Recipient of federal assistance · CRANSTON, RI

RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES received $405.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 58 actions, −12% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $1.5B. Its largest awarding agency was Food and Nutrition Service ($302.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$405.9M
New awards
18
Actions
58
Since FY2021
$1.5B
UEI
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Parent organization
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
Location
CRANSTON, RI
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. 98MFY2021
  2. 98MFY2022
  3. 102.2MFY2023
  4. 330.2MFY2024
  5. 462.6MFY2025
  6. 405.9MFY2026
  7. 23.7MFY2027

By type

  1. Direct payments$268.6M66%
  2. Grants$137.3M34%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$268.6M66%
  2. 93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families$94.7M23%
  3. 10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$24.9M6.1%
  4. 10.646 · Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children$9M2.2%
  5. 93.434 · Every Student Succeeds Act/Preschool Development Grants$4.9M1.2%
  6. 93.566 · Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs$2.7M0.7%
  7. 93.671 · Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services$957.9K0.2%
  8. 93.092 · Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program$114.8K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Food and Nutrition Service$302.5M75%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Administration for Children and Families$103.4M25%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. SNAP EBT BENEFITS$268.6M
    10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 1, 2026· 26RI35054492901
  2. 2023 TANF$94.7M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 19, 2022 – Sep 9, 2026· 2301RITANF
  3. 2026 TANF$94.7M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Dec 16, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 2601RITANF
  4. SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS$24.3M
    10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Oct 3, 2024 – Apr 10, 2026· 254RI405S2514
  5. SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS$22.6M
    10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Nov 21, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 264RI405S2514
  6. PRESCHOOL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS BIRTH TO FIVE (PDG B-5) RENEWAL GRANT - RHODE ISLAND$14.8M
    93.434 · Every Student Succeeds Act/Preschool Development Grants· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Sep 18, 2024 – Sep 24, 2026· 90TP0135

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: $25.5M (38 subawards)

20 sub-recipients

  1. COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTION INC$10.1M40%
    CRANSTON, RI · 2 subawards
  2. ARBOR E & T LLC$4.3M17%
    LOUISVILLE, KY · 1 subaward
  3. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$1.9M7.3%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 7 subawards
  4. CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND$1.7M6.5%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 1 subaward
  5. RI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION$1.5M5.7%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 3 subawards
  6. ACCESSPOINT RI$1.1M4.2%
    CRANSTON, RI · 1 subaward
  7. CHILDREN'S FRIEND AND SERVICE$891.2K3.5%
    PROVIDENCE, RI · 3 subawards
  8. TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY$682.4K2.7%
    JOHNSTON, RI · 3 subawards
  9. EAST BAY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM$447.5K1.8%
    NEWPORT, RI · 1 subaward
  10. CHILD INC$443K1.7%
    WARWICK, RI · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $11.3M paid out · $2M received
  • FY2022: $11.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $17.3M paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2024: $25.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $58.3M paid out · $96.1K received
  • FY2026: $25.5M 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.