City & County Of Denver

City & County Of Denver, Office Of Economic Development is a local government entity and federal grant recipient based in Denver, Colorado, that administers affordable housing, homelessness services, workforce development, and economic opportunity programs funded by formula and project grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Labor.

The Office functions as a grant recipient (72% of awards as prime recipient) and as a sub-recipient on pass-through workforce funding from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (28% of awards). It does not hold federal contracts or contracting vehicles. The entity is a child division of the City & County Of Denver, a parent entity that separately holds federal contract prime awardees and grant prime awardees.

Over the past several years, the Office has received 127 federal awards with a combined obligated value of $306.5 million. Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward HUD's Community Planning and Development division, which accounts for 80 awards, and the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, which accounts for 40 awards. These two agencies represent 99% of recent award volume.

HUD formula grant work dominates the prime footprint. The Office is recipient on the Home Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239) — most recently a $2.377 million award obligated January 29, 2026, with completion on September 30, 2034, supporting affordable housing rehabilitation, homebuyer assistance, and rental housing acquisition for low- and very-low-income households in Denver. The Office also holds formula grants under the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program (CFDA 14.241) — a $4.06 million award granted January 29, 2026, running through January 28, 2029, for tenant-based and facility-based rental assistance and supportive services to persons with HIV/AIDS — and the Emergency Solutions Grant (CFDA 14.231), a $580,396 award effective January 29, 2026, through January 28, 2028, supporting street outreach, emergency shelter operations, homelessness prevention, and rapid re-housing services.

The Office also received a Community Development Block Grant (CFDA 14.228) — formula grant with most recent award on October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2033 — for community development activities, housing, and economic opportunities. On the workforce side, the Office is the recipient of a Department of Labor project grant (CFDA unknown, awarded October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2029) and received a Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration competitively awarded project grant on January 15, 2025, through January 15, 2027, titled Technology Employment in Colorado Partnership 3.0, which trains 300 enrollees, targets 255 training completions, and aims to place 190 individuals in aerospace industry occupations (shop floor technicians, software developers, systems engineers, cyber engineers).

The Office also received four Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA) project grants (CFDA unknown, all awarded October 26, 2021) from the Department of Health and Human Services, Departmental Offices, supporting pay-for-performance social programs with measurable outcomes.

On the sub-recipient side, the Office receives pass-through workforce funding from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) for adult, dislocated worker, and youth program activities, and Wagner-Peyser employment services. Sub-awards run from 2021 through December 2025, with recent fundings supporting summer and year-round youth employment support, orientation and reemployment services, and performance-incentive funding for local workforce board operations.

Eight awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and are therefore subject to recompete or renewal in that window. The Office's grant portfolio carries no contracting posture, no SBA set-aside designations, and no subcontractor teaming relationships; it operates exclusively as a local government grant administrator and sub-recipient in the federal ecosystem.