Adoption Assistance — CFDA 93.659

Adoption-assistance obligations at $21.5 billion

USAspending.gov records $21,537,270,895.81 in obligations under CFDA 93.659. Three hundred thirty-six awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $64.1 million per award — a large dollars-per-award ratio that matches state-administered adoption-assistance grants rather than one row per adoptive family in this extract.

The assistance-listing title is ADOPTION ASSISTANCE. CFDA 93.659 is the identifier. Foster Care Title IV-E is a different CFDA and is not included in the $21.5 billion. Adding the two listings would invent a combined child-welfare total this packet does not contain.

USAspending.gov is the source for the $21,537,270,895.81 obligation total on CFDA 93.659, along with 336 awards, 66 recipients, and 52 states. A child-welfare finance brief that cites a different adoption-assistance figure may be using outlays, a different period, or a blended child-welfare total. This page does not blend listings. The 336-award roster is the assistance-record count in this extract, not a family census.

Sixty-six recipients nationwide

Sixty-six recipients share 336 awards, or about five award records per recipient on average. Splitting $21.5 billion evenly would assign about $326 million per recipient. State and territorial child-welfare agencies are the usual organizational unit; the packet does not name the 66.

Fifty-two states in the geographic count means 93.659 is coded as a national assistance listing in this extract. It does not publish a per-child subsidy or equalize dollars. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table.

Awards are not adoption decrees

Award count (336) is a count of assistance records, including modifications as USAspending stored them. It is not the number of adoptions, guardianships, or subsidy agreements. A single recipient can post quarterly claiming actions that each count as a row. Citing 336 as families served would be a unit error.

The packet does not report matching rates, eligibility categories, or average monthly subsidies. Those concepts exist in adoption-assistance finance; they are not fields in this extract.

Obligations versus subsidies paid

The $21.5 billion is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against adoption-assistance awards — are not in the packet. Claims can lag the obligation date. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the stock.

Compare 93.659 to any other child-welfare CFDA only with matching units: obligations to obligations, same extract. Mixing obligations on one listing with outlays on another creates a false gap.

Tables for CFDA 93.659

The Adoption Assistance program page holds the award and recipient views behind these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 93.659 by obligation size. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other listings. Start on the program page when the question is specifically 93.659.

CFDA 93.659 stores $21,537,270,895.81 in obligations on 336 awards and 66 recipients, with a 52-state geographic count. That short roster against more than twenty billion dollars is the shape of a state-administered subsidy grant, not a family-level file. About $64.1 million per award on a simple average should be quoted as a ratio, not as a typical monthly adoption subsidy. Related foster-care assistance is a different listing and is not in the $21.5 billion.

Finalized-adoption counts, matching rates, and outlays are outside the four facts. The Adoption Assistance program page overlays 93.659. The programs index ranks it by obligation size. Agency pages roll up awarding agencies. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Adoption assistance as a state-grant stock

Adoption Assistance, CFDA 93.659, is indexed at $21,537,270,895.81 in obligations, 336 awards, 66 recipients, and 52 states on USAspending.gov. About $64.1 million per award on a simple average is the arithmetic of large state-administered subsidy grants, not one row per adoptive family. Three hundred thirty-six is a count of assistance records, including claiming actions as stored. It is not a count of finalized adoptions.

Sixty-six recipients against 52 states is roughly one administering entity per geographic label, with a few extras. That is the expected shape of a state-run child-welfare CFDA. The packet does not name the 66 or publish a per-child subsidy. Related foster-care assistance is a different listing in the CFDA file and is not folded into the $21.5 billion.

Keep obligations and outlays separate. Claims can lag the obligation date. The program page overlays 93.659; the programs index ranks it; agency pages may include this CFDA among other listings. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Questions

How much is obligated for adoption assistance on USAspending.gov?

USAspending.gov records $21,537,270,895.81 in obligations for CFDA 93.659. SpendingVault indexes 336 awards, 66 recipients, and 52 states. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a count of finalized adoptions. CFDA 93.659’s $21.5 billion on 336 awards and 66 recipients is the USAspending obligation stock.

Why are there only 336 awards on CFDA 93.659?

Adoption Assistance posts 336 awards against $21.5 billion, or about $64.1 million per award on a simple average. State-administered subsidy grants often appear as a small number of large records rather than one row per family. Award count includes modifications as stored by USAspending.

How many recipients are on the adoption-assistance listing?

The extract lists 66 recipients. Geographic coding covers 52 states. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards, not adoptive parents. Names and dollar splits are on the program page. The packet does not publish a per-child amount. CFDA 93.659’s $21.5 billion on 336 awards and 66 recipients is the USAspending obligation stock.

Is $21.5 billion already paid as adoption subsidies?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 93.659’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, federal matching percentages, or remaining balances. CFDA 93.659’s $21.5 billion on 336 awards and 66 recipients is the USAspending obligation stock.