Recipient of federal assistance · WASHINGTON, DC

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA received $38.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 44 actions, +5% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $167.9M. Its largest awarding agency was Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ($38.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$38.9M
New awards
2
Actions
44
Since FY2021
$167.9M
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Location
WASHINGTON, DC
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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. 17.2MFY2021
  2. 13.1MFY2022
  3. 33.4MFY2023
  4. 28.1MFY2024
  5. 37MFY2025
  6. 38.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$38.9M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.788 · Opioid Str$25.1M65%
  2. 93.959 · Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse$7.1M18%
  3. 93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance$3.5M8.9%
  4. 93.958 · Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services$1.7M4.4%
  5. 93.00R · 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Programs$1.3M3.3%
  6. 93.150 · Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH)$245K0.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$38.9M100%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. DCOR 4 - THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S OPIOID RESPONSE 4 (DCOR 4) INITIATIVE WILL FOCUS ON ADDRESSING THE OVERDOSE CRISIS, DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY…$76.2M
    93.788 · Opioid Str· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 24, 2024 – Sep 19, 2026· H79TI087766
  2. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S OPIOID RESPONSE 3 - THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S OPIOID RESPONSE 3 (DCOR 3) INITIATIVE WILL FOCUS ON INCREASING ACCESS…$48.8M
    93.788 · Opioid Str· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 23, 2022 – Jun 15, 2026· H79TI085728
  3. SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT$7.6M
    93.959 · Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Block grant· Jan 28, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· B08TI088509
  4. SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT$7.1M
    93.959 · Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Block grant· Feb 20, 2024 – Feb 10, 2026· B08TI087078
  5. PROMOTING INTEGRATED WHOLE PERSON CARE IN DC (PIWC DC) - THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (DC OR THE DISTRICT) DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (DBH…$5.5M
    93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Aug 27, 2024 – Jul 16, 2026· H79SM090002
  6. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, STRATEGIC PREVENTION FRAMEWORK-PARTNERSHIP FOR SUCCESS (DC SPF-PFS) - THE DC DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (DBH)…$4M
    93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 24, 2025 – Jul 15, 2026· H79SP084679

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: $13.7M (50 subawards)

37 sub-recipients

  1. FREEDMEN'S MEDICINE INC.$1.3M9.6%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  2. HOWARD UNIVERSITY$1.2M8.7%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 3 subawards
  3. HIPS$893.2K6.5%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards
  4. LEADERSHIP COUNCIL FOR HEALTH COMMUNITIES, INC. (THE)$800K5.8%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards
  5. COMMUNITY BRIDGES, INC$676.4K4.9%
    MESA, AZ · 2 subawards
  6. WASHINGTON CITY ORPHAN ASYLUM, THE$658K4.8%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards
  7. NATIONAL CAPITAL COALITION$624.5K4.6%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards
  8. SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK, INC.$587.6K4.3%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards
  9. OXFORD HOUSE, INC.$570K4.2%
    SILVER SPRING, MD · 1 subaward
  10. BRIDGING RESOURCES IN COMMUNITIES, INC$520.9K3.8%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $251.4K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GOVERNMENT OF$251.4K100%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2024: $25.2M paid out · $250K received
  • FY2025: $32.8M paid out · $413.6K received
  • FY2026: $13.7M paid out · $251.4K 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.