Block Grant 2605FL5021
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Centers for Medicaid and Chip Services (CMCS) awarded the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (FAHCA) $1,960,784.00 under the Grants to States for Medicaid program (CFDA 93.778) for the period October 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025. This quarterly Medicaid entitlement funding supports FAHCA's delivery of comprehensive medical assistance to eligible low-income populations across Florida, including cash assistance recipients, children, pregnant...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (FAHCA) $842.3 million in Medicaid entitlement funding for Fiscal Year 2026 under the Grants to States for Medicaid program (CFDA 93.778). This block grant, awarded on October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2026, provides financial assistance to support comprehensive medical assistance payments for eligible low-income populations...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (FAHCA) a Medicaid Entitlement block grant totaling $32.55 billion under the Grants to States for Medicaid program (CFDA 93.778) for Fiscal Year 2026. The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, provides quarterly funding to support comprehensive medical assistance payments on behalf of eligible low-income Floridians, including...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a $509.38 million Block Grant to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 under the Medical Assistance Program (CFDA 93.778). The grant funding will support Florida's provision of medical assistance on behalf of cash assistance recipients, children, pregnant women, and other categorically-eligible groups through the state's...
- The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a $18.5 billion Block Grant to the State of Florida Agency for Health Care Administration on October 1, 2021 through the Medical Assistance Program (CFDA 93.778). The grant provides funding through September 30, 2022 to support Florida's Medicaid program which provides medical assistance to cash assistance recipients, children, pregnant women, the aged, and other categorically eligible groups who...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Centers for Medicaid and Chip Services awarded Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) a Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, CFDA 93.767) block grant of $331.2 million on October 1, 2025, for the two-year period ending September 30, 2027. As Arizona's state Medicaid agency, AHCCCS utilizes this federal-state matching entitlement allocation to maintain and expand health insurance coverage for low-income children under 19 years of age and...
- Block Grant Award Summary The Alabama Medicaid Agency received a $466.7 million block grant from the Center for Medicaid and Chip Services (CMCS) under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, CFDA 93.767) for the award period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. This entitlement allocation funds the state's maintenance and expansion of health insurance coverage for low-income children under 19 years of age and, at state option, low-income pregnant women. As a state Medicaid agency,...
- Federal Block Grant Award Summary The Florida Department of Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, received a $528.5 million Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.575) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This three-year discretionary block grant provides the primary federal funding mechanism to support child care services for low-income families across...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Florida Department of Health $2,245,321 through a formula grant under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP, CFDA 10.558) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This grant supports the state's administration and operation of CACFP, which provides reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults enrolled in participating child care...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a $598,983 Cooperative Agreement (obligated amount for the initial year of a five-year, $3 million total commitment) to the University of South Florida for the Connecting Kids to Coverage Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreements program under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CFDA 93.767). Awarded on August 4, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2030, this cooperative agreement...
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (FAHCA) received a $827.6 million block grant award from the Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, CFDA 93.767) effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. This entitlement block grant funds FAHCA's core administrative operations and medical assistance services for low-income children under 19 years of age and eligible pregnant women across Florida. The award enables FAHCA to process medical claims, determine beneficiary eligibility, conduct outreach and enrollment activities, and deliver comprehensive healthcare coverage to approximately 1.2 to 1.8 million low-income Floridians annually through both the state Medicaid program and the separate CHIP program. As the designated state Medicaid agency, FAHCA uses the block grant funding to serve as the administrative backbone of Florida's healthcare safety net, providing health insurance coverage to vulnerable populations including low-income children, pregnant women, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities. The quarterly entitlement funding structure allows FAHCA to sustain ongoing operations and maintain continuity of healthcare coverage for eligible beneficiaries while fulfilling federal and state compliance requirements including record-keeping, audit, and performance monitoring obligations.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $827.6m | 1/1/26 |