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Notice2026-18568

Notice of Supplemental Funding, Infant-Toddler Court Program-State Awards

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Published
September 11, 2026

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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration

Abstract

HRSA is providing additional award funds to 11 current ITCP-- State Award recipients previously funded under HRSA-22-73 to support the continuation and expansion of existing activities to build state and local capacity and implement the infant-toddler court approach in federal fiscal year (FY) 2026.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 175 (Friday, September 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57898-57899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18568]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Notice of Supplemental Funding, Infant-Toddler Court Program--
State Awards

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of supplemental funding.

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SUMMARY: HRSA is providing additional award funds to 11 current ITCP--
State Award recipients previously funded under HRSA-22-73 to support 
the continuation and expansion of existing activities to build state 
and local capacity and implement the infant-toddler court approach in 
federal fiscal year (FY) 2026.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ekaterina Zoubak, Early Childhood 
Systems Analyst, Division of Home Visiting and Early Childhood Systems, 
HRSA, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d180712081f1c163d150f0e1c531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b3e21342e393a301b3329283a753c342d">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> and 240-475-8014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Intended Recipient(s) of the Award: Current ITCP--State Award 
recipients (11 current awardees).
    Amount of Non-Competitive Award: $4,588,804, or up to $417,164 for 
each award.
    Project Period: September 30, 2022, to September 29, 2027.
    Assistance Listing Number: 93.110.
    Award Instrument: Non-competitive supplemental funding to the 
existing Cooperative Agreement.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2) (Title V, Sec.  501(a)(2) of the 
Social Security Act).

                                    Table 1--Recipient(s) and Award Amount(s)
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               Grant No.                      Award recipient name               City, state
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U2ZMC46643.............................  Prevent Child Abuse Arizona...  AZ                             $417,164
U2ZMC529755............................  Illuminate Colorado...........  CO                              417,164
U2ZMC46638.............................  Georgia State University        GA                              417,164
                                          Research Foundation, Inc.
U2ZMC55646.............................  Iowa Department of Health and   IA                              417,164
                                          Human Services.
U2ZMC46639.............................  Michigan Department of Health   MI                              417,164
                                          and Human Services.
U2ZMC46636.............................  Nevada Division of Child &      NV                              417,164
                                          Family Services.
U2ZMC46642.............................  Passaic County Court Appointed  NJ                              417,164
                                          Special Advocates (CASA), A
                                          New Jersey Nonprofit
                                          Corporation.
U2ZMC46640.............................  Justice Innovation Inc. d/b/a   NY                              417,164
                                          Center for Court Innovation.
U2ZMC46637.............................  Educational Service Center of   OH                              417,164
                                          Cuyahoga County.
U2ZMC46635.............................  Children's Center.............  UT                              417,164
U2ZMC46634.............................  Children and Youth Justice      WA                              417,164
                                          Center.
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    Justification: In FY 2022, under the authority for Special Projects 
of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS) (42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2) 
(Title V, Sec.  501(a)(2) of the Social Security Act)), HRSA awarded 
the ITCP State awards to 12 recipients (HRSA-22-073). This award 
included expectations for the recipient to continue and expand 
research-based infant-toddler court (ITC) teams to change child welfare 
practices and improve the early developmental health and well-being of 
infants, toddlers, and their families.
    A Congressional Report accompanying the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub. L. 118-47), included funding for this 
program to ``continue and expand research-based Infant-Toddler Court 
Teams to change child welfare practices to improve well-being for 
infants, toddlers, and their families'' (Senate Report 118-84). In 
addition, the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the FY 2024 
appropriations act directed HRSA to ``allocate funding to ensure 
continuation of existing grantees, technical assistance, and other 
activities.'' In FY 2024, HRSA provided a supplement of $2,700,000 in 
SPRANS funding, through its Maternal and Child Health Bureau, to the 
ITCP--State Award Program recipients noted in Table 1.\1\
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    \1\ In addition to the recipients included on Table 1, a FY 2024 
supplement was provided to the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health 
and Substance Abuse Services (Award Number U2ZMC46641). This 
recipient has since relinquished their award and will not receive 
supplemental funds in FY 2026.
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    A Congressional Report accompanying the FY 2025 appropriations act 
directed HRSA to ``allocate funding to ensure continuation of existing 
grantees, technical assistance, and support other expansion 
activities'' (House Report 118-585). In response to the Congressional 
intent, HRSA provided a supplement of $2,798,847 in SPRANS funding to 
the State award recipients in FY 2025 to continue work initiated in 
prior years, to improve access to evidence-based child welfare 
practices and improve the early developmental health and well-being of 
infants, toddlers, and their families.
    A Congressional Report accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2026 (Pub. L. 119-75) included an additional $2,000,000, for a 
total of $20,000,000 in funding ``for research-based Infant-Toddler 
Court Teams to change child welfare practices to improve well-being for 
infants, toddlers, and their families'' (House Report 119-271). The 
Report also included a directive to ``allocate funding to ensure 
continuation of existing grantees, technical assistance, and support 
other expansion activities'' (House Report 119-271).
    Consistent with Congressional intent, HRSA will provide $4,588,810 
in FY 2026 in supplemental funding to the recipients outlined in Table 
1. This supplement will be used to implement project activities within 
the scope of the current ITCP--State Awards funding opportunity (HRSA-
22-073) and to: (1) increase staff capacity through hiring, 
consultancy, contracting, or training; (2) increase the reach of the 
infant-toddler court approach by increasing caseloads or expanding to 
new sites; or (3) address unmet measurement and evaluation needs. These 
activities are within scope to change child welfare practices to 
improve well-being for infants, toddlers, and their families.

Margaret M. Bush,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2026-18568 Filed 9-10-26; 8:45 am]
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