Oregon Department Of Human Services

Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) DHS OFS Director's Office Division is a U.S. state government entity that receives federal formula grants and block grants across human services, nutrition assistance, child welfare, aging, disability, employment, and refugee services. As a federal grant recipient rather than a federal contractor, ODHS acts as the state-level intermediary between federal grantors and local service delivery networks, distributing 95 percent of its awards as prime recipient grants while receiving 5 percent as sub-recipient funding from other state agencies.

ODHS concentrates heavily on federal formula grant funding administered through the Departments of Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Labor. The top funding agencies by award count comprise the HHS Administration for Community Living (88 awards), USDA Food and Nutrition Service (81 awards), and HHS Administration for Children and Families (55 awards), representing 71 percent of recent awards. The funding footprint spans Older Americans Act programs (nutrition services, supportive services, family caregiver support, ombudsman services, disease prevention, and elder abuse prevention), child welfare and family support (Title IV-E foster care, adoption assistance, guardianship assistance, child abuse and neglect prevention, family preservation), nutrition assistance (SNAP administration and employment and training, TEFAP administrative costs, summer EBT, commodity supplemental food), vocational rehabilitation and supported employment, refugee resettlement and cash assistance, assistive technology, and Medicare enrollment assistance. Recent representative awards include a $475.85 million block grant from HHS Office of Family Assistance for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (CFDA 93.558) effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026; a $229.3 million Title IV-E Foster Care block grant (CFDA 93.658) for the same period; a $78.98 million USDA formula grant for SNAP state administrative costs (CFDA 10.561); and a $43.45 million formula grant from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services for vocational rehabilitation services (CFDA 84.126).

ODHS operates as the state administering agency across these programs under Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act frameworks, Older Americans Act statutory entitlements, and Title IV-E child welfare authorities. The agency frequently sub-awards portions of formula grant funding to county governments, Area Agencies on Aging, nonprofit organizations, community-based service providers, and regional entities to ensure local-level service delivery. Named sub-awardees include Marion County Juvenile Department, Jackson County Health and Human Services, Washington County Juvenile Department, Lane County, Clackamas County, the Oregon Food Bank, and the University of Oregon for targeted child welfare initiatives. Activity has remained relatively stable, with 59 awards in 2022, 46 in 2023, 48 in 2024, and 49 in 2025; 74 awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and therefore represent recompete exposure for the state and opportunity for contractors providing direct services, training, technology infrastructure, evaluation, and program operations support under sub-award agreements.