Ssbg-2026 - social services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Mississippi Department of Human Services $33.347 million under the Social Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.667) on October 1, 2025. The award funds flexible social services programming tailored to Mississippi's population needs, supporting services directed toward reducing dependency, promoting self-sufficiency, protecting children and adults from neglect and abuse, and enabling individuals unable to care for themselves to remain in their homes or access appropriate institutional arrangements. The period of performance runs October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027, with all work performed in Mississippi.

Mississippi Department of Human Services distributes SSBG funds through sub-awards to nine regional planning and development districts across the state: Golden Triangle Planning & Development D (serving Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Webster, and Winston Counties); North Delta Planning & Development District Inc. (serving Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, and Tunica Counties); North Central Planning & Development District, Inc. (serving Attala, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Leflore, Montgomery, and Yalobusha Counties); East Central MS Planning & Dev (serving Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Smith, and Scott Counties); South Delta Planning & Development District Inc.; Three Rivers Planning & Development District (serving Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, and Union Counties); Central MS Planning & Dev (serving Copiah, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, Warren, and Yazoo Counties); Southwest Mississippi Planning and Development District Inc. (serving Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Pike, Walthall, and Wilkinson Counties); and Southern Mississippi Planning And Development District, Inc. These sub-recipients deliver social services including meals, case management, supportive services, family caregiver support, and transportation to eligible populations across their respective regions.