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April 16, 2025
Special Announcement
On April 1, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services officially closed two of the four Cost Allocation Services (CAS) field offices that review, negotiate, and issue rate agreements for grantees receiving federal grants. The two offices that were closed are the Northeastern (New York) and Western (San Francisco) Field Offices. The Mid-Atlantic (Bethesda) and Central States (Dallas) Field offices remain open and will be the offices that process all reviews, negotiations of rate proposals, and issue rate agreements for all grantees.
We have been instructed by CAS that, effective immediately, you should submit your rate proposals to the HHS ICAS Customer Portal (Indirect Cost and Cost Allocation Plans Portal), by going through three simple steps. HHS ICAS Customer Portal. For technical support, please use this link: [email protected]
Until further notice, you should continue to submit your questions related to your proposals or rate extension requests to the original region that your institution was assigned to. For the two closed offices, their email addresses ([email protected] and [email protected]) are operational, and CAS staff will monitor all the resource mailboxes.
CAS is in the process of updating its “Contact Us” page to lay out the new assignment of States and territories by field offices and points of contact in the two remaining Field Offices. Therefore, it is important for you to check this link before your submission. Indirect Cost Negotiations Contact Us | HHS.gov
