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    • MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families

    Metadata Updated: September 6, 2025

    The MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) program provides formula grants each year to states, territories and approximately 135-145 tribes. The purpose of this program is to prevent child maltreatment and the unnecessary separation of children from their families, improve the quality of care and services to children and their families, and ensure permanency for children by reuniting them with their parents, or by promoting adoption or another permanent living arrangement.  Funding may be used to develop, establish, or expand, and to operate coordinated programs of community-based family support services, family preservation services, family reunification services, and adoption promotion and support services.

    The statute also reserves funding for other grants and activities, including Regional Partnership Grants (RPGs); state grants for caseworker visits; Court Improvement Program grants; evaluation, research, and technical assistance.  In fiscal years (FYs) 2018 — 2024 the appropriations for PSSF also included funding to help title IV-E agencies develop, expand or evaluate kinship navigator programs.

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    The PSSF program receives both mandatory and discretionary appropriations.

    FY 2024 Funding:

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date September 6, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 6, 2025

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    Metadata Created Date September 6, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 6, 2025
    Publisher Administration for Children and Families
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    Data First Published 2025-09-03
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-05
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