Payments to States for Foster Care and Permanency

A1: Amounts apportioned are available for obligation consistent with the latest agreed-upon spend plan for Fiscal Year 2026 between the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Such spend plan submitted by HHS shall include: the anticipated obligations of such amounts by spending category (e.g., salaries and expenses, training and technical assistance, basic block grant, etc.); detailed information on currently anticipated grants utilizing such obligated amounts, including projected amounts for each disbursement; and a detailed description of how such spend plan aligns with Administration priorities.  Any revisions or additions to such spend plan shall be proposed to OMB in writing no later than five business days before the anticipated obligation of funds based on such revisions or additions.  If OMB agrees to such revision or addition, OMB will notify HHS in writing, and the latest agreed-upon spend plan shall include that modification.  In the absence of an agreed-upon spend plan between HHS and OMB, HHS may obligate funds on this line only as necessary for Federal salary and payroll expenses or making payments otherwise required by law.  [Rationale: An agency spend plan or other documentation is necessary to better understand how the agency intends to obligate some or all of the apportioned funds.]

A2: As permissible by law, amounts apportioned shall be obligated in a manner consistent with the directives provided in the following: Executive Order 14151, "Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing" and, for competitive grants only, Executive Order 14332, "Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking." [Rationale: Footnote specifies the purpose(s) for which the funds are available to be obligated.]