Nevada Department Of Health And Human Services

Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, operating as Division of Health, is a state government entity that serves as the primary recipient of federal grants and contracts for vital statistics data collection, public health services, nutrition assistance, behavioral health, and emergency preparedness across 49 federal agencies. The Division competes full-and-open on approximately 98 percent of its federal awards, with no set-aside designations; as a child entity of the State of Nevada, it does not qualify for federal small business set-asides. The Division is headquartered in Carson City, Nevada, with operational presence in Mound House, Nevada, and performance locations throughout Nevada's 17 counties and subordinate sites in Durham, North Carolina.

The Division's federal footprint spans two distinct domains: contracts and grants. On the contract side, the Division holds a $3.49 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the CDC for the National Center for Health Statistics Vital Statistics Cooperative Program (awarded April 2022, completion April 2027), under which two delivery orders totaling $598,120 have been issued for vital statistics data collection and management. Representative contract work includes a $298,560 delivery order from CDC Pittsburgh for vital statistics data collection and reporting (January 2024), a $1.16 million purchase order from the Social Security Administration for enumeration at birth and race and ethnicity records services (June 2024), a $1.12 million definitive contract from the Food and Drug Administration for human food inspections (August 2023), and a $249,428 contract from the FDA for human food inspections (August 2023). The Division also subcontracts with the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors on technical assistance and transformation initiatives for mental health programs.

On the grant side, the Division operates as prime recipient and pass-through entity for formula grants, block grants, cooperative agreements, and project grants across multiple federal agencies. Major grant awards include a $56.5 million Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant from SAMHSA (October 2025, completion September 2027), a $45.5 million WIC Food Expense formula grant from USDA Food and Nutrition Service (October 2025), a $23.4 million Block Grant for Community Mental Health Services from SAMHSA (October 2025), a $19.5 million WIC Administrative Expense formula grant from USDA (October 2025), a $6.2 million Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant from HRSA (October 2025), and a $3.97 million Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting grant from HRSA for evidence-based home visiting services through multiple sub-grantees including Southern Nevada Health District, Sunrise Children's Foundation, Community Chest Inc., and the Children's Cabinet Inc. (September 2025, completion September 2027). The Division also administers cooperatives including Nevada Public Health Emergency Preparedness (July 2024 through June 2029), Nevada Statewide HIV Surveillance and Prevention Programs, epidemiology and laboratory capacity funding, tuberculosis prevention and elimination, state immunization programs, and public health crisis response.

Customer concentration is distributed across federal health and nutrition agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, and HHS Health Resources and Services Administration collectively account for 44 percent of awards by count; by potential value, CDC leads with $27.1 million combined across two reporting lines (Office of Acquisition Services and Pittsburgh), followed by Social Security Administration with $5.2 million on enumeration and vital records work, and FDA with $3.7 million. WIC-related grants form the largest single category of activity, with multiple annual formula allocations for food expenses, administrative operations, and breastfeeding peer counselor services. The Division places multiple contract task orders under parent vehicles including CDC Basic Ordering Agreements and Indefinite Delivery Contracts with HHS, and a Social Security Administration IDC for vital records work.

Activity has remained steady in recent years with 25 awards in 2022, 36 in 2023, 31 in 2024, 23 in 2025, and 3 in 2026 to date. The combined obligated value across all awards ($4.51 billion) significantly exceeds the combined potential value ($37.8 million), indicating substantial multi-year grant funding that carries forward across fiscal years. Within the next twenty-four months, 39 awards carry completion dates with combined potential value of $1.7 million, representing moderate recompete exposure in vital statistics, WIC operations, and behavioral health programs. The Division sub-awards federal grant funding to county health departments, federally qualified health centers, nonprofit service organizations, and state agencies including local health authorities in Nye, Washoe, Lyon, and Pershing counties, Carson City, and tribal governments including Yerington Paiute Tribe.