Georgia Department Of Community Health

Georgia Department Of Community Health, Department Of Medical Assistance Division (doing business as Financial Service Division), is a child entity of the State of Georgia that administers federal Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and public health grants as a state government recipient, with no federal contract or sub-award footprint.

The entity operates as Georgia's state administrative agency for Medicaid and CHIP services, headquartered in Atlanta. Its federal award activity is concentrated almost entirely in entitlement block grants and cooperative agreements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under CFDA 93.778 (Grants to States for Medicaid) and CFDA 93.767 (CHIP Block Grant), plus smaller project grants and cooperative agreements from CMS and other federal health agencies. The source data reflects 231 federal awards spanning multiple decades, with recent obligated value of $476.09 billion across awards — a scale that reflects the state's annual Medicaid and CHIP entitlements rather than discretionary procurement activity. Recent awards include a $59.939 billion Medicaid Entitlement block grant (October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026), a $476.785 million CHIP Block Grant (October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027), and a $1.427 billion cooperative agreement under the Rural Health Transformation Program (CFDA 93.798) for the Georgia Rural Enhancement and Transformation of Health (GREAT HEALTH) program (December 29, 2025, through October 30, 2030). The GREAT HEALTH program passes funding to multiple state agencies and private partners including the State Office of Rural Health, Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, Department of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department of Human Services, University System of Georgia, Sharecare, Deloitte, and RSM.

Beyond Medicaid and CHIP entitlements, the entity holds one federal contract prime: a $1.732 million definitive contract awarded by the Food and Drug Administration on July 28, 2022, for Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) inspections, with ultimate completion September 14, 2027. The entity also received an $100,000 project grant from CMS on August 1, 2026, for planning activities to develop a Medicaid State Plan Amendment establishing a Health Home model for children with medically complex conditions (CFDA 93.778), and a cooperative agreement from CMS on August 11, 2025, for planning and implementation of a state grant program addressing Medicaid coverage for justice-involved youth, with sub-recipients including the University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institute of Government and IT staffing vendor CAI.

CMS dominates the customer base, with 147 of 188 awards in the top-customer block (81% coverage) — nearly all entitlement block grants that flow quarterly. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 26 awards, and the CDC for 15. By combined potential value, the Food and Drug Administration leads with $4.8 million across three awards (primarily the MQSA contract), while the CDC carries $695 thousand. Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $1.7 million, representing minimal recompete exposure given the recurring nature of entitlement grants.