program and the Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention 

(CBCAP) Program. 

Performance measurement for the Child Abuse Discretionary Activities program is part of a broader 

Child Welfare performance program area.

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for Child Abuse Discretionary Activities is $25,744,000, the 

same as the FY 2012 enacted level. These funds will support 35 grants designed to assist and enhance 

national, state and local efforts to prevent, identify and treat child abuse. 

Child abuse discretionary grants support a wide range of efforts intended to increase the knowledge base 

on evidence-based practices and strategies for their implementation; facilitate systems improvement in 

state, county and local programs; identify and evaluate effective strategies to reduce child abuse and 

neglect of infants and young children; and demonstrate effective approaches to address issues identified in 

the Child and Family Service Reviews. Currently, funded projects include:

• Using Comprehensive Family Assessments to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes;

• Rigorous Evaluations of Existing Child Abuse Prevention Programs; 

• National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response; 

• National Quality Improvement Center on Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in Infants and 

Young Children; and 

• Five regional Implementation Centers, an innovative approach designed to provide long term 

technical assistance to state-initiated transformation projects that improve child welfare systems 

and services.

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Resource and Program Data

Child Abuse Discretionary Activities

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation $2,194,000 $3,519,000 $3,619,000

Demonstration/Development 14,196,000 13,115,000 11,232,000

Training/Technical Assistance 8,986,000 8,495,000 10,510,000

Program Support 313,000 615,000 383,000

Total, Resources $25,689,000 $25,744,000 $25,744,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 37 31 35

New Starts

# 1 7 8

$ $120,000 $2,910,000 $3,899,000

Continuations

# 36 24 27

$ $18,812,000 $14,885,000 $12,038,000

Contracts

# 10 10 12

$ $6,086,000 $7,259,000 $9,117,000

Interagency Agreements

# 3 3 3

$ $670,000 $690,000 $690,000

Notes:

1. Program Support  Includes funding for information technology support and grant paneling review.

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COMMUNITY-BASED CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$41,606,000 $41,527,000 $41,527,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 209 of Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act

2013 Authorization .................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated

Allocation Method ................................................................................................................... Formula Grant 

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention 

(CBCAP) grants are provided to a State lead agency to disburse funds for community child abuse and 

neglect prevention activities. Funds are used to develop, operate, expand and enhance community-based 

efforts to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and neglect; foster the development of a 

continuum of preventive services through state and community-based public private partnerships; and 

finance public information activities focusing on the healthy and positive development of families and 

child abuse and neglect prevention activities. Voluntary home visiting programs are a core local service, 

as are programs that focus on prevention services to families that include children or parents with 

disabilities. The Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention program was reauthorized through FY 2015 

under Public Law 111-320, the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010. 

Seventy percent of a state’s grant amount is calculated on the basis of the number of children under 18 in 

the state, with a minimum award of $200,000 per state. The remaining part of the grant award is allotted 

among the states based on the amount leveraged by the state from private, state, or other non-federal 

sources and directed through the state lead agency in the preceding fiscal year for community-based child 

abuse prevention services.

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ....................................................................................... $41,689,000 

2009 ....................................................................................... $41,689,000 

2010 ....................................................................................... $41,689,000 

2011 ....................................................................................... $41,606,000 

2012 ....................................................................................... $41,527,000 

The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) allows states to report child welfare data 

to ACF. NCANDS supports three annual performance measures related to the Child Abuse Prevention 

and Treatment Act (CAPTA) State Grant Program and the Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention 

(CBCAP) Program.

One performance indicator the CBCAP program tracks is the rate of first-time child maltreatment victims 

(maltreatment victims who have not been maltreatment victims in any prior year) per 1,000 children. In 

recent years, ACF has seen incremental improvement in this area with the rate of first time victims 

declining from 7.18 victims of maltreatment per 1,000 children in the population to a rate of 6.95 in FY 

2010. The FY 2009 performance on this performance measure has been revised upward from the 

previously reported rate of 6.92 per 1,000 to a rate 7.01 per 1,000, reflecting revised state data 

submissions received since the data were previously reported. The FY 2010 rate of 6.95 first victims per 

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1,000 children in the population, thus, represents an improvement over the FY 2009 performance, and 

slightly exceeded the target rate of 6.96 per 1,000. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention program is 

$41,527,000, the same as the FY 2012 enacted level. These funds will support 60 grants designed to 

assist and enhance national, state and local efforts to prevent, identify and treat child abuse. There 

continues to be a tremendous need for resources that can support direct services to families including 

trauma-based services, as well as strengthen the service delivery infrastructure within the states. 

Recognizing that the use of evidence-based and evidence-informed practices often facilitates the 

efficiency and effectiveness of funding, ACF developed an efficiency measure to reflect progress towards 

this goal. Currently, the Children’s Bureau and its National Resource Center for CBCAP are working 

closely with the states to promote more rigorous evaluations of their funded programs. A baseline of 27 

percent was established for this performance measure in FY 2006. ACF has made steady progress on this 

measure, with the percent of CBCAP funding directed toward evidence-based or evidence-informed 

practices rising to 34 percent in FY 2007, 37 percent in FY 2008, 49 percent in FY 2009 and 57 percent in 

FY 2010, exceeding the FY 2010 target of 52 percent. The target of a three percentage point annual 

increase in the amount of funds devoted to evidence-based practice through FY 2013 was selected as a 

meaningful increment of improvement that takes into account the fact that this is the first time that the 

program has required grantees to target their funding towards evidence-based and evidence-informed 

programs, and it will take time for states to adjust their funding priorities to meet these new requirements. 

ACF is committed to continuing to work with CBCAP grantees to invest in evidence-based practices, 

while continuing to promote evaluation and innovation, so as to expand the availability of evidenceinformed and evidence-based practice over time. 

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

7A: Decrease the rate of first-time victims per 1,000 

children (CBCAP) (Outcome)

FY 2010: 6.95

Target:

6.96

(Target Exceeded)

Prior Result 

-0.05PP

Prior Result 

-0.05PP

N/A

7D: Increase the percentage of Community-Based 

Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) total funding that 

supports evidence-based and evidence-informed 

child abuse prevention programs and practices. 

(CBCAP) (Efficiency)

FY 2010: 57%

Target:

52% 

(Target Exceeded)

Prior Result 

+3PP

Prior Result 

+3PP

N/A

7vi: Number of children receiving preventive 

services through CBCAP and other sources. (Output)

FY 2009: 3 million

(Historical Actual) 

N/A N/A N/A

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Resource and Program Data

Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $39,756,000 $39,698,000 $39,698,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development 417,000 417,000 417,000

Training/Technical Assistance 1,317,000 1,254,000 1,254,000

Program Support 115,000 158,000 158,000

Total, Resources $41,605,000 $41,527,000 $41,527,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 60 60 60

New Starts

# 59 56 56

$ $40,173,000 $39,698,000 $39,698,000

Continuations

# 1 4 4

$ $1,263,000 $1,617,000 $1,617,000

Contracts

# 2 1 1

$ $66,000 $54,000 $54,000

Interagency Agreements

# 1 1 1

$ $103,000 $158,000 $158,000

Notes:

1. Program Support  Includes funding for information technology support and grant paneling reviews.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

 #A

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention CFD 93.590

 

STATE/TERRITORY

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Request

Difference

+/- 2012

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

$467,562

477,833

597,288

250,793

3,612,075

616,403

901,160

208,414

234,026

1,384,633

1,017,958

288,559

205,569

1,275,052

1,119,735

463,464

847,769

2,266,305

429,517

220,009

706,415

554,640

843,879

1,246,008

275,269

568,389

203,694

310,627

358,713

264,360

2,765,193

217,334

1,520,476

1,188,439

202,981

$466,642

476,893

596,113

250,300

3,604,970

615,190

899,387

208,004

233,566

1,381,909

1,015,955

287,991

205,165

1,272,544

1,117,532

462,552

846,101

2,261,847

428,672

219,576

705,025

553,549

842,219

1,243,557

274,727

567,271

203,293

310,016

358,007

263,840

2,759,753

216,906

1,517,485

1,186,101

202,582

$466,642

476,893

596,113

250,300

3,604,970

615,190

899,387

208,004

233,566

1,381,909

1,015,955

287,991

205,165

1,272,544

1,117,532

462,552

846,101

2,261,847

428,672

219,576

705,025

553,549

842,219

1,243,557

274,727

567,271

203,293

310,016

358,007

263,840

2,759,753

216,906

1,517,485

1,186,101

202,582

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

0

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

1,274,027

850,350

297,061

980,683

245,468

1,271,521

848,677

296,477

978,754

244,985

1,271,521

848,677

296,477

978,754

244,985

0

0

0

0

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

495,927

202,763

946,224

2,358,786

416,550

494,951

202,364

944,363

2,354,146

415,731

494,951

202,364

944,363

2,354,146

415,731

0

0

0

0

0

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

200,000

639,969

588,567

269,981

539,108

204,858

199,607

638,710

587,409

269,450

538,047

204,455

199,607

638,710

587,409

269,450

538,047

204,455

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal 38,620,863 38,544,887 38,544,887 0

Indian Tribes 416,852 415,270 415,270 0

Subtotal

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

416,852

200,000

200,000

200,000

335,349

200,000

415,270

200,000

200,000

200,000

334,689

200,000

415,270

200,000

200,000

200,000

334,689

200,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

1,135,349

40,173,064

1,134,689

40,094,846

1,134,689

40,094,846

0

0

Other

Training and Technical 

Assistance

232,154

1,200,000

232,154

1,200,000

232,154

1,200,000

0

0

Subtotal, Adjustments 1,432,154 1,432,154 1,432,154 0

TOTAL RESOURCES $41,605,218 $41,527,000 $41,527,000 $0

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CHILD WELFARE SERVICES

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$281,181,000 $280,650,000 $280,650,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 425 of the Social Security Act 

2013 Authorization ................................................................... $325,000,000 pending Congressional action

Allocation Method ................................................................................................................... Formula Grant 

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services 

Program helps state and tribal public welfare agencies to develop and expand their child and family 

services programs by: 1) protecting and promoting the welfare of all children; 2) preventing the neglect, 

abuse, or exploitation of children; 3) supporting at-risk families through services which allow children, 

when appropriate, to remain safely with their families or return to their families in a timely manner; 4) 

promoting the safety, permanence, and well-being of children in foster care and adoptive families; and 5) 

providing training, professional development and support to ensure a well-qualified child welfare 

workforce. Services are available to children and their families without regard to income. 

Funds are distributed to states in the form of grants. Each state receives a base amount of $70,000. 

Additional funds are distributed in proportion to the state’s population of children under age 21 multiplied 

by the complement of the state’s average per capita income. The state match requirement is 25 percent. 

Eligible Indian tribes must meet plan requirements specified in regulation. 

This program (title IV-B subpart 1) is linked to the title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption Assistance 

Programs, as well as subpart 2 of title IV-B, the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program. The same 

state or tribal agency must administer, or supervise the administration of all these programs. The broad 

goal of all the programs is to strengthen the families of at-risk children. Taken together, these programs 

provide a continuum of services to help children and their families.

The Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (P. L. 112-34) reauthorized the program 

for five years through FY 2016. Among other changes, the law requires that grantees’ title IV-B plans 

identify activities to address the developmental needs of children served under title IV-B and title IV-E 

programs, and to reduce the length of time that children under the age of five are without a permanent 

family. In addition, P.L. 112-34 expanded requirements related to the oversight of the health care needs 

of children in foster care. As part of the health care coordination and oversight plan that child welfare 

agencies are required to develop in collaboration with State Medicaid agencies, pediatricians and other 

experts, grantees will now need to outline: 

• How the agency will monitor and treat emotional trauma associated with a child’s maltreatment 

and removal, in addition to other health needs identified through screenings; and 

• Protocols for the appropriate use and monitoring of psychotropic medications, as part of its 

current oversight of prescription medicines. These protocols will be based on best practice 

guidelines and will include, for example, a description of efforts to monitor the side effects of 

psychotropic medications, procedures that safeguard against the combination of multiple 

psychotropic medications where such use is lacking scientific evidence, and procedures for 

obtaining informed consent from caregivers and youth. 

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Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ..................................................................................... $281,744,000 

2009 ..................................................................................... $281,744,000 

2010 ..................................................................................... $281,744,000 

2011 ..................................................................................... $281,181,000 

2012 ..................................................................................... $280,650,000 

One key performance measure for the Child Welfare Services program focuses on children who have 

been removed from their homes and placed in foster care (annual measure 7Q); this trauma can be 

aggravated further when a child is moved from one placement setting to another while in care. It is, 

therefore, in the best interest of the child to keep the number of placement settings to a minimum. ACF 

continues to see improved performance in this area. In FY 2010, 85.1 percent of children experienced no 

more than two placement settings during their first year in care, exceeding the 80 percent target that is set 

through FY 2013. ACF is providing technical assistance to the states to improve placement stability for 

children in care, and states are employing a number of strategies, including increasing the use of relatives 

as placement resources and improving training and support for foster parents to improve retention and 

prevent placement disruptions.

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the Child Welfare Services program is $280,650,000, the 

same as the FY 2012 enacted level. This funding level will support grants to help improve state child 

welfare services with a goal of keeping families together when appropriate. 

Federal law requires that every child in foster care have a case plan that specifies the permanency goal for 

the child (e.g., reunification or adoption) and details the types of services the child and parents will 

receive to facilitate achievement of that goal. Despite this requirement, a significant proportion of cases 

in recent years have been reported as having no case goal or “case plan goal not yet determined” even 

when children have been in care for a year or more. Because identifying an appropriate goal is a crucial 

first step in moving a child to permanency, annual performance measure 7R seeks to decrease the 

percentage of cases reported as lacking a case plan goal. Specifically, the measure is computed from the 

number of children in foster care for 12 or more months with either a missing or “Not Yet Determined” 

case goal divided by the total number of children who were in foster care at least 12 months or more. In 

FY 2008, 3.4 percent of children in foster care had an undetermined case plan goal, performance that 

exceeded the 5.9 percent target. In FY 2009, ACF’s performance declined slightly with an increase to 3.6 

percent, but still exceeded the target of 5.4 percent. In FY 2010, performance in this area improved from 

the previous year to 3.3 percent of children without a case plan goal, but fell short of the FY 2010 target 

of 3.1 percent. With actual performance so close to the target, ACF believes that attaining future targets 

is possible. By FY 2013, the program expects to reduce the percentage of children in foster care without 

a case plan goal by at least 0.5 percentage points from the previous fiscal year.

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Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2011

Target

7Q: For those children who had been in care less 

than 12 months, maintain the percentage that has 

no more than two placement settings.1

FY 2010: 85.1%

Target:

80%

(Target Exceeded)

 (Child 

Welfare Services) (Outcome)

80% 80% Maintain

7R: Decrease the percent of foster children in 

care 12 or more months with no case plan goal 

(including case plan goal "Not Yet Determined"). 

(Child Welfare Services, PSSF, Foster Care) 

(Efficiency)

FY 2010: 3.3%

Target:

3.1% 

(Target Not Met but 

Improved) 

Prior Result 

-0.5PP

Prior Result 

-0.5PP

N/A

1 Note: Performance measures have been renumerated due to the addition of a new measure 7P.

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Resource and Program Data

Child Welfare Services

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $281,181,000 $280,650,000 $280,650,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $281,181,000 $280,650,000 $280,650,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 227 227 227

New Starts

# 227 227 227

$ $281,181,000 $280,650,000 $280,650,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

Child Welfare Services CFDA # 93.645

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $4,702,623 $4,695,093 $4,695,093 0

Alaska 269,500 281,789 281,789 0

Arizona 5,983,821 5,653,914 5,653,914 0

Arkansas 3,080,116 3,051,226 3,051,226 0

California 32,500,912 32,641,840 32,641,840 0

Colorado 4,195,471 4,236,735 4,236,735 0

Connecticut 2,238,975 2,342,449 2,342,449 0

Delaware 802,693 814,024 814,024 0

District of Columbia 352,708 353,727 353,727 0

Florida 15,218,862 15,183,375 15,183,375 0

Georgia 9,876,514 9,533,671 9,533,671 0

Hawaii 1,154,305 1,203,942 1,203,942 0

Idaho 1,754,755 1,757,802 1,757,802 0

Illinois 11,048,216 10,918,032 10,918,032 0

Indiana 6,253,205 6,297,366 6,297,366 0

Iowa 2,905,013 2,916,205 2,916,205 0

Kansas 2,757,790 2,802,652 2,802,652 0

Kentucky 4,235,280 4,228,102 4,228,102 0

Louisiana 4,700,201 4,622,864 4,622,864 0

Maine 1,129,424 1,130,046 1,130,046 0

Maryland 4,375,296 4,465,339 4,465,339 0

Massachusetts 4,392,925 4,489,222 4,489,222 0

Michigan 8,695,795 8,679,901 8,679,901 0

Minnesota 4,324,155 4,397,373 4,397,373 0

Mississippi 3,380,737 3,270,924 3,270,924 0

Missouri 5,575,309 5,541,063 5,541,063 0

Montana 697,303 688,017 688,017 0

Nebraska 1,736,504 1,732,412 1,732,412 0

Nevada 2,465,813 2,458,425 2,458,425 0

New Hampshire 1,071,502 1,066,448 1,066,448 0

New Jersey 5,952,204 6,207,294 6,207,294 0

New Mexico 1,589,384 1,599,938 1,599,938 0

New York 14,513,321 14,511,294 14,511,294 0

North Carolina 8,980,890 8,923,915 8,923,915 0

North Dakota 513,380 503,312 503,312 0

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STATE/TERRITORY

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Request

Difference

+/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

10,382,617

1,475,931

3,333,653

10,368,200

926,620

4,544,197

505,199

5,893,399

25,769,933

3,590,990

576,018

6,536,955

5,401,924

1,744,291

4,863,314

487,895

10,421,823

1,418,942

3,303,271

10,469,959

927,558

4,525,698

467,272

5,903,505

25,693,923

3,527,733

580,069

6,589,998

5,509,051

1,725,196

4,891,568

497,888

10,421,823

1,418,942

3,303,271

10,469,959

927,558

4,525,698

467,272

5,903,505

25,693,923

3,527,733

580,069

6,589,998

5,509,051

1,725,196

4,891,568

497,888

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Indian Tribes

269,826,038

6,189,569

269,653,185

6,313,354

269,653,185

6,313,354

0

0

Subtotal

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

6,189,569

176,260

302,471

147,885

4,324,456

213,833

6,313,354

170,234

289,288

143,468

3,874,795

205,676

6,313,354

170,234

289,288

143,468

3,874,795

205,676

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

TOTAL RESOURCES

5,164,905

281,180,512

$281,180,512

4,683,461

280,650,000

$280,650,000

4,683,461

280,650,000

$280,650,000

0

0

$0

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CHILD WELFARE RESEARCH, TRAINING AND DEMONSTRATION

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$27,153,000 $26,092,000 $31,092,000 +$5,000,000

Authorizing Legislation – Section 426 of the Social Security Act 

2013 Authorization .................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated 

Allocation Method ............................................................................................................ Competitive Grant

Program Description and Accomplishments – Section 426 of the Social Security Act provides the 

Secretary broad authority to award discretionary grants to: institutions of higher education and to other 

nonprofit agencies and organizations engaged in research or child welfare activities for special child 

welfare projects which are of regional or national significance and for demonstration projects on 

promising approaches that contribute to the advancement of child welfare; state or local public child 

welfare agencies for demonstration projects utilizing child welfare research in order to encourage 

experimental and special types of child welfare services; public or other nonprofit institutions of higher 

learning for special projects for training personnel for work in the field of child welfare, including 

traineeships; and for contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements with states and other 

organizations and agencies for the conduct of research, special projects, or demonstration projects relating 

to child welfare.

Given the importance of skilled child welfare workers, this funding builds the capacity of child welfare 

workers by supporting participation in training programs focused specifically on child welfare service 

activities, and providing tuition assistance and student support services for those individuals seeking 

undergraduate and advanced degrees in social work. Current projects are focused on building the 

capacity of the child welfare workforce by focusing on leadership development, and recruiting, retaining 

and training competent child welfare staff using lessons learned from previous grants. These projects also 

provide leadership training for middle managers and front-line supervisors, create peer networks, and 

provide technical assistance to five states related to recruiting, selecting, training and retaining a qualified 

workforce.

Innovative Approaches to Foster Care – In addition to the training activity funded under Section 426, 

$20 million funds demonstration projects started in FY 2010 that aim to test innovative approaches to 

reducing long-term foster care placements, particularly among subgroups of children that have higher 

rates of long term foster care placements. This five-year grant program provides funding to states, 

localities, tribes, and public or private non-profit institutions for the purpose of expanding the evidence 

base for practice in this area. Grantees demonstrating an improvement in the outcomes for children in 

long-term foster care will be eligible to receive bonus funding, which will be awarded in addition to 

upfront funding.

The demonstration program takes a multi-faceted approach to reduce the number of children who stay in 

foster care for extended periods of time. The demonstration design encourages an upfront investment in 

evidence-based or evidence-informed services and provides states and localities with flexibility to address 

the unique needs of children and families at the local child welfare agency level. The demonstration 

design also provides a financial incentive for grantees to attain successful outcomes, particularly for 

children who have been in foster care for an extended period of time or who exhibit specific risk factors 

that make them likely to remain in care for extended periods. These children tend to be older and have 

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significant needs that may have contributed to the length of time they are in care. They may have serious 

physical and/or mental health needs or behaviors that have contributed to difficulty in finding a suitable 

permanent placement. The upfront funding provides grantees with resources and flexibility to implement 

an array of services, including those that are time intensive, in order to achieve better outcomes.

The demonstrations present an opportunity to test innovative approaches to delivering child welfare 

services. Subsequently, a key component of the demonstration program is conducting a rigorous national 

cross-site evaluation. A common set of performance measures will be used by the grantees to establish 

baseline and subsequent comparison values. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ......................................................................................... $7,335,000 

2009 ......................................................................................... $7,207,000 

2010 ....................................................................................... $27,207,000 

2011 ....................................................................................... $27,153,000 

2012 ....................................................................................... $26,092,000 

Performance measurement for the Child Welfare Research, Training and Demonstration program is part 

of a broader Child Welfare performance program area.

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for Child Welfare Research, Training and Demonstration is 

$31,092,000, a $5,000,000 increase above the FY 2012 enacted level. The base funding, $26.1 million,

will continue to support grants for child welfare professionals and students and grants to maintain training 

resources and opportunities in the field of child welfare, as well as discretionary grants to continue 

support for the Innovative Approaches to Foster Care demonstration. The budget includes an additional

$5 million to award competitive grants that focus on coordination and training related to the exploitation 

of children in the form of domestic sex trafficking. 

Exploitation of Children: Domestic Sex Trafficking - The Budget proposes a new competitive grant 

program to prevent and address commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). Each year, 

approximately 100,000 children in the U.S. are victims of domestic sex trafficking. Many of these youth 

reside in Federally-funded foster care group homes and runaway and homeless youth shelters. The 

purpose of this new grant program is to equip child welfare agencies and other community stakeholders 

who work with youth to prevent and address CSEC. 

Grantees will develop and improve coordination between existing systems that come into contact with 

young victims of domestic sex trafficking such as child welfare (including foster care group homes), 

runaway and homeless youth (RHY) programs, foster care group homes, law enforcement, and courts. 

They will also train staff in these systems to better identify and serve this hidden and often misidentified 

population. 

Grantees, which can be states or local Title IV-B agencies, or public or private non-profit institutions, will 

identify and engage in initiatives to reduce exploitation of children in the form of domestic sex 

trafficking. Where such initiatives exist, the grantee will be required to conduct outreach to the agencies 

in the state that are leading such initiatives to seek partnerships. This modest investment will help spur 

innovation and system change in states and communities awarded funding. Grants will be targeted to 

areas with elevated rates of CSEC. 

Funds will be used to build capacity through jointly training staff at child welfare agencies, courts, law 

enforcement and RHY programs that currently come into contact with these youth through existing 

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programs. Training, to be provided by an organization with a track record in prevention of domestic sex 

trafficking, will be focused on prevention and identification of young domestic sex trafficking victims as 

well as appropriately responding to their unique needs. 

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Resource and Program Data

Child Welfare Research, Training and Demonstration 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation $6,627,000 $3,908,000 $2,511,000

Demonstration/Development 13,282,000 14,942,000 21,425,000

Training/Technical Assistance 7,109,000 7,042,000 6,576,000

Program Support 105,000 200,000 580,000

Total, Resources $27,123,000 $26,092,000 $31,092,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 13 13 21

New Starts

# 0 0 14

$ $0 $0 $8,611,000

Continuations

# 13 13 7

$ $19,860,000 $21,521,000 $17,174,000

Contracts

# 3 3 5

$ $7,158,000 $4,371,000 $5,107,000

Interagency Agreements

# 1 1 1

$ $105,000 $200,000 $200,000

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support and grant paneling review.

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ADOPTION OPPORTUNITIES

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$39,253,000 $39,179,000 $39,179,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 205 of Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and 

Adoption Reform Act

2013 Authorization .................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated 

Allocation Method ............................................................................................................ Competitive Grant

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Adoption Opportunities program funds grants and 

contracts to public and private organizations to remove barriers to adoption and to provide permanent, 

loving homes for children who would benefit from adoption, particularly children with special needs. 

Estimates from FY 2010 indicated that there are approximately 107,000 children in the public foster care 

system waiting to be adopted. About 64,000 of these children are immediately available for adoption. 

Waiting children include those that have a goal of adoption in which the parental rights have not 

necessarily been terminated, whereas children who are free for adoption include only those whose 

parental rights have been terminated. Such children are typically school-aged, in sibling groups, have 

experienced neglect or abuse, or have a physical, mental, or emotional disability. The Adoption 

Opportunities program was reauthorized through FY 2015 by (P. L. 111-320), the CAPTA 

Reauthorization Act of 2010.

Major program activities are: 1) developing and implementing a national adoption and foster care data 

gathering and analysis system; 2) developing and implementing a national adoption information exchange 

system; 3) developing and implementing an adoption training and technical assistance program; 4) 

conducting ongoing, extensive recruitment efforts on a national level – including the adoption of older 

children, minority children, and special needs children; 5) providing for post legal adoption services for 

families who have adopted children with special needs; 6) increasing the effective use of public or private 

agencies (including community-based) by states for the recruitment of adoptive and foster families and 

assist in placement of children; 7) promoting programs to increase the number of older children adopted 

from foster care; 8) maintaining a National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption; and 9) 

providing for programs aimed at increasing the number of minority children (who are in foster care and 

have the goal of adoption) placed in adoptive families, with a special emphasis on recruitment of minority 

families. 

Demonstration grants are awarded through a competitive process to public and private agencies, including 

state and local governments, universities, private non-profit, and for-profit agencies. These demonstration 

grants test new models of service delivery to address and eliminate barriers to adoption, including interjurisdictional adoptions, and help find permanent families for children who would benefit from adoption, 

particularly children with special needs.

Two Quality Improvement Centers are funded through this program: 1) the National Quality 

Improvement Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System which generates and 

disseminates knowledge on the representation of children and youth in the child welfare system; and 2) 

the National Quality Improvement Center on Non-Resident Fathers which focuses on identifying effective 

practices that improve child welfare outcomes by involving non-resident fathers in their children's cases. 

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Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ....................................................................................... $26,379,000 

2009 ....................................................................................... $26,379,000 

2010 ....................................................................................... $26,379,000 

2011 ....................................................................................... $39,253,000 

2012 ....................................................................................... $39,179,000 

ACF continues to use a national ad campaign, which produced a series of Public Service Announcements 

(PSAs) featuring strategic messages about adoption, the most recent one focusing on the adoption of preteens, ages 8-12, from foster care. As of September 30, 2011, approximately 16,600 foster children 

previously featured on the initiative’s website found permanent, adoptive homes. During FY 2011, the 

initiative averaged nearly 3.8 million page views and 407,000 unique visitors to the AdoptUsKids website 

per month, in addition to an average of about 2,300 phone and email inquiries regarding adoption of 

children from foster care, including those who are registered on the site. Approximately 200 new families 

who have approved home studies register on the site each month and use it to search for children who 

may fit well into their families. Approximately 4,800 child-specific inquiries were made each month by 

registered families to the child’s case manager via the website in FY 2011.

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the Adoption Opportunities program is $39,179,000, the 

same as the FY 2012 enacted level. These funds will support 55 grants to facilitate the adoption process 

and provide technical assistance to enable states to increase the number of children adopted, especially 

children with special needs. 

A performance measure that examines the adoption rate (7T) was developed as an appropriate measure of 

success in moving children toward adoption, taking into account the size of the pool of children in foster 

care for whom adoption is the appropriate goal. This change from looking at the number of adoptions to 

an adoption rate is particularly salient since the total number of children in foster care has declined from 

567,000 in care on the last day of FY 1999 to approximately 408,000 children in care as of the last day of 

FY 2010. In FY 2008, the adoption rate was 11 percent with approximately 55,000 children adopted, 

exceeding the target of 10 percent, and in FY 2009 the adoption rate reached 11.8 percent, with 

approximately 57,000 children adopted, which exceeded the 10.1 percent target. In FY 2010, the 

adoption rate was 12.2 percent with 52,000 children adopted; again exceeding that year’s target of 10.2 

percent. In FY 2013, ACF expects to maintain this high level of performance to meet or exceed the target 

of 10.5 percent. The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 is likely to 

support continued improvements in this measure by increasing incentives available to states and by 

gradually increasing the population of children eligible for title IV-E adoption assistance. 

 

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Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

7.8LT and 7T: Increase the adoption rate. (Foster 

Care, Adoption Opportunities, Adoption 

Incentives, Adoption Assistance) (Outcome)

FY 2010: 12.2%

Target:

10.2% 

(Target Exceeded)

10.4% 10.5% 1 +0.1

7xvi: Number of adoptive placements funded by 

the Adoption Opportunities program. (Output)

FY 2010: 1,881

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

7xx: Number of children featured on the 

AdoptUsKids website who were subsequently 

placed for adoption. (Output)

FY 2010: 2,801

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

1 The most recent actual results for this performance measure exceeded the FY 2013 target, as future performance on this measure is uncertain. 

The number of adoptions has been rising since through the 2000’s, but has recently begun to decline. The number of children in care has also 

been declining. ACF will continue to examine performance on this measure and will revise future performance targets as needed.

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Resource and Program Data

Adoption Opportunities 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation $744,000 $2,000,000 $2,346,000

Demonstration/Development 20,231,000 25,712,000 25,366,000

Training/Technical Assistance 17,739,000 10,987,000 10,987,000

Program Support 538,000 480,000 480,000

Total, Resources $39,252,000 $39,179,000 $39,179,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 56 53 55

New Starts

# 29 20 16

$ $11,744,000 $9,897,000 $8,198,000

Continuations

# 27 33 39

$ $19,848,000 $18,985,000 $20,338,000

Contracts

# 8 7 9

$ $7,321,000 $9,809,000 $10,155,000

Interagency Agreements

# 2 2 2

$ $339,000 $488,000 $488,000

Notes:

1. Program Support  Includes funding for information technology support, grant paneling and printing.

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ABANDONED INFANTS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$11,605,000 $11,553,000 $11,553,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 302(a)(1) of Title III of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and 

Adoption Reform Act 

2013 Authorization .................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated

Allocation Method ........................................................................................................... Competitive Grants

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Abandoned Infants Assistance program provides 

grants to public and private community and faith-based entities for development, implementation and 

operation of projects that: 1) prevent abandonment of infants and young children exposed to HIV/AIDS 

and drugs, including the provision of services to family members for any condition that increases the 

probability of abandonment of an infant or young child; 2) identify and address the needs of abandoned 

infants, especially those born with AIDS, exposed to drugs, and infants and young children who have a 

life-threatening illness or other special medical need; 3) assist these children to reside with their natural 

families, if possible, or in foster care; 4) recruit, train and retain foster families for abandoned infants and 

young children; 5) carry out residential care programs for abandoned children and children with AIDS 

who are unable to reside with their families or to be placed in foster care; 6) establish programs of respite 

care for families and foster families of infants and young children exposed to HIV/AIDS and drugs; 7) 

recruit and train health and social services personnel to work with families, foster families and residential 

care staff; and 8) prevent the abandonment of infants and young children by providing needed resources 

through model programs. This program also funds technical assistance, and training related to the 

planning, development and operation of the projects. The Abandoned Infants Assistance program was 

reauthorized through FY 2015 under Public Law 111-320, the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ....................................................................................... $11,628,000 

2009 ....................................................................................... $11,628,000 

2010 ....................................................................................... $11,575,000 

2011 ....................................................................................... $11,605,000 

2012 ....................................................................................... $11,553,000 

Performance measurement for the Abandoned Infants Assistance program is part of a broader Child 

Welfare performance program area.

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the Abandoned Infants Assistance program is $11,553,000, 

the same as the FY 2012 enacted level. These funds will support service demonstration grants to prevent 

the abandonment of infants and young children with AIDS, and/or drug-exposed infants and to reunify 

and strengthen families impacted by substance abuse by providing comprehensive supportive services to 

family caregivers and to children and adolescents which could include a therapeutic recreational or camp 

setting.

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Resource and Program Data

Abandoned Infants Assistance Program 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development $9,906,000 $9,247,000 $9,325,000

Training/Technical Assistance 1,352,000 1,852,000 1,852,000

Program Support 200,000 454,000 376,000

Total, Resources $11,458,000 $11,553,000 $11,553,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 19 19 19

New Starts

# 0 10 8

$ $0 $5,452,000 $3,925,000

Continuations

# 19 9 11

$ $11,006,000 $4,895,000 $6,500,000

Contracts

# 2 4 4

$ $252,000 $1,006,000 $928,000

Interagency Agreements

# 1 1 1

$ $200,000 $200,000 $200,000

Notes:

1. Program Support  Includes funding for information technology support and grant paneling review.

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CHAFEE EDUCATION AND TRAINING VOUCHERS

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$45,260,000 $45,174,000 $45,174,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 477of the Social Security Act 

2013 Authorization .................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated

Allocation Method ................................................................................................................... Formula Grant 

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Chafee Foster Care Independence Program is 

composed of the discretionary Chafee Education and Training Voucher (CETV) program, and the 

mandatory formula grant program (see Foster Care and Permanency). CETV provides vouchers of up to 

$5,000 per year for expenses related to post secondary education assistance, such as tuition, books, fees, 

supplies and vocational training to foster care youth up to 21 years of age. Participants who turn 21 while 

working toward the completion of a degree or training program may remain eligible for the voucher 

program until they are 23 years of age. To avoid creating a disincentive to the achievement of 

permanency for older children, the vouchers also are available to individuals leaving foster care after the 

age of 16 through adoption or, as a result of amendments made by the Fostering Connections to Success 

and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-351), kinship guardianship. Funding for these vouchers 

is distributed to the states based on the state’s proportion of children in foster care compared to the 

national total of all children in foster care. P.L. 110-351 provides tribes with an approved title IV-E plan 

or a title IV-E tribal/state agreement the option, beginning in FY 2010, to directly receive a portion of the 

state's Chafee Foster Care Independence Program and CETV allotments to provide services to tribal 

youth. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ....................................................................................... $45,351,000 

2009 ....................................................................................... $45,351,000 

2010 ....................................................................................... $45,351,000 

2011 ....................................................................................... $45,260,000

2012 ....................................................................................... $45,174,000 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the discretionary Chafee Foster Care Independence Program 

is $45,174,000, the same as the FY 2012 enacted level. This will provide approximately 16,000 vouchers 

for former foster care youth, increasing the prospect that these youth will be able to secure work and 

become contributing members of society. Based on a summary of the information submitted by states for 

FY 2009, the average voucher amount awarded was approximately $3,000. 

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Outputs and Outcomes Table

1 The 2010 actual result for this output measure is aligned with the school year (rather than federal fiscal year) and represents data from 7/1/2009 

– 6/30/2010. This is a correction from previously reported data, and prior year results (2009 and earlier) are aligned with the federal fiscal year.

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

7xxv: Number of youth receiving ETV funding. 

(Output)

PY 2010: 17,400 1 N/A

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A

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Resource and Program Data

Chafee Education and Training Vouchers 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $44,581,000 $44,496,000 $44,496,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance 403,000 399,000 394,000

Program Support 276,000 279,000 284,000

Total, Resources $45,260,000 $45,174,000 $45,174,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 56 56 56

New Starts

# 55 55 55

$ $44,581,000 $44,496,000 $44,496,000

Continuations

# 1 1 1

$ $50,000 $50,000 $50,000

Contracts

# 1 1 1

$ $353,000 $349,000 $344,000

Interagency Agreements

# 1 0 0

$ $5,000 $0 $0

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for staff and associated overhead.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

Chafee Foster Care Independence Program, discretionary CFDA # 93.599

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $725,247 $583,210 $583,210 0

Alaska 227,862 196,329 196,329 0

Arizona 1,070,406 1,082,480 1,082,480 0

Arkansas 384,715 410,972 410,972 0

California 6,332,808 6,290,815 6,290,815 0

Colorado 833,917 760,898 760,898 0

Connecticut 500,855 486,408 486,408 0

Delaware 85,633 95,167 95,167 0

District of Columbia 222,076 225,217 225,217 0

Florida 2,015,835 2,044,286 2,044,286 0

Georgia 843,701 751,632 751,632 0

Hawaii 153,065 132,449 132,449 0

Idaho 152,119 159,374 159,374 0

Illinois 1,796,810 1,932,768 1,932,768 0

Indiana 1,308,368 1,338,221 1,338,221 0

Iowa 690,530 712,170 712,170 0

Kansas 595,338 648,519 648,519 0

Kentucky 722,932 761,225 761,225 0

Louisiana 503,485 485,427 485,427 0

Maine 173,159 168,531 168,531 0

Maryland 741,868 664,750 664,750 0

Massachusetts 1,015,176 976,522 976,522 0

Michigan 1,864,453 1,789,091 1,789,091 0

Minnesota 569,130 550,506 550,506 0

Mississippi 349,263 390,478 390,478 0

Missouri 1,042,739 1,077,030 1,077,030 0

Montana 172,422 187,826 187,826 0

Nebraska 562,082 584,082 584,082 0

Nevada 502,749 523,908 523,908 0

New Hampshire 97,836 91,460 91,460 0

New Jersey 821,504 751,305 751,305 0

New Mexico 211,346 203,742 203,742 0

New York 2,944,748 2,919,646 2,919,646 0

North Carolina 1,004,341 962,350 962,350 0

North Dakota 128,764 117,514 117,514 0

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STATE/TERRITORY

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Request

Difference

+/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

1,283,120 1,301,593

916,499 856,501

889,594 960,113

1,775,559 1,672,885

222,182 227,397

519,476 489,133

156,116 161,882

707,257 729,830

2,807,357 3,156,309

290,246 314,606

111,722 101,707

623,518 580,593

1,041,286 1,102,285

445,731 446,619

713,779 716,748

121,506 106,940

1,301,593

856,501

960,113

1,672,885

227,397

489,133

161,882

729,830

3,156,309

314,606

101,707

580,593

1,102,285

446,619

716,748

106,940

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Indian Tribes

43,992,230 43,981,449

26,241 27,007

43,981,449

27,007

0

0

Subtotal

Puerto Rico

26,241 27,007

562,923 487,934

27,007

487,934

0

0

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

Other

562,923 487,934

44,581,394 44,496,390

678,904 677,610

487,934

44,496,390

677,610

0

0

0

Subtotal, Adjustments

TOTAL RESOURCES

678,904 677,610

$45,260,298 $45,174,000

677,610

$45,174,000

0

0

1

Other reflects set-aside for training, technical assistance, and program support. 

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ADOPTION INCENTIVES

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$39,421,000 $39,346,000 $39,346,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 473A(h) of the Social Security Act 

2013 Authorization .................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated

Allocation Method ................................................................................................................... Formula Grant 

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Adoption Incentives program was created as part 

of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997. The original program authorized the payment of adoption 

incentive funds to states that were successful in increasing the number of children adopted from the public 

foster care system. The amount of the payments to states was based on increases in the number of 

children adopted from the foster care system in a year, relative to a baseline number and the number of 

children adopted with special needs, relative to a baseline number, once a state exceeded its baseline for 

the total number of adoptions. 

While there has been a significant increase in adoptions since the mid-1990s, some groups of children 

needing a permanent home remain less likely to be adopted. Analysis of data from the Adoption and 

Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) shows that once a child waiting for adoption 

reaches eight or nine years old, the probability that the child will continue to wait in foster care exceeds 

the probability that the child will be adopted. Furthermore, older children now constitute 42 percent of 

the pool of children waiting for adoptive families, but constitute only 26 percent of the children adopted. 

The program was amended during reauthorization in 2003 to target incentives specifically to older 

children. Under this revised framework, ACF awards incentives using three baselines: one for the total 

number of children adopted; one for children with special needs under age nine; and one for children age 

nine and older. 

The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 reauthorized the Adoption 

Incentives program and extended it through FY 2013. The legislation, P.L. 110-351, also updated the 

base year used to measure increases to FY 2007 and introduced an incentive award for states exceeding 

their highest ever foster child adoption rate. Under the law, incentive payments are provided to the extent 

that a state increases the number of adoptions above a base period. To be eligible for adoption incentive 

awards, states must exceed their baseline in at least one of the following three categories: total adoptions 

placed by the public agency, older child public agency adoptions, or exceeding their highest ever foster 

child adoption rate since FY 2002. States can also earn an incentive bonus for exceeding their baseline in 

special needs adoptions of children under the age of nine. However, to receive the incentive for special 

needs adoptions, the state must also exceed their baseline for one of the other three categories listed 

above. For each adoption that qualifies for a total public agency adoption bonus or special needs adoption 

bonus, the state receives a $4,000 payment. For each adoption that qualifies for an older child adoption 

bonus, the state receives an $8,000 payment. Incentive awards for states that exceed their highest 

adoption rate since FY 2002 are only available if there are funds remaining after awarding total adoption, 

special needs, and older child adoption incentive payments. 

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Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ....................................................................................... $4,323,0001

2009 ....................................................................................... $36,500,000 

2010 ....................................................................................... $39,500,000 

2011 ....................................................................................... $39,421,000 

2012 ...................................................................................... $39,346,0002

A performance measure was established to evaluate the progress of the Adoption Incentives program in 

reducing the gap between the percentage of children age nine and older waiting to be adopted and those 

actually adopted. Reducing this gap between the percentage of children age nine and older waiting to be 

adopted and those actually adopted is difficult for several reasons including, but not limited to, the desire 

of some prospective parents to adopt infants or young children rather than older children; and the 

perception of prospective parents that older children may have greater emotional or mental health needs 

due to a history of abuse and neglect and length of time spent in foster care. Performance on this measure 

has fluctuated in recent years. In FY 2008, ACF did not achieve the target, which was 13.7 percent. 

Instead, the gap widened to 16.2 percent. In FY 2009, the target was again not reached, with performance 

remaining relatively flat with a gap of 16.3 percent. In FY 2010, performance in this area improved as the 

gap lessened to 15.7 percent, which was still short of the FY 2010 target of 14.3 percent. Because 

performance in reaching this target ultimately turns on the practices of states, ACF will continue to work 

with states concerning the importance of promoting adoptions for older children in foster care. While the 

target for decreasing the gap was again not achieved in FY 2010, ACF remains committed to increasing 

the adoptions of older children in foster care and to decreasing the gap in the percentage of children nine 

and older waiting to be adopted and those actually adopted. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the Adoption Incentives program is $39,346,000, the same as 

the FY 2012 enacted level. In recent years, states have earned higher Adoption Incentives awards than 

estimated, resulting in a shortfall. States are made whole in the subsequent year. The FY 2013 request 

will pay off any awards not funded for FY 2012 and make initial payments for awards due in FY 2013. 

By FY 2013, ACF expects to decrease the gap between the percentage of children age nine and older 

waiting to be adopted and those actually adopted by two percent under the previous year’s actual result. 

ACF continues to support the AdoptUsKids initiative and to encourage the adoption of older youth in 

foster care through a series of Public Service Announcements. As of September 30, 2011, approximately 

16,600 foster children previously featured on the initiative’s website found permanent, adoptive homes. 

During FY 2011, the initiative averaged nearly 3.8 million page views and 407,000 unique visitors to the 

AdoptUsKids website per month, in addition to an average of about 2,300 phone and email inquiries 

regarding adoption of children from foster care, including those who are registered on the site. 

Approximately 200 new families who have approved home studies register on the site each month and use 

it to search for children who may fit well into their families. Approximately 4,800 child-specific inquiries 

were made each month by registered families to the child’s case manager via the website in FY 2011.

1 In addition, $5 million was available in carry-over for use in FY 2008. 2 In addition, $2.6 million will be available for use in FY 2012 as result of a recovery of an FY 2011 obligation.

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Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

7.8LT and 7T: Increase the adoption 

rate. (Foster Care, Adoption 

Opportunities, Adoption Incentives, 

Adoption Assistance) (Outcome)

FY 2010: 12.2%

Target:

10.2% 

(Target Exceeded)

10.4% 10.5% 1 +0.1

7.12 LT and 7U: Decrease the gap 

between the percentage of children 

nine and older waiting to be adopted 

and those actually adopted. (Adoption 

Incentives) (Outcome)

FY 2010: 15.7%

Target:

14.3% 

(Target Not Met but 

Improved) 

Prior Result 

-2%

Prior 

Result -2%

N/A

7xviii: Number of children nine and 

older actually adopted. (Adoption 

Incentives) (Output)

FY 2009: 14,660

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

1 The most recent actual results for this performance measure exceeded the FY 2013 target, as future performance on this measure is uncertain. 

The number of adoptions has been rising since through the 2000’s, but has recently begun to decline. The number of children in care has also 

been declining. ACF will continue to examine performance on this measure and will revise future performance targets as needed.

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Resource and Program Data

Adoption Incentives 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $39,421,000 $41,984,000 $39,346,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $39,421,000 $41,984,000 $39,346,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 40 TBD TBD

New Starts

# 40 TBD TBD

$ $39,421,000 $41,984,000 $39,346,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Notes:

1. FY 2012 -The total available for obligation in FY 2012 includes $2.6M recovered from FY 2011 obligations.

2. FY 2012 – 2013 - Does not reflect release of Adoption Incentives funding in FY 2012 and FY 2013 since no decisions have been made at 

this time.

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Adoption Incentives

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

CFDA # 93.603

 

STATE/TERRITORY

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Request

Difference

+/- 2012

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

$1,582,452

715,692

3,103,509

1,346,818

0

0

79,113

13,255

0

3,601,898

130,530

54,029

928,960

20,112

1,013,013

0

68,562

871,324

1,438,209

14,627

2,880,605

0

452,967

322,848

338,833

417,508

0

82,274

1,055,790

197,145

0

409,881

0

672,444

98,353

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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STATE/TERRITORY

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Request

Difference

+/- 2012

Ohio 0 0

Oklahoma 1,520,432 0

Oregon 82,274 0

Pennsylvania 2,641,128 0

Rhode Island 25,597 0

South Carolina 507,777 0

South Dakota 7,770 0

Tennessee 157,961 0

Texas 6,247,783 0

Utah 642,904 0

Vermont 0 0

Virginia 55,475 0

Washington 3,769,420 0

West Virginia 1,623,212 0

Wisconsin 136,986 0

Wyoming 42,164 0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal 39,371,634 0

Puerto Rico 49,366 0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal 49,366 0

Total States/Territories 39,421,000 0

Other 0 $41,983,658

0

0

$39,346,000

0

0

-$2,637,658

Subtotal, Adjustments 0 41,983,658

TOTAL RESOURCES $39,421,000 $41,983,658

39,346,000

$39,346,000

-2,637,658

-$2,637,658

1

Does not reflect release of Adoption Incentives funding in FY 2012 and FY 2013 since no decisions have been made at this time. 2

The total available for obligation in FY 2012 includes $2.6M recovered from FY 2011 obligations.

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STATE COUNCILS ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$74,916,000 $74,774,000 $74,774,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 129(a) of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights 

Act

2013 Authorization ..................................Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method ................................................................................................................... Formula Grant 

Program Description and Accomplishments – The State Councils on Developmental Disabilities

(SCDD) work in each state and the territories to promote the development of a comprehensive, statewide, 

person-centered and family-centered system that provides a coordinated array of culturally-competent 

services and other forms of assistance for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, 

including individuals with autism, and their families. 

In order to receive funds, each state and territory must have an established SCDD. The SCDD develops a 

strategic state plans based on analysis of service system needs to assist people with developmental 

disabilities increase their independence, productivity and integration within the community and reach 

their maximum potential. The plan includes goals and objectives designed to move the state towards an 

effective, coordinated system of supports and services that support community living for all people with 

developmental disabilities. Each State Council implements activities based on the strategic state plan 

designed to address service system deficiencies to enhance coordination, improve services, and achieve 

greater results for people with developmental disabilities. 

There are 56 Councils, and not less than sixty percent of the Council membership must be composed of 

persons with developmental disabilities and/or their family members. Up to forty percent of the Council 

membership includes representatives of major state agencies, non-governmental agencies and other 

concerned groups. Councils engage in a range of activities including, but not limited to, program and 

policy analysis, demonstration of new approaches, training, outreach, community support, interagency 

collaboration and coordination, and public education to affect systems change and build capacity. 

DD Council funding is allotted based on a formula that takes into account the population, the extent of 

need for services for persons with developmental disabilities, and financial need. The federal share of the 

total Council program costs for each state is determined by expenditures in three areas: the amount of 

spending devoted to goal activities undertaken by Council members and staff directly; the amount of 

spending devoted to goal activities undertaken to benefit individuals living in rural or urban poverty areas 

(as defined by the United States Census Bureau); and the amount of all other spending. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ............................................................................................ $72,482,000

2009 ............................................................................................ $74,316,000

2010 ............................................................................................ $75,066,000

2011 ............................................................................................ $74,916,000

2012 ............................................................................................. $74,774,000

 

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The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) is undertaking a comprehensive review of 

performance measurement and data reporting activities across all DD Act programs with an increased 

focus on outcomes, including an independent study that provides information on potential performance 

criteria for the programs, establishment of performance measurement workgroups, enhancement and 

streamlining data collection, and engagement with evaluation experts to recommend improvements. In 

FY 2010, data was collected on a sample of 60 ADD grantees (e.g., 20 SCDD, 20 Protection and 

Advocacy Agencies, and 20 University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities) as part of 

the independent study and the final report was issued in December 2011. ADD is currently reviewing the 

report findings and analyzing how best to utilize the proposed performance criteria to make improvements 

to the ADD performance measurement system. 

In FY 2010, nationally, approximately 13 percent of individuals with developmental disabilities were 

independent, self-sufficient and integrated into the community as a result of Council efforts, exceeding 

the FY 2010 target of 13 percent. This demonstrates the impact State Developmental Disabilities 

Councils have on promoting self sufficiency and community living for persons with developmental 

disabilities. The State Councils do not provide services directly, but rather review and analyze the 

quantity and quality of services that are provided at the state and local level in order to promote the 

development of a comprehensive, statewide, consumer and family-centered system that provides a 

coordinated array of culturally-competent services and other assistance for individuals with 

developmental disabilities and their families. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 budget request for State Councils is $74,744,000, the same as the FY

2012 enacted level. This request will provide support for advocacy, systems change and capacity 

building activities that improve services for people with developmental disabilities and their families. 

ADD continues to analyze changes in performance in order to better understand the trends and to improve 

the provision of on-going technical assistance to the Councils. In FY 2011, ADD engaged a workgroup 

of Council representatives and an expert in performance evaluation to review and evaluate the current 

measurement system used by Councils to report progress on an annual basis. This discussion will 

continue in FY 2012 to include how to ensure quality control in the data collection process. In FY 2012, 

the program will continue to use the existing performance measures while strategic discussions are ongoing to revise the performance measurement system. Using the current measure, in FY 2013, the 

program expects to increase the percentage of individuals with developmental disabilities who are 

independent, self-sufficient and integrated into the community as a result of Council efforts by at least 

0.1 percent over the previous year’s result. Finally, ADD has assembled a performance measurement 

workgroup to address overarching performance measurements across ADD Programs. The goal of the 

workgroup is to devise a set of integrated performance measures that will provide measurable outcomes 

in the areas of health and wellness, community living, education, employment, and fraud and abuse for all 

parts of the Network. 

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Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

8.1LT and 8A: Increase the percentage of 

individuals with developmental disabilities 

reached by the Councils who are independent, 

self-sufficient and integrated into the community. 

(Outcome)

FY 2010: 13.44%

Target:

13.38%

(Target Exceeded)

Prior Result 

+0.1%

Prior Result 

+0.1%

N/A

8E: Increase the number of individuals with 

developmental disabilities reached by the Councils 

who are independent, self-sufficient and integrated 

into the community per $1,000 of federal funding 

to the Councils. (Efficiency)

FY 2010: 8.51

Target:

8.49

(Target Exceeded)

Prior Result 

+1%

Prior Result 

+1%

N/A

8i: Number of individuals with developmental 

disabilities reached by the Councils who are 

independent, self-sufficient and integrated into the 

community. (Output)

FY 2010: 672,200

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

8ii: Number of all individuals trained by the 

Councils. (Output)

FY 2010: 53,179

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

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Resource and Program Data

State Councils on Developmental Disabilities

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $74,667,000 $74,774,000 $74,774,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $74,667,000 $74,774,000 $74,774,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 55 56 56

New Starts

# 55 56 56

$ $74,667,000 $74,774,000 $74,774,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

State Councils on Developmental Disabilities CFDA # 93.630

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $1,361,187 $1,358,609 $1,358,609 0

Alaska 477,839 476,934 476,934 0

Arizona 1,480,235 1,477,432 1,477,432 0

Arkansas 799,589 798,075 798,075 0

California 6,904,064 6,890,989 6,890,989 0

Colorado 913,428 911,698 911,698 0

Connecticut 724,261 722,865 722,865 0

Delaware 477,839 476,934 476,934 0

District of Columbia 477,839 476,934 476,934 0

Florida 3,719,155 3,712,112 3,712,112 0

Georgia 2,169,638 2,165,529 2,165,529 0

Hawaii 477,839 476,934 476,934 0

Idaho 477,839 476,934 476,934 0

Illinois 2,632,891 2,627,905 2,627,905 0

Indiana 1,497,561 1,494,725 1,494,725 0

Iowa 772,628 771,165 771,165 0

Kansas 613,359 612,198 612,198 0

Kentucky 1,270,824 1,268,417 1,268,417 0

Louisiana 1,411,558 1,408,885 1,408,885 0

Maine 477,839 476,934 476,934 0

Maryland 1,006,143 1,004,238 1,004,238 0

Massachusetts 1,403,346 1,400,689 1,400,689 0

Michigan 2,592,887 2,587,977 2,587,977 0

Minnesota 1,023,244 1,021,306 1,021,306 0

Mississippi 963,145 961,321 961,321 0

Missouri 1,375,516 1,372,911 1,372,911 0

Montana 477,839 476,934 476,934 0

Nebraska 477,839 476,934 476,934 0

Nevada 498,459 497,515 497,515 0

New Hampshire 477,839 476,934 476,934 0

New Jersey 1,586,644 1,583,639 1,583,639 0

New Mexico 509,501 508,537 508,537 0

New York 4,365,667 4,357,399 4,357,399 0

North Carolina 2,123,553 2,119,532 2,119,532 0

North Dakota 477,839 476,934 476,934 0

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STATE/TERRITORY

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Request

Difference

+/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

2,865,133

895,455

830,833

3,144,463

477,839

1,140,506

477,839

1,515,680

5,095,817

677,662

477,839

1,498,925

1,257,339

786,863

1,301,666

477,839

2,859,707

893,759

829,259

3,138,508

476,934

1,138,346

476,934

1,512,810

5,086,168

676,379

476,934

1,496,086

1,254,958

785,373

1,299,228

476,934

2,859,707

893,759

829,259

3,138,508

476,934

1,138,346

476,934

1,512,810

5,086,168

676,379

476,934

1,496,086

1,254,958

785,373

1,299,228

476,934

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

71,418,571

248,845

248,845

248,845

2,501,917

0

71,283,325

248,374

248,374

248,374

2,497,179

248,374

71,283,325

248,374

248,374

248,374

2,497,179

248,374

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

TOTAL RESOURCES

3,248,452

74,667,023

$74,667,023

3,490,675

74,774,000

$74,774,000

3,490,675

74,774,000

$74,774,000

0

0

$0

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DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY)

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$40,942,000 $40,865,000 $40,865,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 145 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights 

Act

2013 Authorization .................................. Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method ................................................................................................................... Formula Grant 

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Developmental Disabilities (DD) Protection and 

Advocacy (P&A) program provides grants to establish and maintain a P&A system in each state, the 

territories, the District of Columbia and a Native American Consortium to protect the legal and human 

rights of all persons with developmental disabilities. The P&A system has the authority to pursue legal, 

administrative, and other appropriate remedies or approaches, including the authority to investigate 

incidents of abuse and neglect and to access client records. , Grantees must be independent of any agency 

that provides services to people with developmental disabilities. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ............................................................................................ $39,024,000

2009 ............................................................................................ $40,024,000

2010 ............................................................................................ $41,024,000

2011 ............................................................................................. $40,942,000

2012 ............................................................................................ $40,865,000

 

There are 57 P&A systems and funding for the program is allotted to states based on population and the 

extent of need for persons with developmental disabilities, weighted by the per capita income for each 

state. The P&A systems are constantly striving to maximize success in cases of individuals who have 

experienced abuse, neglect, discrimination, or other affronts to their human or civil rights. A measure 

used to demonstrate performance for the P&A program is: “Percentage of individuals who have their 

complaint of abuse, neglect, discrimination, or other human or civil rights corrected compared to the total 

assisted.” The actual rate for FY 2010 was 92.31 percent, which was slightly below the target of 93.4 

percent. This target was not met due to fluctuations in the number of cases and the increased demands 

and complexity of the cases in the context of public service budget cuts at the state and local level. 

Additional technical assistance and training resources have been made available to the P&A programs to 

improve performance. 

This program is one of eight P&A programs housed in three federal agencies, which positions the systems 

to work across a variety of disability populations. The different reporting and evaluation requirements 

translate into paperwork burden for recipients. The Department of Health and Human Services, the 

Social Security Administration, and the Department of Education continue to coordinate efforts to achieve 

efficient and effective outcomes for grantees. 

The Administration for Developmental Disabilities (ADD) is also undertaking a comprehensive review of 

performance measurement and data reporting activities across all DD Act programs with an increased 

focus on outcomes, including an independent study that provides information on potential performance 

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criteria for the programs, establishment of performance measurement workgroups, enhancement and 

streamlining data collection, and engagement with evaluation experts to recommend improvements. 

Specifically, a performance measurement workgroup for the P&A program is being established to further 

analyze performance measurements and make recommendations for improvement. In addition, ADD has 

assembled a performance measurement workgroup to address overarching performance measurements 

across ADD Programs. The goal of the workgroup is to devise a set of integrated performance measures 

that will provide measurable outcomes in the areas of health and wellness, community living, education, 

employment, and fraud and abuse for all parts of the Network. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 budget request for P&A is $40,865,000, the same as the FY 2012 

enacted level. This request will allow the P&A system to provide training and advocacy services 

both to groups and individuals with developmental disabilities and information and referral services. 

Additionally, this request will support training and technical assistance to leadership and staff of the 

P&A system in order to improve their performance. 

ADD continues to analyze its tracking of the percentage of individuals who have their complaint of abuse, 

neglect, discrimination, or other human or civil rights corrected. For FY 2013, the program expects to 

further increase the result by one half of one percent over the previous year. 

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

8B: Increase the percentage of individuals 

who have their complaint of abuse, 

neglect, discrimination, or other human or 

civil rights corrected compared to the total 

assisted. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 92.3%

Target:

93.4% 

(Target Not Met)

Prior Result 

+0.5%

Prior Result 

+0.5%

N/A

8iii: Number of clients receiving 

professional individual legal advocacy for 

the Protection and Advocacy program. 

(Output)

FY 2010: 22,555

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

8iv: Number of people receiving 

information and referral from the 

Protection and Advocacy program. 

(Output)

FY 2010: 35,231

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

8ix: Number of people reached through 

University Centers for Excellence in 

Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) 

community training and technical 

assistance activities. (Output)

FY 2010: 1.17 million

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

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Resource and Program Data

Developmental Disabilities (Protection and Advocacy)

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $40,122,000 $40,048,000 $40,048,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance 820,000 817,000 817,000

Program Support

Total, Resources $40,942,000 $40,865,000 $40,865,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 57 57 57

New Starts

# 57 57 57

$ $40,122,000 $40,048,000 $40,048,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 1 1 1

$ $820,000 $817,000 $817,000

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

Developmental Disabilities Protection and Advocacy CFDA # 93.630

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $660,543 $658,247 $658,247 0

Alaska 384,693 384,693 384,693 0

Arizona 701,542 683,813 683,813 0

Arkansas 409,079 404,712 404,712 0

California 3,403,846 3,415,201 3,415,201 0

Colorado 463,556 463,644 463,644 0

Connecticut 398,784 398,102 398,102 0

Delaware 384,693 384,693 384,693 0

District of Columbia 384,693 384,693 384,693 0

Florida 1,877,320 1,906,997 1,906,997 0

Georgia 1,115,512 1,094,917 1,094,917 0

Hawaii 384,693 384,693 384,693 0

Idaho 384,693 384,693 384,693 0

Illinois 1,357,362 1,346,917 1,346,917 0

Indiana 798,483 810,278 810,278 0

Iowa 390,580 395,042 395,042 0

Kansas 384,693 384,693 384,693 0

Kentucky 623,981 620,018 620,018 0

Louisiana 609,929 598,036 598,036 0

Maine 384,693 384,693 384,693 0

Maryland 499,010 498,379 498,379 0

Massachusetts 641,917 636,586 636,586 0

Michigan 1,296,851 1,310,976 1,310,976 0

Minnesota 533,010 541,692 541,692 0

Mississippi 463,159 455,471 455,471 0

Missouri 737,510 733,566 733,566 0

Montana 384,693 384,693 384,693 0

Nebraska 384,693 384,693 384,693 0

Nevada 384,693 384,693 384,693 0

New Hampshire 384,693 384,693 384,693 0

New Jersey 786,673 789,704 789,704 0

New Mexico 384,693 384,693 384,693 0

New York 1,991,618 1,973,428 1,973,428 0

North Carolina 1,128,824 1,137,757 1,137,757 0

North Dakota 384,693 384,693 384,693 0

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

1,443,662

437,660

429,424

1,488,376

384,693

1,438,572

442,385

427,629

1,481,572

384,693

1,438,572

442,385

427,629

1,481,572

384,693

0

0

0

0

0

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

602,915

384,693

794,135

2,491,848

384,693

603,097

384,693

793,958

2,518,707

384,693

603,097

384,693

793,958

2,518,707

384,693

0

0

0

0

0

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

384,693

775,504

634,184

396,242

677,276

384,693

384,693

773,716

636,989

390,361

684,865

384,693

384,693

773,716

636,989

390,361

684,865

384,693

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal 37,984,789 37,989,808 37,989,808 0

Indian Tribes 205,808 205,808 205,808 0

Subtotal

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

205,808

205,808

205,808

205,808

1,109,284

205,808

205,808

205,808

205,808

205,808

1,029,152

205,808

205,808

205,808

205,808

205,808

1,029,152

205,808

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

1,932,516

40,123,113

1,852,384

40,048,000

1,852,384

40,048,000

0

0

Training and Technical 

Assistance 818,839 817,000 817,000 0

Subtotal, Adjustments 818,839 817,000 817,000 0

TOTAL RESOURCES $40,941,952 $40,865,000 $40,865,000 $0

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DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE)

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$14,134,000 $8,317,000 $8,317,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 163 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights 

Act

2013 Authorization ..................................Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method ............................................................................................................ Competitive Grant 

Program Description and Accomplishments – Projects of National Significance (PNS) is a 

discretionary program which provides grants, contracts and cooperative agreements to public or private 

non-profit entities that support and supplement the work of the State Councils on Developmental 

Disabilities, the Protection and Advocacy systems for persons with Developmental Disabilities, and the 

University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. PNS complements these other 

Developmental Disabilities (DD) programs by supporting the development of national and state policies, 

including federal interagency initiatives; through demonstration projects addressing innovative and 

emerging best practices to expand opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities to 

contribute to, and participate in, all facets of community life; and through longitudinal data collection 

projects. 

In FY 2011, PNS resources funded systems change grants to improve access to competitive, integrated 

supported employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with a particular focus 

on youth and young adults, as well as the evaluation of such efforts. In FY 2012, ADD will continue 

to prioritize these efforts to improve outcomes for individuals with developmental disabilities in 

employment, and will fund additional partnerships for employment systems change grants, as well as 

support technical assistance to increase promising practices in states to promote competitive, integrated 

employment. In addition, ADD will continue to fund efforts to support promising practices for family 

support activities through training and technical assistance. PNS funds will also continue to support the 

National Autism Resource and Information Center. ADD will continue to support longitudinal research 

studies of trends in residential services and supports, employment, community supports, and quality 

indicators related to publicly funded DD services with PNS funding. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ............................................................................................ $14,162,000

2009 ........................................................................................... $14,162,000

2010 ........................................................................................... $14,136,000

2011 ........................................................................................... $14,134,000

2012 ........................................................................................... $ 8,317,000

The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) is currently undertaking a comprehensive 

review of performance measurement and data reporting activities across all DD Act programs with an 

increased focus on outcomes, including an independent study on performance criteria, establishment of 

performance measurement workgroups, enhancement and streamlining data collection, and engagement 

with evaluation experts to recommend improvements. 

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Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the Projects of National Significance program is $8,317,000, 

the same as the FY 2012 enacted level. The request will support continued funding for employment 

initiatives, the National Autism Resource and Information Center, technical assistance, and evaluation 

and monitoring. 

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Resource and Program Data

Developmental Disabilities (Projects of National Significance)

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $750,000 $350,000 $350,000

Research/Evaluation 2,250,000 1,850,000 1,850,000

Demonstration/Development 7,812,000 3,629,000 3,629,000

Training/Technical Assistance 1,715,000 1,475,000 1,475,000

Program Support 1,603,000 1,013,000 1,013,000

Total, Resources $14,130,000 $8,317,000 $8,317,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 41 18 18

New Starts

# 9 9 0

$ $3,876,000 $3,342,000 $0

Continuations

# 32 9 18

$ $7,600,000 $3,262,000 $6,604,000

Contracts

# 7 5 5

$ $2,013,000 $1,562,000 $1,562,000

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Notes:

1. Program Support ─ Includes funding for information technology support and overhead costs.

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UNIVERSITY CENTERS FOR EXCELLENCE IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$38,865,000 $38,792,000 $38,792,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 156 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights 

Act

2013 Authorization .................................. Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method ............................................................................................................ Competitive Grant

Program Description and Accomplishments – University Centers for Excellence in Developmental 

Disabilities (UCEDDs) are interdisciplinary education, research and public service units of a university 

system or are public or not-for-profit entities associated with universities. In FY 2012, the Administration 

on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) will award 67 grants to continue funding for University Centers 

to engage in interdisciplinary pre-service training, community services, research, and information 

dissemination activities. In addition, the UCEDD program will continue to provide funds to support two 

national training initiatives and technical assistance to the UCEDDs.

UCEDDs provide leadership in, advise federal, state, and community policymakers about, and promote 

opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities to exercise self-determination, be 

independent, productive, and integrated and included in all facets of community life. The UCEDDs use 

their federal grants to leverage additional funds to implement their core activities of: interdisciplinary 

training, community service, research, and information dissemination.

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ............................................................................................ $36,943,000

2009 ............................................................................................ $37,943,000

2010 ............................................................................................ $38,943,000

2011 ............................................................................................ $38,865,000

2012 ............................................................................................ $38,792,000

 

One of the unique contributions UCEDDs make to the intellectual and developmental disabilities 

community is in the area of training. UCEDDs annually provide interdisciplinary training to students 

from a wide array of professional backgrounds, including pediatrics, social work, education, nursing, etc. 

to improve the quality of services and supports for people with developmental disabilities. A measure 

used to demonstrate UCEDD performance in this area is: Percentage of individuals with developmental 

disabilities receiving the benefit of services through activities in which UCEDD trained professionals 

were involved. The result for FY 2010 was approximately 36 percent, which was slightly less than the

target of 36.05 percent. While the program just missed its target, there are a number of efforts underway 

to increase the program’s reach to individuals with developmental disabilities, including providing 

technical assistance on a variety of topics such as outreach to unserved and underserved populations, 

strategies for leveraging funds for carrying out the core functions, and enhancing engagement of selfadvocates. 

ADD is undertaking a comprehensive review of performance measurement and data reporting activities 

across all DD Act programs with an increased focus on outcomes, including an independent study that 

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provides information on potential performance criteria for the programs, establishment of performance 

measurement workgroups, enhancement and streamlining data collection, and engagement with 

evaluation experts to recommend improvements. Specifically, a UCEDD performance measurement 

workgroup was established to further analyze performance measurements and make recommendations for 

improvement. This workgroup developed a UCEDD logic model that was used to make necessary 

updates to ensure meaningful program performance report outcome measurements. Data collection on 

new program performance measures is undergoing pilot testing to prepare for implementation in August 

2012. In addition, ADD has assembled a performance measurement workgroup to address overarching 

performance measurements across ADD Programs. The goal of this overarching ADD performance 

measure workgroup is to devise a set of integrated performance measures that will provide measurable 

outcomes in the areas of health and wellness, community living, education, employment, and fraud and 

abuse for all parts of the Network. 

 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request is $38,792,000, the same as the FY 2012 enacted level. This 

request will provide operational and administrative support to maintain the existing 67 UCEDDs. This 

funding also will provide continued support for the training and technical assistance to the UCEDDs, 

which supports improvements in the programs’ performance and ability to meet the FY 2013 performance 

target: to improve by at least one percent over the previous year’s result on the measure of individuals 

with developmental disabilities receiving the benefit of services through UCEDD-trained professionals. 

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

8D: Increase the percentage of individuals 

with developmental disabilities receiving 

the benefit of services through activities in 

which professionals were involved who 

completed University Centers of 

Excellence in Developmental Disabilities 

(UCEDDs) state-of-the-art training within 

the past 10 years. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 36.02%1

Target:

36.05%2

Prior Result 

+1%

(Target Not Met but 

Improved) 

Prior Result 

+1%

N/A

8viii: Number of professionals trained by 

UCEDDs. (Output)

FY 2010: 5,035

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

8ix: Number of people reached through 

UCEDD community training and technical 

assistance activities. (Output)

FY 2010: 1.17 million

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

8x: Number of people receiving direct or 

model demonstration services from 

UCEDDs. (Output)

FY 2010: 188,096

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

1 The FY 2010 actual result for this measure has been updated due to a technical correction. 

2 The FY 2010 target for this performance measure has been updated due to a technical correction the previous year’s actual result, on which the 

target is based (prior actual result plus one percent).

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Resource and Program Data

University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $38,088,000 $38,016,000 $38,016,000

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance 777,000 776,000 776,000

Program Support

Total, Resources $38,865,000 $38,792,000 $38,792,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 71 69 67

New Starts

# 2 42 17

$ $1,070,000 $23,268,000 $9,646,000

Continuations

# 69 27 50

$ $37,018,000 $14,748,000 $28,370,000

Contracts

# 1 1 1

$ $777,000 $776,000 $776,000

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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VOTING ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$17,375,000 $5,235,000 $5,235,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Sections 264 and 292 of the Help America Vote Act 

2013 Authorization .................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated 

Allocation Method ................................................................................................................... Formula Grant 

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities 

grant program is authorized by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), P.L. 107-252. HAVA contains 

three grant programs to assist states in making polling places accessible to individuals with the full 

range of disabilities. In FY 2012, two of the three programs are funded. First, the Protection and 

Advocacy Systems (P&As) are funded through formula grants to support systemic efforts to ensure 

individuals with disabilities have the opportunity to participate in every step of the electoral process: 

registering to vote, accessing polling places and casting a vote. These funds provide services 

to individuals with disabilities within the state, as well as advocacy for and education about the electoral 

process and monitoring of the accessibility of the electoral process for people with disabilities. Second, 

training and technical assistance to assist the P&As in their promotion of full participation in the electoral 

process is a discretionary program and is a competitive one-year award. 

Under the third program, grants have been provided to the Chief Election Official/Secretary of States 

to improve accessibility in the voting process. These funds have been used to make polling places 

accessible, to inform individuals with disabilities where accessible polling places are located, to train 

election officials and voting volunteers how to interact appropriately with individuals with disabilities, 

and to acquire and adopt voting procedures that permit an individual with a disability to vote privately 

and independently. No funding was provided for this program in FY 2012. 

Funding for the three programs during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ............................................................................................ $17,410,000

2009 ............................................................................................ $17,410,000

2010 ............................................................................................ $17,410,000

2011 ............................................................................................ $17,375,000

2012 ............................................................................................ $5,235,000

 

As required by the statute, states and territories receiving HAVA funds are required to submit an annual 

narrative report. The narrative report from the Secretaries of State/Chief Election Officials describes the 

use of funds with regard to the four mandated areas of activities authorized under the Act. The narrative 

report for the P&As is a detailed summary of the activities accomplished with the funds to ensure full 

participation in the electoral process for individuals with disabilities. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 budget request for Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities to 

the Protection and Advocacy Systems and related technical assistance is $5,235,000, the same as the 

FY 2012 enacted level. 

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Resource and Program Data

Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $16,829,000 $4,869,000 $4,869,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance 367,000 366,000 366,000

Program Support

Total, Resources $17,196,000 $5,235,000 $5,235,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 114 59 59

New Starts

# 114 59 59

$ $17,196,000 $5,235,000 $5,235,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities - States CFDA # 93.617

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $164,797 0 0 0

Alaska 100,000 0 0 0

Arizona 223,901 0 0 0

Arkansas 100,331 0 0 0

California 1,267,146 0 0 0

Colorado 174,793 0 0 0

Connecticut 124,768 0 0 0

Delaware 100,000 0 0 0

District of Columbia 100,000 0 0 0

Florida 666,589 0 0 0

Georgia 333,540 0 0 0

Hawaii 100,000 0 0 0

Idaho 100,000 0 0 0

Illinois 448,056 0 0 0

Indiana 222,519 0 0 0

Iowa 105,636 0 0 0

Kansas 100,000 0 0 0

Kentucky 151,904 0 0 0

Louisiana 155,076 0 0 0

Maine 100,000 0 0 0

Maryland 200,137 0 0 0

Massachusetts 237,565 0 0 0

Michigan 350,776 0 0 0

Minnesota 184,388 0 0 0

Mississippi 100,551 0 0 0

Missouri 209,745 0 0 0

Montana 100,000 0 0 0

Nebraska 100,000 0 0 0

Nevada 100,000 0 0 0

New Hampshire 100,000 0 0 0

New Jersey 306,677 0 0 0

New Mexico 100,000 0 0 0

New York 695,922 0 0 0

North Carolina 326,980 0 0 0

North Dakota 100,000 0 0 0

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STATE/TERRITORY

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Request

Difference

+/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

406,407

0

135,933

452,503

100,000

160,224

100,000

221,104

823,390

100,000

100,000

277,837

234,528

100,000

199,998

100,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

American Samoa

Guam

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

11,563,721

100,000

48,126

138,538

100,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

TOTAL RESOURCES

386,664

11,950,385

$11,950,385

0

0

$0

0

0

$0

0

0

$0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Voting Access for Individuals with Disabilities - P & A CFDA # 93.618

 

STATE/TERRITORY

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Request

Difference

+/- 2012

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

$70,000

70,000

71,112

70,000

398,502

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

199,867

105,974

70,000

70,000

139,193

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

71,089

107,488

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

93,882

70,000

210,686

101,140

70,000

$70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

398,154

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

200,940

103,537

70,000

70,000

137,128

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

105,632

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

93,964

70,000

207,105

101,911

70,000

$70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

398,154

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

200,940

103,537

70,000

70,000

137,128

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

105,632

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

93,964

70,000

207,105

101,911

70,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

124,447

70,000

70,000

135,898

70,000

123,297

70,000

70,000

135,757

70,000

123,297

70,000

70,000

135,757

70,000

0

0

0

0

0

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

70,000

70,000

70,000

267,190

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

268,745

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

268,745

70,000

0

0

0

0

0

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

70,000

84,986

71,850

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

85,511

71,869

70,000

70,000

70,000

70,000

85,511

71,869

70,000

70,000

70,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal 4,703,304 4,693,550 4,693,550 0

American Samoa

Guam

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

35,000

35,000

70,000

35,000

35,000

35,000

70,000

35,000

35,000

35,000

70,000

35,000

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

175,000

4,878,304

175,000

4,868,550

175,000

4,868,550

0

0

Training and Technical 

Assistance 367,184 366,450 366,450 0

Subtotal, Adjustments 367,184 366,450 366,450 0

TOTAL RESOURCES $5,245,488 $5,235,000 $5,235,000 $0

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NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$48,675,000 $48,583,000 $48,583,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 816 of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 

2013 Authorization .................................. Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action

Allocation Method ............................................................................................................ Competitive Grant

Program Description and Accomplishments – The programs authorized under the Native American 

Programs Act of 1974 promote cultural preservation and economic self-sufficiency by serving Native 

Americans, including 562 federally-recognized tribes, 60 state-recognized tribes and Alaska Native 

organizations, Native Hawaiian communities, and native populations throughout the Pacific Basin. 

Native American Programs assist tribal and village governments, Native American institutions and 

organizations in their efforts to support and develop stable, diversified local economies. Tribes and nonprofit organizations use funds to develop and implement sustainable community-based social and 

economic programs and services to reduce dependency on public funds. 

The Native American Programs Act (NAPA) authorizes funds for projects that promote business 

development, capacity-building, entrepreneurial activities, financial education, language preservation, as 

well as the implementation of environmental laws, regulations, and ordinances. Some projects provide 

services to assist Native Americans with disabilities, the elderly and at-risk youth. Other projects create 

employment and educational opportunities and some seek to preserve native languages. The Esther 

Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 reauthorized the Native American 

languages grant program and created funding opportunities for language nests, survival schools, and 

language restoration programs. 

Funding for Native American Programs for the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ............................................................................................ $45,523,000

2009 ............................................................................................. $47,023,000

2010 ............................................................................................ $48,773,000

2011 ............................................................................................ $48,675,000

2012 ............................................................................................ $48,583,000

The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) encourages grantees to partner with other tribes, 

organizations, and agencies to maximize ANA funding and further advance their project goals. 

Performance goals related to these project goals were initially developed in 2005. These performance 

measures have been successful in focusing ANA efforts to improve transparency and strengthen 

monitoring and evaluation processes. However, ANA is a discretionary grant program that funds needsbased projects that are planned, developed, and implemented by Native communities. Therefore ANA 

revised its performance measures to goals about which ANA has direct control, while continuing to track 

key outputs. For example, in FY 2010, ANA visited 70 projects, representing over $21 million in 

distributed grant awards. In total, these projects helped create 40 new businesses, employed 829 people, 

generated $5.7 million in revenue, and leveraged $6.1 million in resources dedicated to the projects. On 

the social level, these projects involved 2,029 elders and 6,487 Native youth, strengthening critical ties 

between the two groups. 

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Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for Native American Programs is $48,583,000, the same as the 

FY 2012 enacted level. These funds will be used to continue to support activities that cover a wide range 

of community-based social and economic development projects that emphasize self-sufficiency, ensure 

the preservation and enhancement of Native American languages and enable tribes to plan, develop, and 

implement environmental improvement programs. 

The President and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services have expressed strong 

support for tribal sovereignty and a commitment to promoting tribal control over the service delivery of 

various programs. To further the Department’s commitment to strengthening tribal governments, ANA 

will highlight ‘self-governance” as a priority area and provide opportunity for programs that support 

family and youth projects to work together. It is intended that these projects will 1) promote coordination 

among human service programs for tribal communities to strengthen the services they provide to their 

children, youth, and families, and 2) build the capacity and infrastructure of tribal governments to enter 

into self governance compacts. 

As previously noted, ANA is presenting a new set of performance measures to track goals that are within 

the control of ACF. One such indicator is the percentage of applicants that receive training/technical 

assistance and go on to score within the funding range; in FY 2011, this increased to 75 percent, 

exceeding the target of 65 percent by ten percentage points and improving significantly over the FY 2006 

baseline of 51 percent. By FY 2013, ANA expects to increase this result by one percent over the average 

of the previous three actual results. One newly proposed performance measure will track the percentage 

of ANA projects that form or strengthen five or more partnerships. Community partnerships lead to 

sustainability, the “core” of all projects funded through ANA. ANA will continue to facilitate those 

partnerships and provide more native communities with opportunities to develop comprehensive goals. 

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

9A: Increase the percentage of projects 

that meet Administration for Native 

American (ANA) reporting 

requirements in a timely manner. 

(Outcome)

FY 2010: 77%

Target:

72%

(Target Exceeded)

1% over avg 

prior 3 actuals

1% over avg 

prior 3 actuals

N/A

9B: Increase the percentage of projects 

that meet or exceed funded objectives. 

(Outcome)

FY 2010: 69%

(Baseline)

1% over avg 

prior 3 actuals

1% over avg 

prior 3 actuals

N/A

9C: Increase the percentage of projects 

that formed or strengthened five or more 

partnerships.1

FY 2010: 91%

(Outcome)

Target: 

84%

(Target Exceeded)

1% over avg 

prior 3 actuals

1% over avg 

prior 3 actuals

N/A

9D: Increase the percentage of 

applicants who receive ANA 

Training/Technical Assistance (T/TA) 

and go on to score in the funding range. 

(Efficiency)

FY 2011: 75%

Target:

65% 

(Target Exceeded)

72% 

(1% over avg 

prior 3 actuals) 

1% over avg 

prior 3 actuals

N/A

1 Performance measures for ANA have been renumerated starting with measure 9C.

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FY 2013

FY 2012 FY 2013 Target Measure Most Recent Result Target Target +/- FY 2012

Target

9E: Increase the percentage of grantees FY 2010: 73% 1% over avg 1% over avg N/A

that reported sustaining project activities prior 3 actuals prior 3 actuals

after ANA funding has ended. Target:

(Outcome) 1 71%

(Target Exceeded)

9i: Number of jobs created through FY 2010: 359 N/A N/A N/A

ANA funding. (Output)

(Historical Actual)

9ii: Amount of non-federal resources FY 2010: $5.92 million N/A N/A N/A

leveraged. (Output)

(Historical Actual)

9iii: Number of ANA projects involving 2 FY 2010: 47 N/A N/A N/A

intergenerational activities. (Output)

(Historical Actual)

9iv: Number of youth involved in ANA FY 2010: 6,487 youth N/A N/A N/A

projects. (Output)

(Historical Actual)

1

The FY 2010 target for this measure has been revised to reflect updated actual results per the revised measure language.

2

In FY 2010, 47 of the 70 ANA projects visited involved intergenerational activities.

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Resource and Program Data

Native American Programs

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $41,429,000 $40,865,000 $40,865,000

Research/Evaluation 50,000 88,000 88,000

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance 4,307,000 4,714,000 4,714,000

Program Support 2,887,000 2,916,000 2,916,000

Total, Resources $48,673,000 $48,583,000 $48,583,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 190 215 215

New Starts

# 85 110 110

$ $17,492,000 $13,865,000 $13,865,000

Continuations

# 105 105 105

$ $23,937,000 $27,000,000 $27,000,000

Contracts

# 5 5 5

$ $7,244,000 $7,718,000 $7,718,000

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Notes:

1. Program Support - Includes funding for information technology support, contract fees and grants/panel review costs.

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SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH & DEMONSTRATION

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate

Change from 2012 

Enacted

Social Services Research 

and Demonstration $0 $0 $8,000,000 +$8,000,000

PHS Evaluation Funds 5,762,000 5,762,000 5,762,000 0

Total, Program Level $5,762,000 $5,762,000 $13,762,000 +$8,000,000

Authorizing Legislation – Section 1110 of the Social Security Act and Section 241 of the Public Health 

Service Act

2013 Authorization .................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated 

Allocation Method .............................................................................................. Competitive Grant/Contract 

Program Description and Accomplishments – Social Services Research and Demonstration funds 

support research and evaluation efforts that address the goals of increased stability and economic 

independence for American families and services that are more effective, cost less, and respond better to 

customer needs.

Projects are conducted through contracts, cooperative agreements and grants. Evaluation results and data 

from projects are disseminated to other federal agencies, states, Congress, researchers and others through 

publications, the internet, conferences, and workshops. As examples, topics of recent projects include 

employment retention and advancement; welfare-to-work strategies for the hard-to-employ; subsidized 

and transitional jobs; career pathways; and approaches to improving program enrollment, engagement, 

and completion. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ....................................................................................... $21,193,000 

2009 ....................................................................................... $20,260,000 

2010 ....................................................................................... $25,372,000 

2011 ......................................................................................... $5,762,000 

2012 ......................................................................................... $5,762,000 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the Social Services Research and Demonstration is 

$13,762,000, an $8,000,000 increase above the FY 2012 enacted level. Of this amount, $5,762,000 will 

be made available through PHS evaluation funds as authorized in section 241 of the Public Health Service 

Act. PHS Evaluation funds will be used primarily to support ongoing research projects. These include 

the Behavioral Interventions for Advancing Self-Sufficiency project, which is exploring the potential use 

of insights from behavioral economics and psychology to improve ACF services, and the Subsidized and 

Transitional Employment Demonstration. 

As part of the Administration’s government-wide initiative to strengthen program evaluation, the FY 

2013 President’s Budget includes $3,000,000 for a 5-year evaluation study to assess which features of 

early care and education programs most influence child outcomes, and how variations in such program 

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features interact with characteristics of children, families and communities to produce results. The study 

will incorporate a rigorous research design intended to enhance the strength of findings, moving beyond 

global measures of quality and simple linear associations between levels of quality and children’s 

outcomes. The study also will consider the extent of children’s exposure to early care and education of 

differing quality. 

The Budget also includes an additional $5 million for activities to strengthen services provided to 

disconnected youth (often defined as individuals, ages 14-24, who are not working, not in school, or are 

not connected to supports such as family or permanent housing). This initiative would address 

overarching issues with the systems serving this population: (1) limited knowledge of what program 

models are most effective in helping disconnected youth achieve positive outcomes; (2) a relative lack of 

attention on this population at the state, local, and federal levels, and lack of coordination in addressing 

their needs; and (3) the need for more comprehensive approaches to meet the multi-faceted needs of 

members of this population who may have educational deficits, unstable housing, health challenges, and 

histories of involvement with the criminal justice system.

 

To address these challenges, the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor and 

other federal agencies will develop interagency strategies to strengthen the impact of federal programs 

serving disconnected youth and identify opportunities for enhanced flexibility and collaboration. A 

portion of these funds would be used to invest in innovative re-engagement strategies and comprehensive 

approaches that encourage additional academic and non-academic supports and encourage multiple 

pathways that prepare disconnected youth for college and career success. The $5 million proposed here 

would be utilized in close coordination with $5 million being proposed by the Department of Education 

and $10 million that would be utilized from the Workforce Innovation Fund under the Department of 

Labor’s budget proposal. 

In addition to the funding request, the Administration proposes a general provision in the appropriations 

act to support a limited number of “performance partnerships” that would provide states and localities 

with enhanced flexibility in determining how services are structured in return for strong accountability for 

results. Agencies that play a key role in serving disconnected youth, including ED, HHS, DOL, 

Department of Justice, and the Corporation for National and Community Service, will work together in 

2012 to identify how this funding could support high-value, high-leverage actions that could lead to better 

outcomes and more cost-effective services. Working with OMB, agencies will lay a foundation in 2012 

for strong 2013 pilots by taking a range of actions: 

• Aligning evidence standards across federal agencies and programs, including exploring options to 

develop an interagency data base of programs and interventions that meet those standards, which 

could be supported by 2013 funding. 

• Disseminating tools for measuring and evaluating outcomes for disconnected youth touched by 

multiple systems.

• Sharing best practices for effectively coordinating multiple systems and programs serving 

disconnected youth at the state and local level.

• Soliciting ideas from a broad array of stakeholders on strategies for improving outcomes for 

disconnected youth, including on how to facilitate comprehensive, multi-system approaches and 

on how to use existing resources in more coordinated and comprehensive ways. 

• Assessing potential for public-private partnerships through which foundations or other privatesector funders would provide additional funding or assistance to support promising pilot projects. 

• Working with states and localities to identify and align relevant non-federal rules and regulations 

to support pilot implementation.

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Based on the 2012 outreach process, agencies will determine the best possible uses of the 2013 

performance partnership pilot authority to create innovative and comprehensive reengagement strategies 

that encourage additional academic and non-academic supports and support multiple pathways to prepare 

disconnected youth for college and career success. Approved pilots could include efforts to streamline 

the intake process and better coordinate services for youth in multiple systems, pilot new service models 

for a specific high-risk group like youth aging out of foster care, or launch community-wide initiatives to 

centrally administer the many programs serving disconnected youth, such as re-engagement centers.

This request includes appropriation language to provide that research and evaluation funds remain

available until expended to support non-severable research and evaluation contracts that require multiple 

years to complete. The historical funding of this program with one year appropriations has created 

significant challenges and limitations to developing and executing a robust research and evaluation 

agenda that addresses the multiple policy and program priorities of HHS/ACF. Studies of national 

significance are critical to providing reliable information on which to base public policy, program 

improvement recommendations and future government funding decisions. Most of these studies fall 

within the acquisition regulation definitions of “non-severable” services in that they constitute a specific, 

entire job with a defined end-product that cannot be subdivided to meet a separate need of the government 

in each fiscal year. Providing no year availability of research funding will greatly enhance ACF’s ability 

to support multiple, significant research and evaluation projects simultaneously.

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

23i: Number of grants. (Output) FY 2011: 2

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

23ii: Number of contracts. 

(Output) 

FY 2011: 16

(Historical Actual) 

N/A N/A N/A

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Resource and Program Data

Social Services Research & Demonstration 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation $5,655,000 $5,642,000 $8,892,000

Demonstration/Development 4,500,000

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support 100,000 120,000 370,000

Total, Resources $5,755,000 $5,762,000 $13,762,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 2 2 13

New Starts

# 2 2 13

$ $353,000 $353,000 $5,853,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 16 16 19

$ $4,903,000 $4,890,000 $7,390,000

Interagency Agreements

# 8 8 8

$ $499,000 $499,000 $499,000

Notes:

1. Program Support - Includes funding for information technology, grant/panel reviews, administrative fees, and staff and associated overhead 

costs.

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DISASTER HUMAN SERVICES CASE MANAGEMENT

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$1,996,000 $1,992,000 $1,992,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Appropriation language 

2013 Authorization ........................................................................ Such sums as may be appropriated 

Allocation Method ......................................................................................................... Direct Federal

Program Description and Accomplishments – This program was designed in consultation with the 

HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) as a collaboration between the three organizations consistent with the 

command structure and reporting requirements in the National Incident Management Plan (NIMS) and 

the National Response Framework (NRF). Drawing upon existing human services and disaster 

management networks and expertise, ACF assists states in establishing the capacity to coordinate and 

provide case management services in a timely manner in the event of a Presidentially declared disaster 

that receive Individual Assistance (IA). 

Human services federal disaster case management services involve the following major tasks: (1) 

identifying persons in need of disaster case management as a result of a disaster caused unmet need; (2) 

identifying needed services (medical, behavioral health, financial, transportation, child care, etc.) and 

conducting “asset mapping” for individuals and families, with a particular focus on those with functional 

and special needs, to help them develop a recovery plan; (3) providing information to disaster survivors 

that will assist them in returning home or relocating to new homes if necessary; (4) referring disaster 

evacuees to service providers for needed services in the area of their temporary domicile; (5) referring 

disaster evacuees to FEMA contacts in order to identify assistance; and (6) providing ongoing support 

and tracking progress of disaster victims throughout the recovery process. 

This program supports the training and credentialing of personnel nationwide who are then available 

to deploy should a disaster occur. The program also has provisions for researching and developing a 

comprehensive electronic case management database that provide a training platform, resources, 

mapping, and disaster recovery planning. While the Stafford Act funds are used for actual disaster case 

management services provided to affected States, funds requested annually in this program ensures that 

when case management services are needed, trained and credentialed individuals can be deployed 

immediately upon request. The Stafford Act was amended by the Post Katrina Emergency Reform Act 

of 2006, which authorized case management by stating that “the President may provide case 

management services, including financial assistance, to state or local government agencies or qualified 

private organizations to provide such services to survivors of major disasters to identify and address 

unmet needs.” This approach ensures that disaster survivors are connected with existing services in a 

timely manner following a disaster. Ongoing training, screening and credentialing are critical to 

building and maintaining a strong deployable federal disaster human services case management 

workforce. The Federal Disaster Human Services Case Management program provides a critical 

infrastructure that supports ongoing management, policy development, coordination and monitoring of 

disaster human services.

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Funding for the program during the first three years has been as follows:

2010 ......................................................................................... $2,000,000 

2011 ......................................................................................... $1,996,000 

2012 ......................................................................................... $1,992,000 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for Disaster Human Services Case Management is $1,992,000, 

the same as the FY 2012 enacted level. This funding will continue to meet ongoing needs for monitoring 

the screening, training and credentialing of personnel and the development of a comprehensive 

electronic case management database. In addition, funding will provide support and technical assistance, 

program evaluation and quality assurance as well as further articulation of disaster case management 

competencies for responders, identification of client outcomes and metrics for evaluating progress 

towards outcomes and revisions to the existing disaster case management training programs. Funding 

will ensure nationwide disaster case management capability to assist states in the provision of disaster 

case management services following a major disaster that could impact thousands of individuals and 

families across multiple jurisdictions. 

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Resource and Program Data

Disaster Human Services Case Management

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development $1,728,000 $1,790,000 $1,790,000

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support 165,000 202,000 202,000

Total, Resources $1,893,000 $1,992,000 $1,992,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 0 0 0

New Starts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 1 1 1

$ $1,728,000 $1,790,000 $1,790,000

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Notes:

1. Program Support - Includes funding for salaries and benefits associated overhead and travel.

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COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$678,640,000 $677,358,000 $350,000,000 -$327,358,000

Authorizing Legislation – Section 674(a) of the Community Services Block Grant Act

2013 Authorization .................................. Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method ................................................................................................................... Formula Grant 

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) 

program provides grants to states, territories and Indian tribes to provide services and activities to reduce 

poverty, including services to address employment, education, housing assistance, nutrition, energy, 

emergency services, health, and substance abuse. Each state submits an annual application and certifies 

that the state agrees to provide: (1) a range of services and activities having a measurable and potentially 

major impact on causes of poverty in communities where poverty is an acute problem; and (2) activities 

designed to assist low-income participants, including the elderly, in becoming self-sufficient. Allocations 

are based on relative percentages of 1981 funding levels under Section 221 of the Economic Opportunity 

Act of 1964, as amended. 

The Community Services Block Grant Act requires states to pass through 90 percent of the federal funds 

allocated to eligible entities, which in most cases are Community Action Agencies (CAAs). Annual 

awards for CSBG funds are not open for competition, and many of the CAAs receiving funding have 

remained unchanged since 1964. States may terminate funding for CAAs after determining that the CAA 

is deficient, but the procedure for doing so can be protracted. Current law also does not provide a 

mechanism to rapidly respond to cases of alleged fraud. As a result, action is pursued most often in cases 

of financial deficiencies or negligence.

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ..................................................................................... $653,800,000 

2009 ..................................................................................... $700,000,000 

2009 Recovery Act ........................................................... $1,000,000,0001

2010 ..................................................................................... $700,000,000 

2011 ..................................................................................... $678,640,000 

2012 ..................................................................................... $677,358,000 

The CSBG program developed and uses National Performance Indicators (NPIs), which are based upon 

the six national goals under the performance management system Results Oriented Management 

Accountability (ROMA). The NPIs were designed to improve the ability of the CSBG network to report 

work on program administration and the outcomes of state and local agencies that serve the poor. Fiscal 

year 2004 was the first year that the network reported using the NPI format, which includes measures of 

activities funded in whole or in part by CSBG dollars. In FY 2009, the NPIs were expanded to include 

reporting on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funds. 

1 The Recovery Act appropriations are available for two fiscal years.

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Through the NPIs, the program tracks the CSBG network’s performance indicators with respect to lowincome individuals, families, and communities. The CSBG network leverages CSBG dollars as well as 

funds from other federal, state and local sources to conduct this important work. In FY 2010, CSBG 

dollars accounted for four percent of funds administered through the CSBG Network. In FY 2010 the 

CSBG Network reported that over 37.2 million conditions of poverty were addressed for low-income 

individuals, families and communities. This result exceeded the FY 2010 target by over seven million. 

For example, the CSBG Network was able to help 5.6 million low-income people gain employment or 

obtain supports to reduce or eliminate barriers to employment, 1.1 million people increased their financial 

assets or financial skills, and 14.2 million people received emergency assistance from CSBG. 

Currently, ROMA and NPI systems serve primarily as a system of national accountability for the overall 

efforts of CAAs and other eligible entities, and cannot identify outcomes directly attributable to CSBG 

funds. The data are not currently used as criteria for funding allocations to local entities. Progress has 

been made in recent years in the quality and breadth of state and local performance reporting systems 

through ROMA and the NPI model. Local entities and states now have a common framework for 

collection and reporting on local service delivery. The ROMA and NPI framework can provide a 

foundation for additional targeting of resources based on outcomes and effectiveness of services. 

Although the CSBG Act does allow states to terminate or reduce funding based for cause – including 

performance information – the procedural hurdles associated with Sections 676(c)(1)(B) and (676(c)(2) of 

the CSBG Act are considered by many states to be overly burdensome to allow such adjustment on a 

statewide basis. ACF, through its Office of Community Services, continues to work with states to 

identify ways in which ROMA information can most effectively guide the delivery of services and 

allocation of resources to address high priority community needs, including streamlining current 

procedural burdens. ACF will continue to work with national and state organizational partners on future 

refinements to the ROMA and NPI systems to assure that these systems contribute to a performancebased program and funding approach. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the Community Services Block Grant program is 

$350,000,000, a decrease of $327,358,000 from the FY 2012 enacted level. 

Building on the President’s FY 2012 budget request to target CSBG resources to high-performing, 

innovative agencies, ACF will work with Congress to establish a set of core federal standards (that can be 

augmented by states) that states will be required to use to assess whether an eligible entity is meeting a 

high standard of service delivery. When an eligible entity falls short of meeting the standards, states will 

be required to implement immediate open competition to serve the affected communities. In this system, 

states will be provided the flexibility to propose additional standards to be used in determining when 

competition should be required, with all additional state standards subject to federal approval. 

Introducing a system of standards will promote innovation and assure low-income families and 

communities are receiving high-quality services. ACF plans to consult with the states, CSBG eligible 

entities, and experts in the field of non-profit management and anti-poverty programs to develop the core 

standards. Under this approach, core standards will include, at a minimum, criteria such as: 1) failure to 

correct significant audit findings; 2) board governance issues; 3) failure to submit required financial, 

administrative, or programmatic reports and materials in a timely manner; 4) failure to implement 

corrective actions based on state monitoring reviews for weakness in performance; and 5) service delivery 

performance. 

Current CSBG distribution formulas to states, territories, and tribes will be maintained, but states will be 

required to allocate funds with increased consideration to the areas of greatest need. As core federal 

standards are developed, ACF will maintain current performance measures for the block grant funds 

distributed according to the existing state distribution formula. 

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ACF will maintain the goal of addressing 13 million conditions of poverty for low-income families, 

individuals, and communities in FY 2013. In addition, ACF aims to achieve a 16 percent target for the 

percentage of funds used by CSBG sub-grantees for administrative expenses. This efficiency measure is 

an indicator of the CSBG network’s ability to provide services to low income individuals and families 

through an efficient and cost effective delivery system.

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

12.1LT and 12A: Increase the number of 

conditions of poverty addressed for lowincome individuals, families and 

communities as a result of community action 

interventions. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 37.2 million

Target:

30 million

(Target Exceeded)

26 million1 13 million Maintain

12B: Reduce total amount of sub-grantee 

CSBG administrative funds expended each 

year per total sub-grantee CSBG funds 

expended per year. (Efficiency)

FY 2010: 16.04%

Target:

19% 

(Target Exceeded)

17%2 16% -1

12ii: Number of individuals served. (Output) FY 2010: 20.3 million

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

1 The FY 2012 target for this performance measure has been updated in light of the FY 2012 enacted budget level for CSBG. The previously 

reported FY 2012 target was 13 million, based on the FY 2012 President’s Budget Request level.

2 The FY 2012 target for this performance measure has been updated in light of the most recent data trend to maintain rigor.

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Resource and Program Data

Community Services Block Grant

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $668,116,000 $666,673,000 $344,298,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development 500,000 500,000

Training/Technical Assistance 7,601,000 7,768,000 3,311,000

Program Support 2,419,000 2,417,000 2,391,000

Total, Resources $678,636,000 $677,358,000 $350,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 125 122 122

New Starts

# 118 120 122

$ $672,566,000 $671,623,000 $346,299,000

Continuations

# 7 2 0

$ $2,575,000 $1,200,000 $0

Contracts

# 6 8 7

$ $1,372,000 $2,625,000 $1,817,000

Interagency Agreements

# 2 1 1

$ $411,000 $194,000 $194,000

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support, grant/panel reviews, travel and staffing and associated overhead 

costs.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

Community Services Block Grant CFDA # 93.569

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $12,406,583 $12,363,601 $6,563,069 -$5,800,532

Alaska 2,590,681 2,630,144 796,431 -1,833,713

Arizona 5,524,074 5,504,936 2,922,229 -2,582,707

Arkansas 9,199,565 9,167,693 4,866,560 -4,301,133

California 60,322,855 60,113,871 31,910,725 -28,203,146

Colorado 5,876,415 5,856,056 3,108,617 -2,747,439

Connecticut 8,160,904 8,132,631 4,317,109 -3,815,522

Delaware 3,507,970 3,561,406 950,328 -2,611,078

District of Columbia 11,115,603 11,077,094 5,880,142 -5,196,952

Florida 19,663,586 19,595,462 10,402,016 -9,193,446

Georgia 18,199,139 18,136,089 9,627,325 -8,508,764

Hawaii 3,507,970 3,561,406 1,494,778 -2,066,628

Idaho 3,469,989 3,522,847 940,039 -2,582,808

Illinois 31,959,778 31,849,056 16,906,688 -14,942,368

Indiana 9,851,147 9,817,018 5,211,246 -4,605,772

Iowa 7,322,234 7,296,867 3,873,454 -3,423,413

Kansas 5,522,319 5,503,188 2,921,301 -2,581,887

Kentucky 11,405,912 11,366,397 6,033,715 -5,332,682

Louisiana 15,883,119 15,828,093 8,402,153 -7,425,940

Maine 3,547,675 3,554,397 1,876,716 -1,677,681

Maryland 9,283,432 9,251,270 4,910,925 -4,340,345

Massachusetts 16,857,121 16,798,721 8,917,399 -7,881,322

Michigan 24,927,788 24,841,427 13,186,773 -11,654,654

Minnesota 8,141,550 8,113,344 4,306,871 -3,806,473

Mississippi 10,760,781 10,723,501 5,692,442 -5,031,059

Missouri 18,721,695 18,656,835 9,903,756 -8,753,079

Montana 3,223,736 3,272,842 1,185,491 -2,087,351

Nebraska 4,715,906 4,699,568 2,494,709 -2,204,859

Nevada 3,507,970 3,561,406 950,328 -2,611,078

New Hampshire 3,507,970 3,561,406 969,217 -2,592,189

New Jersey 18,511,902 18,447,769 9,792,776 -8,654,993

New Mexico 3,853,550 3,696,732 1,962,366 -1,734,366

New York 58,719,802 58,516,371 31,062,712 -27,453,659

North Carolina 17,739,997 17,678,537 9,384,439 -8,294,098

North Dakota 3,208,702 3,257,579 869,255 -2,388,324

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

26,372,945

8,096,247

5,394,506

28,643,806

3,740,008

26,281,578

8,062,881

5,375,818

28,544,571

3,727,051

13,951,260

4,280,085

2,853,688

15,152,542

1,978,460

-12,330,318

-3,782,796

-2,522,130

-13,392,029

-1,748,591

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

10,395,553

2,884,189

13,328,402

32,579,103

3,428,129

10,359,538

2,928,123

13,282,226

32,435,360

3,480,348

5,499,236

911,914

7,050,710

17,217,922

1,360,705

-4,860,302

-2,016,209

-6,231,516

-15,217,438

-2,119,643

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

3,507,970

10,831,746

8,017,408

7,573,835

8,231,869

3,507,970

3,561,406

10,794,220

7,989,634

7,547,596

8,203,350

3,561,406

1,003,344

5,729,982

4,241,200

4,006,551

4,354,650

950,328

-2,558,062

-5,064,238

-3,748,434

-3,541,045

-3,848,700

-2,611,078

Subtotal 631,253,106 629,650,666 325,136,677 -304,513,989

Indian Tribes 4,853,137 5,057,945 2,183,241 -2,874,704

Subtotal

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

4,853,137

911,958

863,097

540,689

28,501,877

1,192,226

5,057,945

925,849

876,245

548,925

28,403,134

1,210,387

2,183,241

494,108

467,635

292,951

15,077,462

645,961

-2,874,704

-431,741

-408,610

-255,974

-13,325,672

-564,426

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

32,009,847

668,116,090

31,964,540

666,673,151

16,978,117

344,298,035

-14,986,423

-322,375,116

Other

Training and Technical 

Assistance

2,418,947

8,101,373

2,417,233

8,267,616

2,391,214

3,310,751

-26,019

-4,956,865

Subtotal, Adjustments 10,520,320 10,684,849 5,701,965 -4,982,884

TOTAL RESOURCES $678,636,410 $677,358,000 $350,000,000 -$327,358,000

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COMMUNITY SERVICES DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITIES

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate

Change from 2012 

Enacted

Community Economic 

Development $17,964,000 $29,943,000 $29,943,000 $0

Rural Community Facilities 4,990,000 4,981,000 0 -4,981,000

Total, Budget Authority $22,954,000 $34,924,000 $29,943,000 -$4,981,000

Authorizing Legislation – Sections 674(b)(3) and 680 of the Community Services Block Grant Act 

2013 Authorization ..................................Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method ............................................................................................................ Competitive Grant

Program Description and Accomplishments – Community Services Discretionary Activities grants 

are provided to private, locally-initiated community development corporations which sponsor enterprises 

providing employment, training, and business development opportunities for low-income residents. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ....................................................................................... $39,327,000 

2009 ....................................................................................... $46,000,000 

2010 ....................................................................................... $46,000,000 

2011 ....................................................................................... $22,954,000 

2012 ....................................................................................... $34,924,000 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the Community Economic Development (CED) program is 

$29,943,000, the same as the FY 2012 enacted level. The majority of these funds (an estimated 

$19,943,000) will be used for traditional CED grants that promote economic development in low-income 

communities. These grants will continue to fund projects that foster self-sufficiency for low-income 

families and achieve sustainable employment and business opportunities. The remaining $10,000,000 

will be dedicated to the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI). 

For the past two years, the HFFI carve-out has stimulated innovation that supports the “Let’s Move!”

campaign to address the epidemic of childhood obesity. Grants have been awarded to expand access to 

fresh, affordable, nutritious foods to residents of low-income communities that currently lack these 

options by developing and equipping grocery stores, farmers markets, and other small retail businesses 

and by building or expanding healthy food infrastructure and food distribution networks. Residents of 

these communities, which are sometimes called “food deserts,” are typically served by fast food 

restaurants and convenience stores that offer little or no fresh produce. Lack of healthy, affordable food 

options can lead to higher levels of obesity and other diet-related diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, 

and cancer. The FY 2013 request builds on the work from the past two years and funds projects that 

serve the dual purposes of providing employment and business development opportunities in low-income 

communities and facilitating access to healthy food options. 

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The FY 2013 request does not include funding for the Rural Community Facilities program. The services 

provided under this program are similar to programs currently operating in EPA and USDA. ACF does 

not have the expertise to effectively and efficiently administer a water treatment program and this action 

reflects the Administration’s efforts to target funds more effectively.

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

12iii: Number of jobs created by 

Community Economic Development 

program. (Output)

FY 2008: 2,337

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

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Resource and Program Data

Community Economic Development 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $16,000,000 $27,100,000 $27,100,000

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance 180,000 299,000 299,000

Program Support 1,784,000 2,544,000 2,544,000

Total, Resources $17,964,000 $29,943,000 $29,943,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 25 35 35

New Starts

# 25 35 35

$ $16,000,000 $27,100,000 $27,100,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 6 6 6

$ $1,664,000 $2,002,000 $2,002,000

Interagency Agreements

# 1 1 1

$ $300,000 $841,000 $841,000

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support and grant/panel reviews.

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Resource and Program Data

Rural Community Facilities

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $4,715,000 $4,895,000

Research/Evaluation 180,000

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance 41,000 32,000

Program Support 54,000 54,000

Total, Resources $4,990,000 $4,981,000 $0

Program Data:

Number of Grants 9 8 0

New Starts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Continuations

# 9 8 0

$ $4,895,000 $4,895,000 $0

Contracts

# 1 1 0

$ $41,000 $32,000 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 1 1 0

$ $54,000 $54,000 $0

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support and grant/panel reviews.

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$1,641,000 $0 $0 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 505 of the Family Support Act of 1998 and Section 112 of the Personal 

Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 

2013 Authorization ..................................................................................................................... $25,000,000 

Allocation Method ............................................................................................................ Competitive Grant

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals 

(JOLI) program provides grants on a competitive basis to non-profit organizations to create new 

employment and business opportunities for TANF recipients and other low-income individuals through 

projects that include self-employment and micro-enterprise, expansion of existing businesses, new 

business ventures and strategies for developing or creating new jobs or employment opportunities. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ......................................................................................... $5,288,000 

2009 ......................................................................................... $5,288,000 

2010 ......................................................................................... $2,644,000 

2011 .......................................................................................... $1,641,000 

2012 ........................................................................................................ $0 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request does not include funding for the JOLI program. This program 

duplicates activities that can be funded under the TANF program and this action reflects the 

Administration’s efforts to target funds more effectively.

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Resource and Program Data

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $1,160,000

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance 98,000

Program Support 383,000

Total, Resources $1,641,000 $0 $0

Program Data:

Number of Grants 4 0 0

New Starts

# 4 0 0

$ $1,160,000 $0 $0

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 5 0 0

$ $458,000 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 1 0 0

$ $23,000 $0 $0

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support and grant/panel reviews.

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ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$23,977,000 $19,869,000 $19,869,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 416 of the Assets for Independence Act 

2013 Authorization .................................. Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method ............................................................................................................ Competitive Grant

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Assets for Independence (AFI) program continues 

to develop knowledge about what practices work to assist families with limited means to use individual 

development accounts (IDAs) to accumulate assets by operating local demonstration projects. This 

program is designed to determine: (1) the social, civic, psychological and economic effects of providing 

individuals and families with limited means an incentive to accumulate assets by saving a portion of their 

earned income; (2) the extent to which individual development accounts that promote saving for postsecondary education, home ownership, and micro-enterprise development may be used to enable 

individuals and families with limited means to increase their economic self-sufficiency; and (3) the extent 

to which individual development accounts stabilize and improve families.

Eligible grantees include non-profit organizations, state, local, or tribal governments that apply jointly 

with nonprofit and low income credit unions or certified Community Development Financial Institutions 

that partner with a community anti-poverty organization. Every grantee works closely with a financial 

institution (bank or credit union) that holds the grant funds and the IDAs on deposit. Many grantees 

collaborate closely with other organizations that provide financial literacy training and other supportive 

services for participants. The maximum grant amount is $1,000,000 for the five-year project period; the 

average grant amount is approximately $286,000. 

The program requires grantees to use non-federal funds to support at least one-half of their AFI project 

budgets. Grantees are required to provide one dollar of non-federal cash for each dollar of their AFI grant 

received. In addition, the funds grantees use to match their participants’ IDA savings must combine equal 

amounts of federal grant funds and nonfederal funds. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ....................................................................................... $24,025,000 

2009 ....................................................................................... $24,025,000 

2010 ....................................................................................... $23,907,000 

2011 ....................................................................................... $23,977,000 

2012 ....................................................................................... $19,869,000 

ACF has established a performance-based approach for administering the AFI program. As a part of this 

approach, ACF has worked with grantees to develop meaningful program-wide outcome measures used 

for program administration and devised project-level performance indicators with annual benchmarks. 

The program continues to refine the indicators, adjust the annual benchmarks, and train grantees to use 

these tools for project management (see Outcome and Output table below). 

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ACF continues to use AFI as a platform for bringing IDAs, financial literacy education, credit and debt 

counseling, access to federal tax credits, and other asset-building strategies to working families 

throughout the nation. ACF launched a new agency-wide ASSET initiative in FY 2010 to encourage 

more service providers to provide financial education, IDAs and other asset building tools to the families 

they serve. This approach is bringing AFI services to more families and forging closer working 

relationships between AFI grantees and other providers across the nation, including a Head Start and AFI 

grantee partnership to incorporate IDAs into Home Visiting Services. One Head Start program, which 

serves a rural area in eastern Oregon with a high number of Spanish speaking immigrants, integrated 

asset-building into all their services and enrolled several AFI participants into the AFI grantee’s IDA 

program. The success of this agency has encouraged the AFI grantee to engage in a state-wide effort to 

recruit more Head Start grantees for this network collaboration. ACF has provided support through its 

national AFI Resource Center, which has become an important source of information, best practices, and 

guidance on IDAs and related services for AFI grantees and other organizations.

AFI has produced a mostly steady increase in its core outcomes over the past three years. A fundamental 

performance measure for the AFI program is the amount of earned income participants withdraw from 

their IDAs to purchase any of the three assets (i.e., a home, small business or post secondary education). 

In FY 2010, the actual result was $5.5 million, falling short of the FY 2010 target of $5.6 million; 

however, this is a significant improvement over the FY 2005 baseline of $3.8 million. A complementary 

performance measure tracks the number of participants who use their IDA savings to purchase these 

assets. In FY 2010, the actual result for this measure was 3,961 participants, just short of the target of 

4,414 participants, but again, a significant improvement over the FY 2005 baseline of 2,925 participants. 

The most recent FY 2010 results reflect the reality that participants are having a more difficult time 

saving in their IDAs and making purchases, given the current state of the economy.

In 2008, ACF released results of the first phase program evaluation based on information collected in the 

early- to mid-2000s. The evaluators found that individuals and families derived substantial benefits from 

participating in the program. Participants were 35 percent more likely to become homeowners, 84 

percent more likely to become business owners and nearly twice as likely to pursue post-secondary 

education or training compared with a corresponding national sample of AFI-eligible non-participants in 

the general U.S. population. In the Fall of 2012, ACF will launch a random assignment evaluation of the 

impact of participation in the AFI program on savings, savings patterns and asset purchase by low-income 

individuals and families at selected AFI grantee sites. This study will build on the previous evaluation of 

the AFI program, as well as various studies of other non-AFI funded IDA projects. While research 

suggests that IDAs help low-income families save, rigorous, experimental research is limited and the 

majority of research has not focused on AFI-funded IDAs. Thus further rigorous evaluation can provide 

important insights about effective approaches to promoting asset building. This random assignment 

evaluation will improve understanding of the program’s overall impact on early participant outcomes, as 

well as the impact of AFI program design features on these short-term outcomes.

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the AFI program is $19,869,000, the same as the FY 2012 

enacted level, and requests that these funds be made available for five years. In addition, the 

Administration also requests the authority to recapture and reallocate unused funds to other qualified 

grantees. Granting HHS authority to recapture and repurpose any unused funds would expand program 

reach and maximize service provision with existing dollars. This request will fund an estimated 47 new 

grants and provide ongoing support for the AFI program, thereby enabling additional low-income 

individuals and families to save earned income and increase economic self-sufficiency.

The Administration will work with the Congress on legislative changes to reauthorize and modify the 

program to advance continued knowledge development, promote flexibility and simplify program 

administration by: 1) providing grantees more flexibility in project administration; 2) authorizing the 

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Secretary to waive statutory provisions and test new approaches; 3) reducing the amount of non-federal 

match requirement that AFI grantees are required to meet; and 4) making permanent the authority to 

recapture and reallocate any AFI grant funds that have not been expended by qualified entities. In 

addition, these changes will be pursued in conjunction with appropriation language to more adequately 

support AFI demonstration evaluation and innovation.

ACF continues to strengthen program administration and support for grantees by forming close working 

relationships across ACF offices, partnering with other federal agencies, and piloting new approaches. 

For example, AFI is working across all ACF offices to promote the following six asset-building 

strategies: financial literacy; connecting to banks; managing credit and debt; accessing federal benefits; 

savings and IDA promotion; and tax preparation and access to tax credits for families being served by 

ACF programs. 

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent 

Result

FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

13A: Increase the annual amount of 

personal savings that were used by 

Assets for Independence (AFI) project 

participants to purchase one of the three 

allowable types of assets. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 

$5,504,410

Target:

$5,622,9391

Avg of two prev 

years* (adjusted) 

growth factor

(Target Not Met)

Avg of two prev 

years* (adjusted) 

growth factor

N/A

13B: Increase the number of participants 

who withdraw funds for the three asset 

purchase goals. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 3,691 

participants

Target:

4,414 participants2

Avg of two prev

years* (adjusted) 

growth factor

(Target Not Met)

Avg of two prev 

years* (adjusted) 

growth factor

N/A

13i: Cumulative number of AFI 

Individual Development Accounts 

(IDAs) opened in regular AFI projects. 

(Output)

FY 2010: 68,421

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

13ii: Cumulative amount of participant 

savings deposited into regular AFI 

IDAs. (Output)

FY 2010: 

$64,664,564

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

1

The FY 2010 target is the average of the previous two years’ actual results multiplied by the growth factor. The growth factor used to calculate 

targets for measures 13A and 13B is the percent change in the number of IDAs established in the prior year.

2

The prior year targets for FY 2006 – FY 2010 have been recalculated to reflect the amended growth factor.

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Resource and Program Data

Assets for Independence

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation $433,000 $500,000 $500,000

Demonstration/Development 15,480,000 13,500,000 13,500,000

Training/Technical Assistance 5,318,000 3,326,000 3,322,000

Program Support 2,741,000 2,543,000 2,547,000

Total, Resources $23,972,000 $19,869,000 $19,869,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 66 47 47

New Starts

# 66 47 47

$ $15,480,000 $13,500,000 $13,500,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 15 10 10

$ $6,104,000 $4,325,000 $4,321,000

Interagency Agreements

# 2 1 1

$ $898,000 $556,000 $556,000

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support, grant/panel reviews, travel and staffing and associated overhead 

costs.

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FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES/BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTERS

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$129,792,000 $129,547,000 $135,000,000 +$5,453,000

Authorizing Legislation – 303(a) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act

2013 Authorization .................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated 

Allocation Method ............................................................................................ Formula/Competitive Grants

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act 

(FVPSA) program provides grants to states and Indian tribes to support programs and projects that work 

to prevent incidents of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence and to provide immediate 

shelter and supportive services for adult and youth victims (and their dependents). FVPSA was 

reauthorized through FY 2015 on December 20, 2010 under Public Law 111-320. 

By statute, 70 percent of Family Violence funds are awarded in grants to states and territories. State 

grants are allocated based on each state’s population, with a minimum of not less than one-eighth of one 

percent of the amounts available allocated to territories and insular areas. FVPSA specifies that a state 

may use no more than five percent of its allotment for administrative costs and must distribute the 

remaining funds to local public agencies and non-profit private organizations, including faith-based and 

charitable organizations, community-based organizations, tribal organizations, and voluntary associations. 

Seventy percent of a state’s funds must be used to provide immediate shelter and supportive services to 

adult and youth victims of family violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and their dependents. 

States may use the remaining funds to: 1) assist victims in the development of safety plans and other 

ongoing safety issues; 2) provide counseling, support groups and referral to community-based services; 3) 

provide services, training, and technical assistance and outreach to increase awareness of family violence, 

domestic violence and dating violence and increase accessibility of services; 4) provide culturally and 

linguistically appropriate services; 5) provide specialized services for children exposed to family 

violence, domestic violence, or dating violence; 6) provide advocacy, case management, and information 

and referral services; and, 7) provide prevention services including outreach to underserved population. 

By statute, not less than 10 percent of Family Violence funds are allocated for grants to Indian tribes and 

tribal organizations. The amount of each tribal grant is based on the population of the tribe. Tribes use 

these funds primarily for immediate shelter and supportive services. These grants have assisted tribes in 

focusing on and improving services to victims and their families. Additionally, some tribes have used 

these funds for public education efforts to break the patterns of family violence. 

State Domestic Violence Coalitions (SDVCs) receive no less than 10 percent of the appropriation to 

further the purposes of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence intervention and 

prevention. SDVCs serve as information clearinghouses and coordinate statewide programs, outreach and 

activities. They provide technical assistance to local family violence, domestic violence, and dating 

violence programs (most of which are funded through subgrants from FVPSA State formula grants) and 

ensure best practices are developed and implemented. The grants to SDVCs also support related 

collaborative efforts with other social services sectors, e.g. law enforcement, health, education and child 

welfare. 

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The statutorily mandated network of information and technical assistance centers receives at least six 

percent of the appropriation. The statutory framework requires: a National Resource Center on Domestic 

Violence; a National Indian Resource Center Addressing Domestic Violence and Safety for Indian 

Women; and at least seven Special Issue Resource Centers. The statute also allows the funding of State 

Resource Centers to reduce disparities in states with high proportions of Indian, Alaskan Native or Native 

Hawaiian populations and to support training and technical assistance that addresses emerging issues 

related to family violence, domestic violence or dating violence. The purpose of the network of 

organizations is to provide resource information, training and technical assistance to improve the capacity 

of individuals, organizations, governmental entities, and communities to prevent family violence, 

domestic violence, and dating violence and to provide effective intervention services.

 

The statute also permits funds to be used for grants or contracts to provide technical assistance or to 

coordinate or provide for research on effective practices. Under this authority, grants have been awarded 

to: 

• Projects supporting collaborative efforts between child protective service agencies and domestic 

violence advocacy organizations to develop effective strategies for domestic violence services 

integration into child protection systems and strategies;

• State Domestic Violence Coalitions to increase the capacity of local domestic violence programs to 

reach underserved populations; 

• Five culturally specific institutes to provide training and technical assistance, as well as conduct 

research and create culturally appropriate, evidenced-based responses to domestic violence; 

• Projects supporting collaborative efforts between services for runaway and homeless youth and 

domestic violence victims to improve responses to youth experiencing teen dating violence; 

• Projects supporting the development of enhanced services in domestic violence programs and other 

community-based settings for children exposed to domestic violence; and

• A project to expand leadership opportunities within the domestic violence field for members of 

underrepresented groups. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ..................................................................................... $122,552,000 

2009 ..................................................................................... $127,776,000 

2010 ..................................................................................... $130,052,000 

2011 ..................................................................................... $129,792,000 

2012 ..................................................................................... $129,547,000 

In 2009, the FVPSA program implemented new performance and reporting requirements and outcome 

measures to improve accountability in the program and better assess the program’s impact. The FVPSA

programs also began a new data collection program to measure outcomes, particularly the provision of 

quality services provided to victims of domestic violence and their children. One key performance 

measure for FVPSA-funded activities is increasing the percentage of family violence, domestic violence, 

and dating violence program clients who report improved knowledge of safety planning. This measure is 

correlated with other indices of longer-term client safety and well-being, and will help document the 

impact of services provided by FVPSA grantees and subgrantees. As part of this evaluation, ACF 

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recently funded an unprecedented study surveying 3,410 shelter residents in 215 programs across eight 

states. Nearly 99 percent of shelter residents described shelter as helpful, 91 percent reported they now 

have more ways to plan for and stay safe after leaving the shelter, and 85 percent know more community 

resources to help achieve that safety. These positive outcomes are associated with longer-term improved 

safety (less violence) and well-being in experimental, longitudinal studies. 

In FY 2011, ACF (the Division of Family Violence Prevention), through an agreement with the National 

Institute of Justice, funded a new study that sought to learn more about what support services domestic 

violence survivors want, the extent to which services met their expectations, and survivors’ assessments 

of immediate outcomes associated with the services received. This study surveyed over 1,400 survivors 

receiving non-residential services in four states and found that survivors state that they need assistance 

with multiple services, report high levels of satisfaction with program services, and attribute progress on 

indicators of improved safety and well-being to receipt of services including crisis intervention, safety 

planning, information and support, counseling for themselves and their children, and legal advocacy. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for Family Violence Prevention and Services Act programs is 

$135,000,000, a $5,453,000 increase above the FY 2012 enacted level. Appropriations language is also 

proposed to dedicate the increase to shelters and supportive services.

 

Funding at this level will allow increased support for FVPSA-funded programs to respond to the increase 

in demand for emergency family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence shelter services, 

including children’s services. In September 2010, a one-day census of 1,746 domestic violence programs 

across the country identified that there were 9,541 unmet requests for services in a 24 hour period. Of 

those, individual requests for emergency shelter or transitional housing accounted for 60 percent. Of the 

programs reporting, 24 percent indicated that they did not have enough shelter or hotel beds available to 

house those requesting services. To address the unmet needs, FVPSA funding will build upon existing 

resources to strengthen the network of FVPSA funded programs and services. As previously noted, ACF 

has established a new key performance measure that examines the percentage of clients who report 

improved knowledge of safety planning as a result of FVPSA-funded services. The FY 2010 baseline for 

this measure was 89.3 percent; by FY 2013, the program expects to improve this result to 89.8 percent or 

better.

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent 

Result FY 2012 Target FY 2013 Target 

FY 2013 Target 

+/- FY 2012 

Target

14D: Increase the percentage of FVPSA 

state subgrant-funded domestic violence 

program clients who report improved 

knowledge of safety planning. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 89.3% 

(Baseline) 

89.7% 89.8% +0.1

14i: Number of residential clients served 

by domestic violence programs, including 

Tribal programs. (Output) 

FY 2010: 

266,070

(Historical 

Actual) 

N/A N/A N/A

14ii: Number of non-residential clients 

served by domestic violence programs, 

including Tribal programs. (Output) 

FY 2010:

1,037,406 

(Historical 

Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

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Measure Most Recent 

Result FY 2012 Target FY 2013 Target 

FY 2013 Target 

+/- FY 2012 

Target

14iii: Number of shelter nights, state 

programs. (Output) 

FY 2010: 

8,325,699 

(Historical 

Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

14iv: Number of shelter nights, tribal 

programs. (Output) 

FY 2010: 

156,739 

(Historical 

Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

14v: Number of unmet requests for shelter 

(state and tribal programs). (Output) 

FY 2010: 

173,512 

(Historical 

Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

14vi: Number of youth who attended 

youth-targeted community education 

programs, including tribal programs. 

(Output) 

FY 2010: 

1,923,2211

N/A

(Historical 

Actual)

N/A N/A

14vii: Number of supportive counseling 

and advocacy contacts with children 

provided by domestic violence programs, 

including tribal programs. (Output)

FY 2010: 

1,369,1812

(Historical 

Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

14viii: Number of people trained by 

FVPSA-funded training and technical 

assistance providers.2

FY 2010: 37,264

(Historical 

 (Output) Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

1 This number includes 100 percent of the states and 80 percent of the tribal grantees. 2 This output measure is currently reported on a voluntary basis.

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Resource and Program Data

Family Violence Prevention and Services/Battered Women's Shelters

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $116,581,000 $116,592,000 $121,625,000

Discretionary 500,000 671,000 500,000

Research/Evaluation 25,000 700,000

Demonstration/Development 850,000 850,000 948,000

Training/Technical Assistance 9,100,000 8,624,000 8,378,000

Program Support 2,487,000 2,785,000 2,849,000

Total, Resources $129,518,000 $129,547,000 $135,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 251 254 257

New Starts

# 244 239 247

$ $125,181,000 $117,088,000 $122,573,000

Continuations

# 7 15 10

$ $1,600,000 $9,649,000 $8,878,000

Contracts

# 3 3 3

$ $974,000 $1,040,000 $1,105,000

Interagency Agreements

# 4 5 6

$ $340,000 $424,000 $1,099,000

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support, grants/panel reviews, and salaries and benefits costs as well as 

associated overhead.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

Family Violence Prevention and Services/Battered Women's Shelters CFDA # 93.592

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $1,495,414 $1,492,592 $1,555,420 $62,827

Alaska 732,822 731,439 762,228 30,788

Arizona 1,854,261 1,850,762 1,928,666 77,904

Arkansas 1,149,461 1,147,292 1,195,585 48,293

California 7,628,674 7,614,280 7,934,787 320,507

Colorado 1,555,512 1,552,577 1,617,929 65,352

Connecticut 1,269,042 1,266,648 1,319,964 53,317

Delaware 768,316 766,866 799,146 32,280

District of Columbia 714,031 712,684 742,683 29,999

Florida 4,125,202 4,117,418 4,290,732 173,314

Georgia 2,469,135 2,464,476 2,568,213 103,737

Hawaii 846,293 844,696 880,252 35,556

Idaho 893,951 892,264 929,822 37,558

Illinois 3,055,059 3,049,295 3,177,648 128,353

Indiana 1,821,427 1,817,990 1,894,515 76,524

Iowa 1,171,978 1,169,767 1,219,005 49,239

Kansas 1,136,016 1,133,873 1,181,600 47,728

Kentucky 1,420,377 1,417,697 1,477,372 59,675

Louisiana 1,454,219 1,451,475 1,512,572 61,097

Maine 850,690 849,085 884,825 35,740

Maryland 1,683,820 1,680,643 1,751,386 70,743

Massachusetts 1,853,844 1,850,346 1,928,232 77,886

Michigan 2,495,855 2,491,146 2,596,005 104,859

Minnesota 1,601,430 1,598,408 1,665,690 67,282

Mississippi 1,161,355 1,159,164 1,207,956 48,792

Missouri 1,738,605 1,735,325 1,808,369 73,045

Montana 785,405 783,923 816,921 32,998

Nebraska 941,647 939,870 979,432 39,562

Nevada 1,102,612 1,100,532 1,146,856 46,324

New Hampshire 851,883 850,276 886,066 35,791

New Jersey 2,255,874 2,251,618 2,346,395 94,777

New Mexico 982,161 980,308 1,021,572 41,264

New York 4,316,026 4,307,882 4,489,213 181,331

North Carolina 2,383,880 2,379,382 2,479,537 100,155

North Dakota 723,005 721,641 752,017 30,376

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

2,794,963

1,301,134

1,327,492

2,996,938

800,279

2,789,689

1,298,679

1,324,987

2,991,283

798,769

2,907,115

1,353,344

1,380,760

3,117,195

832,391

117,426

54,665

55,772

125,912

33,622

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

1,467,371

754,484

1,797,303

5,312,632

1,129,518

1,464,602

753,060

1,793,912

5,302,608

1,127,387

1,526,252

784,759

1,869,423

5,525,810

1,174,842

61,649

31,698

75,511

223,202

47,455

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

718,235

2,098,963

1,867,271

946,051

1,675,319

703,499

716,880

2,095,003

1,863,748

944,266

1,672,158

702,172

747,055

2,183,187

1,942,198

984,013

1,742,544

731,728

30,176

88,185

78,450

39,747

70,386

29,556

Subtotal 88,980,734 88,812,844 92,551,228 3,738,384

Indian Tribes 12,979,190 12,954,700 13,500,000 545,300

Subtotal

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

12,979,190

129,792

129,792

129,792

1,354,424

129,792

12,954,700

129,547

129,547

129,547

1,351,868

129,547

13,500,000

135,000

135,000

135,000

1,408,772

135,000

545,300

5,453

5,453

5,453

56,904

5,453

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

1,873,592

103,833,516

1,870,056

103,637,600

1,948,772

108,000,000

78,716

4,362,400

Discretionary Funds

Other

12,747,419

12,936,915

12,954,700

12,954,700

13,500,000

13,500,000

545,300

545,300

Subtotal, Adjustments 25,684,334 25,909,400 27,000,000 1,090,600

TOTAL RESOURCES $129,517,850 $129,547,000 $135,000,000 $5,453,000

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$3,202,000 $3,197,000 $4,500,000 +$1,303,000

Authorizing Legislation – Section 303(b) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act 

2013 Authorization ....................................................................................................................... $4,500,000 

Allocation Method ............................................................................................................ Competitive Grant

Program Description and Accomplishments – The National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH) is a 

cooperative agreement which funds the operation of a national, toll-free telephone hotline to provide 

information and assistance to adult and youth victims of family violence, domestic violence or dating 

violence and others affected by the violence in an effort to build healthy, safe and supportive 

communities. Counseling and referral services are provided 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The hotline 

also publicizes its telephone number and the services it provides to potential users throughout the United 

States, including the Territories. 

The hotline serves as a critical partner in the prevention and resource assistance efforts of the network of 

family violence, domestic violence and dating violence resources. It provides assistance in the following 

areas: (1) crisis intervention by helping the caller identify problems and possible solutions, including 

making plans for safety in an emergency; (2) information about sources of assistance for individuals and 

their friends, families, and employers wanting to learn more about domestic violence, children exposed to 

domestic violence, sexual assault, intervention programs for batterers, working through the criminal and 

civil justice systems, and related issues; and (3) nationwide referrals to domestic violence shelters and 

programs, social service agencies, programs addressing the needs of children exposed to domestic 

violence, legal assistance programs and other groups and organizations willing to help. 

The hotline maintains a database, which collects information on services for victims of domestic violence, 

including the availability of shelters to which callers may be referred or directly patched throughout the 

United States. Trained hotline counselors are available for non-English speakers, and the hotline is 

accessible to persons who are hearing-impaired. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ......................................................................................... $2,918,000 

2009 ......................................................................................... $3,209,000 

2010 ......................................................................................... $3,209,000 

2011 ......................................................................................... $3,202,000 

2012 ......................................................................................... $3,197,000 

Staff and volunteers of the NDVH provide victims of family violence, domestic violence, dating violence, 

and those calling on their behalf, with crisis intervention, information, and referrals to local service 

providers. Each year, the number of incoming calls has increased. Measurement of the hotline’s 

performance will focus on the percentage of total annual responses to calls in relation to the number of 

calls received. The evolution of this performance measure acknowledges that tracking the answers or 

responses to calls is a better determinant of the hotlines usefulness than reporting the number of calls 

received. In FY 2009, the hotline responded to 81 percent of the calls which were received; in FY 2010, 

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performance on this measure declined to 73 percent. Future year performance targets have been 

established using FY 2010 baseline data. ACF intends to improve performance in this area by increasing 

access for multi-lingual callers and conducting an evaluation to assess organizational capacity, 

productivity and ongoing evaluation and implementation strategies. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the Domestic Violence Hotline is $4,500,000, an increase of 

$1,303,000 above the FY 2012 enacted level. These funds will be used to increase staff capacity for the 

NDVH at a time when call volume continues to increase as a result of effective mass media outreach, 

public awareness campaigns and the impact of the recession. Additionally, the funding will support the 

evaluation of hotline services. 

The hotline’s performance in FY 2013 will focus on response to calls by measuring the percentage of 

total annual responses to calls in relation to the number of calls received. By FY 2013, the program 

intends to achieve the goal of the hotline responding to at least 75 percent of the calls received. As a 

result of ongoing efforts to increase public awareness and improve access for vulnerable populations, 

including those with limited English proficiency, each year, thousands more domestic violence victims 

are linked with the shelter and support services they need to increase their safety. 

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent 

Result FY 2012 Target FY 2013 Target 

FY 2013 Target 

+/- FY 2012 

Target

14A (revised): Increase the capacity of the 

National Domestic Violence Hotline to 

respond to increased call volume (as 

measured by percentage of total annual 

calls to which the hotline responds). 

(Outcome) 

FY 2010: 73% 

(Baseline) 

74% 75% +1

14vi: Total average number of calls 

received per month by the National 

Domestic Violence Hotline. (Output)

FY 2010: 22,740

(Historical 

Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

14vii: Total number of crisis hotline calls 

answered by local domestic violence 

programs, including tribal programs. 

(Output)

FY 2010: 

2,762,3951

N/A

(Historical 

Actual)

N/A N/A

1 The FY 2010 actual result for this output measure has been revised due to a data entry correction.

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Resource and Program Data

Domestic Violence Hotline

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $3,202,000 $3,197,000 $4,100,000

Research/Evaluation 400,000

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $3,202,000 $3,197,000 $4,500,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 1 1 1

New Starts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Continuations

# 1 1 1

$ $3,202,000 $3,197,000 $4,100,000

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 1

$ $0 $0 $400,000

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FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate

Change from 2012 

Enacted

Federal Administration* $209,386,000 $204,997,000 $212,944,000 +$7,947,000

* Included in this total is funding for Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Neighborhood 

Partnerships in the amount of $1,370,000 in FYs 2012-2013.

2013 Authorization .................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated 

Allocation Method ................................................................................................................... Direct Federal

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Federal Administration account includes funding 

for salaries and benefits and associated expenses of the Administration for Children and Families, as well 

as the Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Initiatives, necessary to effectively administer federal 

programs that promote the economic and social well being of families, children, individuals and 

communities. ACF conducts operations at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., in the ten regional 

offices of the Department of Health and Human Services, eleven audit offices of the Office of Child 

Support Enforcement, and ten field offices for the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Program in 

various locations throughout the country. 

Funding for Federal Administration during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ..................................................................................... $185,858,000 

2009 ..................................................................................... $198,292,000 

2010 ..................................................................................... $209,774,000 

2011 ..................................................................................... $209,386,000 

2012 ..................................................................................... $204,997,000 

Performance for the Federal Administration account is based on success on the eight management 

initiatives. In FY 2011 ACF demonstrated commitment to government-wide management initiatives by 

achieving results in: Strategic Management of Human Capital, Expanded Electronic Government, 

Improved Financial Performance, Improved Budget and Performance Integration, Eliminating Improper 

Payments, Real Property Asset Management, Commercial Services Management, and Faith-Based and 

Neighborhood Partnerships. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for Federal Administration is $212,944,000, an increase of 

$7,947,000 from the FY 2012 enacted level. This funding will continue to support the Department’s 

Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships as well as 1,362 FTE, an increase of 24 FTE from 

FY 2011. 

This request includes $3.7 million to support 24 additional FTE needed to implement the designation 

renewal system for the Head Start program. This requirement follows the recent publication of a final 

rule which requires that Head Start grantees that fall short of quality benchmarks, including measures of 

classroom instruction, health and safety, financial accountability, and program management standards to 

compete for continued funding. For the first time in the history of this program, the almost 1,700 

grantees will be shifted from an indefinite grant period to a five-year grant period and a significant share 

will be required to compete for continued funding, based on criteria established in the rule. To 

successfully implement this historic rule, ACF will require additional program, grant, and fiscal staff to

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support the increased workload that comes with undertaking this historic reform that will pay dividends in 

helping to increase the quality of Head Start. 

This request also includes $4 million that was included in the FY 2012 President’s Budget to support 

ACF’s strong commitment to employing vigorous program integrity efforts across ACF programs and 

meeting departmental and agency strategic goals. These resources will support increased on-site 

monitoring of grantees and contracts targeted to high priority areas including LIHEAP, Head Start and 

Child Care as well as increased agency-wide monitoring and support essential to improving integrity 

across ACF, such as reduction of unclean audit opinions and further implementation of improper payment 

requirements. 

ACF will use $778,809 of its FY 2013 budget to support Department-wide enterprise information 

technology and government-wide E-Government initiatives. Operating Divisions help to finance specific 

HHS enterprise information technology programs and initiatives, identified through the HHS Information 

Technology Capital Planning and Investment Control process, and the government-wide E-Government 

initiatives. The HHS enterprise initiatives meet cross-functional criteria and are approved by the HHS IT 

Investment Review Board based on funding availability and business case benefits. Development is 

collaborative in nature and achieves HHS enterprise-wide goals that produce common technology, 

promote common standards, and enable data and system interoperability. 

Of the amount specified above, $246,965 is allocated to developmental government-wide E-Government 

initiatives for FY 2013. This amount supports these government-wide E-Government initiatives as 

follows: 

FY 2013 Developmental E-Gov Initiatives*

 Line of Business - Human Resources $2,558.00

 Line of Business - Grants Management $4,697.00 

 Line of Business - Financial $6,021.00

 Line of Business - Budget Formulation and Execution $4,421.00

 Disaster Assistance Improvement Plan $37,980.00

 Federal Health Architecture (FHA) $0.00

 Line of Business - Geospatial $0.00

 Line of Business – Integrated Acquisition Environment $191,288.00

FY 2013 Developmental E-Gov Initiatives Total 246,965.00

* Specific levels presented here are subject to change, as redistributions to meet changes in resource demands are 

assessed.

Prospective benefits from these initiatives are:

Lines of Business-Human Resources Management: Provides standardized and interoperable HR 

solutions utilizing common core functionality to support the strategic management of Human Capital. 

Lines of Business-Grants Management: Supports end-to-end grants management activities promoting 

improved customer service; decision making; financial management processes; efficiency of reporting 

procedure; and, post-award closeout actions. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is a 

GMLOB consortia lead, which has allowed ACF to take on customers external to HHS. These additional 

agency users have allowed HHS to reduce overhead costs for internal HHS users. Additionally, 

NIH is an internally HHS-designated Center of Excellence. This effort has allowed HHS agencies using 

the NIH system to reduce grants management costs. Both efforts have allowed HHS to achieve economies 

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of scale and efficiencies, as well as streamlining and standardization of grants processes, thus reducing 

overall HHS costs for grants management systems and processes. 

Lines of Business –Financial Management: Supports efficient and improved business performance 

while ensuring integrity in accountability, financial controls and mission effectiveness by enhancing 

process improvements; achieving cost savings; standardizing business processes and data models; 

promoting seamless data exchanges between Federal agencies; and, strengthening internal controls.

Lines of Business-Budget Formulation and Execution: Allows sharing across the Federal government 

of common budget formulation and execution practices and processes resulting in improved practices 

within HHS.

Disaster Assistance Improvement Plan (DAIP): The DAIP, managed by Department of Homeland 

Security, assists agencies with active disaster assistance programs such as HHS to reduce the burden on 

other federal agencies which routinely provide logistical help and other critical management or 

organizational support during disasters. 

In addition, $531,844 is allocated to ongoing government-wide E-Government initiatives for FY 

2013. This amount supports these government-wide E-Government initiatives as follows:

FY 2013 Ongoing E-Gov Initiatives*

 E-Rule Making $44,671.00

 Integrated Acquisition Environment $20,523.00

 Gov.Benefits $116,164.00

 Grants.gov $350,486.00

FY 2013 Ongoing E-Gov Initiatives Total $531,844.00 

* Specific levels presented here are subject to change, as redistributions to meet changes in resource demands are 

assessed.

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

11A: Obtain the highest level of 

success for each management 

initiative. (Outcome) 

FY 2011: Highest 

level of success in 

all 8 management 

initiatives

Target:

8 

(Target Met)

8 8 Maintain

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FY 2013 BUDGET PAGE

APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE ........................................................................................................ 221 

AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION ....................................................................................................... 222 

APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW ............................................................................ 223 

APPROPRIATIONS HISTORY TABLE ............................................................................................. 224 

AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION .................................................................................... 226 

BUDGET AUTHORITY BY ACTIVITY ............................................................................................ 226 

SUMMARY OF CHANGES .............................................................................................................. 227 

JUSTIFICATION: 

GENERAL STATEMENT .............................................................................................................. 228 

 TRANSITIONAL AND MEDICAL SERVICES ................................................................................ 230

 VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING ........................................................................................................ 238

 SOCIAL SERVICES .................................................................................................................... 242 

 VICTIMS OF TORTURE .............................................................................................................. 248

 PREVENTIVE HEALTH .............................................................................................................. 251 

 TARGETED ASSISTANCE .......................................................................................................... 253

 UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN ........................................................................................ 257

 

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FY 2013 Proposed Appropriation Language

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Refugee and Entrant Assistance

For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance activities authorized by section 414 of 

the Immigration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, 

for carrying out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of the William 

Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, and the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Act of 2000, for costs associated with the care and placement of unaccompanied alien children,

and for carrying out the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, [$769,789,000]$805,358,000, of which up to 

[9,794,000]$9,775,000 shall be available to carry out the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000:

Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act, section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of the William 

Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, and the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Act of 2000 for fiscal year [2012]2013 shall be available for the costs of assistance provided 

and other activities to remain available through September 30, [2014]2015. (Department of Health and 

Human Services Appropriations Act, 2012) 

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Refugee and Entrant Assistance

Authorizing Legislation

FY 2012 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

1. Section 414(a) of the 

Immigration and 

Nationality Act, and 

Section 501 of the 

Refugee Education 

Assistance Act of 

1980. (The 

authorization for these 

programs expired on 

September 30, 2002.)

o Transitional and 

Medical Services

Such sums 372,295,030 Such sums 403,000,000

o Social Services Such sums 153,406,513 Such sums 153,407,000

o Preventive Health Such sums 4,730,043 Such sums 4,730,000

o Targeted Assistance Such sums 48,401,348 Such sums 48,401,000

2. Section 113(b) of the 

Trafficking Victims 

Protection Act of 

2000. 

12,500,000 9,775,489 12,500,000 9,775,000

3. Sections 202(d) and 

203(g) of the 

Trafficking Victims 

Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 

2005.

13,000,000 0 13,000,000 0

4. Section 5(b)(1) of the 

Torture Victims Relief 

Act of 1998. (The 

authorization for this 

program expired on 

September 30, 2007.)

25,000,000 11,045,085 25,000,000 11,045,000

5. Section 462(a)of the 

Homeland Security 

Act of 2002.

Unaccompanied 

Alien Children

168,680,590 175,000,000

Total request level 768,334,099 805,358,000

Total request level against 

definite authorizations

50,500,000 20,820,574 50,500,000 20,820,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Refugee and Entrant Assistance

Appropriations Not Authorized by Law

Program

Last Year of 

Authorization

Authorization Level in Last 

Year of Authorization

Appropriations in 

Last Year of 

Authorization

Appropriations in 

FY 2012

Transitional and 

Medical Services FY 2002 Such sums $227,243,000 $372,295,030

Social Services FY 2002 Such sums $158,600,000 $153,406,513

Preventive Health FY 2002 Such sums $4,835,000 $4,730,043

Targeted Assistance FY 2002 Such sums $49,477,000 $48,401,348

Torture Victims 

Relief Act FY 2007 $25,000,000 $9,817,000 $11,045,085

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Refugee and Entrant Assistance

Appropriations History Table 

Year

Budget 

Estimate to 

Congress

House 

Allowance

Senate 

Allowance Appropriation

2004

Appropriation $461,626,000 $461,853,000 $428,056,000 $447,598,000

Rescission -2,678,000 

Total 444,920,000

2005 

Appropriation 473,239,000 491,336,000 447,239,000 484,714,000

Rescission -3,940,000

Total 480,774,000

2006

Appropriation 571,140,000 560,919,000 571,140,000 575,579,000

Rescission -5,756,000

Section 202 Transfer -391,000

Total 569,432,000

2007

Appropriation 614,935,000 604,329,000 599,935,000 587,847,000

2008 

Appropriation 655,630,000 650,630,000 654,166,000 667,288,000

Rescission -11,657,000

Total 655,631,000

2009

Appropriation 628,044,000 641,144,000 635,044,000 633,442,000

Supplemental (P.L. 111-

32) 82,000,000

Total 715,442,000

2010

Appropriation 740,657,000 714,968,000 730,657,000 730,928,000

Rescission -111,000

Total 730,817,000

2011

Appropriation 877,602,000 730,928,000

Rescission -1,461,856

Total 729,466,144

2012

Appropriation 824,964,000 769,789,000

Rescission -1,455,000

Total 768,334,000

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Year

Budget 

Estimate to 

Congress

House 

Allowance

Senate 

Allowance Appropriation

2013

Appropriation 805,358,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Refugee and Entrant Assistance

Amounts Available for Obligation

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Annual, B.A. $730,928,000 $769,789,000 $805,358,000

Rescission -1,462,000 -1,455,000 0

Subtotal, Net Budget Authority $729,466,000 $768,334,000 $805,358,000

Unobligated balance, start of year 53,641,000 23,363,000 0

Unobligated balance, end of year -23,363,000 0 0

Total Obligations $759,744,000 $791,697,000 $805,358,000

Budget Authority by Activity

FY 2011

Enacted

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Transitional and Medical Services $352,625,000 $372,295,000 $403,000,000

Victims of Trafficking 9,794,000 9,775,000 9,775,000

Social Services 153,697,000 153,407,000 153,407,000

Victims of Torture 11,066,000 11,045,000 11,045,000

Preventive Health 4,739,000 4,730,000 4,730,000

Targeted Assistance 48,493,000 48,401,000 48,401,000

Unaccompanied Alien Children 149,052,000 168,681,000 175,000,000

Total, Budget Authority $729,466,000 $768,334,000 $805,358,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Refugee and Entrant Assistance

Summary of Changes

FY 2012 Enacted

 Total estimated budget authority $768,334,000

 (Obligations) ($791,697,000)

FY 2013 Estimate

 Total estimated budget authority $805,358,000

 Net change +$37,024,000

FY 2012

Enacted Change from Base

Increases:

A. Program:

1) Transitional and Medical Services: Increase will 

provide up to 8 months of assistance to refugee 

arrivals and eligibles. $372,295,000 +$30,705,000

2) Unaccompanied Alien Children: Increase will 

provide care, placement and related services to 

unaccompanied alien children. $168,681,000 +$6,319,000

 Subtotal, Program Increases +$37,024,000

 Total, Increases +$37,024,000

Decreases:

A. Program:

Net Change +$37,024,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Refugee and Entrant Assistance

Justification

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$729,466,000 $768,334,000 $805,358,000 +$37,024,000

General Statement

The Refugee and Entrant Assistance program is designed to help refugees, asylees, Cuban and Haitian 

entrants, Special Immigrant Visa arrivals and trafficking victims to become employed and self-sufficient 

as quickly as possible. As a result of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the program also is responsible 

for coordinating and implementing the care and placement of unaccompanied alien children who are in 

federal custody by reason of immigration status. These duties are consistent with the Administration for 

Children and Families’ strategic goals of increasing independence and productivity of families, increasing 

employment and promoting the social well-being of children. 

Refugee and Entrant Assistance funds support seven programs:

1) Transitional and Medical Services

• State-administered/Wilson-Fish Programs: Provides, through state governments and other 

non-profit agencies, cash and medical assistance to eligible refugees, entrants, asylees, and 

trafficking victims, as well as foster care services to unaccompanied refugee minors, certain 

minors granted Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, and unaccompanied minor victims of a severe 

form of trafficking until emancipation. Grantees are reimbursed for costs incurred to administer 

refugee program activities.

• Voluntary Agency Matching Grant Program: Funds U.S. voluntary resettlement agencies to 

take responsibility for resettling refugees during their initial four months in the United States by 

providing services such as case management, job development, job placement and follow up, and 

interim housing and cash assistance to help refugees become employed and self-sufficient within 

their first four months in the U.S. (up to six months as determined on a case-by-case basis). 

Participating refugees may not access public cash assistance.

2) Victims of Trafficking – Funds non-profit and for-profit organizations to assist foreign victims of 

human trafficking in the U.S. to meet the certification requirements so they can become eligible to 

access refugee-related programs. Support services include financial and case-management services to 

both pre and post certified victims. This program also increases public awareness about human 

trafficking.

3) Social Services – Funds state governments and private, non-profit agencies responsible for providing 

services such as English language training, employability services, case management, social 

adjustment services and interpretation services, to ensure that refugees become self-sufficient as 

quickly as possible after their arrival in the U.S.

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4) Victims of Torture – Funds non-profit organizations to provide victims of torture with treatment, 

rehabilitation, and social and legal services; also supports research and training for health care 

providers to enable them to treat the physical and psychological effects of torture. 

5) Preventive Health – Funds states to coordinate and promote refugee access to health screening, 

assessment, treatment, and medical follow-up services, recognizing that a refugee’s medical condition 

may affect public health as well as prevent a refugee from achieving economic self-sufficiency.

6) Targeted Assistance – Provides grants to states with counties that have large numbers of refugees. 

States are required by statute to pass on to the designated counties at least 95 percent of the funds 

awarded. Services provided by this program are generally designed to help refugees secure 

employment within one year or less. 

7) Unaccompanied Alien Children – Funds private, non-profit agencies to provide shelter care services 

and trafficking victim screening for all unaccompanied alien minors who are apprehended in the U.S. 

by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents, Border Patrol officers, or other law enforcement 

agencies, and referred for care pending resolution of their claims for relief under U.S. immigration 

law or release to an adult family member or responsible adult guardian.

The FY 2013 baseline budget of $805,358,000 for this account represents the cost of maintaining current 

law and service requirements. 

Office of Refugee Resettlement Populations Served

Year State Dept 

Refugee 

Ceiling

Refugee 

Arrivals

Special 

Immigrant 

Visa (SIV) 

Arrivals* 

CubanHaitianAsylees Trafficking 

Victims

Unaccompanied Alien 

Children

2003 70,000 28,348 11,838 26,272 151 4,792

2004 70,000 52,869 27,982 24,942 163 6,200

2005 70,000 53,813 17,425 23,412 231 7,800

2006 70,000 41,279 23,614 25,066 231 7,746

2007 70,000 48,281 100 18,269 25,047 303 8,212

2008 80,000 60,193 1,015 19,367 22,852 310 7,211

2009 80,000 74,652 2,612 17,124 22,016 380 6,622

2010 80,000 73,311 2,515 20,725 20,956 549 8,287**

2011 80,000 56,419 2,500 19,938 21,763 661 7,120

* SIV arrivals include Iraq and Afghan SIVs and their family members. FY 2011 level is an estimate 

pending further data from the Department of Homeland Security. 

** Excludes 697 Haitian children served as a result of the Haiti Earthquake Repatriation effort. 

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TRANSITIONAL AND MEDICAL SERVICES

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$352,625,000 $372,295,000 $403,000,000 +$30,705,000

Authorizing Legislation – Section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and Section 501 of the 

Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 

2013 Authorization ................................. Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method ....................................................................................................................... State Grants

Program Description and Accomplishments – Transitional and Medical Services can be provided in 

three ways:

1. State refugee program offices are reimbursed for costs incurred to administer the program. Cash and 

medical assistance is provided to adult refugees, asylees, entrants and trafficking victims who are not 

categorically eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, or 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Currently, reimbursement for cash and medical assistance is 

provided for all eligible arrivals seeking services for up to eight months. State refugee program 

offices also are reimbursed for providing foster care to unaccompanied refugee minors and minors 

who are determined to be victims of trafficking, and/or certain minors who are granted Special 

Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) until the children reach the age of eighteen or the date of 

emancipation if a state has established a later age. The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-457) (TVPRA) contains provisions that create new 

categories of eligible minors. Specifically, the Act authorizes the Secretary of HHS to provide 

interim assistance to children presumed to be victims of trafficking for up to ninety days (this may be 

extended an additional 30 days), and makes certain minors with SIJS visas eligible for placement and 

services through the unaccompanied refugee minors program as well. 

2. Under the Voluntary Agency (Matching Grant) Program, participating national voluntary refugee 

resettlement agencies provide a match (in cash and/or in-kind services) of one dollar for every two 

dollars of federal contribution. The participating agencies provide services such as case management, 

job development, job placement and follow up, and interim cash assistance to help refugees become 

employed and self-sufficient within their first four months in the U.S. (for up to six months as 

determined on a case by case basis). Participating refugees may not access other forms of public cash 

assistance while receiving assistance through this program. 

3. Alternative projects that encourage refugee self-sufficiency are funded through discretionary grants 

under the Wilson-Fish program. Projects are accepted under either of two circumstances: (1) to 

establish or maintain a refugee program in a state where the state is not participating in the refugee

program or is withdrawing from the refugee program or a portion of the program; and (2) to 

demonstrate an alternative to the existing system of assistance and services to refugees in order to 

improve outcomes for refugees. Discretionary grants provide interim financial aid (and, in some 

cases, medical assistance) to newly arrived refugees to increase their prospects for early employment 

and self-sufficiency and to reduce welfare dependency.

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The chart below provides estimated cost and population data for the components of this program. 

State Program Recipients/Costs

Arriving Populations FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013

Refugees 56,419 76,000 72,500 

Asylees 21,763 24,000 24,000 

Cuban/Haitian Entrants 19,938 21,000 21,000 

SIVs 2,500 2,500 2,500

Trafficking Victims 661 1,000 600 

Total Populations 101,281 124,500 120,600 

Total Eligible Population 67,858 82,170 79,596 

Recipients

Cash Assistance 18,287 22,144 21,451 

Medical Assistance 22,843 27,661 26,824 

Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) 1,409 1,650 1,850 

Average Unit Costs

Average Cash Assistance Unit Cost 2,705 2,787 2,870 

Average Medical Assistance Unit Cost 5,234 5,391 5,553

Total State Costs 244,202,010 294,282,426 300,590,800

Matching Grant Recipients/Costs

Population Served 29,686 29,686 29,686 

Matching Grant Costs 65,309,200 64,877,1501 65,309,200 

Wilson/Fish Recipients/Costs

Population Served 16,000 16,000 16,000 

Wilson/Fish Costs 32,000,000 32,000,000 32,000,000 

Data Collection/Monitoring Costs 4,036,653 5,100,000 5,100,000 

TOTAL PROGRAM COSTS 345,547,863 396,691,626 403,000,000

FY 2011 - FY 2013 costs are estimated.

FY 2011 and FY 2012 costs are supported by annual appropriations and unobligated available balances 

from prior-year appropriations.

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ..................................................................................... $296,057,000 

2009 ..................................................................................... $282,348,000 

2010 ..................................................................................... $353,281,000 

2011 ..................................................................................... $352,625,000 

2012 ..................................................................................... $372,295,000 

1 This figure represents the rescission taken in the FY 2012 appropriations act. ORR will use carryover funds from 

prior-year appropriations to restore the Matching Grant program in FY 2012 to its historical levels.

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Fiscal year 2010 saw a $0.06 increase in the aggregate average hourly wage for refugees entering 

employment from FY 2009, missing the target by just $0.02. While $9.08 per hour is a modest wage, it is 

nonetheless 25 percent above the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. The Office of Refugee 

Resettlement (ORR) provides assistance and incentives such as training bonuses, early employment 

bonuses, and job retention bonuses. Although the hourly wages have increased in fiscal years 2009 and 

2010, it remains to be seen whether this hourly wage trend can be maintained given continuing adverse 

economic conditions. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for Transitional and Medical Services is $403,000,000, a 

$30,705,000 increase over the FY 2012 enacted level. This is an increase of $13,879,000 over total 

resources available in FY 2012, which includes both that year’s appropriation level and carryover from 

prior-year appropriations. This budget request will provide up to 8 months of cash and medical assistance 

for 72,500 refugees and all other eligible populations and sustains the Matching Grant program at 

$65 million and the Wilson-Fish program at $32 million. The request reflects an updated estimate that is 

based on past arrivals rather than the current State Department ceiling. The Administration will continue 

to closely monitor arrival levels as well as the impact of TVPRA on the unaccompanied refugee minors 

program and the increasing need for capacity and keep Congress apprised of any changes in the arriving 

populations that may alter current budget estimates. 

ORR’s success in promoting economic self-sufficiency via the Refugee Transitional and Medical Services

program has been measured by tracking cash assistance terminations due to earned income from 

employment. A termination is defined as the closing of a cash assistance case due to earned income in an 

amount that is predicted to exceed the state’s payment standard for the case based from employment on 

family size, rendering the case ineligible for cash assistance. In FY 2010, the 53 percent target was not 

met (actual result was 49 percent), but still much improved over the FY 2008 actual result of 44 percent 

at the outset of the economic downturn. ORR plans to continue to assess future year targets based on data 

trends as they emerge. In FY 2013, ORR aims to meet the target of 53 percent of cash assistance 

terminations due to earned income from employment for those clients receiving cash assistance at 

employment entry. 

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

15.1LT and 15A: Increase the percent of 

cash assistance terminations due to earned 

income from employment for those clients 

receiving cash assistance at employment 

entry. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 49.40%

Target:

52.61%

(Target Not Met)

Prior 

Result 

+1%

53% N/A

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Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

15.2LT and 15B: Increase the average 

hourly wage of refugees at placement 

(employment entry). (Outcome)

FY 2010: $9.08

Target:

$9.111

Prior 

Result 

+1%

(Target Not Met but 

Improved)

$9.10 N/A

15C (revised): For refugees receiving 

Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), increase 

the percentage of refugees who are not 

dependent on RCA within the first eight 

months 240 days) after arrival.

(Transitional and Medical Services and 

Refugee Social Services) (Developmental 

Efficiency)

TBD TBD TBD N/A

15i: Number of cash assistance 

terminations due to earned income from 

employment. (Output)

FY 2010: 10,828

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

16A: Increase the percentage of refugees 

who enter employment through the 

Matching Grant (MG) program as a subset 

of all MG employable (after 120 days).2

PY 2011: 51.02%

Target:

49.17% 

(Target Exceeded)

(Outcome) 

51.53% Prior Result 

+1%

N/A

16B: Increase the percentage of refugees

who are not dependent on any cash 

assistance within the first four months (120 

days) after arrival.3

PY 2011: 55.58%

Target:

54.81% 

(Target Exceeded)

(Outcome)

56.14% Prior Result 

+1%

N/A

16.1LT and 16C: Increase the percentage 

of refugees who are not dependent on any 

cash assistance within the first six months 

(180 days) after arrival. (Outcome)

PY 2011: 71.04%

Target:

68.79% 

(Target Exceeded)

71.75% Prior Result 

+1%

N/A

16D: Increase the number of Matching 

Grant program refugees who are not 

dependent on any cash assistance within 

the first six months (180 days after arrival), 

per million federal dollars awarded to 

grantees (adjusted for inflation).

(Efficiency)

PY 2011: 274.5 

Target: 312.7

(Target Not Met) 

277.2 Prior Result 

+1%

N/A

1 The FY 2010 target for this measure has been updated per the technical correction to the FY 2009 actual result (target is calculated as previous 

year’s result plus one percent).

2 Data for the Matching Grants program is based on a program year of February 1st through January 31st in 2008, 2009, and 2010. The 2011 

program year was compressed to just 8 months to allow the program to transition to the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2012. 

3 The language of this performance measure and the following Matching Grant performance measures has been updated to clarify that the

measure pertains to refugees who are not dependent on cash assistance.

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Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

16i: Number of Matching Grant program 

refugees who are not dependent on any 

cash assistance within the first six months.

(Output)

PY 2010: 18,132

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

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Resource and Program Data

Transitional and Medical Services

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $234,544,000 $269,913,000 $300,558,000

Discretionary 97,309,000 97,309,000 97,309,000

Research/Evaluation 3,053,000 4,075,000 4,135,000

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support 983,000 998,000 998,000

Total, Resources $335,889,000 $372,295,000 $403,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 68 69 69

New Starts

# 59 47 69

$ $234,544,000 $269,913,000 $397,867,000

Continuations

# 9 22 0

$ $97,309,000 $97,309,000 $0

Contracts

# 3 3 3

$ $3,053,000 $4,075,000 $4,135,000

Interagency Agreements

# 1 1 1

$ $605,000 $620,000 $620,000

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support, overhead, and monitoring/on-site review costs.

2. Total Resources – The FY 2011 enacted level was $353 million. $17 million of FY 2011 carryover funding will be obligated in FY 2012. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

Refugee and Entrant Assistance - TMS CFDA # 93.566

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama 0 0 0 0

Alaska 0 0 0 0

Arizona $8,600,000 $9,896,884 $11,020,543 $1,123,659

Arkansas 10,000 11,508 12,815 1,307

California 26,000,000 29,920,811 33,317,920 3,397,109

Colorado 7,280,000 8,377,827 9,329,018 951,191

Connecticut 745,000 857,346 954,687 97,340

Delaware 12,000 13,810 15,378 1,568

District of Columbia 265,000 304,962 339,586 34,624

Florida 56,800,000 65,365,463 72,786,840 7,421,377

Georgia 5,450,000 6,271,862 6,983,949 712,086

Hawaii 10,000 11,508 12,815 1,307

Idaho 1,465,000 1,685,923 1,877,337 191,414

Illinois 7,300,000 8,400,843 9,354,647 953,804

Indiana 295,000 339,486 378,030 38,544

Iowa 950,000 1,093,260 1,217,386 124,125

Kansas 645,000 742,266 826,541 84,274

Kentucky 0 0 0 0

Louisiana 15,000 17,262 19,222 1,960

Maine 335,000 385,518 429,289 43,770

Maryland 11,700,000 13,464,365 14,993,064 1,528,699

Massachusetts 8,500,000 9,781,803 10,892,397 1,110,593

Michigan 10,600,000 12,198,484 13,583,460 1,384,975

Minnesota 1,400,000 1,611,121 1,794,042 182,921

Mississippi 1,000,000 1,150,800 1,281,458 130,658

Missouri 1,190,000 1,369,452 1,524,936 155,483

Montana 5,000 5,754 6,407 653

Nebraska 2,070,000 2,382,157 2,652,619 270,462

Nevada 0 0 0 0

New Hampshire 590,000 678,972 756,060 77,088

New Jersey 1,900,000 2,186,521 2,434,771 248,250

New Mexico 585,000 673,218 749,653 76,435

New York 8,600,000 9,896,884 11,020,543 1,123,659

North Carolina 3,161,539 3,638,300 4,051,381 413,080

North Dakota 1,200,000 1,380,960 1,537,750 156,790

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio 3,600,000 4,142,881 4,613,250 470,369

Oklahoma 640,000 736,512 820,133 83,621

Oregon 2,250,000 2,589,301 2,883,282 293,981

Pennsylvania 8,800,000 10,127,044 11,276,834 1,149,791

Rhode Island 105,000 120,834 134,553 13,719

South Carolina 275,000 316,470 352,401 35,931

South Dakota 335,000 385,518 429,289 43,770

Tennessee 0 0 0 0

Texas 27,300,000 31,416,851 34,983,816 3,566,965

Utah 7,400,000 8,515,923 9,482,793 966,870

Vermont 415,000 477,582 531,805 54,223

Virginia 4,800,000 5,523,842 6,151,001 627,159

Washington 8,500,000 9,781,803 10,892,397 1,110,593

West Virginia 55,000 63,294 70,480 7,186

Wisconsin 1,390,000 1,599,613 1,781,227 181,615

Wyoming 0 0 0 0

Subtotal 234,543,539 269,912,800 300,557,800 30,645,000

Total States/Territories 234,543,539 269,912,800 300,557,800 30,645,000

Discretionary Funds 97,309,200 97,309,200 97,309,200 0

Other 4,036,653 5,073,000 5,133,000 60,000

Subtotal, Adjustments 101,345,853 102,382,200 102,442,200 60,000

TOTAL RESOURCES $335,889,392 $372,295,000 $403,000,000 $30,705,000

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VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$9,794,000 $9,775,000 $9,775,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 113(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

2013 Authorization ..................................Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method ......................................................................................................... Discretionary Grants

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

(TVPA), as amended, focuses on preventing human trafficking, increasing prosecutions of human 

trafficking, protecting victims, and providing victims in the United States with federal assistance. The 

TVPA defines severe forms of trafficking in persons as “sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is 

induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 

18 years of age” or “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for 

labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary 

servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.” 

The TVPA extends eligibility for federally funded benefits and services to foreign trafficking victims in 

the United States to the same extent as refugees. The law directs the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), after consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, to 

provide certification to adult aliens who have met certain requirements to make them eligible for the 

federal benefits available to victims of trafficking. To receive certification, an adult alien must meet the 

federal definition of a victim of a severe form of trafficking, be willing to assist in every reasonable way 

in the investigation and prosecution of severe forms of trafficking in persons or be unable to cooperate 

with such a request due to physical or psychological trauma, and have either completed a bona fide 

application for a T visa or received Continued Presence from the Department of Homeland Security. 

Adult trafficking victims may be eligible for refugee cash and medical assistance and social services. 

The eligibility requirements for foreign victims who are under 18 years of age (child victims) differ from 

those of adult victims. Child victims do not require certification in order to be eligible for benefits and 

services made available under the TVPA, including participation in the Unaccompanied Refugee Minors 

program. Instead, HHS provides eligibility to alien children who have been subjected to a severe form of 

trafficking by means of eligibility letters. Further, under the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2008, upon receiving credible information that a foreign 

child may be a trafficking victim, the Secretary of HHS is authorized to provide eligibility for interim 

assistance to that child for up to 90 days, which may be extended for an additional 30 days. The TVPRA 

of 2008 gives the Secretary exclusive authority to determine a child’s eligibility for interim assistance, but 

directs the Secretary to consult with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 

nongovernmental organizations with expertise on victims of severe form of trafficking before determining 

if the child is eligible for assistance. Prior to the end of the interim assistance period, the Office of 

Refugee Resettlement (ORR) conducts an assessment to determine a minor’s eligibility as a victim of 

trafficking. 

In addition to issuing letters of certification and eligibility, ORR directly provides time-limited benefits 

and services to foreign trafficking victims prior to and post-certification, and to those immediate family 

members of victims who have received T nonimmigrant status, when needed and to the extent funds are 

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available. Services provided include case management, benefit coordination, housing assistance, and 

counseling. For the period FY 2006 – FY 2010, ORR provided these services via a national contract. 

Starting in FY 2011, ORR awarded three separate cooperative agreements to support on-going case 

management services on a national level. This approach will allow ORR increased flexibility to meet 

local needs, potentially reducing regional disparities and also will allow ORR to have a more active role 

in key decisions, such as the approval of sub-awards, and budgets. 

Further, the program funds “intermediaries” to augment the work of local anti-trafficking coalitions in 

over two dozen cities and States through the Rescue and Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Regional 

Program. These intermediary entities serve as the focal point for local outreach and victim identification. 

The intermediary grantees manage the local network of sub-awardees and have continued to help lead the 

Rescue and Restore coalitions in their areas.

Funding for the Anti-Trafficking in Persons program during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ............................................................................................ $9,814,000

2009 ........................................................................................... $9,814,000

2010 ........................................................................................... $9,814,000

2011 ........................................................................................... $9,794,000

2012 ........................................................................................... $9,775,000

The program is working to enhance its trafficking database to better track the progress of victims served, 

revise current activities to develop new program structures to improve communities’ capacities to identify 

and serve victims, and continue to build relationships with other HHS offices to increase awareness and 

knowledge about trafficking.

In FY 2010, the program certified 449 victims of human trafficking and issued eligibility letters to 92 

children, exceeding the FY 2010 target of 399 victims certified or issued eligibility letters. Since April 

2004 when HHS launched the Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking public awareness 

campaign, the Anti-Trafficking in Persons program also has seen major efficiency gains with respect to 

the number of foreign victims certified and served by the network of grantees (including children who 

received eligibility letters) per million dollars invested, up to 55.1 in FY 2010 from the FY 2004 baseline 

of 16. However, it is relevant to note that there may be many thousands of foreign victims of trafficking 

in the United States, including persons who cannot be certified because they have not yet been identified 

or rescued, do not want to cooperate with federal law enforcement, want to be repatriated back to their 

home country, or have not been granted continued presence or T nonimmigrant status by the Department 

of Homeland Security. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 budget request for Victims of Trafficking is $9,775,000, the same as the 

FY 2012 enacted level. This funding will support the national network for identifying, certifying and 

providing services to international victims of trafficking. 

The program is continuing to examine ways in which additional victims may be identified and certified, 

including increased cooperative efforts with law enforcement entities responsible for investigating cases 

and improved protocols and training for the identification and case management of trafficked children in 

ORR custody within the Division of Unaccompanied Children’s Services and in communities throughout 

the country. In FY 2013, the program expects to increase the number of victims certified by five percent 

over the previous year’s actual result.

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Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

17.1LT and 17A: Increase the number of victims 

of trafficking certified per year. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 5411 Prior Result 

+5%

Target:

399

(Target Exceeded)

Prior Result 

+5%

N/A

17B: Increase the number of victims certified and 

served by whole network of grantees per million 

dollars invested. (Efficiency)

FY 2010: 55.12 Prior Result 

+5%

Target:

40.6

(Target Exceeded)

Prior Result 

+5%

N/A

17C1: Increase the number of hotline calls per 

thousand dollars invested. (Efficiency)

FY 2010: 19.5

Target:

15.14

(Target Exceeded)

Prior Result 

+3%

Prior Result 

+3%

N/A

17C2: Increase the number of website visits per 

thousand dollars invested. (Efficiency)

FY 2010: 3,445

Target:

2,497

(Target Exceeded)

Prior Result 

+3%

Prior Result 

+3%

N/A

17iii: Number of website visits. (Output) FY 2010: 347,952

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

1

ACF recognizes that the FY 2010 actual results for this measure significantly exceed the FY 2010 target. ACF will continue to evaluate future 

year targets for this measure, should this result prove to be a new data trend.

2

ACF recognizes that the FY 2010 actual result significantly exceeds the FY 2010 target; however, this result is likely an anomaly, based on a 

significant number of victims from three large labor cases certified during FY 2010. ACF will continue to evaluate future year targets for this 

measure, should this result prove to be a new data trend.

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Resource and Program Data

Victims of Trafficking

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $6,299,000 $8,279,000 $8,232,000

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support 3,405,000 1,496,000 1,543,000

Total, Resources $9,704,000 $9,775,000 $9,775,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 15 15 16

New Starts

# 14 0 1

$ $5,500,000 $0 $800,000

Continuations

# 1 15 15

$ $799,000 $8,279,000 $7,432,000

Contracts

# 4 3 3

$ $2,389,000 $470,000 $504,000

Interagency Agreements

# 1 1 1

$ $105,000 $108,000 $111,000

Notes:

1. Program support - Includes funding for information technology support, contractor support, salaries and benefits and associated overhead 

costs, printing, and monitoring/on-site review costs. 

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SOCIAL SERVICES

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$153,697,000 $153,407,000 $153,407,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and Section 501 of the 

Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 

2013 Authorization ..................................Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method .......................................................................................... Formula/Discretionary Grants 

Program Description and Accomplishments – A portion of the Social Services funding is distributed 

by formula to states and Wilson-Fish projects and a portion is distributed through discretionary grants. 

The program supports employment and support services that address participants’ barriers to employment 

such as social adjustment services, interpretation and translation services, childcare, and citizenship and 

naturalization services. Services are designed to enable refugees to obtain jobs within one year of 

enrollment. Priority is given to English language training, case management, employment preparation, 

and job placement and retention services. 

Social Services formula grant allocations to states and Wilson-Fish grantees are based on the number of 

refugees, entrants, asylees, victims of trafficking, and Afghans and Iraqis with Special Immigrant Visas in 

each state. Secondary migration of refugees from the state of initial resettlement also is considered in 

reaching the final arrival figures for refugee social services formula allocations. By statute, allocations 

are based on the total number of refugees who arrived in the United States not more than 36 months 

before the beginning of such fiscal year and who are actually residing in each state as of the beginning of 

the fiscal year. Starting in FY 2010, allocations were based on arrivals in the most recent 24 months 

rather than being based on arrivals in the most recent 36 months so that the allocation would best serve 

the current needs of newly arriving refugees and improve the ability of states to respond to shifting 

arrivals patterns. 

Social Services discretionary grants are awarded on a competitive basis to public and private, non-profit 

agencies to address current, critical issues facing refugees and other eligible populations. The chart below 

shows a breakout of discretionary expenditures by category for fiscal years 2011 ─ 2013 ( FY 2012 and 

FY 2013 funding levels are estimates): 

FY Cuban/Haitian Education

Emerging 

Populations

Self 

Sufficiency 

and other 

Targeted 

Initiatives

Technical 

Support

2011 $19,000,000 $15,000,000 $15,000,000 $16,000,000 $3,800,000

2012 $19,000,000 $15,000,000 $15,000,000 $17,000,000 $3,200,000

2013 $19,000,000 $15,000,000 $15,000,000 $17,000,000 $3,200,000

.

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Funding for Social Services during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ............................................................................................ $154,005,000

2009 ............................................................................................ $154,005,000

2010 ............................................................................................ $154,005,000

2011 ............................................................................................ $153,697,000

2012 ............................................................................................ $153,407,000

In FY 2010, performance targets were exceeded for the entered employment rate and 90-day employment 

retentions. In FY 2010, the percentage of refugees entering employment through ACF-funded refugee 

employment services (under both the ORR Social Services and Targeted Assistance programs) exceeded 

the target of 40.87 percent with an actual result of 42.13 percent. The difficult economic climate has 

made the achievement of employment target for refugees particularly difficult to achieve. In addition, 

ORR faces challenges in terms of performance on this measure given the changing demographics of the 

U.S. Resettlement Program, as many populations require extended employment services in order to enter 

the U.S. labor market and integrate into U.S. society. Many recent arrivals have spent protracted periods 

of time in refugee camps in countries of first asylum, have experienced intense trauma, and have limited 

work skills. In addition, the percentage of refugees retaining employment after 90 days exceeded the FY 

2010 target of 70.18 percent, with an actual result of 73.33 percent. Improvement in retention outcomes 

can be attributed to service providers’ intensified efforts designed to increase refugee understanding of the 

importance of employment retention in light of tight job markets. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for Social Services is $153,407,000, the same as the FY 2012 

enacted level. This budget request will continue to support state-administered social services through 

formula-funded programs and discretionary grants emphasizing employment-related services, such as jobpreparation, placement, retention, and upgrading services, provided concurrently with English language 

training.

This budget also includes the FY 2012 President’s Budget proposal to revise the Social Services 

allocation formula to focus on newly arriving populations. The revised formula would allocate funds 

based on arrivals data over a period of up to 24 months for both the Social Services formula grants and 

the Targeted Assistance formula grants. 

Meeting the critical needs of many incoming populations presents new challenges for the refugee 

program. Newly arriving populations are more ethnically diverse and have an even greater need than past 

arrivals for services to become self-sufficient. Refugees often are without a safety net or links to much 

needed services and currently face multiple challenges as they try to navigate the system without the 

appropriate level of assistance. The economic situation in the U.S. also is significantly affecting the 

ability of refugees to achieve self-sufficiency, compounding the issues already faced by these high-risk 

populations. These barriers, coupled with continuing difficult economic conditions in the U.S., have 

made future performance on measures related to refugee employment uncertain. Nonetheless, by FY 

2013, the program aims to improve employment retention to 75.5 percent by promoting vocational 

activities and sharing knowledge of best practices with states and Wilson-Fish agencies so that refugees 

will be better equipped to reach self-sufficiency.

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Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

15C (revised): For refugees receiving 

Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), 

increase the percentage of refugees who 

are not dependent on RCA within the 

first eight months (240 days) after 

arrival. (Transitional and Medical 

Services and Refugee Social Services) 

(Developmental Efficiency)

TBD TBD TBD N/A

18.1LT and 18A: Increase the 

percentage of refugees entering 

employment through ACF-funded 

refugee employment services. 

(Outcome)

FY 2010: 42.13%

Target:

40.87%

(Target Exceeded)

Prior Result 

+2%

46.5% N/A

18B: Increase the percentage of entered 

employment with health benefits 

available as a subset of full-time job 

placements. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 59.78%

Target:

61.92%1

Prior Result 

+1%

(Target Not Met)

62% N/A

18C: Increase the percentage of 90-day 

job retention as a subset of all entered 

employment. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 73.33%

Target:

69.97%

(Target Exceeded)

Prior Result 

+1%

75.05% N/A

18i: Number of refugees entering 

employment through ACF-funded 

employment services. (Output)

FY 2010: 40,302

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

18ii: Number of refugees entering fulltime employment with health benefits 

available. (Output)

FY 2010: 18,602

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

18iii: Number of refugees with 90-day 

job retention. (Output)

FY 2010: 27,459

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

1

The calculation of the FY 2010 target for this measure has been adjusted to better capture data trends and to better reflect actual performance. 

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Resource and Program Data

Social Services

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $84,731,000 $84,402,000 $84,710,000

Discretionary 65,520,000 66,430,000 66,122,000

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance 3,040,000 2,000,000 2,000,000

Program Support 406,000 575,000 575,000

Total, Resources $153,697,000 $153,407,000 $153,407,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 297 297 297

New Starts

# 112 203 123

$ $92,351,000 $137,876,000 $94,720,000

Continuations

# 185 94 174

$ $60,940,000 $14,956,000 $58,112,000

Contracts

# 1 1 1

$ $406,000 $395,000 $395,000

Interagency Agreements

# 0 1 1

$ $0 $180,000 $180,000

Notes:

1. Program support - Includes funding for a conference contract and inter-agency agreement with CDC.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

Refugee and Entrant Assistance - Social Services CFDA # 93.566

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $140,934 $140,000 $140,000 0

Alaska 100,000 99,000 99,000 0

Arizona 3,050,583 3,038,000 3,038,000 0

Arkansas 75,000 75,000 75,000 0

California 10,001,006 9,962,000 9,962,000 0

Colorado 1,894,684 1,887,000 1,900,000 $13,000

Connecticut 356,192 354,000 357,000 3,000

Delaware 75,000 75,000 75,000 0

District of Columbia 202,262 201,000 202,000 1,000

Florida 20,468,960 20,410,000 20,410,000 0

Georgia 2,652,963 2,642,000 2,661,000 19,000

Hawaii 77,726 77,000 77,000 0

Idaho 833,417 830,000 836,000 6,000

Illinois 2,152,182 2,143,000 2,159,000 16,000

Indiana 1,101,475 1,097,000 1,104,000 7,000

Iowa 601,100 598,000 603,000 5,000

Kansas 380,561 379,000 381,000 2,000

Kentucky 1,687,954 1,681,000 1,693,000 12,000

Louisiana 266,434 265,000 267,000 2,000

Maine 339,540 338,000 340,000 2,000

Maryland 1,243,627 1,238,000 1,247,000 9,000

Massachusetts 1,567,328 1,561,000 1,572,000 11,000

Michigan 2,830,450 2,819,000 2,839,000 20,000

Minnesota 2,085,980 2,077,000 2,092,000 15,000

Mississippi 75,000 75,000 75,000 0

Missouri 1,098,632 1,094,000 1,102,000 8,000

Montana 75,000 75,000 75,000 0

Nebraska 679,487 676,000 681,000 5,000

Nevada 568,202 565,000 570,000 5,000

New Hampshire 448,794 447,000 450,000 3,000

New Jersey 762,341 759,000 764,000 5,000

New Mexico 170,989 170,000 171,000 1,000

New York 4,325,484 4,308,000 4,339,000 31,000

North Carolina 1,930,425 1,922,000 1,936,000 14,000

North Dakota 354,974 353,000 356,000 3,000

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio 1,808,986 1,801,000 1,814,000 13,000

Oklahoma 207,136 206,000 207,000 1,000

Oregon 827,325 824,000 829,000 5,000

Pennsylvania 2,007,999 2,000,000 2,014,000 14,000

Rhode Island 164,896 164,000 165,000 1,000

South Carolina 119,408 118,000 119,000 1,000

South Dakota 490,221 488,000 491,000 3,000

Tennessee 1,318,765 1,313,000 1,322,000 9,000

Texas 7,294,025 7,265,000 7,268,000 3,000

Utah 940,640 936,000 943,000 7,000

Vermont 267,246 266,000 268,000 2,000

Virginia 1,619,721 1,613,000 1,624,000 11,000

Washington 2,335,355 2,326,000 2,342,000 16,000

West Virginia 75,000 75,000 75,000 0

Wisconsin 579,574 577,000 581,000 4,000

Wyoming 0 0 0 0

Subtotal 84,730,983 84,402,000 84,710,000 308,000

Total States/Territories 84,730,983 84,402,000 84,710,000 308,000

Discretionary Funds 65,520,000 66,430,000 66,122,000 -308,000

Other 406,000 575,000 575,000 0

Training and Technical 

Assistance 3,040,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 0

Subtotal, Adjustments 68,966,000 69,005,000 68,697,000 -308,000

TOTAL RESOURCES $153,696,983 $153,407,000 $153,407,000 $0

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VICTIMS OF TORTURE

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$11,066,000 $11,045,000 $11,045,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 5(b)(1) of the Torture Victims Relief Act 

2013 Authorization ..................................Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method ......................................................................................................... Discretionary Grants

Program Description and Accomplishments – This program provides services and rehabilitation for 

between 5,000 and 6,000 victims of torture annually. Grantees are primarily non-profit organizations that 

provide treatment, social and legal services, and training to health care providers on treating the physical 

and psychological effects of torture.

Funding for Victims of Torture during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ............................................................................................ $ 9,817,000

2009 ............................................................................................ $10,817,000

2010 ............................................................................................ $11,088,000

2011 ............................................................................................ $11,066,000

2012 ............................................................................................ $11,045,000

Budget Request – The FY 2013 budget request for Victims of Torture is $11,045,000, the same as the 

FY 2012 enacted level. This funding will maintain medical and psychological treatment, social and legal 

services and rehabilitation for victims of torture.

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

18iv: Number of torture survivors served. 

(Output)

FY 2011: 5,912

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

18v: Increase the capacity of mainstream 

and resettlement providers to serve torture 

survivors through community trainings and 

follow-up evaluation. (Developmental 

Outcome)

FY 2011: 452

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

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Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

18vi: Number of community trainings 

conducted by grantees (Output)

FY 2011: 528

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

18vii: Number of hours contributed by pro 

bono services. (Output)

FY 2011: 58,7051 N/A

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A

1 The FY 2010 actual result for this output measure was previously reported as 14,075; this data was incomplete. The final actual result for FY 

2010 was 56,320.

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Resource and Program Data

Victims of Torture

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $10,867,000 $10,904,000 $10,903,000

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support 168,000 141,000 142,000

Total, Resources $11,035,000 $11,045,000 $11,045,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 30 30 30

New Starts

# 0 30 0

$ $0 $10,904,000 $0

Continuations

# 30 0 30

$ $10,867,000 $0 $10,903,000

Contracts

# 1 0 0

$ $32,000 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 1 1 1

$ $13,000 $15,000 $15,000

Notes:

1. Program support - Includes funding for information technology support and salaries and benefits and associated overhead costs.

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PREVENTIVE HEALTH

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$4,739,000 $4,730,000 $4,730,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and Section 501 of the 

Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 

2013 Authorization ..................................Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method ......................................................................................................... Discretionary Grants

Program Description and Accomplishments – Funding for preventive health services is awarded to 

states through this competitive discretionary grant program to coordinate and promote access to health 

screening/assessment, treatment and medical follow up services to newly-arrived refugees. The awards 

are based on demonstrated need for health-related services in locations with large numbers of refugees. 

The Office of Refugee Resettlement recognizes that a refugee’s medical condition may affect public 

health as well as prevent a refugee from achieving economic self-sufficiency.

Funding for Preventive Health during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ............................................................................................ $4,748,000

2009 ............................................................................................ $4,748,000

2010 ............................................................................................ $4,748,000

2011 ............................................................................................ $4,739,000

2012 ............................................................................................ $4,730,000

Budget Request – The FY 2013 budget request for Preventive Health is $4,730,000, the same as the 

FY 2012 enacted level. This funding will support continued medical screening, outreach, orientation and 

access to health care for refugees to preserve the public health and ensure health problems are not a 

barrier to achieving self-sufficiency. 

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

18viii: Number of health screenings 

completed. (Output)

FY 2011: 77,115

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

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Resource and Program Data

Preventive Health

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $4,739,000 $4,730,000 $4,730,000

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $4,739,000 $4,730,000 $4,730,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 38 38 38

New Starts

# 38 0 0

$ $4,739,000 $0 $0

Continuations

# 0 38 38

$ $0 $4,730,000 $4,730,000

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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TARGETED ASSISTANCE

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$48,493,000 $48,401,000 $48,401,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and Section 501 of the 

Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 

2013 Authorization ..................................Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method .......................................................................................... Formula/Discretionary Grants 

Program Description and Accomplishments – This program allocates formula and discretionary 

grants to states and Wilson-Fish projects to distribute to counties with the greatest number of refugee 

arrivals so the maximum number of refugees can receive sufficient services to ensure economic selfsufficiency and full integration in the most affected communities. Services provided are similar to 

Refugee Social Services and are intended to assist refugees obtain employment within one year’s 

participation in the program and achieve self-sufficiency. Ninety percent of program funding is allocated 

through formula grants to states. Eligible counties are determined every three years based on a review of 

all counties that received refugee arrivals. The remaining funds are allocated via discretionary grants 

through a competitive process and supplement funding in counties heavily affected by arrivals. By 

statute, states are required to pass on to designated counties at least 95 percent of the funds awarded under 

this program. 

Previously, allocations were based on arrivals in the most recent 60 months. However, in FY 2010, the 

formula was modified and is now based on arrivals in the most recent 24 months. This modification 

ensures that the allocation serves the current needs of newly arriving refugees and improves the states’ 

ability to respond to shifting arrivals patterns.

 

Funding for Targeted Assistance during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ............................................................................................. $48,590,000

2009 ............................................................................................. $48,590,000

2010 ............................................................................................. $48,590,000

2011 ............................................................................................. $48,493,000

2012 ............................................................................................. $48,401,000

For performance information on the Targeted Assistance program, see the Social Services section.

Budget Request – The FY 2013 budget request for Targeted Assistance is $48,401,000, the same as the 

FY 2012 enacted level. This funding will be awarded to states to continue to provide services to counties 

and other localities with the highest number of refugee arrivals. 

This budget also includes the FY 2012 President’s Budget proposal to revise the Social Services 

allocation formula to focus on newly arriving populations. The revised formula would allocate funds 

based on a period of up to 24 months of data on estimates of future arrivals for both Social Services 

formula grants and the Targeted Assistance formula grants.

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Resource and Program Data

Targeted Assistance

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $43,644,000 $43,561,000 $43,561,000

Discretionary 4,849,000 4,840,000 4,840,000

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $48,493,000 $48,401,000 $48,401,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 55 55 55

New Starts

# 55 29 29

$ $48,493,000 $43,561,000 $43,561,000

Continuations

# 0 26 26

$ $0 $4,840,000 $4,840,000

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary State/Formula Grants

Refugee and Entrant Assistance - Targeted Assistance CFDA # 93.566

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama 0 0 0 0

Alaska 0 0 0 0

Arizona $2,171,442 $2,166,000 $2,166,000 0

Arkansas 0 0 0 0

California 5,754,035 5,740,000 5,740,000 0

Colorado 835,877 833,000 833,000 0

Connecticut 0 0 0 0

Delaware 0 0 0 0

District of Columbia 0 0 0 0

Florida 11,884,935 11,885,000 11,885,000 0

Georgia 1,629,238 1,625,000 1,625,000 0

Hawaii 0 0 0 0

Idaho 423,056 422,000 422,000 0

Illinois 1,116,427 1,113,000 1,113,000 0

Indiana 522,784 521,000 521,000 0

Iowa 326,740 325,000 325,000 0

Kansas 0 0 0 0

Kentucky 987,306 985,000 985,000 0

Louisiana 0 0 0 0

Maine 0 0 0 0

Maryland 640,620 639,000 639,000 0

Massachusetts 860,284 858,000 858,000 0

Michigan 1,798,521 1,794,000 1,794,000 0

Minnesota 695,733 694,000 694,000 0

Mississippi 0 0 0 0

Missouri 340,124 339,000 339,000 0

Montana 0 0 0 0

Nebraska 320,966 320,000 320,000 0

Nevada 380,803 379,000 379,000 0

New Hampshire 0 0 0 0

New Jersey 0 0 0 0

New Mexico 0 0 0 0

New York 2,395,830 2,394,000 2,394,000 0

North Carolina 765,805 764,000 764,000 0

North Dakota 0 0 0 0

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio 445,364 444,000 444,000 0

Oklahoma 0 0 0 0

Oregon 583,670 582,000 582,000 0

Pennsylvania 867,369 865,000 865,000 0

Rhode Island 0 0 0 0

South Carolina 0 0 0 0

South Dakota 267,428 266,000 266,000 0

Tennessee 587,607 586,000 586,000 0

Texas 4,465,183 4,454,000 4,454,000 0

Utah 631,960 630,000 630,000 0

Vermont 0 0 0 0

Virginia 260,605 259,000 259,000 0

Washington 1,368,896 1,365,000 1,365,000 0

West Virginia 0 0 0 0

Wisconsin 314,930 314,000 314,000 0

Wyoming 0 0 0 0

Subtotal 43,643,538 43,561,000 43,561,000 0

Total States/Territories 43,643,538 43,561,000 43,561,000 0

Discretionary Funds 4,849,282 4,840,000 4,840,000 0

Subtotal, Adjustments 4,849,282 4,840,000 4,840,000 0

TOTAL RESOURCES $48,492,820 $48,401,000 $48,401,000 $0

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UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate Change from 2012 Enacted

$149,052,000 $168,681,000 $175,000,000 +$6,319,000

Authorizing Legislation – Section 462 of the Homeland Security Act 

2013 Authorization ................................................................................. Such sums as may be appropriated 

Allocation Method .......................................................................................................... Discretionary Grant

Program Description and Accomplishments The Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) program 

provides for the care and placement of unaccompanied alien minors who are either in the custody of 

federal agencies or have been apprehended at a border, port of entry, or in the interior of the U.S. by 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials, including border patrol agents or Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Children are taken into care pending resolution of their claims for 

relief under U.S. immigration law or released to an adult family member or responsible adult custodian. 

Resolution of UAC immigration claims may result in granting of an immigration status (such as Special 

Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) or asylum), voluntary departure, or removal from the United States.

The UAC program provides shelter, medical care, assistance with pro-bono legal services, and other 

support services to children in the care of ACF. State licensed facilities receive grants or contracts to 

provide shelter, including therapeutic care, foster care, staff secure and secure detention care. The 

majority of costs (over 80 percent) are expended on shelter care. Funds also support background checks 

of sponsors and facility staff, family reunification efforts and follow-up services. 

The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-457) 

(TVPRA) contained several provisions that have affected the number of children likely to enter care and 

how long children remain in our care. For example, TVPRA provided that children from contiguous 

countries who are determined by DHS to be either victims of trafficking, at risk of trafficking upon return, 

or who have a credible fear of persecution upon return, must be transferred to HHS for UAC program 

services within 48 hours of apprehension. Prior to enactment of TVPRA, all children from contiguous 

countries who were apprehended at the borders were immediately returned to their country of origin and 

therefore were not served by the UAC program. TVPRA also requires increased home studies for 

children prior to release to sponsor(s) in the United States and mandatory follow up services for those 

children. 

In addition, TVPRA expanded several program activities including: 

• Increased monitoring and monthly review of all children in secure placements 

• Provision of specialized training for federal, state and local personnel with substantive UAC contact

• Transferred authority to provide first consent in the SIJS process from DHS to HHS

• Participation in coordination of UAC repatriation activities

• Enhanced the level of follow-up services provided post-release. 

Funding for the program during the last five years has been as follows: 

2008 ..................................................................................... $132,600,000 

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2009 ..................................................................................... $123,120,000 

2009 Supplemental .............................................................. $ 82,000,000 

2010 ..................................................................................... $149,291,000 

2011 ..................................................................................... $149,052,000 

2012 ..................................................................................... $168,681,000 

The chart below provides estimated costs for shelter, medical, support services (including pro-bono legal 

services, family reunification and background check costs) and administrative expenses (including 

expenses for home studies and follow-up services) for FY 2012 and FY 2013. 

(in millions)

FY Shelter Medical Support Services Administrative

2012 $130 $11 $16 $12

2013 $135 $12 $16 $12

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) uses outcome measures to monitor aspects of the program’s 

performance, including an indicator that measures the percentage of closed corrective actions. Overall, 

the UAC program is focused on improving the quality of services at the shelters, physical security, staff 

and staffing oversight at the shelters, and timely approvals of reunification requests with family and other 

sponsors. The performance measure on closed corrective actions allows the UAC program to monitor its 

efficiency in using training, technical assistance, and guidance/monitoring activities to improve program 

performance in this area. Fiscal year 2010 data indicates that the program met the target of 92 percent of 

closed corrective actions being made. ORR increased the overall number of grantees monitored in FY 

2010 and provided training and technical assistance to facilitate their compliance with revised ORR

policies and procedures. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the UAC program is $175,000,000, a $6,319,000 increase 

from the FY 2012 enacted level. It is about the same amount as the total resources available in FY 2012, 

which includes that year’s appropriation plus carryover funding from prior year’s appropriations. This 

budget request will maintain current program services and support for approximately 8,000 children with 

an average length of stay of 75 days. It also will continue to support the follow-up services for all those 

who were unified upon approval of Home Assessment until finalization of their dependency proceeding 

process, as required by TVPRA. ORR anticipates that this funding level will be adequate to meet 

program requirements in FY 2013; however demand for UAC services is sensitive to unforeseen 

circumstances such as natural disasters, emergencies, and/or legislation that would lead to increased UAC 

referrals and/or added responsibility for their care. The Administration will continue to closely monitor 

all potential program impacts and keep Congress apprised of changes in caseload projections and 

potential changes in the UAC population that may alter current budgetary estimates.

In addition to the existing five performance measures that ORR has been tracking for the UAC program, 

two performance measures were recently added. The goals of these new performance measures are to 

increase the percentage of UAC that receive legal screening, and increase the percentage of UAC that are 

referred to and access specific follow up services. These measures reflect ACF’s implementation of the 

TVPRA Safe and Secure Placement provisions. Initial pre-baseline data for these measures was collected 

in FY 2010; future performance targets will be established pending an additional year of baseline data. 

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Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

19.1LT and 19A: Reduce time between 

Department of Homeland 

Security/Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement (DHS/ICE) notification to 

Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) 

of Unaccompanied Alien Child (UAC) 

apprehension and ORR placement 

designation in a care provider facility. 

(Outcome)

FY 2010: 4.03

hours1

Prior Result 

-2%

Target:

1.18 hours

(Target Not Met)

Prior Result 

-2%

N/A

19.2LT and 19B: Increase the percentage 

of UAC that receive medical screening 

or examination within 48 hours. 

(Outcome)

FY 2010: 89.9%

Target:

89.89%

(Target Met)

Prior Result 

+1%

Prior Result 

+1%

N/A

19C: Maintain the percentage of 

runaways from UAC shelters at 1.5 

percent. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 1.2%

Target:

1.5%

(Target Exceeded)

1.5% 1.5% Maintain

19D: Increase the percentage of "closed" 

corrective actions. (Efficiency)

FY 2010: 92%

Target:

91.9% 

(Target Exceeded)

Prior Result 

+2% 

Prior Result 

+2% 

N/A

19E: Increase the percentage of secure 

placements reviewed every 30 days. 

(Outcome)

FY 2011: 92%

(Baseline)

90% 90% Maintain

19F: Increase the percentage of UAC 

that receive legal screening. 

(Developmental Outcome)

FY 2010: 92.4%

(Pre-baseline)

TBD TBD N/A

19G: Increase the percentage of UAC 

that are referred to and access specific 

follow up services. (Developmental 

Outcome)

FY 2010: 9%

(Pre-baseline)

TBD TBD N/A

19i: Number of medical screenings 

completed within 48 hours of 

apprehension. (Output)

FY 2010: 5,284

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

19ii: Number of runaways from UAC 

shelters. (Output)

FY 2011: 60

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

19iii: Average number of UAC in care at 

high point. (Output)

FY 2011: 1,968

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

1

The FY 2010 actual result for this measure has been updated from the previously reported preliminary data. 

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Resource and Program Data

Unaccompanied Alien Children 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $117,204,000 $123,557,000 $129,368,000

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support 26,234,000 45,124,000 45,632,000

Total, Resources $143,438,000 $168,681,000 $175,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 30 31 31

New Starts

# 19 0 0

$ $50,665,000 $0 $0

Continuations

# 11 31 31

$ $66,539,000 $123,557,000 $129,368,000

Contracts

# 3 4 4

$ $12,042,000 $23,845,000 $23,861,000

Interagency Agreements

# 3 4 4

$ $7,962,000 $15,048,000 $15,481,000

Notes:

1. Program support - Includes funding for information technology support, salaries and benefits and overhead costs, contractor support costs, 

monitoring/on-site review costs, medical costs, facility costs, legal system support costs, family reunification costs, and background checks.

2. Total Resources – The FY 2011 enacted level was $149 million. $6 million of FY 2011 carryover funding will be obligated in FY 2012. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FY 2013 BUDGET PAGE

APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE ........................................................................................................ 263 

AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION ....................................................................................................... 264 

APPROPRIATIONS HISTORY TABLE ............................................................................................. 265 

AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION .................................................................................... 267 

OBLIGATIONS BY ACTIVITY ........................................................................................................ 268 

SUMMARY OF CHANGES .............................................................................................................. 269 

JUSTIFICATION: 

GENERAL STATEMENT .............................................................................................................. 270

 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ............................................................... 270

 BUDGET REQUEST................................................................................................................... 272

 OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES TABLE .......................................................................................... 275

RESOURCE AND PROGRAM DATA ............................................................................................. 276

STATE TABLES........................................................................................................................... 281

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FY 2013 Proposed Appropriation Language

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs 

For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of 

the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, [$2,305,035,000] $2,756,485,000,

1 to remain available until 

expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year [2013, $1,100,000,000] 2014, $1,100,000,000,

2

For making payments to each State for carrying out the program of Aid to Families with Dependent 

Children under title IV– A of the Social Security Act before the effective date of the program of Temporary 

Assistance for Needy Families with respect to such State, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That the sum of 

the amounts available to a State with respect to expenditures under such title IV–A in fiscal year 1997 under this 

appropriation and under such title IV–A as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 

Reconciliation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations under section 116(b) of such Act.

to remain available until expended.

For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States or other non-Federal entities under 

titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of 

the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

(Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2012)

1 Amounts reflect current law.

2 Amounts reflect current law.

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs 

Authorizing Legislation

FY 2012 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

Payments to States for 

Child Support Enforcement 

and Family Support 

Programs: Titles I, IV-A 

and –D, X, XI, XIV and 

XVI of the Social Security 

Act and the Act of July 5, 

1960 (24 U.S.C. chapter 9)

Indefinite $4,047,514,000 Indefinite $3,867,842,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs

Appropriations History Table 

Year

Budget 

Estimate to 

Congress Appropriation

2004

Appropriation 3,245,970,000 3,292,970,000

Advance 1,100,000,000 1,100,000,000

Indefinite 19,567,000

Total 4,345,970,000 4,412,537,000

2005

Appropriation 2,825,802,000 2,873,802,000

Advance 1,200,000,000 1,200,000,000

Total 4,025,802,000 4,073,802,000

2006

Appropriation 2,071,943,000 2,121,643,000

Advance 1,200,000,000 1,200,000,000

Total 3,271,943,000 3,321,643,000

2007

Appropriation 2,759,997,000 3,199,104,000

Advance 1,200,000,000 1,200,000,000

Total 3,959,997,000 4,399,104,000

2008

Appropriation 2,957,713,000 2,949,713,000

Advance 1,000,000,000 1,000,000,000

Indefinite 323,164,000

Total 3,957,013,000 4,272,877,000

2009

Appropriation 2,766,378,000 2,759,078,000

Advance 1,000,000,000 1,000,000,000

Indefinite 557,621,000

Total 3,766,378,000 4,316,699,000

2010

Appropriation 3,574,509,000 3,571,509,000

Advance 1,000,000,000 1,000,000,000

Indefinite 94,174,000

Total 4,574,509,000 4,665,683,000

2011 

Appropriation 3,154,814,000

Advance 1,100,000,000 1,100,000,000

Indefinite 3,059,464,000

Total 4,254,814,000 4,159,464,000

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Budget 

Estimate to 

Year Congress Appropriation

2012

Appropriation

Advance

Indefinite

Total

2,610,035,000

1,200,000,000

3,810,035,000

2,305,035,000

1,200,000,000

542,479,000

4,047,514,000

2013

Appropriation

Advance

Total

2,767,842,000

1,100,000,000

3,867,842,000

2014

Appropriation

Advance

Total

1,100,000,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs 

Amounts Available for Obligation 

FY 2013

FY 2011 FY 2012

Actual Enacted Current Law Estimate

Advance, B.A. $1,100,000,000 $1,200,000,000 $1,100,000,000 $1,100,000,000

Definite, B.A. 0 2,305,035,000 2,756,485,000 2,767,842,000

Indefinite, B.A. 2,827,625,000 542,478,000 0 0

Subtotal, Net Budget 

Authority $3,927,625,000 $4,047,513,000 $3,856,485,000 $3,867,842,000

Recovery Act, B.A. 231,839,000 0 0 0

Subtotal, Net Budget 

Authority including 

Recovery Act $4,159,464,000 $4,047,513,000 $3,856,485,000 $3,867,842,000

Offsetting Collections 

from Non-Federal Funds 3,463,000 3,463,000 3,463,000 3,463,000

Recoveries of prior year 

obligations 509,082,000 300,000,000 300,000,000 300,000,000

Total Obligations $4,903,848,000 $4,350,976,000 $4,159,948,000 $4,171,305,000

Obligations less 

Recovery Act 4,672,009,000 4,350,976,000 4,159,948,000 4,171,305,000

Advance Requested for FY 2014 $1,100,000,000 $1,100,000,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs 

Obligations by Activity

FY 2013

FY 2011 FY 2012

Enacted Enacted Current Law Estimate

Child Support Enforcement

State Child Support 

Administrative Costs $4,165,537,000 $3,780,819,000 $3,576,110,000 $3,587,467,000

Federal Incentive 

Payments to States 465,542,000 526,158,000 539,838,000 539,838,000

Access and Visitation 

Grants 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000

Subtotal, Child Support 

Enforcement 4,641,080,000 4,316,977,000 4,125,948,000 4,137,305,000

Other Programs

Payments to Territories -

Adults 29,930,000 33,000,000 33,000,000 33,000,000

Repatriation 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000

Subtotal, Other Programs 30,930,000 34,000,000 34,000,000 34,000,000

Total, Obligations $4,672,009,000 $4,350,977,000 $4,159,948,000 $4,171,305,000

Advance Requested for FY 2014 $1,100,000,000 $1,100,000,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs 

Summary of Changes

FY 2012 Enacted

 Total estimated budget authority $4,047,514,000

 (Obligations) ($4,350,977,000)

FY 2013 Estimate

 Total estimated budget authority $3,867,842,000

 (Obligations) ($4,171,305,000)

 Net change -$179,672,000

FY 2012

Enacted Change from Base

Increases:

A. Built-in:

1) Federal Incentive Payments to States: Adjust 

incentive pool based on CPI-U. $526,158,000 +$13,680,000

 Subtotal, Built-in Increases +$13,680,000

B. Program:

1) State Child Support Administrative Costs: 

Increase due to net impact of proposals. $3,477,356,000 +$11,357,000

 Subtotal, Program Increases +$11,357,000

 Total, Increases +$25,037,000

Decreases:

A. Built-in:

1) State Child Support Administrative Costs: 

Technical baseline adjustment. $3,477,356,000 -$204,709,000

 Subtotal, Built-in Decreases -$204,709,000

 Total, Decreases -$204,709,000

Net Change -$179,672,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs 

Justification

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

 Estimate

FY13 Change from 

FY12 Enacted

Budget Authority $4,159,465,000 $4,047,514,000 $3,867,842,000 -$179,672,000

Obligations $4,672,010,000 $4,350,977,000 $4,171,305,000 -$179,672,000

Authorizing Legislation – Titles I, IV-A and IV-D, X, XI, XIV and XVI of the Social Security Act 

2013 Authorization ................................. Indefinite with legislative changes pending Congressional action, 

except as identified in Sections 1113 and 1603 of the Social Security Act. 

Allocation Method ................................................................................................................... Formula Grant 

General Statement

The Payments to States for Child Support Services and Family Support Programs support stateadministered programs of financial assistance and services for low-income families to promote their 

economic security and self-sufficiency. In FY 2013 four programs will be funded: (1) state and tribal 

administrative expenses and incentive payments to states to provide Child Support services; (2) Access 

and Visitation Grants to enable states to establish and administer programs to support and facilitate noncustodial parents’ access to and visitation of their children; (3) payments for adult-only benefits under 

assistance programs for the aged, blind, and disabled residents of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin 

Islands; and (4) temporary cash and services for repatriated U.S. citizens and dependents returned from 

foreign countries as a result of illness, destitution, war, or other crisis. 

Program Description and Accomplishments 

Child Support Programs –The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) supports federal, state, and 

tribal efforts to foster parental responsibility and promote family self-sufficiency by ensuring that both 

parents support their children financially and emotionally. OCSE has a commitment to increasing the 

reliability of support payments throughout childhood. Child Support agencies locate non-custodial 

parents, establish paternity when necessary, and establish and enforce orders for support. A growing body 

of research supports the effectiveness of a range of strategies that can help strengthen the ability and 

willingness of noncustodial parents to support their children and move nonpaying cases into payment 

status. The program has evolved over the past decade to become more successful in helping parents work 

together to support their children and ensuring that low-income noncustodial parents can secure the 

resources they need to provide for their children. Many Child Support programs have implemented costeffective and family-centered strategies that complement traditional law enforcement practices, 

particularly for those parents who have limited incomes and who face multiple challenges to supporting 

their children. For example, state and local Child Support agencies now engage in outreach, referral, case 

management and other activities in partnership with veterans, fatherhood, workforce, reentry, child 

welfare, and domestic violence programs to increase the ability of parents to support their children. 

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The Administration for Children and Families’ strategic goal of increasing economic independence and 

productivity for families includes increasing reliable income through the enforcement of support. Child 

Support provides about 40 percent of income for the poor families who receive it, and 10 percent of 

income for all poor custodial families. As a result of federal legislative changes in 1996 and 2006, the 

program distributed 94 percent of collections directly to children and families in 2010 ($25 billion); 

federal and state governments retained less than $1.7 billion. In families that have never received 

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the program forwards collections directly to the 

custodial family. Families receiving TANF are required to assign their rights to support to the state as a 

condition of receipt of assistance; however, states may choose to distribute these collections to families 

instead of reimbursing the state and federal governments (with federal cost sharing of amounts 

disregarded and passed through to families of up to $100 per child and $200 for two or more children). 

The federal government provides funding through a 66 percent match rate for general state administrative 

costs. Additionally, the federal government provides incentive payments that are based on state 

performance. The total amount of incentives provided to states is based on a formula set in statute and is 

estimated at $526 million for FY 2012. 

Prior to the enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005, P.L. 109-171, states could use 

expenditures from federal incentive funds as part of the state match for the program. P.L. 109-171 

prohibited this practice effective FY 2008. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery 

Act), P.L. 111-5, temporarily changed the program’s authorization language to allow states to once again 

use federal incentive payments as their share of state expenditures eligible for federal match. This 

temporary authorization expired on September 30, 2010. 

 

Federally recognized Indian tribes and Alaska Native organizations are eligible to apply for direct funding 

for Child Support programs. Those with approved applications receive 90 percent federal funding of their 

program needs for the first three years and 80 percent federal funding thereafter. Tribes also may apply 

for two-year start-up grants. There are currently 42 tribal child support program grantees and 12 tribes 

receiving two-year start-up funding. 

Under the Child Support Performance Incentive Act of 1998 (CSPIA), states receive performance-based 

funding and are subject to performance penalties based on five measures related to paternity 

establishment, order establishment, current support collections, collection of arrears payments, and costefficiency. Since enactment of CSPIA, both program performance and investment of state dollars in the 

program substantially increased until 2009. The recent slowed economy and reduced state program 

budgets have impacted both state performance and investments.

In FY 2010 the Child Support program continued to recover from the economic downturn. With 

unemployment still high, child support collections increased slightly in FY 2010. Fiscal year 2010 

collections increased by 0.6 percent over FY 2009 collections to $26.6 billion. However, despite this 

increase, collections were still below the amount for FY 2008. 

 

State Child Support programs have had to contend with major fiscal challenges, including significant state 

budget shortfalls, declining federal assistance, and rising costs. However, the impact of these challenges 

varies considerably from state to state. For example, although overall investments in the program 

increased until 2009, the number of full time equivalent staff in state programs began to decline in 2006. 

Between 2006 and 2010 there was a 36 percent decline in the number of state and local full-time 

equivalent employees. 

Despite these challenges, OCSE has worked hard to bolster the rate of current support collections. OCSE 

and Child Support agencies have a wide variety of strategies to increase collections, including income 

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withholding, unemployment compensation interception, state or federal tax refund offsets, new 

approaches which facilitate stable employment for non-custodial parents, and new strategies to remove 

barriers to reliable payments. Emerging research finds that providing employment services as part of a 

case management strategy increases the amount and stability of support payments. Similarly, access and 

visitation services that facilitate noncustodial parents spending time with their children can also lead to 

greater, more regular payment of support. 

Access and Visitation Grants – The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 

1996 (PRWORA) created the Access and Visitation Grants program. Funding for the program began in 

FY 1997 with a capped entitlement of $10 million. Each governor designated a state agency which uses 

these grant funds to establish and administer programs to support and facilitate non-custodial parents’ 

access to and visitation with their children. The statute specifies certain activities which may be funded 

including: voluntary and mandatory mediation, counseling, education, the development of parenting 

plans, supervised visitation, neutral drop-off and pick-up, and the development of guidelines for visitation 

and alternative custody arrangements. This funding is separate from funding for federal and state 

administration of the Child Support program. 

Payments to Territories – Adults (Aged, Blind and Disabled) – State maintenance assistance programs for 

the aged, blind, and disabled were federalized under Title XVI of the Social Security Act as the 

Supplemental Security Income program on January 1, 1974. A small residual program, however, remains 

for the residents of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. These grants are subject to spending 

limitations under Section 1108 of the Social Security Act. The limitations, which were established by 

P.L. 104-193 and most recently amended by P.L. 105-33, are: $107,255,000 for Puerto Rico, $4,686,000 

for Guam, and $3,554,000 for the Virgin Islands. 

Repatriation – This program provides temporary assistance to citizens of the United States and to 

dependents of citizens of the United States, if they (A) are identified by the Department of State as having 

returned, or been brought, from a foreign country to the United States because of the destitution of the 

citizen of the United States or the illness of such citizen or any of his dependents or because of war, threat 

of war, invasion, or similar crisis, and (B) are without available resources. Section 1113 of the Social 

Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1313] caps the funding level for the repatriation program at $1 million each fiscal 

year. In FY 2010, this cap was increased to $25 million to support repatriation efforts resulting from the 

earthquake in Haiti.

The repatriation program traditionally reimburses states directly for assistance provided to individual 

repatriates and for state administrative costs. In January 1997, the program entered into a cooperative 

agreement with a national, private organization to assist the federal government with certain 

administrative and financial management activities. All individuals receiving assistance are expected to 

repay the cost of such assistance. These debts are collected by the Program Support Center, which is the 

HHS component charged with collecting debts owed by individuals. 

Budget Request – The $3.867 billion FY 2013 request for Child Support Enforcement and Family 

Support Programs reflects current law of $3.856 billion adjusted by +11 million. The proposal assumes 

Congressional action on several legislative proposals, including a new Child Support and Fatherhood 

Initiative. The proposal promotes strong families and responsible fatherhood by ensuring that children 

benefit when parents pay support, promoting access and visitation, and improving enforcement tools. 

This proposal also includes funding to encourage states to pass through child support payments to 

families. Lastly, the proposal requires states to establish access and visitation arrangements to promote 

parental engagement in children’s lives.

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Child Support and Fatherhood Initiative

The Child Support program plays an important role in facilitating family self-sufficiency and promoting 

responsible fatherhood. Building on this role, the FY 2013 Budget request includes a Child Support and 

Fatherhood Initiative to encourage non-custodial parents to support their children and play an active role 

in their lives. 

Ensuring Children Benefit When Parents Pay Support

The proposed budget initiative invests $1.371 billion over ten years to encourage states to pass through 

current child support collections to TANF families, rather than retaining payments for cost recovery 

purposes. Under the proposal, states would no longer be required to reimburse the federal government for 

any part of current child support payments that the state distributes to the family and would allow states to 

discontinue assigning child support payments to the state when a family is receiving TANF assistance. 

Together these two reforms are estimated to cost $572 million over ten years. To encourage states to take 

up family distribution options, the proposal also includes short-term funding to offset a significant share 

of state costs in implementing this policy, an estimated $699 million over ten years. The proposal also 

provides limited resources to help states make necessary improvements to their systems technology to 

support the distribution changes ($100 million over ten years). The benefits to families of the three policy 

changes exceed their cost, and will result in an additional $1.7 billion in child support payments received 

by families, reducing those families’ reliance on other social services programs, including the 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Supplemental Security Income program (SSI). 

The associated savings to SNAP and SSI are displayed in the respective accounts.

In addition, the proposal requires child support payments made on behalf of children in Foster Care to be 

used in the best interest of the child, rather than as general revenue for the state ($303 million over 10 

years). It also prohibits the use of child support to repay Medicaid costs associated with giving birth—a 

practice retained by only a handful of states ($80 million over 10 years). Recovery of this debt from 

noncustodial parents can discourage the participation of pregnant women in Medicaid, discourage fathers’ 

attachment to the formal labor market, and reduce child support payments to the family. The associated 

costs to Foster Care and Medicaid are displayed in their respective accounts.

Promoting Access and Visitation

The budget provides $580 million over ten years to support increased access and visitation services and 

integrates these services into the core child support program. As a first step in facilitating a relationship 

between non-custodial parents and their children, the proposed initiative would update the statutory 

purposes of the Child Support program to recognize the program’s evolving mission and activities that 

help parents cooperate and support their children. The proposal also requires states to establish access 

and visitation responsibilities in all initial child support orders, just as custody arrangements are typically 

settled at the same time divorces are finalized. The proposal also would encourage states to undertake 

activities that support access and visitation, while implementing domestic violence safeguards, which are 

a critical component of this new state responsibility. These services will not only improve parent-child 

relationships and outcomes for children, but they will also result in improved collections. Research 

shows that when fathers are engaged in the lives of their children, they are more likely to meet their 

financial obligations. This creates a double win for children—an engaged parent and financial security.

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Enforcement and Establishment

The FY 2013 proposal includes several additional proposals aimed at increasing and improving 

collections and program efficiency, which would collectively save $109 million over ten years. They 

include: 

• Mandate data comparisons with insurance claims, payments, settlements and awards; 

• Require employers to report lump sum payment for intercept; 

• Closing a loophole to allow garnishment of longshoremen’s benefits;

• Improving the processes for freezing and seizing assets in multistate financial institutions; 

• Providing tribal child support programs with access to the Federal Parent Locator Service and 

other enforcement tools and grant programs currently available to state child support programs, as 

well as sustained support for model tribal computer systems;

• Modifying the threshold at which states become subject to performance penalty based upon their 

paternity establishment percentage to better reflect state performance;

• Requiring each state’s use of procedures to review and adjust child support debt owed to the state, 

and to discourage accumulation of unpaid child support debt during incarceration; 

• Revising title IV-D to consolidate and clarify various data matching, safeguarding and disclosure 

authorities; and 

• Requiring states to pass UIFSA 2008, model uniform state law, to ensure efficient international 

case processing as required by the Hague Child Support Treaty. 

Taken together these proposals will strengthen the ability of both parents to support and care for their 

children as well as improve the performance of the Child Support program in meeting this goal. 

Performance Analysis

Although collections increased in FY 2010 over FY 2009, collections are still below FY 2008 levels. 

Administrative data also indicate that collections offset from unemployment compensation benefits 

significantly increased, while collections from wage withholding decreased, reflecting the continued 

problem of high rates of unemployment. As wage withholding is the single most effective method of 

child support collections, declines in wage withholding collections may present greater challenges in the 

future to the program in maintaining performance goals for current support collections. Furthermore, 

states have reported on the profound impacts of the recession and state budget cutbacks on their 

programs. Although staffing has declined, the total IV-D caseload and current assistance caseload has 

increased for the second year in a row. In spite of these challenges, OCSE aims to increase the total 

distributed child support collections to $28 billion in FY 2013. Further, in the latter part of FY 2010, 

OCSE began to see signs of improvements in employment. OCSE has been monitoring state submissions 

to the National Directory of New Hires to determine the impact of the recent recession and found that 

there was an increase of about 2 percent in New Hire submissions for FY 2010. 

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Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

20.1LT: Increase annual child support 

distributed collections. (Outcome)

FY 2010: $26.6 B

(Historical Actual)

N/A $28B3 N/A

20A: Maintain the paternity establishment 

percentage (PEP) among children born 

out-of-wedlock. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 95%

Target:

94%

(Target Exceeded)

92%4 92% Maintain

20B: Increase the percentage of IV-D 

cases having support orders. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 80%

Target:

77%

(Target Exceeded)

77% 77% Maintain

20C: Maintain the IV-D (child support) 

collection rate for current support.5

FY 2010: 62%

Target:

62%

(Target Met)

(Outcome)

62% 62% Maintain

20D: Maintain the percentage of paying 

cases among IV-D (child support) 

arrearage cases. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 62%

Target:

62%

(Target Met)

62% 62% Maintain

20.2LT and 20E: Increase the costeffectiveness ratio (total dollars collected 

per $1 of expenditures). (Efficiency)

FY 2010: $4.88

Target:

$4.77

(Target Exceeded)

$4.84 $4.88 +$0.04

20i: Total cases with orders established. 

(Output)

FY 2010: 12.7

million

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

20ii: Total number of paternities 

established. (Output)

FY 2010: 1.7 million

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

20iii: Total amount of current support 

distributed. (Output)

FY 2010: $20 billion

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

3

The FY 2013 target for this performance measure has been revised in light of recent data trends and predicted economic conditions. 4 The performance level for FY2012 appears lower than the previous target to account for the fact that states have already cleaned up their 

caseload by establishing paternity orders for backlogged cases. 5 This performance measure is included in the FY 2010-2015 HHS Strategic Plan. 

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Resource and Program Data

State Child Support Administrative Costs 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $4,165,538,000 $3,780,819,000 $3,587,467,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $4,165,538,000 $3,780,819,000 $3,587,467,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 99 106 106

New Starts

# 99 106 106

$ $4,165,538,000 $3,780,819,000 $3,587,467,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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Resource and Program Data

Federal Incentive Payments to States

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $465,542,000 $526,158,000 $539,838,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $465,542,000 $526,158,000 $539,838,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 54 54 54

New Starts

# 54 54 54

$ $465,542,000 $526,158,000 $539,838,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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Resource and Program Data

Access and Visitation Grants

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 54 54 54

New Starts

# 54 54 54

$ $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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Resource and Program Data

Payments to Territories-Adults 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $29,930,000 $33,000,000 $33,000,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $29,930,000 $33,000,000 $33,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 3 3 3

New Starts

# 3 3 3

$ $29,930,000 $33,000,000 $33,000,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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Resource and Program Data

Repatriation

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 1 1 1

New Starts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Continuations

# 1 1 1

$ $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Mandatory State/Formula Grants

Federal Share of State and Local Administrative Costs and Incentives CFDA # 93.563

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $52,681,106 $48,901,894 $46,772,162 -$2,129,731

Alaska 19,778,849 18,359,963 17,560,367 -799,597

Arizona 48,765,273 45,266,973 43,295,546 -1,971,427

Arkansas 40,860,393 37,929,169 36,277,312 -1,651,857

California 742,422,618 689,163,054 659,149,241 -30,013,812

Colorado 64,266,454 59,656,137 57,058,047 -2,598,091

Connecticut 51,479,514 47,786,501 45,705,346 -2,081,155

Delaware 28,381,661 26,345,631 25,198,249 -1,147,381

District of Columbia 19,432,998 18,038,923 17,253,308 -785,615

Florida 232,365,224 215,695,917 206,302,122 -9,393,795

Georgia 104,547,525 97,047,544 92,821,016 -4,226,528

Hawaii 15,083,161 14,001,132 13,391,368 -609,765

Idaho 15,948,438 14,804,336 14,159,591 -644,745

Illinois 147,196,179 136,636,689 130,686,010 -5,950,679

Indiana 104,608,088 97,103,762 92,874,786 -4,228,976

Iowa 46,983,471 43,612,993 41,713,599 -1,899,394

Kansas 42,175,641 39,150,065 37,445,036 -1,705,029

Kentucky 69,093,308 64,136,725 61,343,500 -2,793,225

Louisiana 70,034,551 65,010,445 62,179,169 -2,831,277

Maine 21,379,303 19,845,605 18,981,307 -864,298

Maryland 123,013,549 114,188,861 109,215,810 -4,973,051

Massachusetts 62,472,611 57,990,980 55,465,409 -2,525,571

Michigan 166,587,507 154,636,931 147,902,322 -6,734,609

Minnesota 129,684,940 120,381,663 115,138,908 -5,242,754

Mississippi 33,750,795 31,329,596 29,965,158 -1,364,439

Missouri 56,556,196 52,498,994 50,212,605 -2,286,389

Montana 8,729,337 8,103,116 7,750,216 -352,900

Nebraska 30,958,277 28,737,407 27,485,861 -1,251,546

Nevada 36,582,307 33,957,983 32,479,075 -1,478,908

New Hampshire 17,031,452 15,809,658 15,121,130 -688,528

New Jersey 181,285,772 168,280,779 160,951,965 -7,328,814

New Mexico 37,383,842 34,702,018 33,190,706 -1,511,311

New York 291,684,419 270,759,699 258,967,815 -11,791,884

North Carolina 115,477,814 107,193,721 102,525,316 -4,668,405

North Dakota 12,998,898 12,066,389 11,540,885 -525,505

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STATE/TERRITORY

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Request

Difference

+/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

239,367,523

52,332,025

53,000,602

177,588,527

17,943,687

44,732,333

7,323,701

68,004,307

274,770,817

41,247,112

11,778,100

67,375,251

120,497,032

31,505,315

94,405,019

8,479,543

222,195,888

48,577,855

49,198,470

164,848,765

16,656,451

41,523,346

6,798,317

63,125,846

255,059,438

38,288,146

10,933,168

62,541,917

111,852,873

29,245,202

87,632,636

7,871,242

212,519,012

46,462,236

47,055,822

157,669,419

15,931,044

39,714,958

6,502,243

60,376,646

243,951,317

36,620,655

10,457,017

59,818,147

106,981,556

27,971,541

83,816,138

7,528,440

-9,676,876

-2,115,619

-2,142,648

-7,179,346

-725,407

-1,808,388

-296,074

-2,749,200

-11,108,120

-1,667,491

-476,152

-2,723,770

-4,871,316

-1,273,661

-3,816,498

-342,801

Subtotal

Indian Tribes

4,552,032,365

35,303,905

4,225,480,811

42,000,000

4,041,456,453

48,000,000

-184,024,357

6,000,000

Subtotal

Guam

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

35,303,905

3,971,865

32,772,343

4,999,208

42,000,000

3,758,043

31,008,068

4,730,079

48,000,000

3,601,270

29,714,520

4,532,757

6,000,000

-156,772

-1,293,548

-197,322

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

Other

41,743,416

4,629,079,686

2,000,000

39,496,189

4,306,977,000

0

37,848,547

4,127,305,000

0

-1,647,643

-179,672,000

0

Subtotal, Adjustments

TOTAL RESOURCES

2,000,000

$4,631,079,686

0

$4,306,977,000

0

$4,127,305,000

0

-$179,672,000

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Mandatory State/Formula Grants

Access and Visitation Grants CFDA # 93.597

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $149,264 $137,856 $137,856 0

Alaska 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

Arizona 174,649 172,676 172,676 0

Arkansas 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

California 928,087 946,820 946,820 0

Colorado 119,804 121,309 121,309 0

Connecticut 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

Delaware 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

District of Columbia 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

Florida 498,385 502,438 502,438 0

Georgia 300,940 295,483 295,483 0

Hawaii 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

Idaho 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

Illinois 338,121 346,886 346,886 0

Indiana 185,719 192,761 192,761 0

Iowa 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

Kansas 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

Kentucky 130,074 123,634 123,634 0

Louisiana 149,318 145,278 145,278 0

Maine 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

Maryland 160,159 160,674 160,674 0

Massachusetts 151,378 171,813 171,813 0

Michigan 283,398 284,554 284,554 0

Minnesota 130,672 133,346 133,346 0

Mississippi 108,176 107,089 107,089 0

Missouri 180,659 169,898 169,898 0

Montana 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

Nebraska 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

Nevada 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

New Hampshire 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

New Jersey 218,244 212,190 212,190 0

New Mexico 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

New York 540,894 545,183 545,183 0

North Carolina 286,100 279,933 279,933 0

North Dakota 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

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STATE/TERRITORY

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Request

Difference

+/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

349,998

114,527

100,000

322,677

100,000

142,114

100,000

184,527

721,988

100,000

100,000

203,201

169,246

100,000

157,681

100,000

346,015

103,930

100,000

344,452

100,000

136,311

100,000

181,834

702,147

100,000

100,000

207,182

176,274

100,000

152,034

100,000

346,015

103,930

100,000

344,452

100,000

136,311

100,000

181,834

702,147

100,000

100,000

207,182

176,274

100,000

152,034

100,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Guam

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

9,700,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

9,700,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

9,700,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

TOTAL RESOURCES

300,000

10,000,000

$10,000,000

300,000

10,000,000

$10,000,000

300,000

10,000,000

$10,000,000

0

0

$0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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CHILDREN’S RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FY 2013 BUDGET PAGE

AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION ....................................................................................................... 287 

APPROPRIATIONS HISTORY TABLE ............................................................................................. 288 

AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION .................................................................................... 289 

BUDGET AUTHORITY BY ACTIVITY ............................................................................................. 290 

JUSTIFICATION: 

GENERAL STATEMENT .............................................................................................................. 291

 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ................................................................ 291

 BUDGET REQUEST.................................................................................................................... 292

RESOURCE AND PROGRAM DATA ............................................................................................. 293

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Children's Research and Technical Assistance

Authorizing Legislation

FY 2012 

Amount

Authorized

FY 2012 

Budget 

Estimate1

FY 2013 

Amount

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

1. Training and Technical

Assistance: Section

452(j) of the Social

Security Act

The amount

authorized and

appropriated is

equal to the

greater of one 

percent of the total 

amount paid to the

federal

government for its

share of child

support

collections for the

preceding year or

the amount

appropriated for

this activity for

FY 2002.

$12,318,000 The amount

authorized and

appropriated is

equal to the

greater of one 

percent of the total 

amount paid to the

federal

government for its

share of child

support

collections for the

preceding year or

the amount

appropriated for

this activity for

FY 2002.

$12,318,000

2. Federal Parent Locator

Service: Section

453(o) of the Social

Security Act

The amount

authorized and

appropriated is

equal to the

greater of two

percent of the total 

amount paid to the

federal

government for its

share of child

support

collections for the

preceding year or

the amount

appropriated for

this activity for

FY 2002.

24,635,000 The amount

authorized and

appropriated is

equal to the

greater of two

percent of the total 

amount paid to the

federal

government for its

share of child

support

collections for the

preceding year or

the amount

appropriated for

this activity for

FY 2002.

24,635,000

3. Child Welfare Study: 

Section 429(e) of the

Social Security Act

6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000

4. Welfare Research:

Section 413(h) of the

Social Security Act

15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000

Total request level $57,953,000 $57,953,000

1 For all tables in this chapter, the FY 2012 estimate level reflects the Administration’s proposal for an extension of 

the Child Welfare Study.

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Appropriations History Table 

 

Year Appropriation

2004 55,998,000

2005 55,398,000

2006 57,953,000

2007 57,953,000

2008 57,953,000

2009 57,953,000

2010 57,953,000

2011 57,953,000

2012 57,953,000

2013 57,953,000

 

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Children's Research and Technical Assistance

Amounts Available for Obligation 

FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013

Actual Estimate Estimate

Pre-Appropriated, B.A. $57,953,000 $57,953,000 $57,953,000

Subtotal, Net Budget Authority $57,953,000 $57,953,000 $57,953,000

Subtotal, Adjusted Budget Authority $57,953,000 $57,953,000 $57,953,000

Offsetting Collections from Federal Funds 25,860,000 26,190,000 28,000,000

Unobligated balance, start of year 5,015,000 6,887,000 0

Unobligated balance, lapsing -19,000 0 0

Recoveries of prior year obligations 29,000 0 0

Unobligated balance, end of year

Total Obligations

-6,887,000

$81,951,000

0 0

$91,030,000 $85,953,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Children's Research and Technical Assistance

Budget Authority by Activity

FY 2011

Enacted

FY 2012

Estimate

FY 2013

Estimate

Training and Technical Assistance $12,318,000 $12,318,000 $12,318,000

Federal Parent Locator Service 24,635,000 24,635,000 24,635,000

Child Welfare Study 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000

Welfare Research 15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000

Total, Budget Authority $57,953,000 $57,953,000 $57,953,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Children's Research and Technical Assistance

Justification

FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY13 Change from 

Enacted Estimate Estimate FY12 Estimate

Budget Authority $57,953,000 $57,953,000 $57,953,000 $0

Obligations $81,951,000 $91,030,000 $85,953,000 -$5,077,000

Authorizing Legislation – Sections 413(h), 429(e), 452(j) and 453(o) of the Social Security Act 

2013 Authorization ................................................... Training and Technical Assistance and Federal Parent 

Locator Service authorized indefinitely based on a formula; Welfare Research and Child Welfare Study 

pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method .................................................................................................... Direct Federal/Contract

General Statement

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193) and the 

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-171) authorize and appropriate funds for welfare research and 

technical support for states implementing welfare reform. These efforts include training and technical 

assistance to support the dissemination of information and technical assistance to the states on child 

support enforcement activities as well as the Federal Parent Locator Service which assists states in 

locating non-custodial parents. 

Program Description and Accomplishments – The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 

Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) included two provisions which target funding to strengthen the 

federal government's capacity to influence the effectiveness of the child support program. 

The first provision, pertaining to an amount equivalent to the greater of either one percent of the federal 

share of child support collections in the prior year or the amount appropriated for this activity in FY 2002, 

is directed to cover the Department's costs in providing technical assistance to states (including technical 

assistance related to state automated systems), training of state and federal staff, staffing studies, 

information dissemination and related activities; and to support research, demonstration, and special 

projects of regional or national significance relating to the operation of state child support programs. 

These activities are key to successful state outcomes in promoting family self-sufficiency and attaining 

the anticipated benefits of the statute. Amounts under this provision are available until expended. 

The second provision, pertaining to an amount equal to the greater of either two percent of the federal 

share of child support collections in the prior year or the amount appropriated for this activity in FY 2002, 

is directed to cover the Department's costs in operating the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) to the 

extent that these costs are not recovered through fees. Under PRWORA, the mission and scope of the 

FPLS was significantly expanded to add two components--the Federal Child Support Case Registry, a 

database of child support cases, participants, and orders, and the National Directory of New Hires, a 

database of employment information. State and local child support enforcement agencies use FPLS 

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data to locate non-custodial parents, putative fathers, and custodial parties for the establishment of 

paternity and child support obligations, as well as to assist in the enforcement and modification of orders 

for child support, custody and visitation. States rely on FPLS to facilitate standardized and centralized 

communication and data exchanges with employers, multistate financial institutions, insurance companies

and other federal agencies. FPLS data are also used by state and federal agencies to reduce erroneous 

payments and overall program costs in public assistance and benefit programs. The FPLS is crucial to 

helping the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) fulfill its mission in assisting states to secure 

the financial support upon which millions of our nation’s children depend, and has contributed to an 

increase in the overall effectiveness and performance of the child support program. Amounts under this 

provision are available until expended. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for Children’s Research and Technical Assistance is 

$57,953,000, an increase of $6,000,000 above the FY 2012 current law level, and the same as the 

FY 2012 request. This request will fund child support training and technical assistance efforts, the 

operation of the FPLS, and welfare research. This request includes a continuation of the 

$15 million welfare research funding along with the TANF program and a permanent extension of the $6 

million child welfare study. 

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Resource and Program Data

Training and Technical Assistance

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $540,000 $550,000 $550,000

Research/Evaluation 625,000

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance 1,855,000 4,017,000 2,250,000

Program Support 9,238,000 10,895,000 9,518,000

Total, Resources $11,633,000 $16,087,000 $12,318,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 9 10 10

New Starts

# 3 8 8

$ $274,000 $400,000 $400,000

Continuations

# 6 2 2

$ $266,000 $150,000 $150,000

Contracts

# 22 20 22

$ $3,615,000 $7,924,000 $4,498,000

Interagency Agreements

#

$

38 36 38

$1,033,000 $1,606,000 $1,137,000

Notes:

1. The numbers reflect total obligations which include obligations made from prior year unobligated balances.

2. Program Support – includes funding for information technology, salaries/benefits and associated overhead costs.

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Federal Parent Locator Service

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance $33,582,000 $37,617,000 $36,931,000

Program Support 15,755,000 16,326,000 15,704,000

Total, Resources $49,337,000 $53,943,000 $52,635,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 0 0 0 

New Starts

# 0 0 0 

$ $0 $0 $0

Continuations

# 0 0 0 

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 10 12 12

$ $34,543,000 $38,268,000 $36,897,000

Interagency Agreements

# 

$ 

19 21 21

$8,954,000 $9,402,000 $9,402,000

Notes:

1. The numbers reflect total obligations which include obligations made from prior year unobligated balances, fees from the states to pay costs 

associated with offset notice preparation, and fees from state and federal agencies to pay costs associated with Federal Parent locator 

Services.

2. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology, salaries/benefits and associated overhead costs.
Resource and Program Data

Child Welfare Study

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Estimate

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation $5,992,000 $5,960,000 $5,960,000

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support 40,000 40,000

Total, Resources $5,992,000 $6,000,000 $6,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 0 0 0

New Starts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 1 1 1

$ $5,992,000 $5,960,000 $5,960,000

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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Welfare Research

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Estimate

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation $14,136,000 $14,147,000 $14,147,000

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support 853,000 853,000 853,000

Total, Resources $14,989,000 $15,000,000 $15,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 2 2 2

New Starts

# 2 2 2

$ $1,074,000 $1,074,000 $1,074,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 20 20 20

$ $13,072,000 $13,083,000 $13,083,000

Interagency Agreements

#

$

9 8 8

$812,000 $812,000 $812,000

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FY 2013 BUDGET PAGE

AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION ....................................................................................................... 299 

APPROPRIATIONS HISTORY TABLE ............................................................................................. 300 

AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION .................................................................................... 301 

BUDGET AUTHORITY BY ACTIVITY ............................................................................................. 301 

SUMMARY OF CHANGES .............................................................................................................. 302 

JUSTIFICATION: 

GENERAL STATEMENT .............................................................................................................. 303

 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS .............................................................. 304

 BUDGET REQUEST.................................................................................................................. 306

 OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES TABLE ......................................................................................... 307

RESOURCE AND PROGRAM DATA ............................................................................................. 309

STATE TABLE............................................................................................................................. 313

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Authorizing Legislation

FY 2012 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2012 

Budget 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized1

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

• State Family 

Assistance Grants: 

Section 403(a)(1)(C) 

of the Social Security 

Act (SSA)

Such sums 16,488,667,000 Such sums 16,488,667,000

• Territories – Family 

Assistance Grants: 

Section 403(a)(1)(C) 

of the SSA

Such sums 77,875,000 Such sums 77,875,000

• Matching Grants to 

Territories: Section 

1108(b)(2) of the SSA

Such sums 15,000,000 Such sums 15,000,000

• Supplemental Grants 

for Population 

Increases: Section 

403(a)(3)(E) of the 

SSA 

0 0 319,450,000 319,450,000

• Healthy Marriage / 

Responsible 

Fatherhood Grants: 

Section 403(a)(2)(D) 

of the SSA

150,000,000 150,000,000 150,000,000 150,000,000

• Tribal Work Programs: 

Section 412(a)(2)(D) 

of the SSA 

7,633,287 7,633,000 7,633,287 7,633,000

• Contingency Fund: 

Section 403(b)(2)(D) 

of the SSA

612,000,000 612,000,000 292,550,000 292,550,000

Total request level $17,351,175,000 $17,351,175,000

Total request level against 

definite authorizations

$17,351,175,000 $17,351,175,000

1 FY 2013 Amount Authorized reflects the Administration’s proposal for an extension of TANF, including $319 million for Supplemental Grants 

and $293 million for the Contingency Fund.

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Appropriations History Table 

Year

Request to 

Congress Appropriation

2004 $17,008,625,287

2005 17,008,625,827

2005/6 5,139,108,000

2005/6 11,988,328,513

2007 17,058,625,513

2008 17,058,625,513

2009

Pre-appropriated 17,058,625,513

Recovery Act 5,000,000,000

Total 22,058,625,513

2010

Appropriation 16,739,175,287

Recovery Act 319,450,226

Total 17,058,625,513

2011

Appropriation 17,408,625,513 16,950,496,693

Contingency Fund 1,854,962,000 334,238,754

TANF Emergency Fund 2,500,000,000

Total 21,763,587,513 17,284,735,447

20122

Appropriation 17,058,625,000 16,739,175,000

Contingency Fund 612,000,000 612,000,000

Total 17,760,625,000 17,351,175,000

2013

Appropriation 17,351,175,000

2 The FY 2012 level is an estimate based on current law.

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Amounts Available for Obligation

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Estimate

FY 2013

Estimate

Budget Authority $17,456,497,000 $17,351,175,000 $17,351,175,000

Rescission3 -171,761,000 0 0

Subtotal, Net Budget Authority $17,284,736,000 $17,351,175,000 $17,351,175,000

Total Obligations $17,284,736,000 $17,351,175,000 $17,351,175,000

Budget Authority by Activity

FY 2011

Enacted

FY 2012

Estimate

FY 2013

Estimate

State Family Assistance Grants $16,488,667,000 $16,488,667,000 $16,488,667,000

Territories -- Family Assistance Grants 77,875,000 77,875,000 77,875,000

Matching Grants to Territories 15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000

Supplemental Grants for Population Increases 211,322,000 0 319,450,000

Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible 

Fatherhood Grants 150,000,000 150,000,000 150,000,000

Tribal Work Programs 7,633,000 7,633,000 7,633,000

Contingency Fund 334,239,000 612,000,000 292,550,000

Total, Budget Authority $17,284,736,000 $17,351,175,000 $17,351,175,000

3 The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (P.L. 111-242) appropriated $506 million for the Contingency Fund in 

FY 2011 and $612 million for FY 2012. Subsequently, the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-291) reduced 

the Contingency Fund to $334 million in FY 2011. 

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Summary of Changes

FY 2012 Estimate

 Total estimated budget authority $17,351,175,000

FY 2013 Estimate

 Total estimated budget authority $17,351,175,000

 Net change +$0

FY 2012

Estimate Change from Base

Increases:

A. Program:

1) Supplemental Grants for Population Increases: 

Reauthorize the funding to 17 states previously 

eligible since 2002 $0 +$319,450,000

 Subtotal, Program Increases +$319,450,000

 Total, Increases +$319,450,000

Decreases:

A. Program:

1) Contingency Fund: Repurpose the Contingency 

Fund to assist states with needs stemming from a 

downturn in the economy $612,000,000 -$319,450,000

 Subtotal, Program Decreases -$319,450,000

 Total, Decreases -$319,450,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Justification

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Estimate

FY13 Change from FY12 

Estimate

$17,284,736,000 $17,351,175,000 $17,351,175,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Section 403(a), 403(b), 412(a) and 1108 of the Social Security Act; Section 131 

of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011; Section 811 of the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 

2013 Authorization ..................................Such sums as may be appropriated pending Congressional action 

Allocation Method .................................................................................... Formula Grant/Competitive Grant 

General Statement

Title I of Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 

1996, created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The legislation repealed 

the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and related programs and replaced them with a 

fixed block grant. The purpose of the TANF program is to provide state flexibility in operating programs 

designed to: (1) provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their own 

homes or the homes of relatives; (2) end dependence of needy parents by promoting job preparation, 

work, and marriage; (3) prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies; and (4) 

encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.

The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA): (1) reauthorized the TANF program through 2010 and 

maintained program funding levels for Family Assistance Grants to States, Tribes and Territories, 

Matching Grants to Territories, and Tribal Work Programs, and allowed continued access to the 

Contingency Fund; (2) modified work participation rate calculations; (3) created and provided funds for 

grants focused on promotion of healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood and; (4) reinstated authority 

for the Supplemental Grants for Population Increases program through FY 2008. The Medicare 

Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 extended authority for Supplemental Grants 

through FY 2009, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 extended these grants 

through FY 2010. On December 8, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Claims Resolution Act of 

2010, which included an extension of TANF through September 30, 2011 (with the exception of 

Supplemental Grants for Population Increases, which were extended through June 30, 2011). TANF was 

extended through December 31, 2011, in the Short-Term TANF Extension Act. On December 23, 2011, 

President Obama signed the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, which extended the 

TANF program through February 29, 2012. 

The FY 2013 request of $17,351,175,000 for the TANF program includes a proposal to restructure the 

Contingency Fund and to make the Supplemental Grants for Population Increases a permanent part of 

TANF.

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Program Description and Accomplishments

State Family Assistance Grants – Funding under the TANF program is provided primarily through State 

Family Assistance Grants, which were authorized and pre-appropriated through FY 2011 at $16.5 billion 

each year. State allocations are based on AFDC spending levels in the mid 1990s. While states must 

meet certain work participation and maintenance of effort requirements, they have flexibility with their 

TANF funds to design programs that promote work, personal responsibility and self-sufficiency, and 

strengthen families.

States have wide flexibility under TANF to determine their own eligibility criteria, benefit levels, and the 

type of services and benefits available to TANF recipients. States must maintain a historical level of state 

spending on behalf of eligible families (the maintenance of effort requirement) and must meet minimum 

work participation rate requirements. In addition, families that have received federally funded assistance 

under TANF for five cumulative years are not eligible for federally funded assistance, subject to limited 

exceptions.

States may transfer up to a total of 30 percent of their TANF funds to either the Child Care and 

Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program or the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) program, with 

no more than 10 percent transferred to SSBG. From the FY 2010 grants, states transferred $1.4 billion to 

CCDBG and $1.2 billion to SSBG. 

Tribes are eligible to operate their own TANF programs and those that choose to do so receive their own 

Family Assistance Grants. The number of approved tribal TANF plans has steadily increased since the 

first three tribal TANF programs started in July 1997. As of December 2011, 66 tribal TANF grantees 

have been approved. 

Territories – Family Assistance Grants – These grants provide funding to Guam, Puerto Rico and the 

Virgin Islands to operate their own TANF programs. Territories are subject to the same state plan, work, 

and maintenance of effort requirements as the states. A territory's allocation is based on historic funding 

levels, with a total of $77.9 million made available annually.

Matching Grants to Territories – These grants are an additional source of funding to the territories. These 

Matching Grants are subject to a ceiling under section 1108 of the Social Security Act and additional 

maintenance of effort requirements. Matching Grant funds may be used for the TANF program and the 

Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Chafee Foster Care Independence programs. The federal matching 

rate for these funds is 75 percent, and up to $15 million is made available annually for this purpose. 

Supplemental Grants for Population Increases – These grants provide additional TANF funding to states 

that experienced increases in their populations and/or had low levels of welfare spending per poor person 

in the mid 1990s. To receive a supplemental grant, a state must have met the criteria in FY 1998. 

Territories and tribes are not eligible. Since 2002, when the award amounts were fixed, the same 17 

states have received a total of $319 million each year through FY 2010. The Supplemental Grants, as 

with regular TANF block grant funds, can be transferred to CCDBG and SSBG, subject to the overall 

transfer limits. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 and the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 

authorized the grants through June 30, 2011, at a funding level of $211 million available for FY 2011. 

The grants have not been authorized for FY 2012. 

Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants – The DRA included $150 million for 

the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants in FY 2006 through FY 2010. The 

Claims Resolution Act of 2010 amended the Social Security Act to provide $150 million for FY 2011 for 

this purpose, specifying that funding should be equally split between healthy marriage and responsible 

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fatherhood activities. Program funds were used to award 120 Healthy Marriage and Responsible 

Fatherhood grants. Funds were also used to support research and evaluation activities and to implement a 

national responsible fatherhood clearinghouse and media campaign. Together, these activities are 

designed to promote and encourage healthy marriage and relationships, positive father and family 

interactions, and collaboration activities to address the needs of at-risk families in a comprehensive 

approach. 

The Claims Resolution Act also amended the allowable activities under the healthy marriage grants to 

include marriage education, marriage skills, and relationship skills programs for any participant – not just 

unmarried pregnant women and expectant fathers. Further, the Claims Resolution Act stipulated that in 

making FY 2011 grants, HHS must give preference to entities that were awarded funds under these 

programs for any prior fiscal year and that have demonstrated the ability to successfully carry out the 

programs. 

In addition, the Claims Resolution Act reauthorized demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of 

coordinating tribal TANF and child welfare services for tribal families at risk of child abuse or neglect. 

The Act stipulated that if the Secretary elected to award new grants up to $2 million in funding must be 

equally allocated from the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood funds. As a result, a total of 14 

Tribal TANF-Child Welfare Coordination demonstration projects were funded that emphasize improving 

case management for families eligible for assistance, supportive services and assistance to tribal children 

in out-of-home placements and the tribal families caring for such children, including families who adopt 

the children, and prevention services and assistance to tribal families at risk of child abuse and neglect.

 

Tribal Work Programs – These grants are available to Indian tribes and Alaskan Native organizations that 

conducted a Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training program in FY 1995. The purpose of these 

grants is to allow Indian tribes and Alaskan Native organizations to operate programs to make work 

activities available to their members. Funding is authorized and pre-appropriated at $7.6 million for each 

fiscal year through FY 2011. As of December 2011, there are 79 grantees for this program.

Contingency Fund – The Contingency Fund provides a funding reserve that can be used to assist states 

that meet certain criteria intended to reflect economic distress. To be eligible to receive contingency 

funds, a state must meet one of two criteria:

1) The state’s average unemployment rate for the most recent three-month period for which data are 

available must equal or exceed 6.5 percent, and this rate must be at least 10 percent higher than the 

average unemployment rate for the comparable three-month period in either or both of the last two 

calendar years or;

2) The average number of SNAP participants in the state for the most recent three-month period for which 

data are available must exceed by at least 10 percent the average number of food stamp participants in the 

state in the comparable three-month period of either FY 1994 or FY 1995. 

States also must increase their state spending and meet a higher maintenance of effort requirement in 

order to qualify for contingency funds. Contingency funds can be used for any allowable TANF 

expenditure and can carry over from year to year. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 appropriated 

$506 million for the Contingency Fund in FY 2011 and $612 million for FY 2012. Subsequently, the 

FY 2011 appropriation was reduced to $334 million as a result of the Claims Resolution Act of 2010. 

Overall funding for TANF-related programs during the last five years has been as follows:

2008 ................................................................................ $17,058,625,513 

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2009 ................................................................................ $17,058,625,513 

2009 Emergency Fund, Recovery Act ............................... $5,000,000,000 

2010 ................................................................................ $16,739,175,287 

2010 Supplemental Grants, Recovery Act ........................... $319,450,226 

2011 ................................................................................ $17,284,735,447 

2012 ............................................................................... $17,351,175,0004

The TANF job entry rate performance measure (percentage of adult TANF recipients who become newly 

employed) in FY 2010 was approximately 25 percent and the job retention rate (percentage of adult 

TANF recipients/former recipients employed in one quarter that were still employed in the next two 

consecutive quarters) was just over 60 percent. The recent economic downturn has affected caseloads and 

TANF program capacity to transition families into the workforce. The FY 2010 results were both short of 

their performance targets (38.4 percent and 62.2 percent, respectively). As a result of the Recovery Act, 

during fiscal years 2009 and 2010, emergency funding through the TANF program was provided to 52 

states and territories (including the District of Columbia) and 24 tribes to help cover costs associated with 

increased caseloads and spending on cash benefits, increased spending on short-term benefits, and 

increased spending on subsidized employment to assist states in their efforts to lead families to selfsufficiency. State efforts to expand subsidized employment programs with Recovery Act funds helped 

welfare recipients and other low income parents and young people attain employment. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for TANF is $17,351,175,000 and does not result in any 

increased spending. The budget continues the TANF programs, including Healthy Marriage and 

Responsible Fatherhood grants. It also reduces the amount available in the Contingency Fund so that the

Supplemental Grants for Population Increases – at the full $319 million level each year – become a 

permanent part of this program.

When Congress takes up reauthorization, ACF will work with lawmakers to strengthen the program’s 

effectiveness in accomplishing its goals. This approach should include using performance indicators to 

drive program improvement and ensuring that states have the flexibility to engage recipients in the most 

effective activities to promote success in the workforce, including families with serious barriers to 

employment. ACF also wants to work with Congress to revise the Contingency Fund to make it more 

effective during economic downturns. 

The program made revisions to its efficiency measure in 2008 to focus on states and territories meeting 

work participation rate targets. This measure captures the percentage of work participation rates that meet 

or exceed requirements, and ACF calculates state and territory performance relating to these targets 

annually. ACF also works with states and territories to ensure they meet required rates by reviewing and 

approving corrective compliance plans, which allow states and territories to improve future performance 

and to avoid financial penalties, as well as by offering technical assistance to help improve performance. 

In FY 2009, a baseline was established of 87 percent of state and territory work participation rates

meeting or exceeding their targets. In FY 2013, the program aims to have 100 percent of states and 

territories meet or exceed work participation requirements. 

4 The FY 2012 level is an estimate based on current law.

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Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012 

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

22.1LT and 22A: Increase the 

percentage of state work participation 

rates that meet or exceed requirements. 

(Efficiency)

FY 2009: 87%

(Historical Actual)

100% 100% Maintain

22.2LT and 22B: Increase the 

percentage of adult Temporary 

Assistance for Needy Families 

(TANF) recipients who become newly 

employed.5

FY 2010: 25.1%

Target:

38.4% 

(Target Not Met)

(Outcome)

Prior Result 

+0.3 

percentage 

points (PP)

Prior Result 

+0.3PP

N/A

22.3LT and 22C: Increase the 

percentage of adult TANF 

recipients/former recipients employed 

in one quarter that were still employed 

in the next two consecutive quarters. 

(Outcome)

FY 2010: 60.4%

Target:

62.2% 

(Target Not Met)

Prior Result 

+ 0.5PP

Prior Result 

+1PP

N/A

22.4LT and 22D: Increase the 

percentage rate of earnings gained by 

employed adult TANF 

recipients/former recipients between a 

base quarter and a second subsequent 

quarter. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 30.1%

Target:

30.0% 

(Target Met)

Prior Result 

+0.5PP

Prior Result 

+0.5PP

N/A

22E: Increase the rate of case closures 

related to employment, child support 

collected, and marriage. (Outcome)

FY 2010: 17.7%

Target:

21.2% 

(Target Not Met)

Prior Result 

+ 0.4PP

Prior Result 

+ 0.4PP

N/A

22i: Average monthly number of

TANF and separate state program 

(SSP) families receiving assistance. 

(Output)

FY 2010: 1,910,680

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

22ii: Average monthly number of 

families meeting participation 

requirements. (Output)

FY 2009: 275,943

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

22iii: Average monthly number of 

TANF adult recipients that are 

employed. (Output)

FY 2009: 228,791

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

22iv: Average number of months of

TANF families receiving cash 

assistance. (Output)

FY 2009: 37.3 

months

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

5 This performance measure is included in the FY 2010-2015 HHS Strategic Plan. 

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Resource and Program Data

State Family Assistance Grants

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Estimate

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $16,488,667,000 $16,488,667,000 $16,488,667,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $16,488,667,000 $16,488,667,000 $16,488,667,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 116 117 117

New Starts

# 1 1 0

$ $277,000 $129,000 $0

Continuations

# 115 116 117

$ $16,488,390,000 $16,488,538,000 $16,488,667,000

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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Resource and Program Data

Territories -- Family Assistance Grants

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Estimate

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $77,875,000 $77,875,000 $77,875,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $77,875,000 $77,875,000 $77,875,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 3 3 3

New Starts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Continuations

# 3 3 3

$ $77,875,000 $77,875,000 $77,875,000

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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Resource and Program Data

Supplemental Grants for Population Increases 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Estimate

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $211,322,000 $319,450,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $211,322,000 $0 $319,450,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 17 0 17

New Starts

# 17 0 17

$ $211,322,000 $0 $319,450,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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Resource and Program Data

Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Estimate

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $121,500,000 $121,500,000 $121,500,000

Research/Evaluation 15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000

Demonstration/Development 3,800,000 3,800,000 3,800,000

Training/Technical Assistance 1,900,000 1,900,000 1,900,000

Program Support 7,800,000 7,800,000 7,800,000

Total, Resources $150,000,000 $150,000,000 $150,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 134 134 134

New Starts

# 134 0 0

$ $121,500,000 $0 $0

Continuations

# 0 134 134

$ $0 $121,500,000 $121,500,000

Contracts

# 13 13 13

$ $18,900,000 $18,900,000 $18,900,000

Interagency Agreements

# 3 1 1

$ $2,492,000 $2,492,000 $2,492,000

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support, salaries and benefits and overhead costs, printing costs, and travel.

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Resource and Program Data

Tribal Work Programs

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Estimate

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $7,633,000 $7,633,000 $7,633,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $7,633,000 $7,633,000 $7,633,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 79 79 79

New Starts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Continuations

# 79 79 79

$ $7,633,000 $7,633,000 $7,633,000

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Mandatory State/Formula Grants

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families CFDA # 93.558

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Estimate Request +/- 2012

Alabama $93,315,207 $93,315,207 $93,315,207 0

Alaska 45,260,334 45,260,334 45,260,334 0

Arizona 200,141,299 200,141,299 200,141,299 0

Arkansas 56,732,858 56,732,858 56,732,858 0

California 3,659,389,581 3,659,389,581 3,659,389,581 0

Colorado 136,056,690 136,056,690 136,056,690 0

Connecticut 266,788,107 266,788,107 266,788,107 0

Delaware 32,290,981 32,290,981 32,290,981 0

District of Columbia 92,609,815 92,609,815 92,609,815 0

Florida 562,340,120 562,340,120 562,340,120 0

Georgia 330,741,739 330,741,739 330,741,739 0

Hawaii 98,904,788 98,904,788 98,904,788 0

Idaho 30,412,562 30,412,562 30,412,562 0

Illinois 585,056,960 585,056,960 585,056,960 0

Indiana 206,799,109 206,799,109 206,799,109 0

Iowa 131,030,394 131,030,394 131,030,394 0

Kansas 101,931,061 101,931,061 101,931,061 0

Kentucky 181,287,669 181,287,669 181,287,669 0

Louisiana 163,971,985 163,971,985 163,971,985 0

Maine 78,120,889 78,120,889 78,120,889 0

Maryland 229,098,032 229,098,032 229,098,032 0

Massachusetts 459,371,116 459,371,116 459,371,116 0

Michigan 775,352,858 775,352,858 775,352,858 0

Minnesota 263,434,070 263,434,070 263,434,070 0

Mississippi 86,767,578 86,767,578 86,767,578 0

Missouri 217,051,740 217,051,740 217,051,740 0

Montana 38,039,116 38,039,116 38,039,116 0

Nebraska 57,513,601 57,513,601 57,513,601 0

Nevada 43,907,517 43,907,517 43,907,517 0

New Hampshire 38,521,261 38,521,261 38,521,261 0

New Jersey 404,034,823 404,034,823 404,034,823 0

New Mexico 110,578,100 110,578,100 110,578,100 0

New York 2,442,930,602 2,442,930,602 2,442,930,602 0

North Carolina 302,239,599 302,239,599 302,239,599 0

North Dakota 26,399,809 26,399,809 26,399,809 0

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Estimate Request +/- 2012

Ohio 727,968,260 727,968,260 727,968,260 0

Oklahoma 145,281,442 145,281,442 145,281,442 0

Oregon 166,798,629 166,798,629 166,798,629 0

Pennsylvania 719,499,305 719,499,305 719,499,305 0

Rhode Island 95,021,587 95,021,587 95,021,587 0

South Carolina 99,967,824 99,967,824 99,967,824 0

South Dakota 21,279,651 21,279,651 21,279,651 0

Tennessee 191,523,797 191,523,797 191,523,797 0

Texas 486,256,752 486,256,752 486,256,752 0

Utah 75,609,475 75,609,475 75,609,475 0

Vermont 47,353,181 47,353,181 47,353,181 0

Virginia 158,285,172 158,285,172 158,285,172 0

Washington 380,544,968 380,544,968 380,544,968 0

West Virginia 110,176,310 110,176,310 110,176,310 0

Wisconsin 314,499,354 314,499,354 314,499,354 0

Wyoming 18,500,530 18,500,530 18,500,530 0

Subtotal 16,306,988,207 16,306,988,207 16,306,988,207 0

Indian Tribes 181,679,028 181,679,028 181,679,028 0

Subtotal 181,679,028 181,679,028 181,679,028 0

Guam 3,465,478 3,465,478 3,465,478 0

Puerto Rico 71,047,191 71,047,191 71,047,191 0

Virgin Islands 2,846,564 2,846,564 2,846,564 0

Subtotal 77,359,233 77,359,233 77,359,233 0

Total States/Territories 16,566,026,468 16,566,026,468 16,566,026,468 0

Discretionary Funds 149,687,619 150,000,000 150,000,000 0

Other 218,879,648 22,633,000 342,083,000 $319,450,000

Subtotal, Adjustments 368,567,267 172,633,000 492,083,000 319,450,000

TOTAL RESOURCES $16,934,593,735 $16,738,659,468 $17,058,109,468 $319,450,000

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FY 2013 BUDGET PAGE

APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE ........................................................................................................ 317 

AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION ........................................................................................................ 318 

APPROPRIATIONS HISTORY TABLE ............................................................................................. 319 

AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION ................................................................................... 321 

BUDGET AUTHORITY BY ACTIVITY ............................................................................................ 322 

SUMMARY OF CHANGES .............................................................................................................. 323 

JUSTIFICATION: 

 GENERAL STATEMENT ............................................................................................................... 324

 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS................................................................. 325

 BUDGET REQUEST.................................................................................................................... 329 

 OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES TABLE ........................................................................................... 331

 RESOURCE AND PROGRAM DATA.............................................................................................. 333

 STATE TABLES........................................................................................................................... 337

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FY 2013 Proposed Appropriation Language

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Payments for Foster Care and Permanency

For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under title IV-E of the Social 

Security Act, [$5,153,000,000] $4,810,000,0001

For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under title IV-E of the Social 

Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year [2013] 2014, [$2,100,000,000] $2,200,000,000

. 

2

For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States or other non-Federal 

entities under section 474 of title IV-E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the current 

fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

(Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2012) 

. 

1 Amounts reflect current law.

2 Amounts reflect current law. 

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Payments for Foster Care and Permanency

Authorizing Legislation

FY 2012 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

1. Foster Care 

[Section 470 of the 

Social Security Act]

Such sums $4,288,000,000 Such sums $4,395,000,000

2. Chafee Foster Care 

Independence Program 

[Section 470 and 477 

of the Social Security 

Act]

$140,000,000 $140,000,000 $140,000,000 $140,000,000

3. Adoption Assistance 

[Section 470 of the 

Social Security Act]

Such sums $2,495,000,000 Such sums $2,537,000,000

4. Guardianship 

Assistance 

[Section 470 of the 

Social Security Act] 

Such sums $80,000,000 Such sums $90,000,000

5. Technical Assistance 

and Implementation 

Services for Tribal 

Programs 

[Section 476 of the 

Social Security Act]

$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000

Total request level Such sums $7,006,000,000 Such sums $7,165,000,000

Total request level against 

definite authorizations

$143,000,000 $143,000,000 $143,000,000 $143,000,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Payments for Foster Care and Permanency

Appropriations History Table 

Year

Budget 

Estimate to 

Congress Appropriation

2004

Appropriation 4,967,400,000 5,068,300,000

Advance 1,745,600,000 1,745,600,000

Total 6,713,000,000 6,813,900,000

2005

Appropriation 5,307,900,000 5,307,900,000

Advance 1,767,700,000 1,767,700,000

Total 6,805,600,000 6,805,600,000

2006

Appropriation 4,852,800,000 4,852,800,000

Advance 1,767,200,000 1,767,200,000

Total 6,620,000,000 6,620,000,000

2007

Appropriation 5,243,000,000 4,912,000,000

Advance 1,730,000,000 1,730,000,000

Indefinite -- 213,000,000

Total 6,973,000,000 6,855,000,000

2008

Appropriation 5,067,000,000 5,067,000,000

Advance 1,810,000,000 1,810,000,000

Total 6,877,000,000 6,877,000,000

2009

Appropriation 5,113,000,000 5,050,000,000

Advance 1,776,000,000 1,776,000,000

Pre-appropriated 3,000,000

Indefinite 389,062,000

Total 6,889,000,000 7,218,062,000

2010

Appropriation 5,532,000,000 5,532,000,000

Advance 1,800,000,000 1,800,000,000

Pre-appropriated 3,000,000 3,000,000

Total 7,335,000,000 7,335,000,000

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Year

Budget 

Estimate to 

Congress Appropriation

2011

Appropriation 4,769,000,000 0

Advance 1,850,000,000 1,850,000,000

Pre-appropriated 3,000,000 3,000,000

Indefinite 5,137,000,000

Total 6,622,000,000 6,990,000,000

2012

Appropriation 5,603,000,000 5,153,000,000

Advance 1,850,000,000 1,850,000,000

Pre-appropriated 3,000,000 3,000,000

Total 7,256,000,000 7,006,000,000

2013

Appropriation 5,062,000,000

Advance 2,100,000,000

Pre-appropriated 3,000,000

Total 7,165,000,000

2014

Advance 2,200,000,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Payments for Foster Care and Permanency

Amounts Available for Obligation

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Current Law Estimate

Advance, B.A. $1,850,000,000 $1,850,000,000 $2,100,000,000 $2,100,000,000

Definite, B.A. 0 5,150,000,000 4,810,000,000 5,062,000,000

Indefinite, B.A. 5,033,530,000 0 0 0

Pre-appropriated, B.A. 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000

Subtotal, Net Budget 

Authority $6,886,530,000 $7,003,000,000 $6,913,000,000 $7,165,000,000

Recovery Act, B.A. 103,703,000 3,000,000 0 0

Subtotal, Net Budget 

Authority including 

Recovery Act $6,990,233,000 $7,006,000,000 $6,913,000,000 $7,165,000,000

Unobligated balance, 

lapsing -15,000 -261,000,000 0 0

Total Obligations $6,990,218,000 $6,745,000,000 $6,913,000,000 $7,165,000,000

Obligations less 

Recovery Act 6,886,515,000 6,742,000,000 6,913,000,000 7,165,000,000

Advance Requested for FY 2014 $2,200,000,000 $2,200,000,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Payments for Foster Care and Permanency

Budget Authority by Activity

FY 2011

Enacted

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Current Law Estimate

Foster Care $4,456,380,000 $4,288,000,000 $4,143,000,000 $4,395,000,000

Tribal IV-E Technical 

Assistance (PreAppropriated) 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000

Adoption Assistance 2,362,123,000 2,495,000,000 2,537,000,000 2,537,000,000

Guardianship Assistance 28,730,000 80,000,000 90,000,000 90,000,000

Chafee Foster Care 

Independence Program 140,000,000 140,000,000 140,000,000 140,000,000

Total, Budget Authority $6,990,233,000 $7,006,000,000 $6,913,000,000 $7,165,000,000

Advance Requested for FY 2014 $2,200,000,000 $2,200,000,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Payments for Foster Care and Permanency

Summary of Changes

FY 2012 Enacted

 Total estimated budget authority $7,006,000,000

 (Obligations) ($6,745,000,000)

FY 2013 Estimate

 Total estimated budget authority $7,165,000,000

 Net change +$159,000,000

FY 2012

Enacted Change from Base

Increases:

A. Built-in:

1) Adoption Assistance: Technical baseline change 

from 2012 enacted level. $2,495,000,000 +$42,000,000

2) Guardianship Assistance: Technical baseline 

change from 2012 enacted level. $80,000,000 +$10,000,000

 Subtotal, Built-in Increases +$52,000,000

B. Program:

1) Foster Care: Provide financial incentives to 

improve the child welfare system, and require that 

child support payments made on behalf of children in 

foster care be used in the best interest of the child. $4,288,000,000 +$252,000,000

 Subtotal, Program Increases +$252,000,000

 Total, Increases +$304,000,000

Decreases:

A. Built-in:

1) Foster Care: Technical baseline change from 2012 

enacted level. $4,288,000,000 -$145,000,000

 Subtotal, Built-in Decreases -$145,000,000

 Total, Decreases -$145,000,000

Net Change +$159,000,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Payments for Foster Care and Permanency

Justification

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

 Estimate

FY13 Change from 

FY12 Enacted

Budget Authority $6,990,233,000 $7,006,000,000 $7,165,000,000 +$159,000,000

Obligations $6,990,218,000 $6,745,000,000 $7,165,000,000 +$420,000,000

Authorizing Legislation – Sections 470 and 477(h)(2) of the Social Security Act

2013 Authorization ................................. Indefinite with legislative changes pending Congressional action; 

pre-appropriated funds of $3,000,000 for tribal technical assistance; definite authorization of 

$140,000,000 for the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program 

Allocation Method ................................................................................................................... Formula Grant 

General Statement

Child Welfare programs are designed to enhance the capacity of families to raise children in a nurturing, 

safe environment; protect children who have been, or are at risk of being, abused or neglected; provide 

safe, stable, family-like settings consistent with the needs of each child when remaining at home is not in 

the best interest of the child; reunite children with their biological families when appropriate; improve 

child and family functioning and well-being; and secure adoptive homes or other permanent living 

arrangements for children whose families are not able to care for them. Ensuring the health and safety of 

the child always is of primary importance when a child is identified as potentially in need of any child 

welfare service. Key federal programs supporting child welfare services include Foster Care, Adoption 

Assistance, Guardianship Assistance, the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program, Promoting Safe and 

Stable Families, Child Welfare Services state grants, Child Welfare Research, Training and 

Demonstration, CAPTA state grants, the Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention grants, Abandoned 

Infants Assistance, Adoption Opportunities, and Adoption Incentives. 

Payments for Foster Care and Permanency is an entitlement account, authorized by title IV-E of the 

Social Security Act, which assist states with the costs of maintaining eligible children in foster care, 

preparing children for living on their own, assisting relatives with legal guardianship of eligible children, 

and finding and supporting adoptive homes for children with special needs who are unable to return 

home. Administrative and training costs also are supported. 

The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (FCSIAA, P.L. 110-351) 

contains numerous provisions that affect the Foster Care and Adoption Assistance programs, including 

allowing federally-recognized Indian tribes, Indian tribal organizations and tribal consortia to apply to 

operate title IV-E programs directly beginning in FY 2010. The law also created a new Guardianship 

Assistance entitlement program that allows states and tribes operating title IV-E programs the option to 

provide kinship guardianship assistance payments under title IV-E for relatives taking legal guardianship 

of eligible children who have been in foster care. The Guardianship Assistance program option for states 

became effective upon enactment of P.L. 110-351 on October 7, 2008. Other significant changes to the 

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programs include amending the definition of child to provide title IV-E agencies the option to increase the 

age limit for assistance on behalf of certain children (beginning in FY 2011); a gradual de-linking of title 

IV-E Adoption Assistance from the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) eligibility 

requirements (beginning in FY 2010); and making available federal reimbursement under title IV-E 

training for additional defined categories of trainees, subject to a gradually increasing rate of federal 

financial participation (FFP) over five years. 

Program Description and Accomplishments

Foster Care - The Foster Care program supports ACF's goals to improve the healthy development, safety, 

permanency, and well-being of children and youth. This program is an annually appropriated entitlement 

with specific eligibility requirements and fixed allowable uses of funds. It provides matching 

reimbursement funds to states for: foster care maintenance payments; costs for statewide automated 

information systems; training for staff, as well as foster and adoptive parents; and administrative costs to 

manage the program. Administrative costs include costs for the work done by caseworkers and others to 

plan for a foster care placement, arranging therapy for a foster child, training of foster parents, and home 

visits to foster children as well as more traditional administrative costs such as for automated information 

systems and eligibility determination. 

The average monthly number of children for whom states receive federal foster care payments has 

declined from over 300,000 in FY 1999 to approximately 179,400 in FY 2011 and 165,000 projected for 

FY 2013. Title IV-E caseloads have been declining, which can be attributed to several factors, including 

a reduction in the overall foster care population, increased adoptions, and, notably, the erosion of 

eligibility. States can only claim reimbursement for IV-E eligible children, children whose biological 

families would have qualified for the defunct Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program 

under the 1996 income standards, not adjusted for inflation. Fewer and fewer families meet these static 

income standards over time thereby reducing the number of children who are title IV-E eligible. The 

federal IV-E participation stood at approximately 51.8 percent in FY 2000. Currently, the participation 

stands at approximately 43 percent of all children in foster care nationally. 

Beginning in FY 2010, federally-recognized Indian tribes, Indian tribal organizations and tribal consortia 

(hereafter tribes) with approved title IV-E plans also became eligible for the program. In addition, $3 

million is directly appropriated for FY 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter for technical assistance to 

tribes, including grants to assist tribes in developing title IV-E plans. ACF has awarded planning grants 

to 12 tribes since FY 2009. In addition, the first direct tribal IV-E grantee is expected to become active in 

FY 2012. 

Federal law requires that every child in foster care (including those not IV-E eligible) have a case plan 

that specifies the permanency goal for the child (e.g., reunification or adoption) and details the types of 

services the child and parents will receive to facilitate achievement of that goal. Despite this requirement, 

a portion of cases are reported as having no case goal or “case plan goal not yet determined” even when 

children have been in care for a year or more. Identifying an appropriate goal is a crucial first step in 

moving a child to permanency. The most recent data for FY 2010 show that 3.3 percent of children who 

have been in foster care for more than 12 months do not have a case plan goal. This FY 2010 result was 

an improvement over the previous year’s actual result of 3.6 percent, but fell just short of meeting the FY 

2010 target of 3.1 percent. Performance in this area has been consistently improving since FY 2005 when 

8.3 percent of children had no stated goal. With actual performance so close to the target, ACF believes 

that attaining future goals is possible. ACF will continue to work with states to decrease the percentage 

of children in care for more than 12 months with no case plan goal. 

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Adoption Assistance - The Adoption Assistance program provides funds to states to subsidize families 

that adopt children with special needs who cannot be reunited with their families, thus preventing long, 

inappropriate stays in foster care. This is consistent with ACF's goals to improve healthy development, 

safety, and well-being of children and youth and to increase the safety, permanency, and well-being of 

children and youth. To receive adoption assistance benefits, a child must have been determined by the 

state to be a special needs child, e.g., older, a member of a minority or sibling group, or have a physical, 

mental, or emotional disability. Additionally, the child must have been: 1) unable to return home, and 

the state must have been unsuccessful in its efforts to find an adoptive placement without medical or 

financial assistance; and 2) receiving or eligible to receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children 

(AFDC), under the rules in effect on July 16, 1996, title IV-E Foster Care benefits, or Supplemental 

Security Income (SSI) benefits. 

In accordance with FCSIAA, beginning in FY 2010, revised Adoption Assistance eligibility requirements 

that exclude consideration of AFDC and SSI income eligibility requirements are being phased in over a 

nine-year period, based primarily on the age of the child in the year the adoption assistance agreement is 

finalized. For FY 2013, the phase-in of the exclusion of consideration of AFDC and SSI applies to 

otherwise eligible children for whom an adoption assistance agreement is entered into and who have 

reached the age of 10. The revised eligibility requirements also apply to children based on time in care 

and to siblings of children to whom the revised eligibility criteria apply. In FY 2010, federallyrecognized Indian tribes, Indian tribal organizations and tribal consortia with approved title IV-E plans 

also became eligible for the program. 

Funds also are used for the administrative costs of managing the program and training staff and for 

adoptive parents. The number of children subsidized by this program and the level of federal 

reimbursement has increased significantly as permanent adoptive homes are found for more children. 

The average monthly number of children for whom payments were made has increased more than 85 

percent, from just over 228,000 in FY 2000 to an estimated 430,400 in FY 2011 and 459,500 projected in 

FY 2012. 

Guardianship Assistance - The FCSIAA added section 473(d) to the Social Security Act to create the title 

IV-E kinship guardianship assistance program. This new program became a title IV-E plan option for 

states effective October 7, 2008 and became an option for tribes beginning in FY 2010. The 

Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP) provides funds to IV-E agencies to provide a subsidy on behalf 

of a child to a relative taking legal guardianship of that child. To be eligible for GAP payments, a child 

must have been eligible for title IV-E foster care maintenance payments while residing for at least six 

consecutive months in the home of the prospective relative guardian. Further, the title IV-E agency must 

determine that: 1) being returned home or adopted are not appropriate permanency options for the child; 

2) the child has a strong attachment to the prospective relative guardian and the guardian has a strong 

commitment to caring permanently for the child; and 3) a child 14 years or older has been consulted 

regarding the kinship guardianship arrangement. Additionally, the state or tribe may make GAP 

payments on behalf of siblings of an eligible child who are placed together with the same relative under 

the same kinship guardianship arrangement. Funds also are used for the administrative costs of managing 

the program and training staff and relative guardians. 

As of January 2012, 30 states have submitted title IV-E plan amendments to enable them to make claims 

for federal support of eligible guardianship assistance and 28 states have been given final approval of 

those GAP amendments. This represents an increase of 18 states in 2012. The amendments from the 

remaining two states are under review or are being revised. ACF will continue to work closely with 

states, as well as tribes, to help them in implementing guardianship assistance programs.

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As is also noted in the Promoting Safe and Stable Families chapter, establishing permanency for children 

who are in foster care is one of the primary missions of ACF. By definition, foster care is intended to be a 

temporary situation until children may safely exit to permanency, which includes the following: 

reunification with parent(s) or primary caretaker(s), living with other relative(s), guardianship, or 

adoption. Not only are children in foster care meant to achieve permanency, but ACF seeks to do this in a 

timely manner. Therefore new annual performance measures 7P1 and 7P2 are focused on the amount of 

time it takes for children in foster care to move into a permanent home. Historical data show that between 

FY 2004 - 2008, over 90 percent of children who exited foster care in less than 24 months exited to 

permanent homes; historical data for fiscal years 2004 – 2008 also shows that of the children who exited 

foster care after being in care for 24 months or longer, an average of only 72 percent exited foster care to 

a permanent home. Though no FY 2010 targets were set for either performance measure (since targets 

cannot be set retroactively for years already passed), small improvements occurred in both. For measure 

7P1, the FY 2010 data show improvement over the FY 2009 baseline of 91.3 to 91.5 percent, meaning 

that 91.5 percent of children who exited foster care in less than 24 months went to permanent homes. 

There was also a slight improvement from the FY 2009 baseline for measure 7P2 which went from 72.3 

percent to 72.4 percent of children exiting foster care to a permanent home after spending 24 months or 

longer in foster care. In future years, ACF seeks to maintain and improve upon the strong performance on 

measure 7P1 by increasing by 0.2 percentage points per year, the proportion of children who exit to 

permanency. For measure 7P2, ACF seeks to improve performance by 0.5 percentage points per year

through FY 2013. To secure permanent placements, we need to do more to help children recover from 

the trauma of abuse and neglect in order to ensure improved long-term child outcomes. 

The Foster Care, Adoption Assistance and Guardianship Assistance programs are annually appropriated 

entitlement programs. Federal financial participation in maintenance expenditures incurred by IV-E state 

agencies is provided at the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), which varies among states 

from 50 percent to 83 percent in any given year. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

(P.L. 111-5; Recovery Act) adjusted the FMAP for the period October 1, 2008 through December 31, 

2010 to increase the federal share of Medicaid and IV-E expenditures. On August 10, 2010, President 

Obama signed into law P.L. 111-226 which extended the FMAP provision through the end of the third 

quarter of FY 2011, but gradually reduced the size of the FMAP increase provided by the Recovery Act. 

 In addition, HHS has formulated a tribal FMAP to be used for direct title IV-E funding to tribes which 

takes into consideration the tribe's service area and population. The statute requires the application of the 

tribal FMAP, if higher than the state FMAP, for certain payments under title IV-E agreements and 

contracts between states and tribes. State guardianship assistance and adoption subsidy payments made 

on behalf of individual children vary from state to state but may not exceed foster family care rates for 

comparable children. 

State administrative costs are matched at a 50 percent rate and training for state and local employees and 

for adoptive parents at a 75 percent rate. Under revisions enacted in P.L. 110-351, states now are allowed 

to claim title IV-E reimbursement for short-term training of additional categories of individuals. These 

categories include: relative guardians; private child welfare agency staff providing services to children 

receiving title IV-E assistance; child abuse and neglect court personnel; agency, child or parent attorneys; 

guardians ad litem; and court appointed special advocates. The FY 2009 matching rate of 55 percent 

increases by 5 percentage points per year to 75 percent in FY 2013. 

Chafee Foster Care Independence Program – This program originated in 1986 and was permanently 

authorized as part of P.L. 103-66 in 1993. In FY 1999, the federal Independent Living Program was 

revised and amended by the enactment of Title I of P.L. 106-169, the John H. Chafee Foster Care 

Independence Act. The Foster Care Independence Act provided states with more flexibility and 

additional resources to support child welfare services designed to help youth make the transition from 

foster care to become positive, productive adults. This program provides services to foster children under 

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18, former foster youth (ages 18-21) and, as added by FCSIAA, youth who left foster care for kinship 

guardianship or adoption after age 16. This program helps these youth make the transition to independent 

living by providing a variety of services including, but not limited to, educational assistance, career 

exploration, vocational training, job placement, life skills training, home management, health services, 

substance abuse prevention, preventive health activities, and room and board. 

States have the authority to extend the lower age limit of youth in foster care who are eligible for 

independent living services, and may use up to 30 percent of the Chafee Foster Care Independence 

Program (CFCIP) allotment to provide room and board and other independent living services to youth (up 

to age 21) formerly in foster care. Other provisions of the law include: 1) a formula for determining the 

amount of state allocation based on a state’s percent of children in foster care in proportion to the national 

total of children in foster care, using data from the most recent year available; and 2) a “hold harmless” 

provision for the state allotments so that no state will receive less funding under CFCIP than it received in 

FY 1998 or $500,000, whichever is greater. States have the option of providing Medicaid to foster care 

youth until age 21. In order to be awarded federal funds, states must provide a 20 percent match. Tribes 

with an approved title IV-E plan or a title IV-E tribal/state agreement have the option to receive directly 

from the Secretary a portion of the state's CFCIP to provide services to tribal youth. 

The program is implementing the National Youth in Transition Database, as required by P.L. 106-169, 

which will offer data on recipient demographics and how well they transition over time, and will then 

develop ambitious performance measures and targets. Baseline data for two developmental performance 

measures (7W and 7X) will be reported in FY 2012. 

In accordance with Section 477(d)(3) of the Act, states have two years within which to expend funds 

awarded for each fiscal year. Meeting this expenditure deadline is an important milestone to ensure that 

these funds reach the youth who need them. The Children’s Bureau employs several methods to 

encourage the timely expenditure of grant funds including providing technical assistance to states on 

allowable costs and services and meeting match requirements under CFCIP. For FY 2008, ACF met the 

target for the number of states/jurisdictions fully expending Chafee funds, with 50 out of 52 

states/jurisdictions fully expending their grant awards. While missing the target for the amount of 

unspent funds, the amount left unexpended represented a very small proportion of available funds; of the 

combined $137,900,000 in grant awards, less than three-tenths of one percent, equal to approximately 

$352,300, was unexpended. In FY 2009 although the number of states/jurisdictions and total amount of 

unexpended funds increased - 47 out of 52 states/jurisdictions spent their total allocation with a total of 

$659,036 remaining unexpended - the total amount that was not spent remains lower than one-half of one 

percent of the total allocation.3

The Multi-Site Evaluation of Foster Youth Programs, the only rigorous evaluation of programs designed 

to help foster youth make the transition to adulthood, recently concluded. This evaluation, required by 

P.L. 106-169, was designed to examine existing programs of potential national significance as they 

currently operate. Final reports summarizing findings from all four programs evaluated – a life skills 

training program (Los Angeles, CA), a tutoring program (Los Angeles, CA), an employment services 

program (Kern County, CA), and a one-on-one intensive, individualized life skills program (State of 

Massachusetts) – were released in 2011. Three of the four sites (the California sites) were not found to 

produce significant impacts on key outcomes of interest for the transition to adulthood. Massachusetts’ 

Adolescent Outreach Program did have significant findings that favored the treatment group, including 

being more likely to enroll in post-secondary education and stay in foster care past age 18. These 

findings must be taken with caution, however, since the higher rate of college attendance among 

treatment youth is almost entirely a function of the fact that they were more likely to remain involved 

3 ACF considers any state that has expended 98 percent of their Chafee funds as fully expending their allotment.

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with the child welfare system given that Massachusetts required youth to be enrolled in school or 

vocational training to stay in foster care past age 18. It is important to note that individual programs in 

the evaluation differed in their approach and are not representative of all services for foster youth aging 

out of care, nor does the evaluation speak to the effectiveness of the CFCIP overall. 

Even though there were minimal significant findings, the Multi-Site Evaluation provided important 

learning about social service evaluation and tracking of foster youth that can be used in other ACF efforts, 

including the National Youth in Transition Database. In 2011, ACF launched a new effort to build on the 

work of the Multi-Site Evaluation and develop the next tests of Chafee-funded services and programs. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the Foster Care and Permanency programs of 

$7,165,000,000 reflects FY 2013 current law of $6,913,000,000 adjusted by +$252,000,000 to support 

proposed legislation to improve the Foster Care program. This is $159,000,000 above the FY 2012 

enacted level. In addition to the legislative proposals discussed below, this funding request supports 

continuing implementation of FCSIAA and ongoing baseline IV-E program changes under current law, 

and includes the $3,000,000 in pre-appropriated funds for technical assistance for tribal programs. 

Further, $2,200,000,000 will be needed for the first quarter of FY 2014 to assure the timely awarding of 

first quarter grants. 

In FY 2013, $4,395,000,000 is requested for the Foster Care program, an increase of $252,000,000 

million from the FY 2013 current law estimate of $4,143,000,000. 

Child welfare systems serve some of America’s most vulnerable children. The psychological trauma 

experienced by children that come into contact with child welfare systems presents a serious barrier to 

their safety, permanency, well-being and for some, their chances for successful adoption. The Federal 

Government should be helping states to help those children achieve safety, permanency, and success in 

life. Current law, however, can discourage investment and innovation. The Administration looks forward 

to working with Congress to address these crucial issues. 

Specifically, the FY 2013 Budget includes $2.5 billion over 10 years in mandatory funds to support 

program improvements based on the following principles: 

 

• Creating financial incentives to improve child outcomes in key areas, by reducing the length of stay in 

foster care, increasing permanency through reunification, adoption, and guardianship, decreasing 

rates of maltreatment recurrence and any maltreatment while in foster care, and reducing rates of reentry into foster care;

• Improving the well-being of children and youth in the foster care system, transitioning to permanent 

homes, or transitioning to adulthood, to include:

• Ensuring proper oversight and monitoring for psychotropic medications; 

• Providing appropriate therapeutic services using the best research available on effective 

interventions; 

• Building capacity in child welfare and mental health systems to ensure effective interventions are 

available; and

• Training child welfare staff and clinicians to provide effective, evidence-based interventions that 

address the trauma and mental health needs of children in foster care.

• Reducing costly and unnecessary administrative requirements, while retaining the focus on children 

in need. 

The request also includes $303 million over ten years to support a proposal to require that child support 

payments made on behalf of youth in foster care are used in the best interest of the child, rather than as an 

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offset to state and federal child welfare costs. This proposal increases the funding required for Foster 

Care in FY 2013 by $2 million over current law, and is estimated to cost approximately $34 million per 

year once fully implemented. 

The FY 2013 current law estimate for Foster Care of $4,143,000,000 is $145 million below the FY 2012 

enacted level of $4,288,000,000. An estimated average of 165,000 children per month will have 

payments made on their behalf in the Foster Care program in FY 2013. This continues the trend in the 

decline of IV-E eligible children over the last decade, which can be attributed to several factors, including 

a reduction in the overall foster care population, increased adoptions, and the linking of a child’s 

eligibility to the income standards set in the defunct AFDC criteria. While there will be a continuing 

decline in the number of children participating in the Foster Care program and an end to the enhanced 

match rate from FY 2011, both administrative and training costs are expected to increase, in part due to 

the implementation of provisions and state options in FCSIAA. 

An annual measure of the adoption rate was developed as an appropriate measure of success in moving 

children toward permanency through adoption, taking into account the size of the pool of children in 

foster care for whom adoption is the appropriate goal. In FY 2010, the adoption rate reached 12.2 

percent, with 52,000 children adopted, exceeding the FY 2010 target of 10.2 percent. ACF expects to 

maintain this high level of performance, as the current performance has already surpassed the target for 

future years through FY 2013. The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 

2008 is also likely to support continued improvements in this performance measure by increasing 

incentives available to states under the Adoption Incentives program and by gradually increasing the 

population of children eligible for title IV-E adoption assistance. 

In FY 2013, $2,537,000,000 is requested for the Adoption Assistance program, which is the FY 2013 

current law estimate. This is an increase of $42 million over the FY 2012 enacted level. This reflects 

increasing numbers of children in the Adoption Assistance program. In FY 2013, an estimated average of 

459,500 children per month will have payments made on their behalf. 

In FY 2013, $90,000,000 is requested for the Guardianship Assistance program, which is the FY 2013 

current law estimate. This is $10 million above the FY 2012 enacted level. This is the net effect of an 

increase in the expected number of children participating in the Guardianship Assistance program through 

both new states and tribes choosing to begin programs, increased utilization of guardianship in established 

state programs, and the end of the enhanced matching rates from FY 2011. An estimated average of 

14,000 children per month will have payments made on their behalf in FY 2013. 

The FY 2013 current law level for the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program is $140,000,000. This 

will allow continued grants to states to support services and supports to children aging out of foster care. 

In addition, the discretionary component of the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program includes 

$45,174,000 for education and training vouchers and a $5,000,000 for a new initiative to provide services 

to disconnected youth (see the Children and Families Services chapter).

As previously noted, the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program under section 477 of the Social 

Security Act authorized the creation of a data collection and performance system, called the National 

Youth in Transition Database (NYTD). The NYTD collects information on independent living services 

provided to youth in foster care or who have aged out of foster care and also collects outcome information 

from youth in six areas: financial self-sufficiency, educational attainment, positive connections with 

adults, homelessness, high-risk behavior, and health insurance coverage. States began reporting 

information to NYTD in FY 2011. ACF expects to establish baseline data for developmental 

performance measures 7W and 7X in FY 2012. 

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Outputs and Outcomes Table

FOSTER CARE

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

7R: Decrease the percent of foster children in 

care 12 or more months with no case plan goal 

(including case plan goal "Not Yet 

Determined").4

FY 2010: 3.3%

Target:

3.1% 

(Target Not Met but 

Improved)

(Child Welfare Services, PSSF, 

Foster Care) (Efficiency)

Prior Result 

-0.5PP

Prior Result 

-0.5PP

N/A

7S: Decrease improper payments in the title IV-E 

foster care program by lowering the national 

error rate. (Foster Care) (Efficiency)

FY 2011: 5.25%

Target:

4.7% 

(Target Not Met)

4.5% 4.3% -0.4

7.8LT and 7T: Increase the adoption rate. (Foster 

Care, Adoption Opportunities, Adoption 

Incentives, Adoption Assistance) (Outcome)

FY 2010: 12.2%

Target:

10.2% 

(Target Exceeded)

10.4% 10.5% 5 +0.1

7xiii: Number of adoptions from foster care. 

(Output)

FY 2009: 57,466

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

7xv: Annual estimate of improper payments. 

(Output)

FY 2009: $72.7 million

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

ADOPTION ASSISTANCE

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

7.8LT and 7T: Increase the adoption rate. (Foster 

Care, Adoption Opportunities, Adoption 

Incentives, Adoption Assistance) (Outcome)

FY 2010: 12.2%

Target:

10.2% 

(Target Exceeded)

10.4% 10.5% 6 +0.1 

7xiii Number of adoptions from foster care. 

(Output)

FY 2009: 57,466

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

4 Existing performance measures starting with measure 7Q have been renumerated due to the addition of a new measure 7P.

5 The most recent actual results for this performance measure exceeded the FY 2013 target, as future performance on this measure is uncertain. 

The number of adoptions has been rising through the 2000’s, but has recently begun to decline. The number of children in care has also been 

declining. ACF will continue to examine performance on this measure and will revise future performance targets as needed.

6 The most recent actual results for this performance measure exceeded the FY 2013 target, as future performance on this measure is uncertain. 

The number of adoptions has been rising through the 2000’s, but has recently begun to decline. The number of children in care has also been 

declining. ACF will continue to examine performance on this measure and will revise future performance targets as needed.

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CHAFEE INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012 

Target

7W (new): Increase or maintain the percentage of 

youth currently or formerly in foster care who 

report in the National Youth in Transition 

Database (NYTD) survey having a connection to 

at least one adult to whom they can go for advice 

or emotional support. (Developmental Outcome 

and Efficiency)

TBD N/A TBD N/A

7X (new): Increase the percentage of youth 

currently or formerly in foster care who report in 

the NYTD survey having at least a high school 

diploma or GED. (Developmental Outcome) 

TBD N/A TBD N/A

7Y1: Promote efficient use of CFCIP funds by 

increasing the number of jurisdictions that 

completely expend their allocations within the 

two-year expenditure period. (Outcome and 

Efficiency)

FY 2009: 47

Target:

51

(Target Not Met)

Prior Result 

+2% 

(until 

maintenance 

goal of 52 

states/juris is 

achieved)

Prior Result 

+2% 

(until 

maintenance 

goal of 

52 

states/juris is 

achieved)

N/A

7Y2: Promote efficient use of CFCIP funds by 

decreasing the total amount of funds that remain 

unexpended by states at the end of the prescribed 

period. (Outcome and Efficiency)

FY 2009: $659,036

Target:

$317,103

(Target Not Met)

Prior Result 

-10%

Prior Result 

-10%

N/A

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Resource and Program Data

Foster Care and Tribal

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $4,435,591,000 $4,083,000,000 $4,370,450,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development 298,000 1,421,000 1,421,000

Training/Technical Assistance 21,271,000 23,238,000 23,778,000

Program Support 2,206,000 2,341,000 2,351,000

Total, Resources $4,459,366,000 $4,110,000,000 $4,398,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 56 60 60

New Starts

# 53 57 57

$ $4,439,095,000 $4,084,421,000 $4,371,871,000

Continuations

# 3 3 3

$ $3,639,000 $2,436,000 $2,436,000

Contracts

# 6 6 14

$ $14,528,000 $20,985,000 $21,525,000

Interagency Agreements

# 1 1 4

$ $1,217,000 $1,217,000 $1,217,000

Notes:

1. FY 2011-2012 – Includes funding for provisions enacted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the subsequent 

extension in P.L. 111-226.

2. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support, staffing and travel for tribal technical assistance activities, and 

associated overhead costs.

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Resource and Program Data

Adoption Assistance 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $2,362,123,000 $2,415,000,000 $2,537,000,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $2,362,123,000 $2,415,000,000 $2,537,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 57 61 61

New Starts

# 57 61 61

$ $2,362,123,000 $2,415,000,000 $2,537,000,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Notes:

1. FY 2011-2012 – Includes funding for provisions enacted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the subsequent 

extension in P.L. 111-226.

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Resource and Program Data

Guardianship Assistance

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $28,730,000 $80,000,000 $90,000,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $28,730,000 $80,000,000 $90,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 40 44 44

New Starts

# 40 44 44

$ $28,730,000 $80,000,000 $90,000,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Notes:

1. FY 2011-2012 – Includes funding for provisions enacted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the subsequent 

extension in P.L. 111-226.

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Resource and Program Data

Chafee Foster Care Independence Program 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $ 137,900,000 $ 137,900,000 $ 137,900,000 

Discretionary 

Research/Evaluation 256,000 375,000 360,000 

Demonstration/Development 205,000 515,000 515,000 

Training/Technical Assistance 959,000 664,000 670,000 

Program Support 679,600 546,000 555,000 

Total, Resources $ 139,999,600 $ 140,000,000 $ 140,000,000 

Program Data:

Number of Grants 58 59 59

New Starts

# 56 58 56

$ $ 137,900,000 $ 138,415,000 $ 137,900,000 

Continuations

# 2 1 3

$ $ 238,200 $ 33,000 $ 548,000 

Contracts

# 4 3 3

$ $ 1,181,000 $ 1,006,000 $ 997,000 

Interagency Agreements

# 2 1 1

$ $ 409,000 $ 267,000 $ 271,000 

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support, staffing, and associated overhead costs.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Mandatory State/Formula Grants

Title IV-E Foster Care CFDA # 93.658

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $35,959,263 $33,753,338 $33,918,634 $165,295

Alaska 15,518,289 14,566,153 14,637,486 71,333

Arizona 73,736,798 69,214,102 69,553,055 338,953

Arkansas 40,021,470 37,566,182 37,750,150 183,968

California 1,180,957,613 1,108,520,119 1,113,948,719 5,428,600

Colorado 57,845,433 54,296,890 54,562,790 265,901

Connecticut 56,921,124 53,429,566 53,691,219 261,653

Delaware 4,559,967 4,280,298 4,301,259 20,961

District of Columbia 31,703,371 29,758,394 29,904,125 145,732

Florida 166,184,213 155,990,566 156,754,477 763,911

Georgia 82,780,256 77,702,421 78,082,942 380,521

Hawaii 23,574,161 22,128,012 22,236,377 108,364

Idaho 10,769,861 10,109,387 10,158,894 49,507

Illinois 188,411,689 176,855,140 177,721,228 866,088

Indiana 108,135,064 101,502,190 101,999,262 497,072

Iowa 23,861,124 22,397,408 22,507,092 109,684

Kansas 24,991,882 23,459,035 23,573,917 114,883

Kentucky 38,225,060 35,880,346 36,056,058 175,712

Louisiana 43,522,072 40,852,437 41,052,498 200,061

Maine 18,592,983 17,452,538 17,538,006 85,468

Maryland 63,349,940 59,464,223 59,755,429 291,206

Massachusetts 60,839,956 57,108,182 57,387,850 279,668

Michigan 95,755,698 89,882,496 90,322,665 440,169

Minnesota 41,481,909 38,937,567 39,128,251 190,683

Mississippi 15,740,032 14,774,536 14,846,889 72,353

Missouri 45,491,708 42,701,601 42,910,717 209,117

Montana 12,452,824 11,689,155 11,746,399 57,244

Nebraska 17,193,599 16,139,350 16,218,387 79,037

Nevada 35,126,241 32,971,433 33,132,899 161,466

New Hampshire 17,478,070 16,405,930 16,486,273 80,342

New Jersey 89,388,655 83,906,036 84,316,938 410,901

New Mexico 25,170,434 23,626,117 23,741,817 115,701

New York 390,692,206 366,727,642 368,523,565 1,795,924

North Carolina 76,271,069 71,592,671 71,943,272 350,601

North Dakota 9,897,741 9,290,874 9,336,373 45,499

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio 175,867,351 165,079,628 165,888,050 808,421

Oklahoma 32,803,997 30,791,860 30,942,653 150,793

Oregon 90,742,477 85,176,046 85,593,166 417,121

Pennsylvania 224,948,056 211,150,086 212,184,122 1,034,036

Rhode Island 13,324,904 12,507,668 12,568,920 61,252

South Carolina 26,251,115 24,640,810 24,761,480 120,670

South Dakota 6,271,961 5,887,287 5,916,118 28,831

Tennessee 47,787,645 44,856,768 45,076,439 219,671

Texas 246,853,463 231,711,472 232,846,200 1,134,728

Utah 22,916,802 21,511,312 21,616,656 105,344

Vermont 9,483,998 8,902,268 8,945,864 43,596

Virginia 55,346,258 51,951,174 52,205,587 254,413

Washington 85,102,389 79,881,993 80,273,188 391,195

West Virginia 26,942,436 25,289,425 25,413,272 123,846

Wisconsin 61,325,875 57,564,371 57,846,273 281,902

Wyoming 2,307,203 2,165,493 2,176,097 10,605

Subtotal 4,350,877,705 4,084,000,000 4,104,000,000 20,000,000

Indian Tribes 0 0 16,000,000 16,000,000

Subtotal 0 0 16,000,000 16,000,000

Total States/Territories 4,350,877,705 4,084,000,000 4,120,000,000 36,000,000

Other 84,712,246 0 252,000,000 252,000,000

Training and Technical 

Assistance 23,775,565 26,000,000 26,000,000 0

Subtotal, Adjustments 108,487,811 26,000,000 278,000,000 252,000,000

TOTAL RESOURCES $4,459,365,516 $4,110,000,000 $4,398,000,000 $288,000,000

1

In FY 2011, Other reflects funding to states for the FMAP increase under the Recovery Act and the FMAP increase extension.

2

In FY 2013, Other reflects proposal for child welfare reform.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Mandatory State/Formula Grants

Title IV-E Adoption Assistance CFDA # 93.659

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $12,508,195 $13,333,277 $14,007,045 $673,767

Alaska 10,905,788 11,625,578 12,212,622 587,045

Arizona 79,535,457 84,782,717 89,066,145 4,283,428

Arkansas 14,756,051 15,729,600 16,524,260 794,660

California 413,508,336 440,791,244 463,058,799 22,267,555

Colorado 19,454,520 20,738,640 21,785,744 1,047,104

Connecticut 34,207,648 36,465,043 38,306,731 1,841,688

Delaware 1,771,250 1,887,851 1,983,498 95,647

District of Columbia 20,448,381 21,797,158 22,898,699 1,101,540

Florida 87,222,062 92,976,905 97,673,831 4,696,926

Georgia 37,188,387 39,641,663 41,644,650 2,002,987

Hawaii 13,754,076 14,661,488 15,402,219 740,730

Idaho 6,258,346 6,670,903 7,008,280 337,377

Illinois 93,551,849 99,724,558 104,762,113 5,037,555

Indiana 63,607,248 67,803,788 71,229,268 3,425,480

Iowa 33,616,266 35,833,983 37,644,484 1,810,501

Kansas 15,193,882 16,196,500 17,014,556 818,056

Kentucky 42,868,201 45,696,429 48,005,073 2,308,643

Louisiana 17,048,729 18,173,892 19,091,668 917,776

Maine 12,512,942 13,338,607 14,012,361 673,753

Maryland 25,153,791 26,813,660 28,167,955 1,354,295

Massachusetts 34,568,674 36,849,861 38,711,018 1,861,157

Michigan 114,023,357 121,546,234 127,686,710 6,140,476

Minnesota 29,742,400 31,704,376 33,306,414 1,602,038

Mississippi 6,522,897 6,953,387 7,304,532 351,145

Missouri 31,219,254 33,278,829 34,960,239 1,681,410

Montana 6,839,405 7,290,237 7,658,967 368,730

Nebraska 10,626,894 11,328,169 11,900,309 572,139

Nevada 15,181,241 16,182,642 17,000,400 817,758

New Hampshire 5,321,287 5,672,079 5,958,934 286,854

New Jersey 49,721,179 53,001,590 55,679,239 2,677,649

New Mexico 16,920,221 18,036,381 18,947,761 911,380

New York 197,536,500 210,570,485 221,207,184 10,636,699

North Carolina 51,019,116 54,385,232 57,132,707 2,747,475

North Dakota 4,986,736 5,316,042 5,584,294 268,252

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio 152,039,220 162,070,528 170,257,991 8,187,463

Oklahoma 30,457,690 32,467,618 34,107,417 1,639,799

Oregon 37,103,686 39,552,121 41,549,799 1,997,678

Pennsylvania 95,503,646 101,805,351 106,947,792 5,142,442

Rhode Island 8,118,080 8,653,625 9,090,865 437,239

South Carolina 13,966,640 14,888,542 15,640,254 751,712

South Dakota 3,705,119 3,949,456 4,149,101 199,645

Tennessee 38,770,892 41,329,109 43,416,785 2,087,676

Texas 90,549,077 96,523,420 101,399,520 4,876,100

Utah 7,510,993 8,006,576 8,411,031 404,455

Vermont 8,032,316 8,561,951 8,994,824 432,873

Virginia 26,418,331 28,161,059 29,584,024 1,422,965

Washington 53,832,080 57,383,834 60,282,747 2,898,913

West Virginia 18,352,922 19,563,930 20,552,142 988,212

Wisconsin 50,972,115 54,335,131 57,080,074 2,744,943

Wyoming 890,249 948,722 996,927 48,205

Subtotal 2,265,523,622 2,415,000,000 2,537,000,000 122,000,000

Total States/Territories 2,265,523,622 2,415,000,000 2,537,000,000 122,000,000

Other 96,476,378 0 0 0

Subtotal, Adjustments 96,476,378 0 0 0

TOTAL RESOURCES $2,362,000,000 $2,415,000,000 $2,537,000,000 $122,000,000

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Mandatory State/Formula Grants

Chafee Foster Care Independence Program CFDA # 93.674

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $2,174,877 $1,749,078 $1,749,078 0

Alaska 683,316 588,801 588,801 0

Arizona 3,209,948 3,246,419 3,246,419 0

Arkansas 1,153,688 1,232,528 1,232,528 0

California 18,990,900 18,866,508 18,866,508 0

Colorado 2,500,762 2,281,975 2,281,975 0

Connecticut 1,501,971 1,458,764 1,458,764 0

Delaware 500,000 500,000 500,000 0

District of Columbia 1,091,992 1,091,992 1,091,992 0

Florida 6,045,111 6,130,927 6,130,927 0

Georgia 2,530,101 2,254,185 2,254,185 0

Hawaii 500,000 500,000 500,000 0

Idaho 500,000 500,000 500,000 0

Illinois 5,388,295 5,796,477 5,796,477 0

Indiana 3,923,550 4,013,399 4,013,399 0

Iowa 2,070,771 2,135,837 2,135,837 0

Kansas 1,785,308 1,944,943 1,944,943 0

Kentucky 2,167,937 2,282,955 2,282,955 0

Louisiana 1,509,859 1,455,821 1,455,821 0

Maine 565,888 565,888 565,888 0

Maryland 2,224,722 1,993,622 1,993,622 0

Massachusetts 3,044,324 2,928,643 2,928,643 0

Michigan 5,591,145 5,365,583 5,365,583 0

Minnesota 1,706,714 1,650,999 1,650,999 0

Mississippi 1,047,373 1,171,065 1,171,065 0

Missouri 3,126,978 3,230,073 3,230,073 0

Montana 517,062 563,301 563,301 0

Nebraska 1,661,642 1,726,819 1,726,819 0

Nevada 1,507,650 1,571,229 1,571,229 0

New Hampshire 500,000 500,000 500,000 0

New Jersey 2,463,536 2,297,848 2,297,848 0

New Mexico 633,788 611,034 611,034 0

New York 11,585,958 11,585,958 11,585,958 0

North Carolina 3,011,830 2,886,142 2,886,142 0

North Dakota 500,000 500,000 500,000 0

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio 3,847,835 3,903,550 3,903,550 0

Oklahoma 2,748,409 2,568,693 2,568,693 0

Oregon 2,667,723 2,879,433 2,879,433 0

Pennsylvania 5,324,569 5,017,075 5,017,075 0

Rhode Island 666,281 681,977 681,977 0

South Carolina 1,557,810 1,466,937 1,466,937 0

South Dakota 500,000 500,000 500,000 0

Tennessee 2,120,931 2,188,799 2,188,799 0

Texas 8,418,737 9,465,945 9,465,945 0

Utah 870,393 943,521 943,521 0

Vermont 500,000 500,000 500,000 0

Virginia 1,869,814 1,741,231 1,741,231 0

Washington 3,122,620 3,305,814 3,305,814 0

West Virginia 1,336,663 1,339,434 1,339,434 0

Wisconsin 2,140,491 2,149,568 2,149,568 0

Wyoming 500,000 500,000 500,000 0

Subtotal 136,109,272 136,330,790 136,330,790 0

Indian Tribes 102,627 105,869 105,869 0

Subtotal 102,627 105,869 105,869 0

Puerto Rico 1,688,101 1,463,341 1,463,341 0

Subtotal 1,688,101 1,463,341 1,463,341 0

Total States/Territories 137,900,000 137,900,000 137,900,000 0

Training and Technical 

Assistance 2,099,250 2,100,000 2,100,000 0

Subtotal, Adjustments 2,099,250 2,100,000 2,100,000 0

TOTAL RESOURCES $139,999,250 $140,000,000 $140,000,000 $0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FY 2013 BUDGET PAGE

APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE .... .................................................................................................. 345 

AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION ....................................................................................................... 346 

APPROPRIATIONS HISTORY TABLE ............................................................................................. 347 

AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION .................................................................................... 349 

BUDGET AUTHORITY BY ACTIVITY ............................................................................................ 349 

SUMMARY OF CHANGES .............................................................................................................. 350 

JUSTIFICATION: 

GENERAL STATEMENT .............................................................................................................. 351

 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS................................................................. 352

 BUDGET REQUEST.................................................................................................................... 355 

 OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES TABLE ........................................................................................... 356

RESOURCE AND PROGRAM DATA ............................................................................................. 357 

STATE TABLES........................................................................................................................... 360

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FY 2013 Proposed Appropriation Language

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Promoting Safe and Stable Families 

For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and section 437 of such 

Act, [$63,184,000] $63,065,000. (Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2012) 

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Promoting Safe and Stable Families 

Authorizing Legislation

FY 2012 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

1. Promoting Safe and 

Stable Families 

[Sections 436, 437 and 

438 of the Social 

Security Act]

$545,000,000 $408,065,000 $545,000,000 $408,065,000

2. Family Connection 

Grants [Section 427(h) 

of the Social Security 

Act]

$15,000,000 $15,000,000 $15,000,000 $15,000,000

3. Personal 

Responsibility 

Education Program 

[Pre-Appropriated, 

Section 513 of the 

Social Security Act]

$75,000,000 $75,000,000 $75,000,000 $75,000,000

4. Abstinence Education 

[Pre-Appropriated,

Section 510 of the 

Social Security Act] 

$50,000,000 $50,000,000 $50,000,000 $50,000,000

Total request level $548,065,000 $548,065,000

Total request level against 

definite authorizations

$685,000,000 $548,065,000 $685,000,000 $548,065,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Promoting Safe and Stable Families 

Appropriations History Table 

Year

Budget 

Estimate to 

Congress Appropriation

2004

Appropriation 554,978,000 405,000,000

Rescission -617,000

Total 404,383,000

2005

Appropriation 505,000,000 404,383,000

Rescission -787,000

Total 403,586,000

2006

Appropriation 410,000,000 435,000,000

Pre-appropriated 20,000,000

Rescission -900,000

Section 202 Transfer -61,000

Total 454,039,000

2007

Appropriation 434,100,000 434,100,000

Pre-appropriated 20,000,000

Total 454,100,000

2008

Appropriation 434,100,000 409,437,000

Pre-appropriated 20,000,000

Rescission -1,126,000

Total 428,311,000

2009

Appropriation 408,311,000 408,311,000

Pre-appropriated 35,000,000

Total 443,311,000

2010

Appropriation 408,311,000 533,311,000

Pre-appropriated 160,000,000

Total 408,311,000 568,311,000

2011

Appropriation 408,311,000 428,311,000

Pre-appropriated 140,000,000

Rescission -127,000

Total 408,311,000 568,184,000

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Year

Budget 

Estimate to 

Congress Appropriation

2012

Appropriation 428,311,000 408,184,000

Pre-appropriated 140,000,000

Rescission -119,000

Total 428,311,000 548,065,000

2013

Appropriation 408,065,000

Pre-appropriated 140,000,000

Total 408,065,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Promoting Safe and Stable Families 

Amounts Available for Obligation

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Estimate

FY 2013

Estimate

Annual, B.A. $428,311,000 $408,184,000 $408,065,000

Pre-Appropriated, B.A. 140,000,000 140,000,000 140,000,000

Rescission -127,000 -119,000 0

Subtotal, Net Budget Authority $568,184,000 $548,065,000 $548,065,000

Unobligated balance, start of year 18,807,000 24,678,000 0

Unobligated balance, lapsing -12,487,000 -13,000,000 0

Recoveries of prior year obligations 2,795,000 0 0

Unobligated balance, end of year -24,678,000 0 -13,000,000

Total Obligations $552,621,000 $559,743,000 $535,065,000

Budget Authority by Activity

FY 2011

Enacted

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Promoting Safe and Stable Families $428,184,000 $408,065,000 $408,065,000

Pre-appropriated:

Family Connection Grants 15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000

Personal Responsibility Education Program 75,000,000 75,000,000 75,000,000

Abstinence Education Program 50,000,000 50,000,000 50,000,000

Total, Budget Authority $568,184,000 $548,065,000 $548,065,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Promoting Safe and Stable Families

Summary of Changes

FY 2012 Enacted

 Total estimated budget authority $548,065,000

 (Obligations) ($559,743,000)

FY 2013 Estimate

 Total estimated budget authority $548,065,000

 (Obligations) ($535,065,000)

 Net change +$0

FY 2012

Estimate Change from Base

Increases:

A. Program:

1) Abstinence Education: Reappropriate as 

discretionary funds for Pregnancy Prevention for 

Foster Youth. $50,000,000 +$13,000,000

 Subtotal, Program Increases +$13,000,000

 Total, Increases +$13,000,000

Decreases:

A. Program:

1) Abstinence Education: Rescind unclaimed state 

grants. $50,000,000 -$13,000,000

 Subtotal, Program Decreases -$13,000,000

 Total, Decreases -$13,000,000

Net Change $0

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Promoting Safe and Stable Families 

Justification

FY 2011 

Enacted

FY 2012 

Enacted

FY 2013 

Estimate

Change from 2012 

Enacted

PSSF $443,184,000 $423,065,000 $423,065,000 $0

Affordable Care Act 

Programs 125,000,000 125,000,000 125,000,000 0

Total, Budget Authority $568,184,000 $548,065,000 $548,065,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Sections 427, 436-438, 510 and 513 of the Social Security Act 

2013 Authorization .................................................................. $545,000,000 for Promoting Safe and Stable 

Families, $15,000,000 pre-appropriated for Family Connection Grants, $75,000,000 pre-appropriated for 

the Personal Responsibility Education Program, and $50 million pre-appropriated for the Abstinence 

Education Program

Allocation Method ................................................................................... Formula Grant, Competitive Grant 

General Statement

President Obama signed The Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (P.L. 112-34) 

into law on September 30, 2011, which reauthorized Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Child 

Welfare Services through FY 2016. PSSF is a capped entitlement program designed to enable each state 

and eligible Indian Tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia to operate a coordinated program of 

family preservation services, community-based family support services, time-limited reunification 

services, and adoption promotion and support services. Specifically, PSSF services include: 

• Family preservation services, which are designed to help families alleviate crises; maintain the safety 

of children in their own homes; support families who are preparing to reunify or adopt, and assist 

families to obtain support to address their multiple needs in a culturally sensitive manner. The 

definition also allows grantees to support infant safe haven programs. 

• Family support services, which are primarily community-based preventive activities designed to 

promote the safety and well-being of children and families; promote parental competencies and 

behaviors that will increase the ability of families to successfully nurture their children; enable 

families to use other resources and opportunities available in the community; create supportive 

networks to enhance child-rearing abilities of parents and help compensate for the increased social 

isolation and vulnerability of families; and strengthen parental relationships and promote healthy 

marriages. The P.L. 112-34 amended the definition to include mentoring programs. 

• Time-limited reunification services, which are provided to a child who is removed from home and 

placed in a foster care setting and to the parents or primary caregiver. These services are available 

only for 15 months from the date the child enters foster care. Time-limited reunification services 

facilitate the safe and timely reunification of the child with the family. Grantees may use funds for 

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counseling; substance abuse treatment services; mental health services; temporary child care; and 

therapeutic services for families, including crisis nurseries; and transportation to services. In 

addition, P.L. 112-34 authorized grantees to use funds for peer-to-peer mentoring and support groups 

for parents and primary caregivers, and for services and activities to facilitate access to and visitation 

of children in foster care by parents and siblings. 

• Adoption promotion and support services, which are designed to encourage more adoptions of 

children out of the foster care system when adoptions are in the best interests of the children. They 

include pre- and post-adoption services designed to expedite the adoption process and support 

adoptive families.

The account also includes two programs funded under the Affordable Care Act: Personal Responsibility 

Education Program (PREP) and Abstinence Education, which educate youth about the prevention of 

pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and prepare youth for adulthood. 

Program Description and Accomplishments

Promoting Safe and Stable Families

Formula Grants – Funds are distributed to states based on the state's share of children in all states 

receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. States are entitled to payments 

equal to their allotments for use in paying not more than 75 percent of the costs of activities under the 

approved state plan. The remaining 25 percent of costs must be paid with funds from non-federal 

sources. States carry out a comprehensive planning process, consulting with a broad range of public and 

private agencies providing services to families, as well as with parents and families themselves, to ensure 

that services are coordinated and that funds are spent in a manner responsive to the needs of families.

In addition, three percent of both the mandatory and discretionary funds appropriated (after deducting the 

$40 million specified for initiatives) are reserved for allotment to tribal consortia or Indian tribes that have 

submitted plans and whose allotment is greater than $10,000. Tribal allotments are based on the number 

of children in the tribe relative to the number of children in all tribes with approved plans. The allotment 

to Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa is 

determined by formula. 

Targeted Funds – There are several statutory provisions which target funds under the Promoting Safe and 

Stable Families program: 

• From the mandatory funds, $40 million is allocated to two purposes: (1) formula grants for states 

to improve the quality of caseworker visits with children in foster care, with an emphasis on 

improving caseworker decision making, training and retention, and (2) competitive grants for 

regional partnerships to provide services and activities to work with children and families 

impacted by a parent’s or caretaker’s substance abuse. P.L. 112-34 designates $20 million 

targeted to each of these initiatives for each fiscal year. 

• Nine million dollars of the mandatory appropriation and 3.3 percent of any discretionary 

appropriation are to be used for the basic State Court Improvement program (CIP) grants to 

assess and improve handling of court proceedings related to foster care and adoption. An 

additional $20 million is allocated for grants to improve data collection and collaboration 

between courts and child welfare agencies, and train judges, attorneys and other legal persons in 

child welfare cases. Finally, under P.L. 112-34, an additional $1 million in mandatory funding is 

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provided for grants to be awarded on a competitive basis among the highest courts of Indian 

tribes or tribal consortia.

• Six million dollars of the mandatory appropriation and 3.3 percent of any discretionary 

appropriation are set aside for evaluation, research and training, of which $2 million must address 

the child welfare worker and substance abuse initiatives.

• The Fostering Connections to Success and Improving Adoptions Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-351), 

created the Family Connection Grant program for the purpose of helping children who are in, or 

at risk of entering, foster care reconnect with family members. It pre-appropriated $15 million 

for competitive, matching grants to state, local, or tribal child welfare agencies, and private nonprofit organizations to establish: 1) kinship navigator programs (a $5 million set-aside); 2) 

programs using intensive family-finding efforts to locate biological family members and 

reestablish relationships; 3) programs using family group decision-making meetings; or 4) 

residential family treatment programs. No more than 30 new grants may be awarded per year and 

the grant durations must be between 1 to 3 years. The federal contribution declines from 75 

percent for the first two years of the grant program to 50 percent in the third year. There is also 

funding set-aside for evaluation (3 percent) and technical assistance (2 percent) of the preappropriated funds. 

Funding for the Promoting Safe and Stable Families program during the last five years has been as 

follows: 

Fiscal Year Mandatory Discretionary Pre-Appropriated Total

2008 345,000,000 63,311,000 20,000,000 428,311,000

2009 345,000,000 63,311,000 35,000,000 443,311,000

2010 345,000,000 63,311,000 35,000,000 443,311,000

2011 365,000,000 63,184,000 15,000,000 443,184,000

2012 345,000,000 63,065,000 15,000,000 423,065,000

Establishing permanency for children who are in foster care is one of the primary missions of ACF. By 

definition, foster care is intended be a temporary situation until children may safely exit to permanency, 

which includes the following: reunification with parent(s) or primary caretaker(s), living with other 

relative(s), guardianship, or adoption. Not only are children in foster care meant to achieve permanency, 

but the goal is to reach permanency in a timely manner. Therefore new annual performance measures 

7P1 and 7P2 are focused on the amount of time it takes for children in foster care to move into a 

permanent home. Historical data show that between FY 2004 - 2008, of those children who exited foster 

care in less than 24 months over 90 percent exited to permanent homes; historical data for fiscal years

2004 – 2008 also shows that of the children who exited foster care after being in care for 24 months or 

longer, an average of only 72 percent exited foster care to a permanent home. Though no FY 2010 targets 

were set for either performance measure (since targets cannot be set retroactively for years already 

passed), small improvements occurred in both. For measure 7P1, the FY 2010 data show improvement 

over the FY 2009 baseline of 91.3 to 91.5 percent, meaning that 91.5 percent of children who exited foster 

care in less than 24 months, went to permanent homes. There was also a slight improvement from the FY 

2009 baseline for measure 7P2 which went from 72.3 percent to 72.4 percent of children exiting foster 

care to a permanent home after spending 24 months or longer in foster care. 

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Affordable Care Act Programs

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 funded two pre-appropriated programs designed to address the 

education of youth on abstinence, the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), 

and adulthood preparation topics. 

Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) – Section 513 of Title V of the Social Security Act 

provides $75,000,000 per year for the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP). The PREP 

program supports evidence-based programs that teach youth about abstinence and contraception to 

prevent pregnancy and STIs. States are required to target youth between the ages of 10 and 19 who are at 

high-risk for becoming pregnant or who have special circumstances, including living in foster care, being 

homeless, living with HIV/AIDS, being pregnant or a mother under 21 years of age, or residing in an area 

with high birth rates. Grantees also must address at least three mandated adulthood preparation subjects: 

healthy relationships, adolescent development, financial literacy, parent-child communication, 

educational and career success, and healthy life skills. The program sets aside $10,000,000 in grants to 

support innovative strategies and provide targeted services. In addition, 10 percent of funds are for 

program support and evaluation. 

This program contains several components. 

• All fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 

Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau are 

eligible to receive a portion of $55,250,000 allotted to states to implement PREP. Individual state 

awards for each fiscal year will be based on the proportion of the number of youth between the 

ages of 10 and 19 in a state to the total number of youth between the ages of 10 and 19 in all of 

the states and US territories, with a minimum grant award of at least $250,000. If a state fails to 

submit an application in FY 2010 or FY 2011, the state is ineligible to apply for funds from the 

amounts allotted to the state for each of the fiscal years FY 2012 through FY 2014. Those funds 

will be used to award competitive three year grants to local organizations and entities for the 

same purpose and in the same geographic regions. 

• In addition to grants to states, $3,250,000 is available for providing grants to tribes and tribal 

organizations to implement PREP.

• The Innovative Strategies program is funded through $10,000,000 for competitive grants to 

entities to implement innovative youth pregnancy prevention strategies and target services to 

high-risk, vulnerable, and culturally under-represented youth populations, including: youth in, 

and aging out of, foster care; homeless youth; youth with HIV/AIDS; pregnant and parenting 

women who are under 21 years of age and their partners; and youth residing in areas with high 

birth rates for youth The initial funding opportunity announcement supporting the grants was 

released jointly by ACF and the Office of Adolescent Health in FY 2010. Entities awarded grants 

under this program were required to agree to participate in a rigorous federal evaluation of their 

grant activities.

• Finally, $6,500,000 is reserved for providing training, technical assistance and evaluation 

activities.

ACF is in the process of formulating developmental performance measures for the PREP program in 

coordination/consultation with Mathematica Policy Research and the Office of Adolescent Health’s Teen 

Pregnancy Prevention Program. ACF plans to begin semi-annual data collection from grantees starting in 

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2012. In the President’s FY 2014 Budget Request, ACF intends to provide developmental performance 

measures to reflect this initial progress.

Abstinence Education – Section 510 of Title V of the Social Security Act provides $50,000,000 “...to 

enable the states to provide abstinence education, and at the option of the states, where appropriate, 

mentoring, counseling, and adult supervision to promote abstinence from sexual activity, with a focus on 

those groups which are most likely to bear children out-of-wedlock.” This formula grant program to 

states is allocated using a pro-rata method based on the ratio of the number of low-income children in 

each state to the total of all low-income children in all states. States are required to match every four 

dollars they receive of federal abstinence education funds with three non-federal dollars. The non-federal 

match must be used solely for the activities enumerated under Section 510 and must be state dollars, local 

government dollars, private dollars, such as foundation dollars, or in-kind support. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) is $423,065,000, 

which is the same as the FY 2012 enacted level. This Budget also includes funding for PREP at the preappropriated amount of $75 million, and Abstinence Education at the pre-appropriated amount of $50 

million. The Budget proposes to cancel unobligated balances in Abstinence Education and repurpose 

these funds for comprehensive approaches to prevent pregnancy among youth in foster care (discussed 

below). This proposal is budget neutral. In total, the FY 2013 funding request for this account is 

$548,065,000. 

This request will support ACF’s efforts around the previously noted (see Foster Care chapter) federal law 

that requires that every child in foster care have a case plan that specifies the permanency goal for the 

child (e.g., reunification or adoption) and details the types of services the child and parents will receive to 

facilitate achievement of that goal. In FY 2008, 3.4 percent of children in foster care had an 

undetermined case plan goal, performance that exceeded the 5.9 percent target. In FY 2009, ACF’s 

performance declined slightly to 3.6 percent, but still exceeded the target of 5.4 percent. In FY 2010, 

performance in this area improved from the previous year to 3.3 percent of children without a case plan 

goal, but fell short of the target of 3.1 percent. With actual performance so close to the target, ACF 

believes that attaining future goals is possible. By FY 2013, the program expects to reduce the percentage 

of foster children without a case plan goal by at least 0.5 percentage points from the previous year’s 

actual result.

Preventing Pregnancy for Youth in Foster Care

Youth in the foster care system are at particularly high risk of becoming teen parents. Available data in 

some states suggests that, approximately half of female youth transitioning out of foster care became 

pregnant before age 19.1

 The circumstances that cause youth to be placed in foster care and the nature of 

the foster care system itself put them at higher risk for pregnancy. Relationships and connections that 

ameliorate the risks of an unplanned and early pregnancy—close and trusting relationships with adults, 

connections to school and the community, and access to contraception and information on sexual health—

are inconsistently available to youth in the foster care system.

The Budget proposes to cancel unobligated balances in Abstinence Education and repurpose these funds 

for comprehensive approaches to prevent pregnancy among youth in foster care. Historically, 

approximately $12-15 million goes unobligated in Abstinence Education because some states do not draw 

down funds. 

1 Courtney, M., Dworsky, A., Ruth, G., Keller, T., Havlicek, J., Bost, N. (2005). Midwest evolution of the adult 

functioning of former foster youth: Outcomes at age 19. Chicago, IL. Chapin Hall Center for Children at the 

University of Chicago.

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The proposal would create a new discretionary grant program to provide competitive funds to local and 

state child welfare agencies with the strongest and boldest plans to reduce pregnancy for youth in foster 

care. The application will require grantees to develop a comprehensive plan that may include, for 

example:

• Bringing key stakeholders from the child welfare, reproductive health, juvenile justice, and social 

services fields (including those in the non-profit, philanthropic, or private sector) to address 

prevention of pregnancy among youth in foster care; 

• Identifying improvements in policy and practice to make the child welfare system more effective 

in preventing pregnancy; 

• Looking across funding streams (i.e. PREP, Abstinence Education, IV-E Foster Care, 

discretionary child welfare programs) to develop a comprehensive plan to address pregnancy 

prevention in foster care;

• Addressing pregnancy prevention through age-appropriate, medically accurate, and evidencebased and effective program interventions; 

• Training caseworkers, foster parents, and other adults who provide services for youth in foster 

care;

• Granting awards to entities to implement pregnancy prevention interventions with youth in foster 

care or train caseworkers, foster parents, and other adults;

• Developing programs and interventions in collaboration with private and philanthropic funds; and 

• Working in collaboration with the court system to address pregnancy prevention.

The program will be designed to expand the evidence base for preventing pregnancy among youth in 

foster care, using both abstinence and comprehensive approaches. Key strategies will include adapting 

proven programs for the foster care population and evaluating approaches that are unique to the foster 

care population, such as working with the court system and training foster care parents. Funding would 

also cover federal costs associated with administering and evaluating the contracts and grants. 

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

7P1 (new): Of all children who exit foster care 

in less than 24 months, the percentage who exit 

to permanency (reunification, living with 

relative, guardianship or adoption). (PSSF, 

Guardianship Assistance) (Outcome)

FY 2010: 91.5%

(Historical Actual) 

Prior Result 

+0.2PP

Prior Result

+0.2PP

N/A

7P2 (new): Of all children who exit foster care 

after 24 or more months, the percentage who 

exit to permanency (reunification, living with 

relative, guardianship or adoption). (PSSF, 

Guardianship Assistance) (Outcome)

FY 2010: 72.5%

(Historical Actual) 

Prior Result 

+0.5PP

Prior Result 

+0.5PP

N/A

7R: Decrease the percent of foster children in 

care 12 or more months with no case plan goal 

(including case plan goal "Not Yet 

Determined").2

FY 2010: 3.3%

Target:

3.1% 

(Target Not Met but 

Improved)

(Child Welfare Services, PSSF, 

Foster Care) (Efficiency)

Prior Result 

-0.5PP

Prior Result -

0.5PP

N/A

FY 2013

2 Existing performance measures starting with measure 7Q have been renumerated due to the addition of a new measure 7P.

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Resource and Program Data

Promoting Safe and Stable Families 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $400,099,000 $378,984,000 $378,984,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation 2,513,000 2,455,000 2,630,000

Demonstration/Development 32,789,000 34,010,000 34,264,000

Training/Technical Assistance 7,442,000 6,382,000 6,382,000

Program Support 300,000 1,234,000 805,000

Total, Resources $443,143,000 $423,065,000 $423,065,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 266 260 640

New Starts

# 543 603 532

$ $404,885,000 $408,262,000 $378,984,000

Continuations

# 64 15 83

$ $30,516,000 $6,867,000 $36,399,000

Contracts

# 6 6 8

$ $5,942,000 $5,652,000 $5,377,000

Interagency Agreements

# 2 2 3

$ $1,800,000 $1,956,000 $1,956,000

Notes:

1. Formula – Includes funding for state and tribal grants, court improvement grants, and caseworker visit grants.

2. Demonstration/Development – Includes funding for regional partnership grants focused on the impact of substance abuse and Family 

Connection Grants.

3. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support and, grant paneling review in all years, and staffing and associated 

overhead in FY 2012-2013.

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Resource and Program Data

Personal Responsibility Education Program (Pre-Appropriated) 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $45,861,000 $43,934,000 $43,934,000

Discretionary 6,500,000 36,824,000 14,566,000

Research/Evaluation 5,500,000 3,819,000 2,500,000

Demonstration/Development 9,348,000 10,203,000 9,700,000

Training/Technical Assistance 2,437,000 2,841,000 2,637,000

Program Support 2,278,000 2,057,000 1,663,000

Total, Resources $71,924,000 $99,678,000 $75,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 78 98 98

New Starts

# 65 85 49

$ $52,361,000 $80,758,000 $58,500,000

Continuations

# 13 13 49

$ $9,348,000 $10,203,000 $9,700,000

Contracts

# 6 6 4

$ $8,516,000 $6,936,000 $4,995,000

Interagency Agreements

# 4 4 5

$ $757,000 $744,000 $744,000

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for paneling, logistical support for grantees, data collection, information technology support, staffing, 

and associated overhead costs.

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Resource and Program Data

Abstinence Education Program (Pre-appropriated) 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $37,553,000 $37,000,000 $37,000,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $37,553,000 $37,000,000 $37,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 37 37 37

New Starts

# 37 37 37

$ $37,553,000 $37,000,000 $37,000,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Discretionary/Mandatory State/Formula Grants

Promoting Safe and Stable Families CFDA # 93.556

 

STATE/TERRITORY

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Request

Difference

+/- 2012

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

$7,127,914

638,518

8,316,857

4,284,771

33,701,970

3,325,929

2,079,151

927,511

858,562

16,000,024

12,742,034

960,419

1,313,999

14,789,546

7,135,574

2,759,949

2,128,593

6,360,830

7,672,628

1,572,402

4,013,613

5,102,236

12,871,390

3,435,635

5,226,361

9,829,303

860,534

1,459,004

1,773,925

659,563

4,955,069

3,116,210

18,820,181

11,332,984

516,617

$6,712,008

601,261

7,831,578

4,034,760

31,735,498

3,131,865

1,957,835

873,392

808,466

15,066,441

11,998,551

904,380

1,237,329

13,926,593

6,719,222

2,598,909

2,004,392

5,989,683

7,224,939

1,480,654

3,779,423

4,804,526

12,120,359

3,235,170

4,921,409

9,255,775

810,323

1,373,873

1,670,419

621,078

4,665,946

2,934,383

17,722,045

10,671,718

486,473

$6,712,008

601,261

7,831,578

4,034,760

31,735,498

3,131,865

1,957,835

873,392

808,466

15,066,441

11,998,551

904,380

1,237,329

13,926,593

6,719,222

2,598,909

2,004,392

5,989,683

7,224,939

1,480,654

3,779,423

4,804,526

12,120,359

3,235,170

4,921,409

9,255,775

810,323

1,373,873

1,670,419

621,078

4,665,946

2,934,383

17,722,045

10,671,718

486,473

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio 12,914,939 12,161,367 12,161,367 0

Oklahoma 4,818,291 4,537,149 4,537,149 0

Oregon 4,705,659 4,431,089 4,431,089 0

Pennsylvania 12,083,488 11,378,430 11,378,430 0

Rhode Island 933,553 879,081 879,081 0

South Carolina 6,633,258 6,246,215 6,246,215 0

South Dakota 758,991 714,705 714,705 0

Tennessee 9,679,667 9,114,870 9,114,870 0

Texas 35,204,635 33,150,485 33,150,485 0

Utah 1,824,029 1,717,599 1,717,599 0

Vermont 528,449 497,615 497,615 0

Virginia 6,140,794 5,782,486 5,782,486 0

Washington 6,264,217 5,898,707 5,898,707 0

West Virginia 2,630,459 2,476,975 2,476,975 0

Wisconsin 5,307,087 4,997,425 4,997,425 0

Wyoming 272,144 256,265 256,265 0

Subtotal 329,369,466 310,151,139 310,151,139 0

Indian Tribes 11,645,531 11,041,937 11,041,937 0

Subtotal 11,645,531 11,041,937 11,041,937 0

American Samoa 216,742 217,101 217,101 0

Guam 391,034 391,820 391,820 0

Northern Mariana Islands 177,557 177,820 177,820 0

Puerto Rico 5,945,252 5,653,807 5,653,807 0

Virgin Islands 268,628 269,114 269,114 0

Subtotal 6,999,213 6,709,662 6,709,662 0

Total States/Territories 348,014,210 327,902,738 327,902,738 0

Discretionary Funds 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 0

Other 52,089,263 52,081,131 52,081,131 0

Training and Technical 

Assistance 8,085,084 8,081,131 8,081,131 0

Subtotal, Adjustments 95,174,347 95,162,262 95,162,262 0

TOTAL RESOURCES $443,188,557 $423,065,000 $423,065,000 $0

1

Other funding includes State Court Improvement Program and formula grants on caseworker visits.

2

Discretionary funding includes regional partnership grants on substance abuse and Fostering Connections grants.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Mandatory State/Formula Grants

Personal Responsibility Education Program CFDA # 93.092

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $783,691 $783,691 $783,691 0

Alaska 250,000 250,000 250,000 0

Arizona 1,120,928 1,120,928 1,120,928 0

Arkansas 476,238 476,238 476,238 0

California 6,454,368 6,454,368 6,454,368 0

Colorado 794,967 794,967 794,967 0

Connecticut 599,877 599,877 599,877 0

Delaware 250,000 250,000 250,000 0

District of Columbia 250,000 250,000 250,000 0

Florida 0 2,824,322 2,824,322 0

Georgia 1,757,161 1,757,161 1,757,161 0

Hawaii 250,000 250,000 250,000 0

Idaho 284,709 284,709 284,709 0

Illinois 2,215,473 2,215,473 2,215,473 0

Indiana 0 1,094,957 1,094,957 0

Iowa 502,584 502,584 502,584 0

Kansas 478,422 478,422 478,422 0

Kentucky 702,324 702,324 702,324 0

Louisiana 762,572 762,572 762,572 0

Maine 250,000 250,000 250,000 0

Maryland 961,478 961,478 961,478 0

Massachusetts 1,045,240 1,045,240 1,045,240 0

Michigan 1,728,394 1,728,394 1,728,394 0

Minnesota 866,929 866,929 866,929 0

Mississippi 531,355 531,355 531,355 0

Missouri 997,141 997,141 997,141 0

Montana 250,000 250,000 250,000 0

Nebraska 295,289 295,289 295,289 0

Nevada 439,601 439,601 439,601 0

New Hampshire 250,000 250,000 250,000 0

New Jersey 1,407,330 1,407,330 1,407,330 0

New Mexico 346,405 346,405 346,405 0

New York 3,184,763 3,184,763 3,184,763 0

North Carolina 1,550,531 1,550,531 1,550,531 0

North Dakota 0 250,000 250,000 0

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STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio 1,923,338 1,923,338 1,923,338 0

Oklahoma 620,339 620,339 620,339 0

Oregon 607,632 607,632 607,632 0

Pennsylvania 2,044,466 2,044,466 2,044,466 0

Rhode Island 250,000 250,000 250,000 0

South Carolina 755,337 755,337 755,337 0

South Dakota 250,000 250,000 250,000 0

Tennessee 1,025,530 1,025,530 1,025,530 0

Texas 0 4,448,734 4,448,734 0

Utah 542,077 542,077 542,077 0

Vermont 250,000 250,000 250,000 0

Virginia 0 1,308,714 1,308,714 0

Washington 1,071,141 1,071,141 1,071,141 0

West Virginia 275,036 275,036 275,036 0

Wisconsin 933,749 933,749 933,749 0

Wyoming 250,000 250,000 250,000 0

Subtotal 42,836,415 52,763,142 52,763,142 0

Indian Tribes 0 3,250,000 3,250,000 0

Subtotal 0 3,250,000 3,250,000 0

American Samoa 0 250,000 250,000 0

Guam 0 250,000 250,000 0

Marshall Islands 0 250,000 250,000 0

Northern Mariana Islands 0 250,000 250,000 0

Palau 0 250,000 250,000 0

Puerto Rico 736,858 736,858 736,858 0

Virgin Islands 250,000 250,000 250,000 0

Federated States of Micronesia 250,000 250,000 250,000 0

Subtotal 1,236,858 2,486,858 2,486,858 0

Total States/Territories 44,073,273 58,500,000 58,500,000 0

Discretionary Funds 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 0

Other 11,350,916 25,000,000 0 -$25,000,000

Training and Technical 

Assistance 6,500,000 6,500,000 6,500,000 0

Subtotal, Adjustments 27,850,916 41,500,000 16,500,000 -25,000,000

TOTAL RESOURCES $71,924,189 $100,000,000 $75,000,000 -$25,000,000

1

Other includes funding for program support and evaluation.

2

FY 2012 includes funds unobligated at the end of FY 2011, available for obligation in FY 1012.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Mandatory State/Formula Grants

Abstinence Education Grants Program CFDA # 93.325

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $899,668 $899,668 $899,668 0

Alaska 0 75,660 75,660 0

Arizona 1,302,706 1,302,706 1,302,706 0

Arkansas 619,176 619,176 619,176 0

California 0 6,043,714 6,043,714 0

Colorado 688,884 688,884 688,884 0

Connecticut 0 317,096 317,096 0

Delaware 0 109,660 109,660 0

District of Columbia 0 108,432 108,432 0

Florida 2,787,643 2,787,643 2,787,643 0

Georgia 1,859,919 1,859,919 1,859,919 0

Hawaii 128,422 128,422 128,422 0

Idaho 0 245,474 245,474 0

Illinois 0 1,935,432 1,935,432 0

Indiana 0 1,017,892 1,017,892 0

Iowa 358,102 358,102 358,102 0

Kansas 397,282 397,282 397,282 0

Kentucky 835,884 835,884 835,884 0

Louisiana 877,185 877,185 877,185 0

Maine 0 147,891 147,891 0

Maryland 504,147 504,147 504,147 0

Massachusetts 0 607,444 607,444 0

Michigan 1,701,209 1,701,209 1,701,209 0

Minnesota 569,374 569,374 569,374 0

Mississippi 761,307 761,307 761,307 0

Missouri 952,204 952,204 952,204 0

Montana 0 151,844 151,844 0

Nebraska 217,136 217,136 217,136 0

Nevada 385,546 385,546 385,546 0

New Hampshire 100,149 100,149 100,149 0

New Jersey 892,439 892,439 892,439 0

New Mexico 0 419,261 419,261 0

New York 2,841,809 2,841,809 2,841,809 0

North Carolina 1,652,476 1,652,476 1,652,476 0

North Dakota 0 59,392 59,392 0

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 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Ohio 1,912,235 1,912,235 1,912,235 0

Oklahoma 656,567 656,567 656,567 0

Oregon 537,780 537,780 537,780 0

Pennsylvania 1,527,137 1,527,137 1,527,137 0

Rhode Island 0 123,480 123,480 0

South Carolina 849,017 849,017 849,017 0

South Dakota 116,169 116,169 116,169 0

Tennessee 1,144,936 1,144,936 1,144,936 0

Texas 5,437,168 5,437,168 5,437,168 0

Utah 343,627 343,627 343,627 0

Vermont 0 53,982 53,982 0

Virginia 828,200 828,200 828,200 0

Washington 0 820,876 820,876 0

West Virginia 289,988 289,988 289,988 0

Wisconsin 701,667 701,667 701,667 0

Wyoming 0 52,248 52,248 0

Subtotal 35,677,158 47,966,936 47,966,936 0

American Samoa 0 55,128 55,128 0

Guam 51,213 51,213 51,213 0

Marshall Islands 0 13,501 13,501 0

Northern Mariana Islands 0 21,524 21,524 0

Palau 0 21,000 21,000 0

Puerto Rico 1,776,702 1,776,702 1,776,702 0

Virgin Islands 0 46,504 46,504 0

Federated States of Micronesia 47,492 47,492 47,492 0

Subtotal 1,875,407 2,033,064 2,033,064 0

Total States/Territories 37,552,565 50,000,000 50,000,000 0

Other 0 -13,000,000 -13,000,000 0

Subtotal, Adjustments 0 -13,000,000 -13,000,000 0

TOTAL RESOURCES $37,552,565 $37,000,000 $37,000,000 $0

1

Adjustment reflects funds expected to lapse based on program history.

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SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FY 2013 BUDGET PAGE

APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE AND EXPLANATION OF LANGUAGE CHANGES ............................... 369 

AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION ....................................................................................................... 370 

APPROPRIATIONS HISTORY TABLE ............................................................................................. 371 

AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION .................................................................................... 373 

BUDGET AUTHORITY BY ACTIVITY ............................................................................................ 373 

JUSTIFICATION: 

GENERAL STATEMENT .............................................................................................................. 374

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS................................................................ 374

BUDGET REQUEST................................................................................................................... 375

OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES TABLE .......................................................................................... 376

 RESOURCE AND PROGRAM DATA ............................................................................................ 377

 STATE TABLE............................................................................................................................ 379

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FY 2013 Proposed Appropriation Language

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Social Services Block Grant

 For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the Social Security Act, 

$1,700,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding paragraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the 

applicable percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State programs pursuant to 

title XX-A of such Act shall be 10 percent. (Department of Health and Human Services Appropriation 

Act, 2012.) 

LANGUAGE ANALYSIS

Language Provision Explanation

-A This language is added to clarify between Subtitle A 

which is Block Grants to States for Social Services 

versus Subtitle B which is Elder Justice under Title XX.

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Social Services Block Grant

Authorizing Legislation

FY 2012 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2012 

Budget 

Estimate 

FY 2013 

Amount 

Authorized

FY 2013 

Budget 

Request

1. Social Services Block 

Grant [Section 2001 of 

the Social Security 

Act]

$1,700,000,000 $1,700,000,000 $1,700,000,000 $1,700,000,000

2. Health Profession 

Opportunity Grants 

[Section 2008 of the 

Social Security Act]

85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000

Total request level $1,785,000,000 $1,785,000,000 

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Social Services Block Grant

Appropriations History Table 

Year

Budget 

Estimate to 

Congress Appropriation

2004

Appropriation 1,700,000,000 1,700,000,000

2005

Appropriation 1,700,000,000 1,700,000,000

2006

Appropriation 1,700,000,000 1,700,000,000

Hurricane Relief 550,000,0001

Total 2,250,000,000

2007

Appropriation 1,700,000,000 1,700,000,000

2008

Appropriation 1,700,000,000 1,700,000,000

Disaster Assistance Funds 600,000,0002

Total 1,700,000,000 2,300,000,000

2009

Appropriation 0 1,700,000,000

2010

Appropriation 1,700,000,000 1,700,000,000

Pre-appropriated 

Health Profession 

Opportunity Grants 85,000,0003 85,000,000

Total 1,785,000,000 1,785,000,000

2011 

Appropriation 1,700,000,000 1,700,000,000

Pre-appropriated 

Health Profession 

Opportunity Grants 85,000,0003 85,000,000

Total 1,785,000,000 1,785,000,000

2012

Appropriation 1,700,000,000 1,700,000,000

Pre-appropriated 85,000,000

1 As part of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic 

Influenza Act, 2006, Congress provided $550 million in SSBG funds to be directed to states impacted by hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico. 2

The Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (P. L. 110-329) included $600 million for SSBG to 

help states affected by Presidentially declared major natural disasters in 2008.

3 Of the $85 million appropriated for this program, $5 million was delegated to HRSA for the Training and Certification Program.

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Year

Budget 

Estimate to 

Congress Appropriation

Health Profession 

Opportunity Grants 85,000,0003

Total 1,785,000,000 1,785,000,000

2013

 Appropriation

Pre-appropriated 

Health Profession 

Opportunity Grants

 Total

1,700,000,000

85,000,000

1,785,000,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Social Services Block Grant

Amounts Available for Obligation

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Estimate

FY 2013

Estimate

Annual, B.A. $1,700,000,000 $1,700,000,000 $1,700,000,000

Pre-Appropriated, B.A. 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000

Subtotal, Net Budget Authority $1,785,000,000 $1,785,000,000 $1,785,000,000

Total Obligations $1,785,000,000 $1,785,000,000 $1,785,000,000

Budget Authority by Activity

FY 2011

Enacted

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Social Services Block Grant $1,700,000,000 $1,700,000,000 $1,700,000,000

Health Profession Opportunity Grants 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000

Total, Budget Authority $1,785,000,000 $1,785,000,000 $1,785,000,000

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Social Services Block Grant

Justification

FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY13 Change from FY12 

Enacted Enacted Estimate Enacted

$1,785,000,000 $1,785,000,000 $1,785,000,000 $0

Authorizing Legislation – Sections 2001 and 2008 of the Social Security Act 

2013 Authorization ............................................................................................................... $1,700,000,000; 

$85,000,000 in pre-appropriated funds for Health Profession Opportunity Grants 

Allocation Method ........................................................................................ Formula & Competitive Grants 

General Statement

The goals of the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) are to reduce or eliminate dependency; achieve or 

maintain self-sufficiency for families; help prevent neglect, abuse or exploitation of children and adults; 

prevent or reduce inappropriate institutional care; and secure admission or referral for institutional care 

when other forms of care are not appropriate. SSBG serves low-income children and families, people 

with disabilities, and the elderly with documented need. The program provides state and local flexibility 

in allocating federal funds and enables states to target populations that might not otherwise be eligible for 

services needed to remain self-sufficient and economically independent.

Program Description and Accomplishments – SSBG is an appropriated entitlement program. SSBG 

funds are distributed to the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on each state’s population 

relative to all other states. Distributions are made to Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 

Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas based on the same ratio allotted to them in 

1981 as compared to the total 1981 appropriation. There are no matching requirements. 

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

(The Affordable Care Act), P.L. 111-148. Section 5507 amended title XX of the Social Security Act by 

adding Section 2008, Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG). These demonstration projects 

support the establishment and maintenance of training, education, and career advancement programs to 

address health care professions workforce needs. In FY 2011, HHS awarded continuation grants to 32 

organizations across 23 states. Health Profession Opportunity Grantee organizations consist of state 

entities, one tribal council, community colleges (including four tribal colleges), local workforce 

investment boards, and other community based organizations. The grants are in the second year of a five 

year project period. Two technical assistance contracts were awarded to provide additional support to the 

grantees. One contractor provides individualized technical assistance, preparing strategic planning tools 

and making site visits to each grantee; the other contractor provides group technical assistance by hosting 

grantee meetings, webinars and conference calls and making resources available on the internet. HHS is 

also implementing a multi-pronged evaluation to assess the success of these projects. Individuals eligible 

to receive education and training include TANF recipients receiving assistance under the state TANF

program and other low-income individuals. Funds are used to provide training in a variety of highdemand health related occupations, including nursing, medical billing and coding, medical laboratory 

technology, and health information technology. Grantees are offering educational and training programs 

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that may lead to more than 50 unique occupations. All grantees are offering multiple supportive services, 

including financial aid, child care, transportation, and case management. Grantees are required to 

coordinate with the state agency responsible for administering the state TANF program, the local 

workforce investment board, the state workforce investment board, and the state apprenticeship agency. 

Grantees are also encouraged to coordinate with other local strategic partners. The funding for the 

demonstration projects is pre-appropriated through FY 2014. The full authorization level is $85 million, 

however in FY 2010 through FY 2012, $5 million is set aside by statute for the development of training 

and certification programs for personal or home care aides. The authority for operating the program for 

personal or home care aides has been delegated to HRSA, the agency with specialized expertise in this 

area. Beginning in FY 2013, the full $85 million will be available to ACF. The additional funding will 

support activities based on our assessment of strategic and programmatic needs.

ACF’s Office of Community Services (OCS) has implemented an accountability measure that is designed 

to decrease the percentage of SSBG funds identified as “administrative costs” in state post-expenditure 

reports. In FY 2010, the program decreased administrative costs as a percent of total costs to three

percent, a significant improvement over the FY 2004 baseline of 10 percent and besting the FY 2010 

target by three percentage points. This reduction in administrative costs allowed a greater percentage of 

funding to be expended for direct services. 

SSBG has a unique structure as a block grant that allows for provision of a diverse array of services at 

the discretion of the state grantees. States have flexibility to determine the services and activities to be 

supported with grant funds, so long as those services and activities are targeted to the five goals identified 

in the statute: 1) to prevent, reduce, or eliminate dependency; 2) to achieve or maintain self-sufficiency; 

3) to prevent neglect, abuse, or exploitation of children and adults; 4) to prevent or reduce inappropriate 

institutional care; and 5) to secure admission or referral for institutional care when other forms of care are 

not appropriate. Trend data compiled in the SSBG annual reports indicate that states often use their 

SSBG grants to supplement discrete activities and categorical grant programs for which there are 

identifiable and approved measures, as associated with those statutory goals. For example, SSBG funds 

are included in outcome measures for Child Care Development Block Grant and Child Welfare Services. 

ACF has been re-examining measurement of success for SSBG. Based on this process, ACF has added a 

new performance measure to compare estimated state expenditures as reported on the pre-expenditure 

report with actual expenditures as reported on the post-expenditure report. The performance measure will 

be capped at 100 percent, reflecting how close a state came to spending at least the SSBG allocation 

dollars up to the level planned in each service category in the pre-expenditure report. This indicator is a 

measure of the degree to which planning materials submitted by states project the actual expenditures of 

SSBG funds, which is important for monitoring. The expectation is that this new performance measure 

will help ACF to identify states with the most significant variance between planned and actual 

expenditures, and will allow for focused technical assistance to these states. Although not all states 

currently use a comparable format for pre- and post-expenditure reports, the majority of states currently 

do use a comparable format. ACF is developing new guidance and technical assistance to promote the 

new performance measure and the submission of comparable reports. Based on an initial analysis of 

existing pre- and post-expenditure reports, the pre-baseline target is estimated at 80 percent for states, 

meaning that states are currently estimated to spend at least 80 percent of SSBG allocation funds in 

projected service categories. Continuing technical assistance will focus on providing guidance to states 

on this developmental performance measure. 

Budget Request – The FY 2013 request for the Social Services Block Grant program is $1,785,000,000, 

the same as the FY 2012 enacted level. This request will provide the same level of funding to states as in 

FY 2012. Additionally, this request includes $85 million in pre-appropriated funds for Health Profession 

Opportunity Grants which will support 35 grants. 

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In FY 2013, SSBG expects to keep administrative costs to less than four percent through continued 

technical assistance and working with grantees to appropriately identify expenditures that may be miscategorized as administrative costs to other activities and services. Future performance targets for this 

measure were updated from six percent to four percent in order to maintain rigor, given the most recent 

data trend. Some of the improvement in performance may be attributed to the fact that states are more 

familiar with the process of reporting expenditures by specific SSBG service category, rather than 

combining expenditures associated with providing a specific service into the "administrative" spending 

category. This performance measure identifies the sum effort of all states to reduce administrative costs 

in order to assure that SSBG funds social services for children and adults to as great an extent as 

possible. 

Outputs and Outcomes Table

Measure Most Recent Result FY 2012

Target

FY 2013

Target

FY 2013

Target

+/- FY 2012

Target

21A: Decrease administrative costs as a percent 

of total costs. (Efficiency)

FY 2010: 3%

Target:

6%

(Target Exceeded)

4% 4% Maintain

21B: Decrease the percentage of variance 

between projected expenditures, by service for 

each state, and actual expenditures. 

(Developmental Outcome)

FY 2010: 80%

(Pre-baseline)

TBD TBD N/A

21i: Number of individuals receiving services 

funded by SSBG. (Output)

FY 2009: 22.6 million

(Historical Actual)

N/A N/A N/A

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Resource and Program Data

Social Services Block Grant

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula $1,700,000,000 $1,700,000,000 $1,700,000,000

Discretionary

Research/Evaluation

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Support

Total, Resources $1,700,000,000 $1,700,000,000 $1,700,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 57 57 57

New Starts

# 57 57 57

$ $1,700,000,000 $1,700,000,000 $1,700,000,000

Continuations

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Contracts

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

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Resource and Program Data

Health Profession Opportunity Grants 

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Estimate

Resource Data:

Service Grants

Formula

Discretionary $67,046,000 $67,046,000 $72,046,000

Research/Evaluation 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000

Demonstration/Development

Training/Technical Assistance 2,104,000 2,080,000 2,080,000

Program Support 850,000 874,000 874,000

Total, Resources $80,000,000 $80,000,000 $85,000,000

Program Data:

Number of Grants 32 32 35

New Starts

# 0 0 3

$ $0 $0 $5,000,000

Continuations

# 32 32 32

$ $67,046,000 $67,046,000 $67,046,000

Contracts

# 5 5 5

$ $12,104,000 $12,080,000 $12,080,000

Interagency Agreements

# 0 0 0

$ $0 $0 $0

Notes:

1. Program Support – Includes funding for information technology support, staffing and associated overhead costs. 

2. Total Resources – Of the $85 million appropriated for this program, $5 million was delegated to HRSA for the Training and Certification 

program through FY 2012. Beginning in FY 2013, the entire $85 million is provided to ACF.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

FY 2013 Mandatory State/Formula Grants

Social Services Block Grant CFDA # 93.667

 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Difference

STATE/TERRITORY Actual Enacted Request +/- 2012

Alabama $25,928,224 $26,170,915 $26,170,915 0

Alaska 3,846,101 3,888,791 3,888,791 0

Arizona 36,319,265 34,998,781 34,998,781 0

Arkansas 15,910,587 15,965,786 15,965,786 0

California 203,527,234 203,979,910 203,979,910 0

Colorado 27,668,480 27,536,806 27,536,806 0

Connecticut 19,373,246 19,569,572 19,569,572 0

Delaware 4,873,872 4,916,538 4,916,538 0

District of Columbia 3,301,976 3,294,668 3,294,668 0

Florida 102,078,238 102,944,491 102,944,491 0

Georgia 54,123,974 53,043,671 53,043,671 0

Hawaii 7,131,822 7,448,177 7,448,177 0

Idaho 8,511,862 8,583,122 8,583,122 0

Illinois 71,090,410 70,252,704 70,252,704 0

Indiana 35,368,495 35,501,340 35,501,340 0

Iowa 16,562,583 16,679,979 16,679,979 0

Kansas 15,521,265 15,621,932 15,621,932 0

Kentucky 23,755,410 23,759,723 23,759,723 0

Louisiana 24,735,353 24,821,976 24,821,976 0

Maine 7,259,147 7,273,294 7,273,294 0

Maryland 31,383,841 31,612,444 31,612,444 0

Massachusetts 36,307,200 35,850,817 35,850,817 0

Michigan 54,897,717 54,116,776 54,116,776 0

Minnesota 28,998,098 29,041,054 29,041,054 0

Mississippi 16,254,993 16,247,106 16,247,106 0

Missouri 32,970,258 32,791,706 32,791,706 0

Montana 5,368,720 5,417,432 5,417,432 0

Nebraska 9,892,977 9,999,928 9,999,928 0

Nevada 14,553,992 14,786,568 14,786,568 0

New Hampshire 7,293,695 7,208,186 7,208,186 0

New Jersey 47,948,654 48,139,042 48,139,042 0

New Mexico 11,066,135 11,274,807 11,274,807 0

New York 107,603,864 106,102,651 106,102,651 0

North Carolina 51,655,287 52,210,481 52,210,481 0

North Dakota 3,561,809 3,682,698 3,682,698 0

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STATE/TERRITORY

FY 2011

Actual

FY 2012

Enacted

FY 2013

Request

Difference

+/- 2012

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

63,558,897

20,302,524

21,065,756

69,407,410

5,799,434

25,116,211

4,473,339

34,669,953

136,462,292

15,333,082

3,423,685

43,405,019

36,695,999

10,020,495

31,137,681

2,996,991

63,166,850

20,540,107

20,976,621

69,550,469

5,763,214

25,325,668

4,457,952

34,747,395

137,681,734

15,133,346

3,426,176

43,808,721

36,819,474

10,145,863

31,138,462

3,086,072

63,166,850

20,540,107

20,976,621

69,550,469

5,763,214

25,325,668

4,457,952

34,747,395

137,681,734

15,133,346

3,426,176

43,808,721

36,819,474

10,145,863

31,138,462

3,086,072

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

1,690,513,552

48,518

293,103

58,621

8,793,103

293,103

1,690,501,996

60,074

293,103

58,621

8,793,103

293,103

1,690,501,996

60,074

293,103

58,621

8,793,103

293,103

0

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

Total States/Territories

TOTAL RESOURCES

9,486,448

1,700,000,000

$1,700,000,000

9,498,004

1,700,000,000

$1,700,000,000

9,498,004

1,700,000,000

$1,700,000,000

0

0

$0

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FY 2013 BUDGET PAGE

BUDGET AUTHORITY BY OBJECT

 ACF SUMMARY ............................................................................................................... 383 

 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ................................................... 384 

 CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT .......................................................... 385 

 PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES ...................................................................... 386 

 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS............................................................ 387 

 REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ......................................................... 388 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES ............................................................................................................ 389 

DETAIL OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYMENT (FTE) ........................................................ 390 

DETAIL OF POSITIONS .................................................................................................................. 391 

PROGRAMS PROPOSED FOR ELIMINATION ................................................................................... 392 

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FY 2013 BUDGET SUBMISSION

Discretionary Programs Object Classification

(Dollars in Thousands)

 FY 2012 FY 2013 2012 CR

Object Class Enacted Request +/- 2013 Request

Personnel Compensation

Full-Time Permanent (11.1) 116,840 119,712 2,872

Other Than Full-Time Permanent (11.3) 4,695 4,813 118

Other Personnel Compensation (11.5) 2,663 2,727 64

Military Personnel (11.7) 334 345 11

Special Personnel Services Payments (11.8) 44 46 2

Subtotal, Personnel Compensation 124,576 127,643 3,067

Civilian Personnel Benefits (12.1) 31,269 32,035 766

Military Personnel Benefits (12.2) 170 176 6

Benefits to Former Personnel (13.0) - - -

Subtotal, Pay Costs 156,015 159,854 3,839

Travel (21.0) 3,971 4,117 146

Transportation of Things (22.0) 54 54 -

Rental Payments to GSA (23.1) 21,836 22,052 216

Rental Payments to Others (23.2) 10 10 -

Communications, Utilities and Miscellaneous Charges (23.3) 4,715 4,930 215

Printing and Reproduction (24.0) 1,890 1,775 (115)

Other Contractual Services

Advisory and Assistance Services (25.1) 269,874 269,626 (248)

Other Services (25.2) 40,512 40,935 423

Purchases from Govt. Accounts (25.3) 67,275 67,726 451

Operation & Maintenance of Facilities (25.4) 2,500 2,500 -

Research & Development Contracts (25.5) 1,420 1,420 -

Medical Services (25.6) - - -

Operation & Maintenance of Equipment (25.7) 400 400 -

Subsistence & Support of Persons (25.8) - - -

Reserved for Local Use and Other (25.9) - - -

Other Contractual Services (25.0) - - -

Subtotal, Other Contractual Services 381,981 382,607 626

Supplies and Materials (26.0) 1,131 1,117 (14)

Equipment (31.0) 850 850 -

Grants (41.0) 15,916,878 15,603,137 (313,741)

Insurance Claims (42.0) - - -

Subtotal, Non-Pay Costs 16,333,316 16,020,649 (312,667)

Total 16,489,331 16,180,503 (308,828)

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FY 2013 BUDGET SUBMISSION

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Object Classification

(Dollars in Thousands)

 FY 2012 FY 2013 2012 CR

Object Class Enacted Request +/- 2013 Request

Personnel Compensation

Full-Time Permanent (11.1) - - -

Other Than Full-Time Permanent (11.3) - - -

Other Personnel Compensation (11.5) - - -

Military Personnel (11.7) - - -

Special Personnel Services Payments (11.8) - - -

Subtotal, Personnel Compensation - - -

Civilian Personnel Benefits (12.1) - - -

Military Personnel Benefits (12.2) - - -

Benefits to Former Personnel (13.0) - - -

Subtotal, Pay Costs - - -

Travel (21.0) 20 20 -

Transportation of Things (22.0) - - -

Rental Payments to GSA (23.1) - - -

Rental Payments to Others (23.2) - - -

Communications, Utilities and Miscellaneous Charges (23.3) - - -

Printing and Reproduction (24.0) - - -

Other Contractual Services

Advisory and Assistance Services (25.1) 2,389 2,114 (275)

Other Services (25.2) - 287 287

Purchases from Govt. Accounts (25.3) 573 567 (6)

Operation & Maintenance of Facilities (25.4) - - -

Research & Development Contracts (25.5) - - -

Medical Services (25.6) - - -

Operation & Maintenance of Equipment (25.7) - - -

Subsistence & Support of Persons (25.8) - - -

Reserved for Local Use and Other (25.9) - - -

Other Contractual Services (25.0) - - -

Subtotal, Other Contractual Services 2,962 2,968 6

Supplies and Materials (26.0) 12 12 -

Equipment (31.0) - - -

Grants (41.0) 3,468,678 3,017,000 (451,714)

Insurance Claims (42.0) - - -

Subtotal, Non-Pay Costs 3,471,672 3,020,000 (451,672)

Total 3,471,672 3,020,000 (451,672)

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FY 2013 BUDGET SUBMISSION

Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Object Classification

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

 FY 2012 FY 2013 2012 Enacted

Object Class Enacted Request +/- 2013 Request

Personnel Compensation

Full-Time Permanent (11.1) - - -

Other Than Full-Time Permanent (11.3) - - -

Other Personnel Compensation (11.5) - - -

Military Personnel (11.7) - - -

Special Personnel Services Payments (11.8) - - -

Subtotal, Personnel Compensation - - -

Civilian Personnel Benefits (12.1) - - -

Military Personnel Benefits (12.2) - - -

Benefits to Former Personnel (13.0) - - -

Subtotal, Pay Costs - - -

Travel (21.0) - - -

Transportation of Things (22.0) - - -

Rental Payments to GSA (23.1) 25 25 -

Rental Payments to Others (23.2) - - -

Communications, Utilities and Miscellaneous Charges (23.3) - - -

Printing and Reproduction (24.0) - - -

Other Contractual Services

Advisory and Assistance Services (25.1) 13,720 14,316 596

Other Services (25.2) - - -

Purchases from Govt. Accounts (25.3) 1,125 1,375 250

Operation & Maintenance of Facilities (25.4) - - -

Research & Development Contracts (25.5) - - -

Medical Services (25.6) - - -

Operation & Maintenance of Equipment (25.7) - - -

Subsistence & Support of Persons (25.8) - - -

Reserved for Local Use and Other (25.9) - - -

Other Contractual Services (25.0) - - -

Subtotal, Other Contractual Services 14,845 15,691 846

Supplies and Materials (26.0) - - -

Equipment (31.0) - - -

Grants (41.0) 2,263,443 2,587,597 324,154

Insurance Claims (42.0) - - -

Subtotal, Non-Pay Costs 2,278,313 2,603,313 325,000

Total 2,278,313 2,603,313 325,000

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FY 2013 BUDGET SUBMISSION

Promoting Safe & Stable Families, B.A. Object Classification

(Dollars in Thousands)

 FY 2012 

 Annualized FY 2013 2012 CR

Object Class CR Request +/- 2013 Request

Personnel Compensation

Full-Time Permanent (11.1) - - -

Other Than Full-Time Permanent (11.3) - - -

Other Personnel Compensation (11.5) - - -

Military Personnel (11.7) - - -

Special Personnel Services Payments (11.8) - - -

Subtotal, Personnel Compensation - - -

Civilian Personnel Benefits (12.1) - - -

Military Personnel Benefits (12.2) - - -

Benefits to Former Personnel (13.0) - - -

Subtotal, Pay Costs - - -

Travel (21.0) - - -

Transportation of Things (22.0) - - -

Rental Payments to GSA (23.1) - - -

Rental Payments to Others (23.2) - - -

Communications, Utilities and Miscellaneous Charges (23.3) - - -

Printing and Reproduction (24.0) - - -

Other Contractual Services

Advisory and Assistance Services (25.1) - - -

Other Services (25.2) - - -

Purchases from Govt. Accounts (25.3) 881 881 -

Operation & Maintenance of Facilities (25.4) - - -

Research & Development Contracts (25.5) - - -

Medical Services (25.6) - - -

Operation & Maintenance of Equipment (25.7) - - -

Subsistence & Support of Persons (25.8) - - -

Reserved for Local Use and Other (25.9) - - -

Other Contractual Services (25.0) - - -

Subtotal, Other Contractual Services 881 881 -

Supplies and Materials (26.0) - - -

Equipment (31.0) - - -

Grants (41.0) 62,184 62,184 -

Insurance Claims (42.0) - - -

Subtotal, Non-Pay Costs 63,065 63,065 -

Total 63,065 63,065 -

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FY 2013 BUDGET SUBMISSION

Children and Families Services Programs Object Classification

(Dollars in Thousands)

 FY 2012 FY 2013 2012 CR

Object Class Enacted Request +/- 2013 Request

Personnel Compensation

Full-Time Permanent (11.1) 113,066 115,920 2,854

Other Than Full-Time Permanent (11.3) 4,688 4,806 118

Other Personnel Compensation (11.5) 2,622 2,686 64

Military Personnel (11.7) 334 345 11

Special Personnel Services Payments (11.8) 44 46 2

Subtotal, Personnel Compensation 120,754 123,803 3,049

Civilian Personnel Benefits (12.1) 30,159 30,919 760

Military Personnel Benefits (12.2) 170 176 6

Benefits to Former Personnel (13.0) - - -

Subtotal, Pay Costs 151,083 154,898 3,815

Travel (21.0) 3,580 3,726 146

Transportation of Things (22.0) 54 54 -

Rental Payments to GSA (23.1) 19,620 19,836 216

Rental Payments to Others (23.2) 523 581 58

Communications, Utilities and Miscellaneous Charges (23.3) 4,715 4,930 215

Printing and Reproduction (24.0) 1,823 1,708 (115)

Other Contractual Services

Advisory and Assistance Services (25.1) 250,872 250,268 (604)

Other Services (25.2) 14,620 14,731 111

Purchases from Govt. Accounts (25.3) 48,725 48,932 207

Operation & Maintenance of Facilities (25.4) 2,500 2,500 -

Research & Development Contracts (25.5) 1,420 1,420 -

Medical Services (25.6) - - -

Operation & Maintenance of Equipment (25.7) 400 400 -

Subsistence & Support of Persons (25.8) - - -

Reserved for Local Use and Other (25.9) - - -

Other Contractual Services (25.0) - - -

Subtotal, Other Contractual Services 318,537 319,051 (286)

Supplies and Materials (26.0) 1,039 1,025 (14)

Equipment (31.0) 850 850 -

Grants (41.0) 9,406,123 9,182,908 (223,215)

Insurance Claims (42.0) - - -

Subtotal, Non-Pay Costs 9,756,864 9,533,869 (222,995)

Total 9,907,947 9,688,767 (219,180)

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FY 2013 BUDGET SUBMISSION

Refugee and Entrant Assistance Object Classification

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

 FY 2012 FY 2013 2012 Enacted

Object Class Enacted Request +/- 2013 Request

Personnel Compensation

Full-Time Permanent (11.1) 3,784 4,192 408

Other Than Full-Time Permanent (11.3) 7 7 -

Other Personnel Compensation (11.5) 41 41 -

Military Personnel (11.7) - - -

Special Personnel Services Payments (11.8) - - -

Subtotal, Personnel Compensation 3,832 4,240 408

Civilian Personnel Benefits (12.1) 1,112 1,212 100

Military Personnel Benefits (12.2) - - -

Benefits to Former Personnel (13.0) - - -

Subtotal, Pay Costs 4,944 5,452 508

Travel (21.0) 371 371 -

Transportation of Things (22.0) - - -

Rental Payments to GSA (23.1) 2,191 2,191 -

Rental Payments to Others (23.2) - - -

Communications, Utilities and Miscellaneous Charges (23.3) - - -

Printing and Reproduction (24.0) 67 67 -

Other Contractual Services

Advisory and Assistance Services (25.1) 2,893 2,928 35

Other Services (25.2) 25,892 25,917 25

Purchases from Govt. Accounts (25.3) 15,971 15,971 -

Operation & Maintenance of Facilities (25.4) - - -

Research & Development Contracts (25.5) - - -

Medical Services (25.6) - - -

Operation & Maintenance of Equipment (25.7) - - -

Subsistence & Support of Persons (25.8) - - -

Reserved for Local Use and Other (25.9) - - -

Other Contractual Services (25.0) - - -

Subtotal, Other Contractual Services 44,756 44,816 60

Supplies and Materials (26.0) 80 80 -

Equipment (31.0) - - -

Grants (41.0) 715,925 752,381 36,456

Insurance Claims (42.0) - - -

Subtotal, Non-Pay Costs 763,390 799,906 36,516

Total 768,334 805,358 37,024

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FY 2013 BUDGET SUBMISSION

Salaries and Expenses

Discretionary Only (Dollars in Thousands)

 FY 2012 FY 2013 Increase or

Object Class Enacted Request Decrease

Personnel Compensation

Full-Time Permanent (11.1) 116,840 119,712 2,872

Other Than Full-Time Permanent (11.3) 4,695 4,813 118

Other Personnel Compensation (11.5) 2,663 2,727 64

Military Personnel (11.7) 334 345 11

Special Personnel Services Payments (11.8) 44 46 2

Subtotal, Personnel Compensation 124,576 127,643 3,067

Civilian Personnel Benefits (12.1) 31,269 32,035 766

Military Personnel Benefits (12.2) 170 176 6

Subtotal, Pay Costs 156,015 159,854 3,839

Travel (21.0) 3,971 4,117 146

Transportation of Things (22.0) 54 54 -

Rental Payments to GSA (23.1) 21,836 22,052 216

Rental Payments to Others (23.2) 10 10 -

Communications, Utilities and Miscellaneous Charges (23.3) 4,715 4,930 215

Printing and Reproduction (24.0) 1,890 1,775 (115)

Other Contractual Services

Advisory and Assistance Services (25.1) 269,874 269,626 (248)

Other Services (25.2) 40,512 40,935 423

Purchases from Govt. Accounts (25.3) 67,275 67,726 451

Operation & Maintenance of Facilities (25.4) 2,500 2,500 -

Research & Development Contracts (25.5) 1,420 1,420 -

Medical Services (25.6) - - -

Operation & Maintenance of Equipment (25.7) 400 400 -

Subtotal, Other Contractual Services 381,981 382,607 626

Supplies and Materials (26.0) 1,131 1,117 (14)

Insurance Claims (42.0) - - -

Subtotal, Non-Pay Costs 415,588 416,662 1,074

Total 571,603 576,516 4,913

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Detail of Full-Time Equivalent Employment (FTE)1

FY 2011 

Actual

FY 2012 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Estimate

Administration for Children, Youth and Families 210 210 210

Administration for Developmental Disabilities 25 25 25

Administration for Native Americans 11 11 11

Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary 29 29 29

Office of Administration 253 253 263

Office of Child Support Enforcement 170 170 170

Office of Child Care 58 58 58

Office of Community Services 57 57 57

Office of Family Assistance 86 86 86

Office of Head Start 217 217 231

Office of Legislative Affairs and Budget 21 21 21

Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation 34 34 34

Office of Public Affairs 7 7 7

Office of Refugee Resettlement 72 72 72

Office of Regional Operations 4 4 4

Regional Offices 84 84 84

Total, ACF 1,338 1,338 1,362

Average GS Grade

2008 12.4

2009 12.4

2010 12.4

2011 12.4

2012 12.4

1 The FTE shown in this chart reflects the levels for all of ACF including FTE paid from other budgetary accounts. 

In FY 2013 there are 1,221 FTE in Children and Family Services, 62 FTE in Children’s Research and Technical 

Assistance, 44 FTE in Refugee and Entrant Assistance, 18 FTE in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, 6 FTE 

in Social Services Block Grant (Health Profession Opportunity), 5 FTE in Supporting Healthy Families and 

Adolescent Development (Personal Responsibility Education), 4 FTE in Payments for Foster Care and Permanency

and 2 FTE in Promoting Safe and Stable Families. 

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Program Administration 

Detail of Positions 

FY 2011 

Actual

FY 2012 

Estimate

FY 2013 

Estimate

Executive Level 2 2 2

Executive Salary 20 20 20

GS-15 96 96 96

GS-14 226 226 227

GS-13 317 317 322

GS-12 482 482 500

GS-11 110 110 110

GS-10 0 0 0

GS-9 35 35 35

GS-8 3 3 3

GS-7 19 19 19

GS-6 10 10 10

GS-5 6 6 6

GS-4 6 6 6

GS-3 2 2 2

GS-2 0 0 0

GS-1 0 0 0

Subtotal GS Salary 1,312 1,312 1,336

Commission Corps 4 4 4

Total FTE 1,338 1,338 1,362

Average GS Grade 12.4 12.4 12.4

Average GS Salary $82,359 $82,359 $82,668

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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 

Children and Families Services Programs

Programs Proposed for Elimination 

The following table shows the program proposed for elimination in the FY 2013 budget request for the 

Administration for Children and Families. Following the table is a brief rationale for the proposed action.

Program

2012 

Enacted

Rural Community Facilities $4,981,000 

Total, Program Level $4,981,000 

Rationale for Elimination: 

Rural Community Facilities (-$5 million)

Funding is not requested for this program because the services provided are similar to programs currently 

operating in other departments and this action reflects the Administration’s efforts to target funds more 

effectively.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

SIGNIFICANT ITEMS IN CONFERENCE AND SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FY 2013 BUDGET PAGE

 

FY 2012 CONFERENCE REPORT LANGUAGE.............................................................. 395 

FY 2012 SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT LANGUAGE............................... 395 

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Significant Items in Conference and Senate Appropriations Committees Reports

FY 2012 Conference Report Language (H. Rpt. 112-331)

Item

Pro Bono Legal Services – Within the total for Unaccompanied Alien Children, the conference 

agreement includes up to $6,100,000 for the pro bono legal services pilot to ensure legal representation 

for both released and detained children. 

Action taken or to be taken

In FY 2012, ORR will allocate $6.1 million of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Program funding 

to provide legal representation for both released and detained children. Of this amount, $5.8 million will 

continue to support pro-bono legal services. The remaining $.3 million will support a pilot program to 

provide direct legal services to UAC who are unable to secure pro-bono representation and are requesting 

Voluntary Departure and/or a Removal Order. 

Item

Child Abuse Prevention -- The conferees direct that not less than 120 days after enactment, ACF shall 

submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on 

Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives the results of the study related to suspected 

and known instances of child abuse and neglect, as required under section 1110(d) of the Child Abuse 

Prevention and Treatment Reauthorization Act of 2010. 

Action taken or to be taken

No funds were appropriated for this study or the associated report to Congress. While we are undertaking 

this report using existing resources, lack of dedicated funding will likely result in a delayed product. 

FY 2012 Senate Appropriations Committee Report Language (S. Rpt. 112-84)

Item

Transitional and Medical Services.-- Transitional and medical services provide grants to States and 

nonprofit organizations to provide up to 8 months of cash and medical assistance to incoming refugees as 

well as foster care services to unaccompanied minors. Within the total, the Committee recommendation 

includes not less than $65,000,000 for the voluntary agency matching grant program, which provides 

grants to resettlement agencies to provide comprehensive services, including case management, job 

development, job placement, and interim housing and cash assistance, with the goal of refugees becoming 

self-sufficient within their first 4 months. Refugees enrolled in this program are not eligible for regular 

transitional and medical assistance. The Committee continues to support the voluntary agency matching 

grant program and encourages the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to explore the continued 

expansion of this program. While many of the costs of the transitional and medical services program are 

outside of HHS' control, the Committee remains concerned with the projected increases in these costs. 

The Committee directs ACF to include actual and projected information in their fiscal year 2013 budget 

justification, broken out by refugees in State-administered, voluntary agency matching grant, and WilsonFish programs where applicable, on the number of refugees arriving in the United States, potentially 

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eligible for assistance and actually receiving assistance; the average amount of time refugees receive 

assistance; the average cash and medical assistance benefit; and the total obligations of the program. The 

Committee also directs ACF to separately include information on the actual and projected costs of 

reimbursing States for providing foster care for unaccompanied refugee minors [URM], including the 

number of URMs in foster care.

Action taken or to be taken

See the Transitional and Medical Services (TAMS) narrative in the Refugee and Entrant Assistance 

chapter for this information.

Item

Tribal Requirements -- The Committee notes the administration has proposed revised reporting 

requirements for tribes that integrate Federal funding, including CCDBG funding, for employment, job 

training and related services into a single coordinated program, as authorized by Public Law 102-477. 

While the Committee supports an improved reporting system, any changes should be made consistent 

with Public Law 102-477, which is intended to improve efficiencies and lessen the administrative burden 

on tribes. The Committee does not support the proposed requirement that tribes under this program report 

separately on CCDBG, temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and Native Employment Works 

funding. The Committee expects notification prior to ACF implementing any changes to reporting 

requirements under these programs. 

Action taken or to be taken

On October 7, 2011, Secretaries Salazar, Solis, and Sebelius sent a letter to Congress outlining the 

administrative remedies being taken to address tribal concerns related to P.L. 102-477 audits while 

seeking to develop procedures to ensure that these funds were spent in accordance with underlying 

program rules that had not been waived. These letters and subsequent guidance explained that effective 

October 1, 2011, the requirements contained in the 2009, 2010, and 2011 Compliance Supplements in the 

BIA Cross-Cutting Section on page 4-15.000-4,IV, Other Information, have been suspended. FAQs 

providing guidance to tribes and the audit community on the suspended activities have been posted on the 

Department of Interior website and have been shared with tribes along with the American Institute of 

Certified Public Accountants. On November 22, 2011, federal partners (DOL, DOI, HHS, and OMB) 

along with tribal representatives convened the first meeting of the P.L. 102-477 Administrative Flexibility 

Work Group. The Administration has completed a review of the 2012 Compliance Supplement that is 

prepared annually by OMB in collaboration with affected agencies. The current draft makes revisions to 

reflect the suspended requirements included in prior supplements. We will be seeking input from tribes 

through a consultation process that will include review by the P.L. 102-477 Tribal Work Group as well as 

the P.L. 102-477 Administrative Flexibility Work Group. The Administration, including ACF, will notify 

the Committees prior to implementing any changes to reporting requirements under the tribal programs. 

Copies of the Secretaries’ letters and the FAQs can be found at: 

http://www.indianaffairs.gov/WhoWeAre/AS-IA/IEED/DWD/index.htm 

Item

Voting Access for Individuals With Disabilities -- The Committee recommendation does not provide 

formula funding for Secretaries of State but maintains funding for protection and advocacy programs. 

States have over $33,000,000 in fiscal year 2007 to fiscal year 2010 unexpended funds available to their 

Secretaries of State under this program, and States may still use those funds for these activities. In 

addition, the Committee encourages ACF to work with States and protection and advocacy organizations 

to ensure that these funds are used in a timely manner. The Committee also encourages ACF, in 

consultation with the National Council on Disability, to monitor the implementation of the Help America 

Vote Act for voters with disabilities during the 2012 election cycle.

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Action taken or to be taken

The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) will work with the National Council on 

Disability (NCD) and other federal partners to assess the accessibility of the election process for people 

with disabilities during the 2012 general election. In addition, ADD staff will continue to provide 

technical assistance and support to Secretaries of State to ensure election accessibility and timely 

expenditure of appropriated funds for such purposes. 

Item

Family Violence Prevention and Services -- The Committee encourages ACF to provide funding for 

State resource centers to reduce disparities in domestic violence in States with high proportions of Indian 

(including Alaskan Native) or Native Hawaiian populations, as authorized by section (a)(2)(B)(i) of the 

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act.

Action taken or to be taken

In FY 2012, continuation grants are planned to support children who are exposed to violence, and to 

support implementation of trauma-informed interventions in community-based agencies that were funded 

in FY 2011. Additionally, the National Resource Center to Address Domestic Violence and Safety for 

Indian Women has expanded its capacity to provide resources and technical assistance to Alaska Native 

and Native Hawaiian communities. This will allow the FVPSA program to implement targeted strategies 

to assess the needs of the Alaska Native Villages receiving FVPSA grants, the availability of shelter and 

domestic violence supportive services, and training and technical assistance needs in Alaska. Also in FY 

2012, the FVPSA program will convene a regional peer-to-peer and technical assistance grantee meeting 

in Alaska to support Alaska Native communities and to expand collaborations between the Tribes and 

Alaska Native Villages and the State of Alaska and the Alaska Network to End Domestic and Sexual 

Violence. Contingent upon available funding, ACF will consider releasing a Funding Opportunity 

Announcement that solicits applications from eligible organizations to operate the State Resource Centers 

authorized in P.L. 111-320. 

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