Nevada Department Of Health And Human Services

The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public and Behavioral Health (doing business as Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health) is a state government entity that acts as a prime recipient of federal grants. The division does not hold federal contracts and does not compete for procurement work; it receives formula and project grants from federal agencies to administer social safety-net, behavioral health, and child welfare programs statewide.

The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health operates as a division of the State of Nevada parent entity, headquartered in Carson City. Its federal award footprint spans 92 grants and sub-awards (83% prime recipient, 17% sub-recipient) obligating roughly $1.89 billion across eight distinct federal agencies since 2010. Recent activity shows a declining trajectory — seven awards in 2022, nine in 2023, eight in 2024, four in 2025, and one in 2026 — with only two awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in that window.

The division's customer concentration is heavily weighted to child and family services. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounts for 66 awards (approximately 72% of the prime and sub footprint by the top-five count), anchoring the portfolio. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development supplies the second-largest award stream with 20 awards. These two agencies represent 93% of the counted awards.

Capability work centers on homelessness and housing assistance, child care, child welfare, and behavioral health. The division administers HUD Continuum of Care (COC) Program grants (CFDA 14.267) for permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) across Nevada, including recent project grants awarded October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025 ($181,788) and October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026 ($211,488). The division is also a recipient of SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) formula grants (CFDA 93.150), delivering outreach, screening, diagnostic treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation, case management, and housing assistance to individuals with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Child-focused programs include ACF formula grants for child care development funds (CCDF), child care and development block grants (CCDD), and preventive and promotional (PREP) grants supporting child care licensing and subsidy administration. As a sub-recipient, the division receives allocations from the Department of Health and Human Services' TANF Block Grant to fund Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) treatment for autistic children under age 18 or 20 and administers Family Preservation Program funding supporting families caring for relatives with severe or profound developmental disabilities.