Ssbg-2026 - social services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare $22.711 million under the Social Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.667) on October 1, 2025, with performance through September 30, 2027. This formula grant enables Idaho to furnish social services tailored to resident needs, including services directed toward reducing dependency and promoting self-sufficiency, protecting children and adults from neglect and abuse, and supporting individuals unable to care for themselves to remain in their homes or access appropriate institutional care. Work is performed in Idaho.

The Department of Health & Welfare passes through funding to sub-recipients delivering tribal social services programs. Two sub-awards issued in April 2026 direct SSBG funding to the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe (April 16, 2026) and the Coeur D'Alene Tribe (April 10, 2026) for tribal social services programming. The recipient also distributes SSBG resources to county governments, local health departments, community action agencies, tribal health entities across Idaho's seven public health districts, school districts, and community-based nonprofits to deliver services including child welfare, mental health, substance abuse treatment, and emergency assistance statewide.

Recipients must submit Pre-Expenditure Reports and Intended Use Plans by June 1 and September 1 of each fiscal year, with Post-Expenditure Reports due six months following fiscal year close. States receive funds quarterly contingent on accepted reports.