Federal Block Grant Award Summary

The District of Columbia Department of Health (DC Health) received a Medicaid Entitlement block grant of $60.46 million from the Centers for Medicaid and Chip Services (CMCS) for Fiscal Year 2026, with an award date of October 1, 2025 and completion date of September 30, 2027. This block grant (CFDA 93.767 - Children's Health Insurance Program) provides funds to enable the District of Columbia to maintain and expand child health assistance coverage to uninsured, low-income children and, at state option, low-income pregnant women. The funding supports DC Health's administration and delivery of health care services through the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which is a federal-state matching program designed to improve access to healthcare for vulnerable pediatric populations under 19 years of age.

As the principal public health agency for Washington, D.C., DC Health utilizes this entitlement funding to implement CHIP programming, maintain eligibility determinations, manage enrollment and retention services, and deliver comprehensive health care coverage to targeted low-income populations within the District. This award represents one component of DC Health's substantial federal funding portfolio, which also includes significant additional Medicaid allocations, disease prevention grants, and public health cooperative agreements supporting critical services across maternal and child health, immunization, emergency preparedness, and disease surveillance initiatives.