New York State Office Of Temporary & Disability Assistance

New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance is a state government entity that administers federal formula grants and block grants for social services, nutrition assistance, housing, and refugee resettlement across New York State, functioning as a pass-through recipient that distributes federal funding to county social services departments, municipal agencies, and nonprofit organizations statewide. The agency operates exclusively as a prime grant recipient (100% of recent awards); it does not hold federal contracts or IDVs.

NY OTDA's federal award footprint is heavily concentrated in social safety-net administration. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service leads by award count with 97 awards across multiple SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) formula grants covering state administrative costs, employment and training operations, program integrity, and Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) benefits for children. Recent notable SNAP awards include $364.8 million for state administrative costs (October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026), $85.8 million for SNAP Employment and Training operations at 50% operational funding (October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026), $72.8 million for state administrative expenses and E&T activities (October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026), and $268.8 million for Summer EBT benefits (October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026). The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families contributes 61 formula and block grant awards across the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, refugee support services, refugee cash and medical assistance, child support enforcement, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and access and visitation grants. A representative HHS award is the $9.693 billion TANF block grant (October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026), which NY OTDA distributes to 39 county departments and the NYC Department of Social Services. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds 59 awards covering the Continuum of Care program for permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing, the Emergency Solutions Grant program for emergency shelter operations and homelessness prevention, and the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program. HUD awards in the recent cycle include $6.635 billion under ESG (December 5, 2025–December 4, 2027), $3.694 billion under HOPWA (December 5, 2025–December 4, 2028), and $179.2 thousand under Continuum of Care (April 1, 2026–March 31, 2027).

NY OTDA's customer concentration is acute. The top four funding agencies account for 82% of awards across the past several years. USDA Food and Nutrition Service and HHS Administration for Children and Families dominate the portfolio by frequency and dollar volume; combined, nutrition and family assistance grants represent the plurality of NY OTDA's administered federal funding. Activity has remained flat at 18–22 awards per year over the past five years, with fourteen awards (combined obligated dollars not specified in the source) reaching completion within the next twenty-four months and facing recompete exposure.

NY OTDA operates as a designated state-level intermediary for federal formula grants. It does not compete for or hold IDIQ vehicles, GWACs, GSA schedules, or BPAs; all work flows from direct federal agency award of formula or block grants under programs such as CFDA 93.558 (TANF), CFDA 10.561 (SNAP state administrative costs), CFDA 14.231 (Emergency Solutions Grant), CFDA 14.267 (Continuum of Care), CFDA 93.566 (Refugee Support Services), CFDA 93.568 (LIHEAP), and CFDA 93.563 (Child Support Services). Sub-award distribution to county social services departments, NYC Department of Social Services, and local nonprofits is a core administrative function; the source names 62 county recipients for LIHEAP funding alone, with similar multi-county distributions across TANF, SNAP, refugee services, and child support grants.

NY OTDA is a division within the State of New York (parent: New York State Division of the Budget) and operates from Albany, New York. The agency's role in the federal grant ecosystem is structural—it is a mandatory state-level pass-through intermediary for federal social services formula funding in New York, not a discretionary vendor competing for work. Recompete dynamics are determined by federal program reauthorization and appropriations cycles rather than contract rebid mechanics.