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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$138,574,571

Department of Health and Human Services·Administration for Children and Families

to DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIA

ACTION DATE2026-04-06·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_2601CASOSR_075
Award description

SSBG-2026 - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Provides flexible federal funding to California for social services including child welfare, foster care, and family support programs.

Sub-sectors
social-services-block-grantstate-formula-grantchild-welfare-family-services
Why this matters

SSBG is a core entitlement supporting vulnerable populations; $138.6M represents California's annual allocation for essential safety-net services.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002056.

Period of performance
Start
2025-10-01
End
2027-09-30
Status
activein 501 days
Sources

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