The FY2027 President's Budget requests $228.2M for Federal Administration, within Health & Human Services's Discretionary Programs account. That is up 6.7% on the FY2026 figure of $214.0M, which is the enacted appropriation.
FY2025–FY2027
| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | enacted | $226.5M |
| FY2026 | enacted | $214.0M |
| FY2027 | request | $228.2M |
Bases are separate columns and are never summed into one figure.
Health & Human Services discretionary budget authority
From the OMB Public Budget Database — clean, summable, and the figure to cite for an agency total. It is the whole of Health & Human Services's discretionary request, not a total of the parsed lines above, and this page never adds the two together.
What this funds
The Federal Administration account includes funding for salaries, benefits, and associated expenses of ACFC necessary to effectively administer federal programs that promote the economic and social well- being of families, children, individuals, and communities. The Federal Administration account covers such expenses for programs that do not have authority to use existing appropriations for this purpose. Funding for the program - net of any authorized changes such as transfers or reprogramming - for five Funding for this program is used to pay salaries and benefits for federal employees, information technology support, grants paneling, and other related administrative costs. FY 2026 level. Funding will be used to support current ACFC staff funded from this account as well as the newly aligned ACL staff. Streamlined operating costs, such as information technology, equipment, operational services, and facilities, will also be supported. ACFC's total FY 2027 estimated FTE is 1,745, including 613 FTE supported by Federal Administration, 962 FTE paid from other program resources, and 170 FTE from ACL. Administration for Children, Families, and Communities Page 110 Result / Target for Recent Target Target FY 2026 Target 11A Obtain the highest Result / (Summary of level of success for each Result) Highest level of Highest level of Maintain management initiative. FY 2025: Highest level of success in all success in all Administration for Children, Families, and Communities Page 111 Administration for Children, Families, and Communities Page 112
Extracted from Administration for Children, Families, and Communities, p. 10. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.
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