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Assistance listing · 93.603
Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments Program
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 93.603, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
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Federal agencies obligated $27M in awards under assistance listing 93.603, Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments Program, in FY2026, and $155M over the five fiscal years since FY2023; the program ranks 661 of 988 on this site.
Obligations were down 29% on FY2025 ($37M), with $0 so far in FY2027.
The largest recipient organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 were Department of Children & Family Service ($18M), Department of Social Services California ($17M) and Florida Department of Children and Families ($9.9M).
By place of performance, the most money went to IL, CA and FL.
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2026
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2026 | $27M | $722B | $4.4T |
| Five-year total | $155M | $2.6T | $17T |
| Share of all assistance obligations, five years | 0% | 15.2% | 100% |
Largest recipients $1.0M+ award value since FY2023
| # | Organisation | Awards | Award value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Children & Family Service | 4 | $18M |
| 2 | Department of Social Services California | 4 | $17M |
| 3 | Florida Department of Children and Families | 2 | $9.9M |
| 4 | Children & Family Services, New York Office of | 3 | $9.7M |
| 5 | Department of Child Safety Arizona | 3 | $8.3M |
| 6 | DEPT Family & Protective Ser | 3 | $8.3M |
| 7 | Department of Child Services | 2 | $7.5M |
| 8 | West Virginia DEPT of Human Services | 2 | $5.4M |
| 9 | Human Services, Oklahoma DEPT of | 2 | $4.4M |
| 10 | Ohio Department of Children and Youth | 2 | $4.2M |
| 11 | Minnesota Department of Human Services | 2 | $4.1M |
| 12 | PA Department of Human Services | 2 | $3.7M |
| 13 | Michigan Department of Health and Human Services | 2 | $3.3M |
| 14 | Department of Children & Families | 2 | $3.2M |
| 15 | IA Department of Human Services | 2 | $2.4M |
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards
Where the money goes
Largest awards since FY2023
Other programs numbered 93.xxx
- 93.778 Grants to States for Medicaid $2.6T
- 93.767 Children's Health Insurance Program $83B
- 93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families $68B
- 93.600 Head Start $46B
- 93.423 1332 State Innovation Waivers $44B
- 93.575 Child Care and Development Block Grant $33B
- 93.658 Foster Care Title IV-E $20B
- 93.568 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance $18B
- 93.224 Health Center Program $17B
- 93.563 Child Support Services $17B
- 93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research $16B
- 93.866 Aging Research $15B
- 93.659 Adoption Assistance $15B
- 93.210 Tribal Self-Governance Program: IHS Compacts/Funding Agreements $15B
- 93.596 Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund $14B
- 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research $13B
- 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training $12B
- 93.566 Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs $12B
- 93.798 Rural Health Transformation Program $10B
- 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance $8.8B
- 93.847 Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research $8.0B
- 93.853 Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders $7.5B
- 93.959 Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse $7.4B
- 93.676 Unaccompanied Alien Children Program $7.3B
Questions and answers
How much is obligated under assistance listing 93.603?
$27M in FY2026 and $155M over the five fiscal years since FY2023, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.
Who receives the most under Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments Program?
Department of Children & Family Service ($18M), Department of Social Services California ($17M), Florida Department of Children and Families ($9.9M), Children & Family Services, New York Office of ($9.7M), Department of Child Safety Arizona ($8.3M). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".
What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?
A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.