Recipient of federal assistance · COLUMBIA, SC

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH received $85.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 92 actions, +16% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $472.3M. Its largest awarding agency was Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration ($64.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$85.4M
New awards
5
Actions
92
Since FY2021
$472.3M
UEI
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Parent organization
SC SECRETARY OF STATE S OFFICE
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. 133MFY2021
  2. 45.6MFY2022
  3. 63.9MFY2023
  4. 70.7MFY2024
  5. 73.7MFY2025
  6. 85.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$85.4M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 64.015 · Veterans State Nursing Home Care$63.9M75%
  2. 93.958 · Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services$14.9M17%
  3. 93.00R · 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Programs$2.8M3.3%
  4. 93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance$2.2M2.6%
  5. 64.053 · Payments to States for Programs to Promote the Hiring and Retention of Nurses at State Veterans Homes$822.9K1.0%
  6. 93.150 · Projects for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH)$805.1K0.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration$64.8M76%
    Department of Veterans Affairs
  2. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration$20.6M24%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. VHA CBO PURCHASED CARE$210.7M
    64.015 · Veterans State Nursing Home Care· Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration· Formula grant· Oct 9, 2020 – Aug 28, 2026· SC5442
  2. VHA CBO PURCHASED CARE$143.9M
    64.015 · Veterans State Nursing Home Care· Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration· Formula grant· Nov 16, 2020 – Aug 14, 2026· SC534
  3. BLOCK GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES$15.3M
    93.958 · Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Block grant· Jan 27, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· B09SM090712
  4. BLOCK GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES$14.6M
    93.958 · Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Block grant· Jan 19, 2024 – Jun 4, 2026· B09SM089607
  5. FOCUS - FAMILY OPTIONS FOR CHEROKEE, UNION AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES - CHEROKEE, UNION AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE A…$9.1M
    93.104 · Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED)· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Aug 27, 2021 – Apr 29, 2026· H79SM084171
  6. 988 HOPE4SC - THROUGH THE 988 STATE AND TERRITORY IMPROVEMENT GRANT, SOUTH CAROLINA'S (SC) HOPE4SC GRANT INITIATIVE (988HOPE) WILL FOCUS ON…$8.6M
    93.00R · 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Programs· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 27, 2023 – Sep 18, 2026· H79FG001205

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: $670K (3 subawards)

3 primes

  1. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$425.5K64%
    CLEMSON, SC · 1 subaward
  2. ATTORNEY GENERAL, SOUTH CAROLINA$213.1K32%
    COLUMBIA, SC · 1 subaward
  3. BCD COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT$31.4K4.7%
    NORTH CHARLESTON, SC · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $1M received
  • FY2022: $959K paid out · $328.1K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $973.8K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $734.6K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $25.1K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $670K 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.