Recipient of federal assistance · MADISON, WI

STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES received $845.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 146 actions, +17% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $5.9B. Its largest awarding agency was Administration for Children and Families ($834.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$845.5M
New awards
29
Actions
146
Since FY2021
$5.9B
UEI
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Parent organization
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Location
MADISON, WI
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.8BFY2021
  2. 833.7MFY2022
  3. 863.3MFY2023
  4. 737.4MFY2024
  5. 722MFY2025
  6. 845.5MFY2026
  7. 78.2MFY2027

By type

  1. Grants$845.5M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families$312.8M37%
  2. 93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant$125.2M15%
  3. 93.563 · Child Support Services$110.8M13%
  4. 93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E$110.4M13%
  5. 93.659 · Adoption Assistance$65.1M7.7%
  6. 93.596 · Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund$60.8M7.2%
  7. 93.434 · Every Student Succeeds Act/Preschool Development Grants$13.9M1.6%
  8. 93.870 · Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant$11.4M1.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Administration for Children and Families$834.1M99%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Health Resources and Services Administration$11.4M1.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. 2026 TANF$312.8M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Dec 16, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 2601WITANF
  2. E5C6-2021$150.6M
    93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· May 4, 2021 – May 28, 2026· 2101WIE5C6
  3. CCDD-2026 - CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISCRETIONARY$125.2M
    93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Nov 20, 2025 – Jul 18, 2026· 2640WICCDD
  4. CCDD-2024$123.3M
    93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 13, 2023 – Feb 27, 2026· 2440WICCDD
  5. CCDD-2023$113.7M
    93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 28, 2022 – Nov 24, 2025· 2340WICCDD
  6. LIHEAP-2022$107.1M
    93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· Oct 29, 2021 – Feb 18, 2026· 2201WILIEA

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $175.4M (707 subawards)

162 sub-recipients

  1. CHILDREN'S SERVICE SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN$14.4M8.2%
    MILWAUKEE, WI · 21 subawards
  2. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WISCONSIN$13.3M7.6%
    MILWAUKEE, WI · 7 subawards
  3. WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK, INC.$12.1M6.9%
    MILWAUKEE, WI · 7 subawards
  4. COUNTY OF DANE$11.4M6.5%
    MADISON, WI · 17 subawards
  5. WI EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSOCIATION INC$10.1M5.8%
    FITCHBURG, WI · 3 subawards
  6. COUNTY OF WAUKESHA$5.4M3.1%
    WAUKESHA, WI · 12 subawards
  7. COUNTY OF KENOSHA$4.7M2.7%
    KENOSHA, WI · 14 subawards
  8. COUNTY OF BROWN$4.4M2.5%
    GREEN BAY, WI · 13 subawards
  9. COUNTY OF ROCK$4.2M2.4%
    JANESVILLE, WI · 10 subawards
  10. RACINE COUNTY$4.2M2.4%
    RACINE, WI · 10 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $3.2M (2 subawards)

1 prime

  1. STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES$3.2M100%
    MADISON, WI · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $772.2M paid out · $55.2K received
  • FY2022: $445M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $276.1M paid out · $500K received
  • FY2024: $254.9M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $254.4M paid out · $3.2M received
  • FY2026: $175.4M paid out · $3.2M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2027.