Recipient of federal assistance · ATLANTA, GA

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES received $3.3B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 82 actions, −7.2% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $25B. Its largest awarding agency was Food and Nutrition Service ($3B).

Assistance · FY2026
$3.3B
New awards
26
Actions
82
Since FY2021
$25B
UEI
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Location
ATLANTA, GA
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. 4.7BFY2021
  2. 5.8BFY2022
  3. 4.4BFY2023
  4. 3.2BFY2024
  5. 3.6BFY2025
  6. 3.3BFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$2.9B86%
  2. Grants$449.6M14%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$2.9B86%
  2. 93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E$141.9M4.3%
  3. 10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$127.9M3.9%
  4. 93.659 · Adoption Assistance$107.5M3.2%
  5. 93.667 · Social Services Block Grant$52.3M1.6%
  6. 20.513 · Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities$13.8M0.4%
  7. 10.568 · Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative COSTS)$2.3M0.1%
  8. 93.092 · Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program$1.6M0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Food and Nutrition Service$3B90%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Administration for Children and Families$304.2M9.2%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Federal Transit Administration$13.8M0.4%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. SNAP EBT BENEFITS$2.9B
    10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 1, 2026· 26GA35051393501
  2. SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS$114M
    10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Oct 3, 2024 – Jul 30, 2026· 255GA403S2514
  3. SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS$110.7M
    10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Nov 20, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 265GA403S2514
  4. FOSTER-2025 - FOSTER CARE$105.9M
    93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Sep 25, 2024 – Dec 31, 2025· 2501GAFOST
  5. FOSTER-2024$89.7M
    93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Sep 28, 2023 – Mar 19, 2026· 2401GAFOST
  6. FOSTER-2026 - FOSTER CARE$88.2M
    93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 7, 2025 – Aug 24, 2026· 2601GAFOST

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: $21.9M (110 subawards)

60 sub-recipients

  1. HEALTHMPOWERS, INC.$2.5M11%
    NORCROSS, GA · 1 subaward
  2. ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$2M9.3%
    ATLANTA, GA · 3 subawards
  3. VERIDA, INC.$1.7M7.7%
    VILLA RICA, GA · 2 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA$1.4M6.6%
    ATHENS, GA · 1 subaward
  5. STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH$1.3M5.9%
    ATLANTA, GA · 2 subawards
  6. SOUTHERN GEORGIA REGIONAL COMMISSION$1.1M4.8%
    VALDOSTA, GA · 8 subawards
  7. ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION$784.8K3.6%
    ATLANTA, GA · 2 subawards
  8. OPEN HAND ATLANTA, INC.$743.3K3.4%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
  9. RIVER VALLEY REGIONAL COMMISSION$627.2K2.9%
    COLUMBUS, GA · 8 subawards
  10. NEW AMERICAN PATHWAYS, INC.$546.8K2.5%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $9.1M paid out · $526.6K received
  • FY2022: $10M paid out · $640K received
  • FY2023: $25M paid out · $500K received
  • FY2024: $37.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $44.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $21.9M 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 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–FY2026.