# CAPTA State Grants

**Agency:** Health & Human Services  
**Account:** Discretionary Programs  
**Source document:** Administration for Children, Families, and Communities · p. 10  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/hhs/capta-state-grants  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 105.1 |
| FY2026 | enacted | 105.1 |
| FY2027 | request | 105.1 |

## Health & Human Services discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $91.60B, FY2026 $131.10B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (P.L. 93-247) of 1974 created the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) State Grant program to provide formula 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 ' 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 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, protecting the legal rights of families and alleged perpetrators, and supporting citizen review panels. CAPTA requires states to convene multidisciplinary teams to review the circumstances of child maltreatment-related fatalities in the The CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 (P.L 111-320) reauthorized the program through FY 2015. The program has since been amended by the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-22), which added requirements relating to victims of human sex trafficking, and the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (P.L. 114-198), which amended CAPTA's state plan requirements relating to substance-exposed newborns and plans of safe care to address the effects of substance-use disorders on infants, children, and families. The Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-424) amended a CAPTA State Grants program requirement relating to legal immunity for good faith reports of child abuse and neglect, to include professionals who are called upon to consult in a child abuse case or provide a medical diagnosis. Administration for Children, Families, and Communities Page 75 Beginning in FY 2018, $60 million was provided to help states improve their response to infants affected by substance-use disorders and their families. In addition to providing technical assistance to states on best practices and evidence-based interventions, this funding also supported evaluations of states' activities on plans of safe care. Since FY 2020, Congress has directed that the $60 million provided annually be used to help states develop and implement plans of safe care for substance-exposed infants and their families. ACFC has provided technical assistance resources to support them in this important Funding for the program - net of any authorized changes such as transfers or reprogramming - for five Funding for this program is also used to pay information technology support and other related The FY 2027 request for CAPTA State Grants is $105.1 million, the same as the FY 2026 level. The affected by substance-use disorders, and support and enhance interagency and community-based collaborations to prevent child abuse and neglect by promoting child and family well-being and to reduce child abuse and neglect related fatalities. The funding will help states to improve their response to infants affected by substance-use disorders or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure or a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder by developing, implementing, and monitoring plans of safe care for these infants and their parents and caregivers. For FY 2027, it is estimated that 56 awards will be made with an average award of $1,847,902 and a Administration for Children, Families, and Communities Page 76 Result / Target for Recent Target Target FY 2026 Target 7B Percentage of Result / (Summary of Prior Result - +0.2PP children with Result) Prior Result - 0.2PP indicated reports of Target: 6.2% point (PP) Prior Result - maltreatment that have a (Target Exceeded) 5% indicated report of FY 2024: 82.15 hours 5% Administration for Children, Families, and Communities Page 77


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Health & Human Services › Administration for Children, Families, and Communities › Discretionary Programs › Children & Families Services Programs


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*