Current as of:
General Terms and Conditions
The following general terms and conditions apply to all non-discretionary (i.e. mandatory) programs administered by ACF.
- Non-Discretionary (Mandatory) General Terms and Conditions - Effective October 1, 2023 (PDF)
- Administrative and National Policy Requirements
View prior year terms and conditions
Program Specific Supplemental Terms and Conditions
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families: Children's Bureau
- Adoption Assistance Program (PDF)
- Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Program (PDF)
- Chafee Education and Training Vouchers Program (PDF)
- Child Abuse and Neglect State Grants (PDF)
- Children's Justice Act (PDF)
- Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Grants (States and Territories) (PDF)
- Family First Prevention Services Act Transition Grant (PDF)
- Family First Prevention Services Transition Act Funding Certainty Grant (PDF)
- Foster Care Program (PDF)
- Guardianship Assistance Program (PDF)
- John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (PDF)
- MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PDF)
- MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families - Monthly Caseworker Visits (PDF)
- State Court Improvement Program (PDF)
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program (PDF)
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program Disaster Relief Funds (PDF)
- Title IV-E Kinship Navigator Program (PDF)
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families: Family and Youth Services Bureau
Office of Child Care (OCC)
- Child Care and Development Block Grant / Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care Development Fund (PDF)
- Child Care and Development Fund - Tribal Construction or Major Renovation (PDF)
- Child Care Supplemental Disaster Funds (PDF)
- Child Care Supplemental Discretionary Funds American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) (PDF)
Office of Child Support Services (OCSS)
Liquidation Timeframe on Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) Program Funding Eff. 10.1.2023 (PDF)
- State Access and Visitation Program (PDF)
- Child Support Enforcement Program (States) (PDF)
- Tribal Child Support Enforcement Program (Comprehensive) (PDF)
- Tribal Child Support Enforcement Program (Start-Up Grants) (PDF)
Office of Community Services (OCS)
- Community Services Block Grant Program (PDF)
- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (PDF)
- Low Income Home Water Assistance Program (PDF)
- Consolidated Block Grants to Insular Areas (SSBG) (PDF)
- Social Services Block Grant Program (SSBG) (PDF)
Office of Family Assistance (OFA)
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (State & Territories) (PDF)
- Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (Direct Funded Tribes) (PDF)
- Native Employment Works Program (NEWP) - Directly Funded Tribes (PDF)
- Payments to Territories - Adults (AABD) (PDF)
- TANF Contingency (States) (PDF)