Recipient of federal assistance · HELENA, MT

PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF

PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF received $287M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 172 actions, +15% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $1.7B. Its largest awarding agency was Food and Nutrition Service ($195.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$287M
New awards
56
Actions
172
Since FY2021
$1.7B
UEI
PZCSQ5ADN5A7
Parent organization
STATE OF MONTANA
Location
HELENA, MT
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. 378.7MFY2021
  2. 270.8MFY2022
  3. 281.6MFY2023
  4. 243.6MFY2024
  5. 249MFY2025
  6. 287MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$146.2M51%
  2. Direct payments$139.6M49%
  3. Other assistance$1.2M0.4%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$139.6M49%
  2. 93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E$34.7M12%
  3. 93.659 · Adoption Assistance$27.9M9.7%
  4. 10.557 · WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children$18.5M6.5%
  5. 84.126 · Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States$16.7M5.8%
  6. 10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$15.5M5.4%
  7. 10.555 · National School Lunch Program$10.4M3.6%
  8. 93.472 · Title Iv-E Prevention Program$7.3M2.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Food and Nutrition Service$195.4M68%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Administration for Children and Families$70.1M24%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of Education$19.9M6.9%
  4. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$1.2M0.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Administration for Community Living$347.1K0.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. SNAP EBT BENEFITS$139.6M
    10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 1, 2026· 26MT35053092101
  2. FOSTER-2026 - FOSTER CARE$22.3M
    93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 7, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 2601MTFOST
  3. FOSTER-2024$20.3M
    93.658 · Foster Care Title Iv-E· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Sep 28, 2023 – Mar 20, 2026· 2401MTFOST
  4. ADPTASST-2026 - ADOPTION ASSISTANCE$19M
    93.659 · Adoption Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 7, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 2601MTADPT
  5. ADPTASST-2025 - ADOPTION ASSISTANCE$17.8M
    93.659 · Adoption Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Sep 25, 2024 – Dec 31, 2025· 2501MTADPT
  6. ADPTASST-2024$17.5M
    93.659 · Adoption Assistance· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Sep 28, 2023 – Mar 20, 2026· 2401MTADPT

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: $9.5M (40 subawards)

34 sub-recipients

  1. YELLOWSTONE CITY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT$904.4K9.6%
    BILLINGS, MT · 2 subawards
  2. FORT PECK ASSINIBOINE & SIOUX TRIBES$855.1K9.0%
    POPLAR, MT · 2 subawards
  3. MAXIMUS US SERVICES, INC$684.9K7.2%
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward
  4. FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY$671.3K7.1%
    HARLEM, MT · 1 subaward
  5. MISSOULA COUNTY$655.1K6.9%
    MISSOULA, MT · 1 subaward
  6. CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION$622.6K6.6%
    PABLO, MT · 2 subawards
  7. NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE$524.1K5.5%
    LAME DEER, MT · 2 subawards
  8. THE CHIPPEWA CREE TRIBE OF THE ROCKY BOY RESERVATION$474.9K5.0%
    BOX ELDER, MT · 2 subawards
  9. CASCADE, COUNTY OF$395.7K4.2%
    GREAT FALLS, MT · 1 subaward
  10. COUNTY OF GALLATIN$387.7K4.1%
    BOZEMAN, MT · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY$1M100%
    HELENA, MT · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $9.8M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $24.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $4.6M paid out · $3.4M received
  • FY2024: $23.1M paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2025: $2.9M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $9.5M paid out · $1M 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.