Utah Department Of Health And Human Services

Utah Department of Health and Human Services is a U.S. state government entity and child division of the State of Utah that receives and administers federal grants and contracts across public health, maternal and child health, vital statistics, nutrition assistance, and emergency preparedness programs. The agency operates as a prime grant recipient (82% of recent awards) and sub-recipient on federal programs, with no SBA set-asides applicable to state government entities.

UDHHS's federal footprint concentrates in entitlement and formula grant programs administered on behalf of Utah residents. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Pittsburgh) ranks first by dollar value with 42 awards carrying $12.1 million in combined potential value, anchored by a $3.3 million indefinite delivery contract for National Center for Health Statistics Vital Statistics Program services (birth, death, marriage, and divorce records collection and submission). The Social Security Administration places second with 24 awards totaling $7.8 million, centered on enumeration-at-birth and electronic death registration services. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service drives volume across 88 awards—the largest single customer by count—spanning WIC program administration ($40.1 million in fiscal 2026 food expenses alone), breastfeeding peer counselor programs, commodity supplemental food programs, and senior nutrition initiatives. The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awards massive entitlement block grants for Medicaid ($473.485 billion obligated for October 2025–September 2026 medical assistance) and CHIP ($138.375 million for child health insurance expansion through September 2027). The Administration for Children and Families funds 44 awards including Personal Responsibility Education Program formula grants, preschool development grants for birth-through-age-eight populations, and Title V state sexual risk avoidance education.

UDHHS holds positions on five named indefinite delivery contracts and basic ordering agreements. The largest vehicles by task-order volume are a $1.6 million combined-value Basic Ordering Agreement (HHSD200201250844I) with 12 task orders and an Indefinite Delivery Contract (HHSD200201792565I) with 9 task orders valued at $2.2 million combined. Social Security Administration vehicles account for three separate IDCs with 23 combined task orders totaling $1.358 million.

Recent capability work spans vital records management, comprehensive Medicaid and CHIP administration across Utah's 29 counties, WIC program operations (including electronic benefit transfer system modernization for $6.75 million through September 2028), early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities (Part C, CFDA 84.181), maternal and infant home visiting programs, tuberculosis prevention and control, HIV surveillance and prevention, obesity reduction, diabetes management, asthma control, firearm injury surveillance, opioid overdose data collection and response, and public health emergency preparedness. A $782.974 million cooperative agreement with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services funds the Rural Health Transformation Program through October 2030, implementing seven integrated initiatives (PATH, RISE, SHIFT, FAST, LIFT, SUPPORT, LINCS) across four strategic pillars across Utah's rural regions.

UDHHS sub-awards portions of federal funding to 16 local health departments, county health entities, the Utah State Board of Education (school nutrition programs), the University of Utah (clinical and translational research), and community-based organizations. The agency acts as sub-recipient to the Utah State Board of Education on federal school lunch, breakfast, and child and adult day care nutrition programs, and receives sub-contract work from the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors on technical assistance initiatives.

Activity grew from 39 awards in 2022 to 98 in 2024, then declined to 47 in 2025 and 12 in the partial 2026 fiscal year—the latter reflecting data collection cutoff rather than recompete cliff exposure. Fifty-five awards reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $282 thousand, representing modest recompete turnover. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 43% of recent awards, but by dollar value the concentration is tighter: the top five agencies account for 82% of combined potential value, signaling heavy reliance on large entitlement programs (Medicaid, CHIP, WIC food and administrative expenses) anchored by CMS and USDA.