FY 2026 Guardianship Assistance

Chafee Education and Training Vouchers Program (ETV) is sponsored by Department of Health And Human Services. This program provides resources to states and eligible Indian tribes to make available vouchers for postsecondary training and education to youth who have experienced foster care at age 14 or older, who have aged out of foster care, or who have been adopted or left for kinship guardianship from the public foster care system after age 16. This listing is currently active. Program number: 93.599. Last updated on 2026-01-14.

Guardianship Assistance is sponsored by Department of Health And Human Services. The Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP) supports states, Indian tribes, tribal organizations and tribal consortia (tribes) who opt to provide guardianship assistance payments to relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of eligible children that they previously cared for as foster parents. The goal is to prevent inappropriately long stays in foster care and to promote the healthy development of children through increased safety, permanency, and well-being. A list of Title IV-E agencies approved for GAP is available at https://acf.gov/cb/grant-funding/title-iv-e-guardianship-assistance. This listing is currently active. Program number: 93.090. Last updated on 2026-01-15.