Recipient of federal assistance · COLUMBIA, SC

SOCIAL SERVICES SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT

SOCIAL SERVICES SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT received $1.7B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 191 actions, −8.3% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $8.1B. Its largest awarding agency was Food and Nutrition Service ($1.1B).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.7B
New awards
54
Actions
191
Since FY2021
$8.1B
UEI
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Location
COLUMBIA, SC
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. 196.3MFY2021
  2. 379MFY2022
  3. 2.2BFY2023
  4. 1.8BFY2024
  5. 1.8BFY2025
  6. 1.7BFY2026
  7. 24.9MFY2027

By type

  1. Direct payments$1B61%
  2. Grants$648.2M39%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$1B61%
  2. 93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant$173.1M10%
  3. 93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families$111.1M6.6%
  4. 10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$64M3.8%
  5. 93.563 · Child Support Services$56.2M3.3%
  6. 93.659 · Adoption Assistance$51.5M3.1%
  7. 93.596 · Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund$43.8M2.6%
  8. 10.555 · National School Lunch Program$39.7M2.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Food and Nutrition Service$1.1B68%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Administration for Children and Families$539.9M32%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Administration for Community Living$222.2K0.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. SNAP EBT BENEFITS$1B
    10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 1, 2026· 26SC35054592501
  2. CCDD-2026 - CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISCRETIONARY$173.1M
    93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Nov 20, 2025 – Jul 18, 2026· 2602SCCCDD
  3. 2025 TANF$111.1M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 17, 2024 – May 1, 2026· 2501SCTANF
  4. 2026 TANF$111.1M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Dec 16, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 2601SCTANF
  5. 2024 TANF$111M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 24, 2023 – Jun 26, 2026· 2401SCTANF
  6. SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS$52.8M
    10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Nov 20, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 265SC407S2514

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: $39.4M (168 subawards)

94 sub-recipients

  1. LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES IN THE CAROLINAS$2.7M6.8%
    SALISBURY, NC · 16 subawards
  2. SOUTH CAROLINA INFANT MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION$2.7M6.8%
    CHARLESTON, SC · 3 subawards
  3. COUNTY OF RICHLAND$2.2M5.7%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 2 subawards
  4. SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS BOARD OF TRUSTEES, A SOUTH CAROLINA NONPROFIT CORPORATION$1.9M4.8%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 1 subaward
  5. COUNTY OF GREENVILLE$1.8M4.6%
    GREENVILLE, SC · 2 subawards
  6. COUNTY OF CHARLESTON$1.7M4.4%
    CHARLESTON, SC · 2 subawards
  7. SC THRIVE$1.6M4.2%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 1 subaward
  8. SPARTANBURG, COUNTY OF$1.4M3.5%
    SPARTANBURG, SC · 2 subawards
  9. COUNTY OF HORRY$1.1M2.8%
    CONWAY, SC · 2 subawards
  10. ANDERSON COUNTY$996K2.5%
    ANDERSON, SC · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $5.4M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · -$3.4M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $408.9K received
  • FY2024: $21M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $28.4M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $39.4M 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.