Recipient of federal assistance · NEW CASTLE, DE

DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES

DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES received $243.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 48 actions, −12% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $2B. Its largest awarding agency was Food and Nutrition Service ($243.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$243.4M
New awards
11
Actions
48
Since FY2021
$2B
UEI
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Location
NEW CASTLE, DE
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. 452.9MFY2021
  2. 401.4MFY2022
  3. 338.6MFY2023
  4. 275.2MFY2024
  5. 277.6MFY2025
  6. 243.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$212.4M87%
  2. Grants$31.1M13%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$212.4M87%
  2. 10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$20.4M8.4%
  3. 10.646 · Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children$10.4M4.3%
  4. 93.048 · Special Programs for the Aging, Title Iv, and Title Ii, Discretionary Projects$291.3K0.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. Food and Nutrition Service$243.2M99.9%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Administration for Community Living$291.3K0.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. SNAP EBT BENEFITS$212.4M
    10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 1, 2026· 26DE35051092301
  2. SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS$21.7M
    10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Oct 6, 2023 – May 5, 2026· 241DE401S2514
  3. SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS$20.4M
    10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Oct 3, 2024 – Sep 11, 2026· 251DE401S2514
  4. SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS$19.1M
    10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Nov 20, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 261DE401S2514
  5. CNP SME EBT BENEFITS NON APPR$11.8M
    10.646 · Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· May 26, 2026 – May 26, 2026· 261DE401N1175
  6. CNP SME EBT BENEFITS NON APPR$7.7M
    10.646 · Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· May 23, 2024 – Mar 23, 2026· 241DE401N1175

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $50K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $373.1K 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 · FY2021–FY2026.