Medicaid entitlement for 58 - FY 2026 - T21

The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded the Human Services Vermont Agency Of $19.476 million on October 1, 2025, under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CFDA 93.767), a federal-state matching program that enables states to maintain and expand child health care coverage to uninsured, low-income children and low-income pregnant women. The award covers the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, and is directed to Vermont. The Human Services Vermont Agency Of serves as Vermont's primary administrator of federal health insurance entitlements, including Medicaid and CHIP block grants, and distributes federal funding to community action agencies, nonprofit service providers, Area Agencies on Aging, and regional healthcare organizations across all 14 Vermont counties. The agency holds a combined obligated value of $61.85 billion across 2,237 prime grants and contracts spanning health, human services, nutrition, workforce development, and child welfare programs administered across 80 distinct federal customer agencies.