City Of Bell

The City of Bell, through its Community Services Division (doing business as Department of Community Services), operates as a U.S. local government entity that receives federal grants as a prime recipient in public safety, housing, and emergency management programs. The vendor is a child entity within the City of Bell municipal structure, with the City of Bell Police Department as its parent organization.

The City of Bell's federal award footprint consists entirely of grant work, with no federal contracts or contract vehicles. Across nine awards (five as prime recipient, four as sub-recipient), the vendor has obligated $1.6 million in combined federal funding. The top customer agencies by award count are the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance (2 awards), the Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2 awards), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards (2 awards), accounting for 89% of total awards. Recent activity includes a $1 million Lead Hazard Reduction Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (CFDA 14.900), awarded April 1, 2026, running through April 1, 2030. Under this grant, the City of Bell will identify and control lead-based paint hazards in privately-owned rental and owner-occupied housing units occupied by low- or very-low-income families with children under age six in Bell Gardens, California, targeting housing built before 1960 and employing cost-effective lead hazard control methods while building local capacity through trained and certified lead abatement professionals.

Prior grant work includes a $1.1 million Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) block grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded October 1, 2023 (completion September 30, 2025) for the purchase and installation of at least two license plate reader systems to replace obsolete equipment, and a block grant awarded October 1, 2022 (completion September 30, 2024) for citywide surveillance camera system upgrades. As a sub-recipient, the City of Bell received funding under the California Office of Traffic Safety for the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) and received a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) sub-grant from the Office of Emergency Services in May 2022 to address multiple hazards across the municipality. Award activity spans 2009 to 2026, with significant clustering in 2022 (five awards) and no activity recorded in the intervening years 2011–2021.