Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) – Department of Health and Human Services

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Written by GovTribe AI · Oct 22, 2026

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health is a civilian sub-agency within HHS that funds health-related grants and manages a small contract portfolio supporting office operations and health initiatives.

The office operates primarily as a grant-making entity. Since 1999, it has obligated $11.13 billion in federal grant dollars across 2,416 awards to 865 distinct recipients. Grant activity has declined sharply in recent years: 193 awards in 2022, 95 in 2023, 29 in 2024, 6 in 2025, and 1 award year-to-date in 2026, with the most recent award issued in May 2026. Grant recipients are highly fragmented, with the top five recipients by award count (State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Essential Access Health, Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, and Child Trends, Incorporated) covering only 7 percent of recent awards over the last five years. By federal dollars obligated, the concentration is similarly modest at 8 percent—Essential Access Health leads with $323.4 million across 5 awards, followed by the New York State Department of Health and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, each with over $100 million. The assistance-type mix is predominantly Project Grants (76 percent of awards) with a substantial Cooperative Agreement component (24 percent); Block Grants represent a negligible share.

The office maintains a separate contract portfolio of 29 awards totaling $45.7 million in potential value, with $45.4 million obligated. Contract activity is dormant, with the most recent award issued in July 2014 and no awards recorded since then. Over the preceding five years on file, the office issued 2 awards in 2007, 3 in 2008, 1 in 2010, 1 in 2012, and 1 in 2014. Fourteen distinct prime contractors have been awarded across the lifetime portfolio. The contract set-aside mix is heavily weighted toward open competition: 26 awards (90 percent) carried no set-aside designation, while 2 awards (7 percent) were 8(a) sole source and 1 award (3 percent) was small-business set-aside. The contract portfolio shows no recent activity and should be considered closed for business-development purposes.

No recent contract opportunities or grant opportunities are recorded in the source data.

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What is Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health?

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) is part of Department of Health and Human Services.

What offices are part of Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health?

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health has 7 sub-agencies and offices with their own GovTribe pages, including Office of Adolescent Health, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and Office of Grants Management.

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