Recipient of federal assistance · BALTIMORE, MD

MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES received $2.1B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 181 actions, −4.9% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $15.9B. Its largest awarding agency was Food and Nutrition Service ($1.5B).

Assistance · FY2026
$2.1B
New awards
42
Actions
181
Since FY2021
$15.9B
UEI
GM1WZ4NRTM51
Location
BALTIMORE, MD
State and local governments
Open in the explorerFederal grants & assistance

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. 3.6BFY2021
  2. 3.3BFY2022
  3. 2.6BFY2023
  4. 2.1BFY2024
  5. 2.2BFY2025
  6. 2.1BFY2026
  7. 57.1MFY2027

By type

  1. Direct payments$1.3B62%
  2. Grants$779.5M38%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$1.3B62%
  2. 93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families$254.6M12%
  3. 93.563 · Child Support Services$119.1M5.7%
  4. 10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$97.1M4.7%
  5. 93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance$85M4.1%
  6. 10.646 · Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children$70.5M3.4%
  7. 93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E$65.4M3.1%
  8. 93.667 · Social Services Block Grant$29.3M1.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Food and Nutrition Service$1.5B71%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Administration for Children and Families$609.3M29%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Administration for Community Living$232.7K0.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. SNAP EBT BENEFITS$1.3B
    10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 1, 2026· 26MD35052493501
  2. 2026 TANF$254.6M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Dec 16, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 2601MDTANF
  3. 2025 TANF$254.6M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 17, 2024 – May 1, 2026· 2501MDTANF
  4. SCSS-2024$113.3M
    93.563 · Child Support Services· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Sep 28, 2023 – Aug 25, 2026· 2401MDSCSS
  5. SCSS-2026 - CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES - STATES$111.4M
    93.563 · Child Support Services· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 9, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 2601MDSCSS
  6. SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS$110.7M
    10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Oct 6, 2023 – Apr 27, 2026· 241MD403S2514

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

  • Sub-grants: $201.8K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND$179.2K89%
    CROWNSVILLE, MD · 1 subaward
  2. NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC.$22.6K11%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $7.2M paid out · $1M received
  • FY2022: $25.7M paid out · $812.2K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $307K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $336.3K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $601.6K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $201.8K 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.