A Closer Look at HHS Total Assistance
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 Assistance Listings 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 Assistance Listings for a selected Issue Date or Funding Fiscal Year
- Total Assistance Listings table that groups by Issue Date or Funding Fiscal Year and shows all Assistance Listing’s OPDIV, Assistance Listing, 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
2 This infographic also contains a faceted search which enables a user to search for keywords in a column
Table data can be exported by choosing one of the export-format icons located at the top right of the table. Export file formats include:
- Microsoft Excel
- Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)
- Microsoft Word Rich Text Format (RTF)
- Comma Separated Values (CSV)
- URL that can be emailed or messaged for sharing the search results
The two Fiscal Year (FY) viewing options are:
| Issue Date FY | The FY in which the award action Occurred |
| Funding FY | The FY in which the award action Funded |
To enter Keyboard Support and Web Page Reader Support for the report results grid view, you will need to press Ctrl Shift G
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Total Grants and Other Financial Assistance
$495,965,023,640
$495,965,023,640
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.
2.21%
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.
1.86%
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.
0.34%
Non-Discretionary Grants
Non-Discretionary grants are block/formula, and entitlements. Entitlements can be further classified as open-ended or closed-ended.
56.29%
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.
1.84%
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.
2.32%
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.
52.14%
Other Financial Assistance
Direct payments for specific use and other financial assistance to individuals.
41.50%
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.
0.68%
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.
40.82%
