The Financial Assistance by Geographic Area report is prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Financial Assistance Reporting System (FARS) and is produced on a fiscal year basis. Data for the system is provided by each of the Department's operating divisions (OPDIV). HHS does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the data reflected in this report.

The Financial Assistance by Geographic Area report conforms to the Government-wide requirements of the Office of Management and Budget. The report identifies the OPDIV that obligated the funds, the amount that has been obligated, the specific recipient, each recipient's location (state, county, city, and congressional district), and the Catalog for Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number from which the funds were obligated. This feature is possible because the FARS has the capacity to interface with the HHS Central Registry System. The Central Registry System stores names, locations and other basic information about the grant recipients.

For years, HHS published a printed version of the report. Recent legislation, however, authorized HHS to determine in what form to prepare and publish the report. Consistent with the Administration's Electronic-Government initiatives, the Government Paperwork Elimination Act, and a move to a paper free environment, HHS now disseminates the report electronically through the Division of Payment Management website, www.dpm.psc.gov.

The report format is PDF. The report can be queried by fiscal year, then by state or territory name and by recipient name and CFDA number. The total funding for each region and CFDA are provided at the end of each state and territory report. The Regional identifications and geographical coverage of each Region are shown below.

The report has been prepared for the benefit of HHS Management to provide information for timely response to inquiries from the Congress, State, and local governments. The report is also of interest to many individuals and organizations outside HHS.

If you have questions concerning the data, please contact Hal Baldwin at 301-443-9215 or at his email address, jbaldwin@psc.gov.