Recipient of federal assistance · NASHVILLE, TN

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES received $2.3B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 163 actions, −7.2% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $18.1B. Its largest awarding agency was Food and Nutrition Service ($1.6B).

Assistance · FY2026
$2.3B
New awards
39
Actions
163
Since FY2021
$18.1B
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Location
NASHVILLE, TN
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. 5.1BFY2021
  2. 2.7BFY2022
  3. 2.8BFY2023
  4. 2.6BFY2024
  5. 2.5BFY2025
  6. 2.3BFY2026
  7. 47.7MFY2027

By type

  1. Direct payments$1.4B60%
  2. Grants$935.7M40%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$1.4B60%
  2. 93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant$196.6M8.4%
  3. 93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families$190.8M8.1%
  4. 10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$167.3M7.1%
  5. 93.563 · Child Support Services$114.2M4.9%
  6. 84.126 · Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States$101.4M4.3%
  7. 93.596 · Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund$81.2M3.5%
  8. 93.667 · Social Services Block Grant$33.9M1.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Food and Nutrition Service$1.6B68%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Administration for Children and Families$637.6M27%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of Education$102.6M4.4%
  4. Administration for Community Living$1.2M0.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. SNAP EBT BENEFITS$1.4B
    10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 1, 2025 – Aug 1, 2026· 26TN35054792901
  2. CCDD-2024$235.5M
    93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 13, 2023 – Mar 26, 2026· 2401TNCCDD
  3. CCDD-2023$214.1M
    93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 28, 2022 – Feb 27, 2026· 2301TNCCDD
  4. CCDD-2026 - CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISCRETIONARY$196.6M
    93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Nov 20, 2025 – Jul 18, 2026· 2601TNCCDD
  5. 2026 TANF$190.8M
    93.558 · Temporary Assistance for Needy Families· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Dec 16, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 2601TNTANF
  6. SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS$158.3M
    10.561 · State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Nov 20, 2025 – Jul 1, 2026· 265TN408S2514

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: $163.1M (4,764 subawards)

265 sub-recipients

  1. SIGNAL CENTERS, INC.$36.6M22%
    CHATTANOOGA, TN · 20 subawards
  2. OUR DAILY BREAD OF TENNESSEE, INC.$11.5M7.0%
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 33 subawards
  3. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EAST TENNESSEE, INC.$9.8M6.0%
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 30 subawards
  4. KARAMU NUTRITION PROGRAM INC$7.4M4.6%
    MEMPHIS, TN · 33 subawards
  5. SHELBY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION$6.4M3.9%
    MEMPHIS, TN · 20 subawards
  6. EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY, INC.$5.2M3.2%
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 30 subawards
  7. YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH$5.2M3.2%
    CORDOVA, TN · 26 subawards
  8. SOUTHWEST HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY$4.8M3.0%
    HENDERSON, TN · 26 subawards
  9. GIVING YOUTH A CHANCE, INITATIVE (GYAC)$4M2.5%
    MEMPHIS, TN · 22 subawards
  10. TNKIDS NUTRITION INC$4M2.4%
    SPRINGFIELD, TN · 6 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1.2M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. STATE OF TENNESSEE TN$1.2M100%
    NASHVILLE, TN · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $255.6M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $201.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $456.6M paid out · $7.2M received
  • FY2024: $148.7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $233.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $163.1M paid out · $1.2M 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.