South Carolina Department Of Public Health

The South Carolina Department of Public Health, doing business as SCDPH, is a state government entity and child division of the State of South Carolina that operates as a prime recipient of federal grants and holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for vital statistics data collection and communication platform services. SCDPH receives no federal contracting authority but acts as a recipient across 75 distinct federal agencies, with 1,052 prime awards and 38 sub-awards totaling 1,090 federal actions worth $36.5 million in combined potential value, though $6.9 billion has been obligated across this footprint since 1985.

SCDPH's federal award portfolio reflects the agency's role as South Carolina's centralized public health and environmental authority. The top customer by potential value is the CDC Pittsburgh office, which has awarded 33 grants worth $13 million, anchored by a single-award indefinite delivery contract (ceiling $3.549 million, ultimate completion April 30, 2027) supporting the National Center for Health Statistics Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Under this IDIQ, SCDPH has issued four delivery orders since March 2022 for vital statistics data collection, communication platform services, and data analysis, with most recent orders in June 2026 ($43,329) and February 2026 ($309,888). The Social Security Administration ranks second by potential value with 29 awards worth $10.1 million, primarily supporting enumeration at birth and race and ethnicity records (SSA awarded $1.812 million in June 2024 for an option period extending through June 2027) and electronic death records services ($2.642 million in December 2023 through December 2028, supporting 54 states and jurisdictions).

SCDPH's grant portfolio is dominated by formula grants, particularly from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557). In October 2025 alone, USDA awarded SCDPH $75.784 million for WIC food expenses, $33.703 million for WIC administrative expenses, $2.831 million for supplemental food delivery, $1.119 million for administrative operations, and $1.108 million for breastfeeding peer counselors, all running through September 2026. CDC cooperative agreements anchor SCDPH's disease surveillance and prevention capacity: a $30.253 million Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (October 2025 through September 2027) includes a $3 million sub-award to the Institute for Child Success for the Hello Family Spartanburg program; a $8.876 million high-impact HIV prevention and surveillance program (August 2024 through May 2029); and cooperative agreements for immunization (July 2025 through June 2030), tuberculosis elimination and laboratory (January 2025 through December 2029), and public health emergency preparedness (July 2024 through June 2029). EPA Region 4 funds water quality and environmental programs, including $36.716 million for drinking water state revolving fund capitalization (October 2022 through July 2026), $21.922 million for emerging contaminants in disadvantaged communities, and multiple brownfield and contamination cleanup initiatives.

Recent grant awards show continued growth in HHS programs addressing maternal and child health equity, HIV/AIDS housing and prevention services, and public health infrastructure. HUD awarded a $3.034 million HOPWA formula grant (September 2025 through September 2028) for housing and supportive services for persons with HIV/AIDS, with sub-awards to nine subrecipients including Aid Upstate and Hopehealth Inc. DOJ awarded $925,381 for sexual assault services (August 2024 through July 2026). FEMA's National Dam Safety Program has awarded $9.005 million (September 2024 through September 2027) and prior awards for high-hazard dam rehabilitation and safety planning. NOAA funded coastal zone management and climate resilience projects, including a $4.5 million Bipartisan Infrastructure Law award for Black River State Park floodplain property acquisition.

Activity averaged 34 awards annually from 2022 to 2024 before declining to 29 in 2025 and 5 so far in 2026, reflecting the completion of time-bound COVID-era and infrastructure funding initiatives. Within 24 months, 46 awards (combined potential value $353 thousand) reach ultimate completion date and face recompete. SCDPH's sub-award footprint is minimal at 38 awards (3% of total), principally pass-through arrangements with the Adjutant General of South Carolina (COVID relief and vaccine activities, now closed or closing), the Medical University of South Carolina (oral health integration and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis telemedicine), the Association of Public Health Laboratories (respiratory virus surveillance and laboratory readiness), and the Southern States Energy Board (transuranic waste transport safety coordination). SCDPH operates primarily through direct prime grants rather than competitive contracting, concentrating in NAICS administration of public health programs (70 awards) and administration of environmental management programs, with PSC concentration in administrative support, data collection, quality assurance, and basic research services. The agency serves as recipient across health promotion and disease prevention (CDC), nutrition assistance (USDA), environmental compliance (EPA), maternal and child health (HHS), emergency management (FEMA), and coastal zone stewardship (NOAA).