Manufacturing facility at port authority of stafford county - stafford county economic development will use $800,000 in CED funds to expand the impact of the port authority of stafford county…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $800,000 to Stafford County Economic Development, Inc. on September 30, 2025, under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards program (CFDA 93.570).

Stafford County Economic Development will develop a road-rail transload facility at the Port Authority of Stafford County in St. John, Kansas, leveraging the federal award with over $4 million in other funding sources. The facility will provide transportation infrastructure for businesses to spur local business expansion and create employment opportunities in a rural county where 23% of part-time and non-working residents live below poverty thresholds. The project is projected to create 26 new full-time permanent jobs, with 20 positions designated for individuals with low incomes. Newly hired workers will receive wraparound support services including referrals to employment resources, affordable housing assistance, childcare support, financial counseling, and other supportive services.

The period of performance runs through September 29, 2029. Place of performance is Kansas. The award is a Project Grant, and the recipient is a nonprofit community development corporation.

Manufacturing facility at port authority of stafford county - stafford county economic development will use $800,000 in CED funds to expand the impact of the port authority of stafford county (PASC), to create sustainable economic opportunities that will strengthen the local economy and build assets for local, rural residents of ST. John, kansas. Within stafford county, the poverty rate of part-time and non-working residents is 23%. Stafford county economic development will use the CED grant and over $4 million in other funding to develop a road-rail transload facility. This will provide transportation for businesses, spurring local business expansion, creating a pipeline of jobs with asset building potential, and increasing the availability of skill-building jobs. To newly-hired individuals will receive referrals to resources that increase access to employment, affordable housing, childcare, financial counseling and other wraparound services. The project will create 26 new jobs, 20 of which will be filled by individuals with low incomes.