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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIA

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UEILDJ1MM9L56K7·Profile updated 2026-05-13
Awards tracked
22
Total amount
$18.8B
Date range
2026-03-20 → 2026-07-06
Primary sector
Volume
$/month, last 24
About this recipient

The Department of Social Services California has received approximately $4.06 billion in federal funding across seven awards. The Department of Health and Human Services provided the largest share at $2.75 billion, while the Department of Agriculture contributed $1.31 billion. The funding supports programs including SNAP state administrative costs, foster care, adoption assistance, and child care and development services.

The recipient's federal awards span multiple social services and welfare programs. Sample funding descriptions indicate support for foster-2026 foster care initiatives, adoption assistance for 2026, child care and development block grant discretionary funding, and social services block grant allocations. Most awards fall under the "other" sector classification in the available data.

Narrative generated May 13, 2026 by The Buildout's synthesis pipeline. Facts are drawn only from the recipient's tracked federal awards; no marketing material, no recipient input.

Portfolio by sector
Sectors classified by LLM on each award.
Portfolio status
Based on each award's period of performance.
Active
4
active18% of awards
Expiring (≤90d)
7
expiring · 30d32% of awards
Expired
11
expired50% of awards
No POP
0
0% of awards
Top awarding agencies
Department of Health and Human Services
$13.9B 74%
Department of Agriculture
$4.8B 26%

Based on 22 awards totaling $18,756,627,239.

Awards

Top 22 by amount

Action dateRecipientAgencyAmountDescriptionSectorStatus
2026-07-06DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$3,634,115,2062024 TANFsocial-servicesexpired
2026-07-06DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$3,634,115,2062026 TANFexpiring · 79d
2026-06-18DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Agriculture$1,375,167,902SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTSsocial-servicesexpired
2026-04-06DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$1,336,151,041FOSTER-2024expired
2026-05-04DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Agriculture$1,263,400,217SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTSexpired
2026-04-20DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$1,187,110,886FOSTER-2026 - FOSTER CAREexpiring · 79d
2026-07-06DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$912,043,865ADPTASST-2026 - ADOPTION ASSISTANCEexpiring · 79d
2026-04-06DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$837,124,074ADPTASST-2024expired
2026-04-17DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Agriculture$809,835,235SNAP STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTSexpiring · 79d
2026-04-06DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$809,108,517ADPTASST-2023expired
2026-06-03DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Agriculture$642,812,520CNP SME EBT BENEFITS NON APPRexpiring · 79d
2026-05-05DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$613,257,286CCDD-2026 - CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISCRETIONARYactive
2026-04-02DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Agriculture$544,680,208CNP CN BLOCK PROGexpired
2026-04-20DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$210,258,325CCDM-2026 - CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND -- STATE MATCHINGactive
2026-04-06DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$186,680,573SSBG-2023expired
2026-05-05DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$185,468,161SSBG-2024expired
2026-04-17DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Agriculture$149,586,018CNP CHILD AND ADULT CARE CONSOLIDATEDexpiring · 79d
2026-04-06DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$138,574,571SSBG-2026 - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANTactive
2026-03-20DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$86,524,755GY2024 ORR REFUGEE CASH AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCEexpired
2026-04-20DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$81,403,119FY 2026 GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCEexpiring · 79d
2026-04-20DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Health and Human Services$72,754,235CCDF-2026 - CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND MANDATORY & MATCHINGactive
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CALIFORNIADepartment of Agriculture$46,455,319SNAP E&T 50% OPERATIONAL GRANTexpired
Sources
USAspending.gov — all awards for this UEI →SAM.gov entity registration →

Profile compiled from publicly available USAspending.gov records, ingested and entity-resolved by The Buildout's pipeline.

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