# HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) **Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/hhs/ **APIs profiled:** 21 The US Department of Health and Human Services provides data APIs for health programs, public health datasets, grants data, and interoperability standards for health information. HHS operates a broad ecosystem of APIs spanning FDA drug and device data, grants opportunity search, health IT open data, HRSA health center locators, and public health content syndication through its agencies including FDA, HRSA, ONC, and ODPHP. ## Kin Score — 38.1 / 100 (thin) Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.1). | Facet | Score | |---|---| | Discoverability | 74.1 | | Contract Quality | 57.7 | | Governance | 9.8 | | Contract Governance | 9.8 | | Operational Transparency | 36.8 | | Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 | | Commercial Clarity | 50.0 | | Access Clarity | 50.0 | Regulatory layer — **Health**: 17.5 (matched via tags). ## Agent readiness — 28.2 (agent-aware) | Dimension | Value | |---|---| | Spec Presence | yes | | Agentic Access | no | | Reversibility Documented | no | | MCP Server | no | | Auth Clarity | no | | Idempotency | no | | Error Semantics | verified | | OpenAPI Examples | partial | | Rate Limit Signal | documented | | Event Surface Described | no | | Agent Skills | no | | Well Known Catalog | no | | Consent Identity | no | | Agent Card | no | | Dry Run Mode | no | ## Access Freemium · Open access — onboarding: open, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium). ## APIs (21) - **openFDA API** — OpenFDA provides RESTful APIs and raw download access to high-value FDA public datasets including drug adverse events, drug labels, drug recalls, medical device 510(k) clearance... - **MyHealthfinder API** — The MyHealthfinder API (Version 4) allows developers to add evidence-based, plain language health content to their websites and applications. Content is available in English and... - **ONC Health IT Open Data API** — The ONC Health IT Open Data API provides access to open datasets published by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Supports filtering by sta... - **HRSA Health Center Data Web Service** — The HRSA Health Center Data Web Service allows querying for federally qualified health centers by state, county, or ZIP code. A separate service provides access to Ryan White HI... - **HealthData.gov Catalog API** — The HealthData.gov Catalog API uses CKAN and provides machine-readable access to the HHS health data catalog. Developers can find newly added datasets, search the catalog, downl... - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Agency v1 API** — The Agency v1 API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 1 operation(s) for agency v1. - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Application Alpha API** — The Application Alpha API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 11 operation(s) for application alpha. - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Award Recommendation Alpha API** — The Award Recommendation Alpha API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 11 operation(s) for award recommendation alpha. - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) CommonGrants Protocol API** — CommonGrants-compliant API routes for searching opportunities to promote interoperability across grant systems. Learn more by visiting CommonGrants.org - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Competition Alpha API** — The Competition Alpha API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 3 operation(s) for competition alpha. - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Extract v1 API** — The Extract v1 API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 1 operation(s) for extract v1. - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) File v1 API** — The File v1 API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 1 operation(s) for file v1. - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Form Alpha API** — The Form Alpha API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 2 operation(s) for form alpha. - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Health API** — The Health API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 1 operation(s) for health. - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Internal v1 - Admin Only API** — The Internal v1 - Admin Only API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 1 operation(s) for internal v1 - admin only. - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) LOCAL ONLY API** — The LOCAL ONLY API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 1 operation(s) for local only. - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Opportunity v1 API** — The Opportunity v1 API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 4 operation(s) for opportunity v1. - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Opportunity v1 - for Grantors API** — The Opportunity v1 - for Grantors API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 8 operation(s) for opportunity v1 - for grantors. - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Organization v1 API** — The Organization v1 API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 10 operation(s) for organization v1. - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) User v1 - Internal Only API** — The User v1 - Internal Only API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 23 operation(s) for user v1 - internal only. - **HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Workflow API** — The Workflow API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 4 operation(s) for workflow. ## Security (1) - **Hhs Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC ## Plans (2) - **Openfda** - **Simpler Grants** ## Tags Health, Public Health, Grants, Interoperability, FHIR, Government, Open Data, FDA, HRSA, ONC --- Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/hhs/). 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