Recipient of federal assistance · SACRAMENTO, CA

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIA received $21.8B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 213 actions, +3.1% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $140.2B. Its largest awarding agency was Food and Nutrition Service ($13.5B).

Assistance · FY2026
$21.8B
New awards
52
Actions
213
Since FY2021
$140.2B
UEI
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Location
SACRAMENTO, CA
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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. 21.8BFY2021
  2. 27.1BFY2022
  3. 26.5BFY2023
  4. 21BFY2024
  5. 21.1BFY2025
  6. 21.8BFY2026
  7. 908.5MFY2027

By type

  1. Direct payments$11B51%
  2. Grants$10.7B49%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$11B51%
  2. 93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families$3.6B17%
  3. 93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E$1.9B8.7%
  4. 10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$1.5B6.8%
  5. 93.659 · Adoption Assistance$1.2B5.3%
  6. 93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant$727.6M3.3%
  7. 10.558 · Child and Adult Care Food Program$337.1M1.5%
  8. 93.596 · Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund$333M1.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Food and Nutrition Service$13.5B62%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Administration for Children and Families$8.2B38%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Administration for Community Living$8.2M0.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Environmental Protection Agency$3.8M0.0%

Largest awards

  1. SNAP EBT BENEFITS$11B
    10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 1, 2026· 26CA35050692501
  2. 2026 TANF$3.6B
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Dec 16, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 2601CATANF
  3. 2024 TANF$3.6B
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 30, 2023 – Jun 26, 2026· 2401CATANF
  4. FOSTER-2026 - FOSTER CARE$1.5B
    93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 7, 2025 – Aug 20, 2026· 2601CAFOST
  5. FOSTER-2025 - FOSTER CARE$1.4B
    93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Sep 25, 2024 – Dec 31, 2025· 2501CAFOST
  6. SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS$1.4B
    10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Oct 3, 2024 – Jun 12, 2026· 257CACA4S2514

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: $7.8B (2,242 subawards)

1,102 sub-recipients

  1. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES$1.9B24%
    CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA · 10 subawards
  2. FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES$1B13%
    SACRAMENTO, CA · 3 subawards
  3. SAN BERNARDINO, COUNTY OF$420.1M5.4%
    SAN BERNARDINO, CA · 10 subawards
  4. CALIFORNIA STUDENT AID COMMISSION$400M5.1%
    RANCHO CORDOVA, CA · 1 subaward
  5. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO$358M4.6%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 11 subawards
  6. ORANGE, COUNTY OF$300.8M3.8%
    ORANGE, CA · 11 subawards
  7. SACRAMENTO EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AGENCY$298M3.8%
    SACRAMENTO, CA · 10 subawards
  8. RIVERSIDE COUNTY DPSS$295.4M3.8%
    RIVERSIDE, CA · 9 subawards
  9. FRESNO COUNTY OF$234M3.0%
    CLOVIS, CA · 10 subawards
  10. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA$215.7M2.8%
    SAN JOSE, CA · 11 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $116K (3 subawards)

1 prime

  1. OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES$116K100%
    MATHER, CA · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $6.6B paid out · $32.7M received
  • FY2022: $6.4B paid out · $5.9M received
  • FY2023: $6.7B paid out · $21.1M received
  • FY2024: $8.2B paid out · $2.5M received
  • FY2025: $7.4B paid out · $81.9M received
  • FY2026: $7.8B paid out · $116K 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–FY2027.