Standard Terms and Conditions
The following apply to all awards administered by ACF. Please note: Per 89 FR 80055 , the adoption of the eight provisions in 2 CFR Part 200 with an effective date of October 1, 2024 identified in the ACF Standard Terms and Conditions are in effect when awards or award amendments are issued that incorporates them by reference, beginning on or after October 1, 2024. 2 CFR Parts 200 and 300 Implementation effective 10/1/2025: Recipients that receive an updated T&C may immediately apply in full the 2 CFR Parts on 10/1/2025 without receiving an additional Notice of Award update.
- FFY 2025 ACF Standard Terms and Conditions (eff. 2025/07/29) (PDF)
- Administrative and National Policy Requirements
Property Terms and Conditions
Recipients with awards involving property must also follow the property related terms and conditions (PDF). Under 2 CFR §200.316, all real property, equipment, and intangible property acquired or improved with ACF funds must be held in trust by the recipient or subrecipient as trustee for the beneficiaries of the project or program under which the property was acquired or improved. ACF requires the recipient and subrecipient to record liens or other appropriate notices of record to indicate that the personal or real property has been acquired or improved with a Federal award and that use and disposition conditions apply to the award. For more information, see ACF Property pages.
Program Specific Supplemental Terms and Conditions
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families: Children's Bureau
- Adoption Assistance Program (PDF)
- Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Program (PDF)
- Chafee Education and Training Vouchers Program (PDF)
- Child Abuse and Neglect State Grants (PDF)
- Children's Justice Act (PDF)
- Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Grants (States and Territories) (PDF)
- Family First Prevention Services Act Transition Grant (PDF)
- Family First Prevention Services Transition Act Funding Certainty Grant (PDF)
- Foster Care Program (PDF)
- Guardianship Assistance Program (PDF)
- John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood (PDF)
- MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PDF)
- MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families - Monthly Caseworker Visits (PDF)
- State Court Improvement Program (PDF)
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program (PDF)
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program Disaster Relief Funds (PDF)
- Title IV-E Kinship Navigator Program (PDF)
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families: Family and Youth Services Bureau
- Title V Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program (PDF)
- Personal Responsibility Education Program (PDF)
Office of Child Care (OCC)
- Child Care and Development Block Grant / Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care Development Fund (PDF)
- Child Care and Development Fund - Tribal Construction or Major Renovation (PDF)
- Child Care Supplemental Disaster Funds (PDF)
- Child Care Supplemental Non-Disaster Discretionary Funds American Relief Act (ARA) of 2025 (PDF)
- Child Care Supplemental Discretionary Funds 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) (PDF)
Office of Child Support Services (OCSS)
Liquidation Timeframe on Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) Program Funding Eff. 10.1.2023 (PDF)
- State Access and Visitation Program (PDF)
- Tribal Child Support Enforcement Program (States)
- Tribal Child Support Enforcement Program (Start-Up Grants) (PDF)
- Tribal Child Support Enforcement Program (Comprehensive)
- Tribal Child Support Enforcement Program (Start-Up)
Office of Community Services (OCS)
- Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) (PDF)
- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) (PDF)
- Low Income Home Water Assistance Program (PDF)
- Consolidated Block Grants to Insular Areas (Territories) (SOSC) (PDF)
- Social Services Block Grant Program (SSBG) (PDF)
Office of Family Assistance (OFA)
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (State & Territories) (PDF)
- Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (Direct Funded Tribes) (PDF)
- Native Employment Works Program (NEWP) - Directly Funded Tribes (PDF)
- Payments to Territories - Adults (AABD) (PDF)
- TANF Contingency (States) (PDF)