A Closer Look at HHS Total Assistance

Thursday, October 22, 2020 10/22/2020

On a single page, the HHS Total Assistance is broken out by Discretionary Grants, Non-Discretionary Grants, and Other Financial Assistance awards. This view enables all the transaction-level award activity, traditionally available in TAGGS, now combined with the Aggregate and other financial assistance data

The TAGGS Total Assistance Report combines data tracked in Transactional format and Aggregate format to provide a breakdown of Discretionary Grants, Non-Discretionary Grants, and Other Financial Assistance awards provided by HHS.

The Transactional data is reported as grant and assistance transactions to organizations, states, public institutions, and other entities, while Aggregate data is summary information for grants, loans, and direct assistance to individuals.

The TAGGS Total Assistance Report Outlines:

Top 6 (top 4 for Other Financial Assistance) grossing CFDA programs for each Award type (Discretionary Grant, Non-Discretionary Grant, and Other Financial Assistance) and compares those to the rest of the CFDA’s for that Award type
Includes the total percentage of funding for the selected Issue Date or Funding Fiscal Year, and a breakdown of those percentages on subtypes within the Award type
Interactive Pie charts¹ detailing the largest CFDA programs for a selected Issue Date or Funding Fiscal Year
Total Assistance by CFDA Program table that groups by Issue Date or Funding Fiscal Year and shows all CFDA program’s OPDIV, CFDA program title, award type, award class type amount from each award and the associated percentage²
The Total Assistance Report defaults to displaying award information for the latest fiscal year by Issue Date FY if one is not selected

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² This infographic also contains a faceted search which enables a user to search for keywords in a column

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Issue Date FY	The FY in which the award action Occurred
Funding FY	The FY in which the award action Funded

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award assistance type

Discretionary Grants

Discretionary grants are those that permit the Federal Government, according to specific authorizing legislation, to exercise judgment, or “discretion” in selecting the applicant/recipient organization, through a competitive grant process.

5.38%

award Details

DISCRETIONARY

A grant which is generally awarded on a competitive basis, which permits the Federal government to exercise judgment (“discretion”) in selecting the recipient and determining the amount of the award.

4.70%

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

A financial assistance instrument for which substantial involvement is anticipated between the Federal agency and the recipient during performance of the contemplated project or activity.

0.69%

award assistance type

Non-Discretionary Grants

Non-Discretionary grants are block/formula, and entitlements. Entitlements can be further classified as open-ended or closed-ended.

34.35%

BLOCK

A type of non-discretionary grant where the recipients (normally States) have substantial discretion over the type of activities to support, with minimal Federal administrative requirements or restrictions.

1.31%

CLOSED-ENDED

A type of non-discretionary grant where the award amount constitutes an upper limit on the amount of funds the Federal government may pay for allowable programmatic activities.

1.73%

OPEN-ENDED

A type of non-discretionary grant where based on compliance with programmatic requirements, the OPDIV is required to reimburse the recipient for all or a portion of eligible costs and there is no upper limit on the amount of funds the Federal government will pay for allowable services and activities.

31.30%

award assistance type

Other Financial Assistance

Direct payments for specific use and other financial assistance to individuals.

60.27%

INSURANCE

Financial assistance provided to assure reimbursement for losses sustained under specified conditions. Coverage may be provided directly by the Federal government or through private carriers and may or may not involve the payment of premiums.

0.31%

DIRECT PAYMENT FOR SPECIFIED USE

Financial assistance from the Federal government provided directly to individuals, private firms, and other private institutions to encourage or subsidize a particular activity by conditioning the receipt of the assistance on a particular performance by the recipient.

59.96%

Total Assistance by CFDA Program for Issue Date Fiscal Year 2020

Issue Date FY	OPDIV	CFDA Number	CFDA Program Title	Award Class	Award Class Type	% of AC Type Total	CFDA Total	% of FY Total


2020	CMS	93.778	Medical Assistance Program	OPEN-ENDED	Non-Discretionary	85.24%	$451,623,501,653	29.28%
2020	CMS	93.774	Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance	DIRECT PAYMENT	Other Financial Assistance	40.33%	$374,936,138,779	24.31%
2020	CMS	93.773	Medicare Hospital Insurance	DIRECT PAYMENT	Other Financial Assistance	39.21%	$364,580,126,454	23.63%
2020	HRSA	93.498	Provider Relief Fund	DIRECT PAYMENT	Other Financial Assistance	10.65%	$99,043,488,269	6.42%
2020	CMS	93.770	Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage	DIRECT PAYMENT	Other Financial Assistance	8.76%	$81,416,004,855	5.28%
2020	CMS	93.767	Children's Health Insurance Program	OPEN-ENDED	Non-Discretionary	3.43%	$18,157,739,603	1.18%
2020	ACF	93.558	Temporary Assistance for Needy Families	BLOCK	Non-Discretionary	3.22%	$17,075,659,065	1.11%
2020	CDC	93.323	Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC)	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	13.5%	$11,205,741,834	0.73%
2020	ACF	93.600	Head Start	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	13.33%	$11,067,184,319	0.72%
2020	ACF	93.596	Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund	CLOSED-ENDED	Non-Discretionary	1.61%	$8,514,220,763	0.55%
2020	ACF	93.658	Foster Care Title IV-E	OPEN-ENDED	Non-Discretionary	1.01%	$5,357,158,280	0.35%
2020	HRSA	93.527	Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	6%	$4,982,617,056	0.32%
2020	CMS	93.640	Basic Health Program (Affordable Care Act)	INSURANCE	Other Financial Assistance	0.51%	$4,786,514,669	0.31%
2020	ACF	93.568	Low-Income Home Energy Assistance	CLOSED-ENDED	Non-Discretionary	0.88%	$4,636,293,299	0.3%
2020	ACF	93.563	Child Support Enforcement	OPEN-ENDED	Non-Discretionary	0.67%	$3,527,734,469	0.23%
2020	ACF	93.575	Child Care and Development Block Grant	CLOSED-ENDED	Non-Discretionary	0.65%	$3,455,997,101	0.22%
2020	ACF	93.659	Adoption Assistance	OPEN-ENDED	Non-Discretionary	0.63%	$3,339,078,823	0.22%
2020	IHS	93.210	Tribal Self-Governance Program: IHS Compacts/Funding Agreements	DIRECT PAYMENT	Other Financial Assistance	0.35%	$3,242,657,027	0.21%
2020	NIH	93.855	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	3.3%	$2,742,266,136	0.18%
2020	NIH	93.859	Biomedical Research and Research Training	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	3.27%	$2,717,305,830	0.18%
2020	NIH	93.866	Aging Research	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	2.82%	$2,342,864,783	0.15%
2020	CDC	93.067	Global AIDS	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	2.79%	$2,314,341,089	0.15%
2020	NIH	93.855	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT	Discretionary	2.56%	$2,124,360,722	0.14%
2020	HRSA	93.224	Health Center Program (Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, and Public Housing Primary Care)	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	2.5%	$2,077,139,481	0.13%
2020	SAMHSA	93.959	Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse	BLOCK	Non-Discretionary	0.34%	$1,783,444,592	0.12%
2020	ACF	93.676	Unaccompanied Alien Children Program	COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT	Discretionary	2.11%	$1,749,757,390	0.11%
2020	NIH	93.853	Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	2.06%	$1,712,204,776	0.11%
2020	ACF	93.569	Community Services Block Grant	CLOSED-ENDED	Non-Discretionary	0.32%	$1,683,106,703	0.11%
2020	ACF	93.667	Social Services Block Grant	CLOSED-ENDED	Non-Discretionary	0.3%	$1,599,699,992	0.1%
2020	NIH	93.847	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	1.84%	$1,527,986,773	0.1%
2020	SAMHSA	93.788	Opioid STR	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	1.81%	$1,504,633,923	0.1%
2020	NIH	93.242	Mental Health Research Grants	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	1.77%	$1,468,529,624	0.1%
2020	NIH	93.837	Cardiovascular Diseases Research	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	1.75%	$1,456,254,721	0.09%
2020	ACL	93.045	Special Programs for the Aging, Title III, Part C, Nutrition Services	CLOSED-ENDED	Non-Discretionary	0.27%	$1,435,080,541	0.09%
2020	CMS	93.423	1332 State Innovation Waivers	CLOSED-ENDED	Non-Discretionary	0.24%	$1,263,177,867	0.08%
2020	HRSA	93.917	HIV Care Formula Grants	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	1.51%	$1,253,436,222	0.08%
2020	SAMHSA	93.243	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	1.31%	$1,089,507,921	0.07%
2020	NIH	93.865	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	1.25%	$1,040,717,644	0.07%
2020	IHS	93.441	Indian Self-Determination	DIRECT PAYMENT	Other Financial Assistance	0.1%	$970,396,996	0.06%
2020	ACF	93.556	MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program	CLOSED-ENDED	Non-Discretionary	0.16%	$846,769,504	0.05%
2020	NIH	93.279	Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	0.92%	$760,623,614	0.05%
2020	CDC	93.354	Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	0.91%	$755,452,708	0.05%
2020	CDC	93.268	Immunization Cooperative Agreements	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	0.84%	$700,600,445	0.05%
2020	SAMHSA	93.958	Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services	BLOCK	Non-Discretionary	0.13%	$694,625,841	0.05%
2020	DHHS/OS	93.889	National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	0.82%	$682,999,999	0.04%
2020	NIH	93.395	Cancer Treatment Research	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	0.82%	$682,627,309	0.04%
2020	NIH	93.310	Trans-NIH Research Support	COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT	Discretionary	0.79%	$658,831,792	0.04%
2020	HRSA	93.914	HIV Emergency Relief Project Grants	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	0.78%	$650,477,648	0.04%
2020	ACL	93.044	Special Programs for the Aging, Title III, Part B, Grants for Supportive Services and Senior Centers	CLOSED-ENDED	Non-Discretionary	0.12%	$636,419,408	0.04%
2020	NIH	93.396	Cancer Biology Research	DISCRETIONARY	Discretionary	0.76%	$632,867,175	0.04%

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A Closer Look at HHS Total Assistance

Total Grants and Other Financial Assistance

$1,542,578,350,803

$1,542,578,350,803

Discretionary Grants

5.38%

award Details

DISCRETIONARY

4.70%

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

0.69%

Non-Discretionary Grants

34.35%

BLOCK

1.31%

CLOSED-ENDED

1.73%

OPEN-ENDED

31.30%

Other Financial Assistance

60.27%

INSURANCE

0.31%

DIRECT PAYMENT FOR SPECIFIED USE

59.96%

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