Truman Medical Center, Inc.

Truman Medical Center, Inc., doing business as University Health, is a nonprofit tax-exempt hospital and community health organization based in Kansas City, Missouri, that acts as a prime recipient of federal grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Justice. The organization does not hold federal contracts; its 124-award footprint consists entirely of federal grants, with 64% as prime recipient awards and 36% as sub-recipient awards under pass-through funding from state agencies and universities.

University Health's federal grant work centers on homelessness prevention, behavioral health services, and public health workforce development. The organization is the largest recipient of Continuum of Care (CoC) Program funding (CFDA 14.267) from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, with 35 awards supporting permanent housing, rapid rehousing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems across recurring annual cycles. Recent CoC awards include a $324,282 project grant effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, and a $244,595 award dated December 1, 2025 with completion targeted for November 30, 2026. University Health also serves as a federal grant sub-recipient under the Health Resources and Services Administration on 28 combined sub-awards, including participation as a site principal investigator in the Heartland/Southwest Sickle Cell Disease Network (SCDTDP 2021-2026) operated through Washington University, and as a sub-recipient for breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services under the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services' Show Me Healthy Women program. The organization received a $2.5 million Community Project Funding grant (congressional directed spending) from HRSA's Healthcare Systems Bureau dated September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025 to construct a state-of-the-art substance use disorder treatment center in Kansas City's UMKC Health Sciences District, renovating 21,591 square feet to accommodate psychiatric services, medications for addiction treatment, case management, peer recovery interventions, and emerging modalities including transcranial magnetic stimulation and esketamine therapy. University Health also holds recurring dental reimbursement awards from the Department of Health and Human Services HIV/AIDS Bureau for unreimbursed costs of oral health care provided to people with HIV, and a September 30, 2021 through June 30, 2024 project grant from the SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services to restore behavioral health services affected by the COVID-19 pandemic at Truman Medical Center Behavioral Health, serving 118,000+ people annually including 9,623 behavioral health clients.

Sub-recipient activity is concentrated within Missouri state agencies. University Health receives the majority of its sub-awards through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, covering breast and cervical cancer screening, Women Infant and Children (WIC) nutrition services, COVID-19 response and vaccination capacity, public health workforce development, sexually transmitted disease prevention, and opioid use disorder prevention. Federal pass-through awards from the Missouri Department of Public Safety addressed COVID-19 response activities and management costs. University Health also serves as a sub-recipient under The Curators of the University of Missouri on a Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center position, providing presentations and liaison activities on behalf of SAMHSA at regional and national levels.

The organization's grant footprint shows concentrated customer relationships with HUD's CoC program (35 awards, highest award count) and HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (dominant by volume), HRSA (28 combined awards across prime and sub roles), and the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons, which holds 9 awards with $2.1 million combined potential value. Combined potential value across all 124 awards totals $2.1 million; however, obligated dollars across the footprint stand at $96.6 million, indicating substantial historical funding relative to forward pipeline. Activity peaked in 2024 with 24 awards, declining to 10 in 2025 and 1 award in 2026 year-to-date. Within the next twenty-four months, only 2 awards face ultimate completion dates, presenting minimal recompete exposure in the immediate pipeline. University Health holds seats on two parent IDIQs: Indefinite Delivery Contract DJBTDAT341 (8 task orders, $721 thousand combined potential value) under the Bureau of Prisons, and Indefinite Delivery Contract V255V150223 (1 task order). The organization's primary NAICS coding is Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (9 awards), followed by General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (4 awards), reflecting its clinical service delivery posture to underserved populations in Kansas City's urban center.