in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the 
funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, and $630,000,000 is addi-
tional new budget authority specified for purposes of sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act for additional health care 
fraud and abuse control activities: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide not less than $35,000,000 
from amounts made available under this heading and 
amounts made available for fiscal year 2025 under section 
1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for the Senior 
Medicare Patrol program to combat health care fraud and 
abuse. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT 
ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 
and the Act of July 5, 1960, $3,924,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; and for such purposes for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2026, $1,600,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
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For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 
year, except as otherwise provided, 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. 
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 
of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
ance 
Act 
of 
1981 
(42 
U.S.C. 
8621 
et 
seq.), 
$4,040,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
2609A(a) of such Act, not more than $9,600,000 may be 
reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, train-
ing, and monitoring of program activities for compliance 
with internal controls, policies and procedures, and to sup-
plement funding otherwise available for necessary admin-
istrative expenses to carry out such Act, and the Secretary 
may, in addition to the authorities provided in section 
2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with pri-
vate entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organiza-
tions: Provided further, That all but $904,848,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated 
as though the total appropriation for such payments for 
fiscal year 2025 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided 
further, That, after applying all applicable provisions of 
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section 2604 of such Act and the previous proviso, each 
State or territory that would otherwise receive an alloca-
tion that is less than 97 percent of the amount that it 
received under this heading for fiscal year 2024 from 
amounts appropriated in Public Law 118–47 shall have 
its allocation increased to that 97 percent level, with the 
portions of other States’ and territories’ allocations that 
would exceed 100 percent of the amounts they respectively 
received in such fashion for fiscal year 2024 being ratably 
reduced. 
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as-
sistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Ref-
ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and 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, the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Tor-
ture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $2,691,955,000, of which 
$2,641,200,000 shall remain available through September 
30, 2027, for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, 
and 235: Provided, That amounts available under this 
heading to carry out the TVPA shall also be available for 
research and evaluation with respect to activities under 
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such Act: Provided further, That the contribution of funds 
requirement under section 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William 
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made available 
under this heading: Provided further, That not more than 
7 percent of amounts made available under this heading 
shall be available for Federal administrative costs. 
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sec-
tion 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, 
for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 
of such Act, $69,765,000: Provided, That of the funds 
available to carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be 
allocated consistent with subsections (b) through (d) of 
such section: Provided further, That of the funds available 
to carry out section 437, to assist in meeting the require-
ments described in section 471(e)(4)(C), $10,000,000 
shall be for grants to each State, territory, and Indian 
Tribe operating title IV–E plans for developing, enhanc-
ing, or evaluating kinship navigator programs, as de-
scribed in section 427(a)(1) of such Act: Provided further, 
That section 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts in the 
previous proviso by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘3.3 per-
cent’’, and notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), such re-
served amounts may be used for identifying, establishing, 
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and disseminating practices to meet the criteria specified 
in section 471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That the res-
ervation in section 437(b)(2) and the limitations in section 
437(d) shall not apply to funds specified in the second 
proviso: Provided further, That the minimum grant award 
for kinship navigator programs in the case of States and 
territories shall be $200,000, and, in the case of Tribes, 
shall be $25,000. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
For carrying out the Child Care and Development 
Block 
Grant 
Act 
of 
1990 
(‘‘CCDBG 
Act’’), 
$8,771,387,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant 
State general revenue funds for child care assistance for 
low-income families: Provided, That technical assistance 
under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided di-
rectly, or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative 
agreements, or interagency agreements: Provided further, 
That all funds made available to carry out section 418 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including 
funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 
or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the res-
ervation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of 
section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding the reservation requirements in any 
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other provision of law, of amounts appropriated under this 
heading, 6 percent shall be reserved for payments to In-
dian Tribes and Tribal organizations: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
the Secretary may reserve up to 0.5 percent for Federal 
administrative expenses. 
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For making grants to States pursuant to section 
2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (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. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, 
the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Preven-
tion 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), part B–1 of title IV 
and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 
of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services 
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Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); and for necessary admin-
istrative expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, 
XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, the Act of 
July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
ance 
Act 
of 
1981, 
$14,709,694,000, 
of 
which 
$75,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2026, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal 
guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 
473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for 
adoptions and legal guardianships completed before Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That $12,296,820,000 shall 
be for making payments under the Head Start Act, includ-
ing for Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships, and, 
of which, notwithstanding section 640 of such Act: 
(1) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation 
by the Secretary to supplement activities described 
in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of 
the Head Start 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 such funds shall not be included in the calcula-
tion of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as 
such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such 
Act; 
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(2) $12,000,000 shall be available for the Trib-
al Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership 
Program consistent with section 648(g) of such Act; 
(3) Not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available 
for the Marshall Islands and Micronesia for the 
start-up and operation of Head Start services and 
for the provision of training and technical assist-
ance; and 
(4) up to $42,000,000 shall be available to sup-
plement funding otherwise available for research, 
evaluation, and Federal administrative costs: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res-
ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act 
in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections 
640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such 
Act: Provided further, That $250,000,000 shall be avail-
able until December 31, 2025, for carrying out sections 
9212 and 9213 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Pro-
vided further, That up to 3 percent of the funds in the 
preceding proviso shall be available for technical assist-
ance and evaluation related to grants awarded under such 
section 9212: Provided further, That $793,000,000 shall 
be for making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided 
further, That for services furnished under the CSBG Act 
with funds made available for such purpose in this fiscal 
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year and in fiscal year 2024, States may apply the last 
sentence of section 673(2) of the CSBG Act by sub-
stituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’: Provided fur-
ther, That not less than $13,000,000 shall be for section 
680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That 
$245,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 303(a) of 
the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of which 
$12,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section 
303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of such 
Act: Provided further, That the percentages specified in 
section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated 
under this heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 
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 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 effec-
tiveness. 
PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 
IV–E of the Social Security Act, $6,768,000,000. 
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For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 
IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2026, $3,600,000,000. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 
year, except as otherwise provided, 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. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the 
RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grand-
parents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX 
of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, 
section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 
and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Secu-
rity Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 
Bill of Rights Act of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D 
of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the As-
sistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and sec-
tion 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of pol-
icy and program activities that assist individuals with dis-
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