Recipient of federal assistance · HARRISBURG, PA

PA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

PA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES received $39.5B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 265 actions, +9.1% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $221.4B. Its largest awarding agency was Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ($33.2B).

Assistance · FY2026
$39.5B
New awards
55
Actions
265
Since FY2021
$221.4B
UEI
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Parent organization
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Location
HARRISBURG, PA
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. 36.6BFY2021
  2. 37.1BFY2022
  3. 37.5BFY2023
  4. 34.4BFY2024
  5. 36.2BFY2025
  6. 39.5BFY2026
  7. 179.3MFY2027

By type

  1. Grants$35.9B91%
  2. Direct payments$3.6B9.1%
  3. Other assistance$9M0.0%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$32.3B82%
  2. 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$3.6B9.1%
  3. 93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families$717.1M1.8%
  4. 93.767 · Children's Health Insurance Program$629.8M1.6%
  5. 10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$304.1M0.8%
  6. 93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant$273M0.7%
  7. 93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E$257.7M0.7%
  8. 93.568 · Low-Income Home Energy Assistance$230.4M0.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$33.2B84%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Food and Nutrition Service$4B10%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. Administration for Children and Families$2.2B5.6%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$42.9M0.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Health Resources and Services Administration$18.8M0.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Department of Education$18.2M0.0%
  7. Administration for Community Living$3M0.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$850.4K0.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR 46 - FY 2026 - T19$32.6B
    93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid· Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Block grant· Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 23, 2026· 2605PA5MAP
  2. MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR 46 - FY 2026 - T19$29B
    93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid· Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Block grant· Oct 1, 2024 – Mar 24, 2026· 2505PA5MAP
  3. SNAP EBT BENEFITS$3.6B
    10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 1, 2026· 26PA35054292501
  4. MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR 46 - FY 2026 - T19$1B
    93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid· Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Block grant· Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 23, 2026· 2605PA5ADM
  5. MEDICAID ENTITLEMENT FOR 46 - FY 2026 - T19$929.1M
    93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid· Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services· Block grant· Oct 1, 2024 – Mar 24, 2026· 2505PA5ADM
  6. 2026 TANF$717.1M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Dec 16, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 2601PATANF

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: $1.5B (749 subawards)

243 sub-recipients

  1. PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT CORP$556.9M38%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 50 subawards
  2. COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN INC$231M16%
    ALLENTOWN, PA · 70 subawards
  3. COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS FOR CHILDREN, INC.$107.2M7.4%
    YORK, PA · 30 subawards
  4. COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY$101.8M7.0%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 18 subawards
  5. COUNTY MONTGOMERY$61.3M4.2%
    NORRISTOWN, PA · 19 subawards
  6. MODIVCARE INC.$59.9M4.1%
    DENVER, CO · 2 subawards
  7. PHILADELPHIA WORKS, INC.$51.4M3.5%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 7 subawards
  8. NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH, INC$25.7M1.8%
    ERIE, PA · 28 subawards
  9. ELRC REGION 4$23.8M1.6%
    GREENSBURG, PA · 15 subawards
  10. BUTLER COUNTY CHILDREN'S CENTER, INC.$18.6M1.3%
    BUTLER, PA · 14 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $1.4B paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $1.2B paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $1.8B paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $650.5M paid out · $500K received
  • FY2025: $89M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $1.5B 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 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.