Recipient of federal assistance · LITTLE ROCK, AR

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES received $615.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 133 actions, −7.7% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2022: $1.6B. Its largest awarding agency was Food and Nutrition Service ($500M).

Assistance · FY2026
$615.4M
New awards
23
Actions
133
Since FY2022
$1.6B
UEI
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Parent organization
ARKANSAS ADVANCED ENERGY FOUNDATION, INC.
Location
LITTLE ROCK, AR
State and local governments
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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. 434KFY2022
  2. 16.2MFY2023
  3. 269.2MFY2024
  4. 666.6MFY2025
  5. 615.4MFY2026
  6. 14.1MFY2027

By type

  1. Direct payments$430.6M70%
  2. Grants$184.8M30%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$430.6M70%
  2. 93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families$51.3M8.3%
  3. 10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$47.1M7.7%
  4. 10.646 · Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children$21.7M3.5%
  5. 93.959 · Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse$15.5M2.5%
  6. 93.667 · Social Services Block Grant$14.5M2.4%
  7. 93.788 · Opioid Str$10.8M1.7%
  8. 93.958 · Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services$9.3M1.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Food and Nutrition Service$500M81%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Administration for Children and Families$73.8M12%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$39M6.3%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Employment and Training Administration$1.3M0.2%
    Department of Labor
  5. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$828.1K0.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Office of Justice Programs$533.3K0.1%
    Department of Justice

Largest awards

  1. SNAP EBT BENEFITS$430.6M
    10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 1, 2026· 26AR35050592501
  2. 2024 TANF$57.8M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 30, 2023 – Jul 8, 2026· 2403ARTANF
  3. 2026 TANF$56.5M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Dec 17, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 2603ARTANF
  4. SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS$44.2M
    10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Oct 3, 2024 – Apr 15, 2026· 256AR101S2514
  5. CNP SME EBT BENEFITS NON APPR$40.7M
    10.646 · Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· May 19, 2026 – May 19, 2026· 266AR303N1175
  6. SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS$39.1M
    10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Nov 20, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 266AR101S2514

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: $417.7K (6 subawards)

6 sub-recipients

  1. INTO THE LIGHT$126.9K30%
    MOUNTAIN HOME, AR · 1 subaward
  2. THE GENESIS PROJECT$83.6K20%
    HEBER SPRINGS, AR · 1 subaward
  3. WE ARE FREE: FOSTERING RESPECT, ERADICATING EXPLOITATION$68.6K16%
    ROSSTON, AR · 1 subaward
  4. ARKANSAS JUSTICE COLLECTIVE$62.5K15%
    ROGERS, AR · 1 subaward
  5. ARKANSAS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT$62.5K15%
    LITTLE ROCK, AR · 1 subaward
  6. HOPE FOUND OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS,INC.$13.6K3.3%
    JONESBORO, AR · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $90K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $79.7K received
  • FY2023: $10.6M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $30.8M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $29.7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $417.7K paid out · $0 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2022–FY2027.