Maryland Department Of Health

Maryland Department of Health Prevention & Health Promotion Administration (doing business as Prevention And Health Promotion Administration) is a U.S. state government entity operating as a division of the Maryland Department of Health that serves as prime recipient on federal grant programs and prime contractor on federal service delivery contracts, with 97% of its recent awards structured as prime awards rather than sub-awards.

The Prevention & Health Promotion Administration receives federal grants and contracts across a portfolio of public health, maternal and child health, disease prevention, and health promotion programs operated statewide across Maryland's 24 jurisdictions. The recipient administers block grants and project grants from HHS agencies and delivers state-mandated public health services including maternal and child health infrastructure, chronic disease prevention and control, infectious disease surveillance and prevention, sexual health and adolescent health education, family planning, early childhood home visiting, oral health workforce development, tobacco retail compliance inspections, and health equity initiatives targeting underserved populations. The division disburses sub-awards to local health departments, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland Baltimore, Children's National Medical Center, community-based organizations, and partner agencies to implement these programs at the local level.

Recent federal contract work centers on tobacco retail compliance inspections. The FDA issued a delivery order on May 30, 2026, valued at $2.3 million through September 2028 under an indefinite delivery contract (75F40124D00061, total ceiling $8.8 million, running through September 2029) for Maryland tobacco retail inspections supporting the FDA's State Tobacco Retail Compliance Check Inspections program. A prior FDA delivery order from September 2024 valued at $1.8 million funded blood unit procurement and related services, also administered cost-on-a-fee basis through May 2026.

Federal grant funding is heavily concentrated in the Department of Health and Human Services ecosystem. Major active recipients include the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA), which funds the $31.1 million Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.994, through September 2027); the $10.5 million Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant Program (CFDA 93.870, through September 2027); the $1.6 million Grants to States for Loan Repayment program (CFDA 93.165, through June 2029); and cooperative agreements for integrated maternal health services, alliance for innovation on maternal health capacity, and maternal mortality surveillance. The Administration for Children and Families funds formula grants including Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092, $1.6 million, through September 2028) and Title V State Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (CFDA 93.235, $1.2 million, through September 2027). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awards cooperative agreements for chronic disease prevention and control including the $504.5 million Rural Health Transformation Program (CFDA 93.798, through October 2030); the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.991, $3.1 million, through September 2027); the Maryland Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Program (CFDA not provided, through July 2029); programs addressing colorectal cancer screening, cardiovascular disease, diabetes prevention and health equity, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, oral health, cancer prevention and control, maternal mortality review, and alcohol epidemiology; and the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance program serving the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metropolitan area (five-year award through December 2026, $6.6 million total). The Office of Adolescent Health funds the True You Maryland initiative targeting teen birth rates and sexually transmitted infection prevention in rural counties (through June 2026). The Office of Population Affairs funds Title X family planning services ($5 million, through March 2027) and pandemic-era telehealth infrastructure enhancement ($699,987, completed May 2024).

Within the past 24 months, 20 awards (combined potential value $2.3 million) reach ultimate completion, creating recompete exposure across block grants and project grants predominantly in maternal and child health, adolescent health education, and chronic disease prevention domains. The division operates a network of local implementing agencies and institutional partners — particularly Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland Baltimore — to scale services across the state's 24 political subdivisions. Activity volume has declined year over year from 12 awards in 2022 to 4 in 2026, reflecting the shift from annual awards toward multi-year cooperative agreements and block grants with longer periods of performance that anchor the program portfolio.