Foreword

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is one of the largest federal departments, the nation's largest health insurer, and the largest grant-making agency. HHS manages an array of grant programs in basic and applied science, public health, income support, child development, and health and social services.

Collectively these programs are the Department’s primary means to achieving its strategic goals to:

• Reduce the major threats to the health and well-being of Americans
• Enhance the ability of the Nation's health care system to effectively respond to bioterrorism and other public health challenges
• Increase the percentage of the Nation's children and adults who have access to health care services, and expand consumer choices
• Enhance the capacity and productivity of the Nation's health science research enterprise
• Improve the quality of health care services
• Improve the economic and social well-being of individuals, families, and communities, especially those most in need
• Improve the stability and healthy development of our Nation's children and youth
• Achieve excellence in management practices

To realize these goals¹ HHS forms partnerships with other federal departments; state, local, and tribal governments; academic institutions; hospitals, the business community; nonprofit and volunteer organizations; faith-based and community-based organizations; and foreign countries and international organizations. The primary vehicle used in these partnerships is a grant. Grants are financial assistance awards that provide support or stimulation to accomplish a public purpose authorized by Federal statute. The primary beneficiary under a grant or cooperative agreement is the public, as opposed to the Government.

This report is the annual summary on grants awarded by HHS during Fiscal Year 2005 (October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005) and includes data from all grants awarded by HHS. The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the Department’s grant programs. The source of the grant data is the Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS), which is the Department’s central grants information database. Annual grants reports for fiscal years 1997 through 2005 are located at http://taggs.hhs.gov.

This report does not include technical assistance, which provides services instead of money; other assistance in the form of loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies, or insurance; direct payments of any kind to individuals; or contracts which are required to be entered into and administered under procurement laws and regulations.

By aggregating this grant information into this single report, we hope to provide a more complete and useful understanding of the Department’s grant awards. This report provides grant award information under four sections: Overview, Mandatory Grant Awards, Discretionary Grant Awards and Operating Division Grant Programs.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget, Technology and Finance
Office of Grants

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¹See Appendix C at appendix/appendix_c.cfm for a list of the FY2004-2009 HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives.