Federal grants to PA Department of Human Services
PA Department of Human Services in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania received $156 billion in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 280 awards. Its largest program was Grants to States for Medicaid, with $138 billion. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $32 billion.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$156 billion
- Awards280
- Awarded in FY 2025$32 billion
- Largest award$29 billion
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 81 | $29 billion |
| FY 2022 | 71 | $32 billion |
| FY 2023 | 75 | $32 billion |
| FY 2024 | 79 | $30 billion |
| FY 2025 | 65 | $32 billion |
Programs that fund PA Department of Human Services
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grants to States for Medicaid | 22 | $138 billion |
| Temporary Assistance for Needy Families | 5 | $3.6 billion |
| Children's Health Insurance Program | 6 | $3.2 billion |
| Child Care and Development Block Grant | 8 | $2.5 billion |
| Low-Income Home Energy Assistance | 15 | $1.5 billion |
| State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program | 32 | $1.2 billion |
| Foster Care Title IV-E | 6 | $1.0 billion |
| Child Support Enforcement | 6 | $891 million |
| Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund | 7 | $839 million |
| Adoption Assistance | 5 | $755 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 230 | $154 billion |
| Department of Agriculture | 41 | $1.6 billion |
| Department of Education | 6 | $94.4 million |
| Department of Homeland Security | 3 | $2.5 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicaid entitlement for 46 - FY 2026 - T19 | Grants to States for Medicaid | October 1, 2024 | $29 billion |
| Medicaid entitlement for 46 - FY 2023 - T19 | Grants to States for Medicaid | October 1, 2021 | $28 billion |
| Medicaid entitlement for 46 - FY 2024 - T19 | Grants to States for Medicaid | October 1, 2022 | $28 billion |
| Medicaid entitlement for 46 - FY 2025 - T19 | Grants to States for Medicaid | October 1, 2023 | $26 billion |
| Medicaid entitlement for 46 - FY 2021 quarter 1 - T19 | Grants to States for Medicaid | October 1, 2020 | $24 billion |
| Medicaid entitlement for 46 - FY 2026 - T19 | Grants to States for Medicaid | October 1, 2024 | $1.1 billion |
| Medicaid entitlement for 46 - FY 2025 - T19 | Grants to States for Medicaid | October 1, 2023 | $751 million |
| 2021 TANF | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families | October 1, 2020 | $739 million |
| Medicaid entitlement for 46 - FY 2022 - T21 | Children's Health Insurance Program | October 1, 2021 | $737 million |
| CSC6-2021 | Child Care and Development Block Grant | April 14, 2021 | $729 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does PA Department of Human Services get?
$156 billion in 280 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives PA Department of Human Services the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $154 billion in 230 awards. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Education follow.
What is PA Department of Human Services's largest federal grant?
$29 billion under Grants to States for Medicaid, with its first action in the period on October 1, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund PA Department of Human Services?
Its largest are Grants to States for Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Children's Health Insurance Program.
Other grant recipients in Harrisburg
- Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
- Pennsylvania Dept of Education
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
- Department of Labor & Industry PA
- Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
- Department of Community & Economic Development Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
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