Recipient of federal assistance · TRENTON, NJ

HUMAN SERVICES, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF

HUMAN SERVICES, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF received $22.3B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 283 actions, +10% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $117.9B. Its largest awarding agency was Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ($19.2B).

Assistance · FY2026
$22.3B
New awards
43
Actions
283
Since FY2021
$117.9B
UEI
MLGMLZ76EMC3
Parent organization
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
Location
TRENTON, NJ
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. 18.4BFY2021
  2. 20BFY2022
  3. 19.3BFY2023
  4. 17.7BFY2024
  5. 20.2BFY2025
  6. 22.3BFY2026
  7. 100.7MFY2027

By type

  1. Grants$20.6B92%
  2. Direct payments$1.7B7.6%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$18.3B82%
  2. 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$1.7B7.6%
  3. 93.767 · Children's Health Insurance Program$743.7M3.3%
  4. 93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families$402.7M1.8%
  5. 93.563 · Child Support Services$237.6M1.1%
  6. 10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$211.9M1.0%
  7. 93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant$163.4M0.7%
  8. 93.798 · Rural Health Transformation Program$147.3M0.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$19.2B86%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Food and Nutrition Service$2B8.9%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. Administration for Children and Families$898.5M4.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$143.7M0.6%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Administration for Community Living$45.5M0.2%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Department of Education$20.1M0.1%
  7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$192.5K0.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR 39 - FY 2026 - T19$18.3B
    93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid· Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Block grant· Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026· 2605NJ5MAP
  2. MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR 39 - FY 2026 - T19$14.9B
    93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid· Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Block grant· Oct 1, 2024 – Mar 19, 2026· 2505NJ5MAP
  3. SNAP EBT BENEFITS$1.7B
    10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 1, 2026· 26NJ35053492901
  4. MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR 39 - FY 2026 - T19$831.8M
    93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid· Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Block grant· Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026· 2605NJ5ADM
  5. MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR 92 - FY 2026 - T21$743.7M
    93.767 · Children's Health Insurance Program· Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Block grant· Oct 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· 2605NJ5021
  6. MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR 39 - FY 2026 - T19$725.2M
    93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid· Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Block grant· Oct 1, 2024 – Mar 19, 2026· 2505NJ5ADM

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: $392.3M (711 subawards)

165 sub-recipients

  1. COUNTY OF CAMDEN$27.7M7.1%
    CAMDEN, NJ · 18 subawards
  2. ESSEX, COUNTY OF$27M6.9%
    EAST ORANGE, NJ · 7 subawards
  3. UNION, COUNTY OF$25M6.4%
    ELIZABETH, NJ · 13 subawards
  4. COUNTY OF HUDSON$19.2M4.9%
    JERSEY CITY, NJ · 6 subawards
  5. RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY$15.4M3.9%
    NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ · 9 subawards
  6. MERCER COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES$15.4M3.9%
    TRENTON, NJ · 8 subawards
  7. MIDDLESEX COUNTY COMPTROLLER$14.3M3.6%
    NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ · 6 subawards
  8. COUNTY OF PASSAIC$14M3.6%
    PATERSON, NJ · 11 subawards
  9. ATLANTIC COUNTY$12.5M3.2%
    ATLANTIC CITY, NJ · 13 subawards
  10. COUNTY OF OCEAN$11.8M3.0%
    TOMS RIVER, NJ · 11 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $46.5M paid out · $480K received
  • FY2022: $72.1M paid out · $300K received
  • FY2023: $244.9M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $282.1M paid out · $471.4K received
  • FY2025: $146.5M paid out · $459.3K received
  • FY2026: $392.3M 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–FY2027.