Expanded Electronic Government
Innovative and Exemplary Practices
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for a wide range of health and welfare services. Providing Medicare and Medicaid for the nation’s elderly, poor and underinsured; leading the cutting-edge medical research that makes American health care the best in the world; and assuring the nation’s readiness for public health challenges such as pandemic influenza are among the wide range of initiatives led by HHS, which is the Federal Government’s largest grant-making entity. Within the Department, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is responsible for awarding and processing over $46 billion in grants annually.
Under the President’s Management Agenda for Expanded Electronic Government, modernizing and streamlining grants processing is a top priority.
A small office of 12 employees and contractors in the ACF has led the effort to streamline grants systems within HHS. This effort has produced outstanding results, including:
Many HHS templates and systems will serve as models for the other grants centers and grants offices within the government. The ACF grants office will continue to spearhead innovative and exemplary strategies and practices within the grants processing arena.