City Of Bloomington

City of Bloomington, Minnesota, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient across community development, public safety, transportation, and environmental infrastructure programs, with no contracting footprint. The city acts as a prime grant recipient in 65% of its recent federal awards (41 of 63 total) and as a sub-recipient in 35% (22 awards), typically flowing through Minnesota state agencies.

City of Bloomington's federal grant portfolio centers on four program families. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement program dominates by award count — 17 awards with combined obligated value of approximately $14.4 million across formula grants spanning 2021 through 2033 — supporting housing, infrastructure, and economic development for low- and moderate-income residents. The Executive Office of the President's Office of the National Drug Control Policy High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program accounts for nine awards (2022 through 2026), funding law enforcement collaboration on drug supply reduction. The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime program funds direct victim services, with seven awards documented since 2021, largely flowing through the Minnesota Department of Public Safety as pass-through grants. The Federal Emergency Management Agency funds public safety staffing and equipment across the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) and Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) programs — including a $12.5 million SAFER grant awarded March 2023 (completing March 2026) and a $6.94 million SAFER grant awarded March 2025 (completing March 2028).

Recent flagship prime awards include a $3.23 million Cooperative Agreement from EPA Region 5 under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), awarded June 2026, funding a municipal water supply project with well pump installation, raw water pipeline construction, and stormwater pollution prevention planning through December 2027; a $412,000 Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Project Grant from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.939) awarded May 2026, funding comprehensive safety action plan development and demonstration activities through March 2029; and a $1 million Federal Highway Administration Project Grant awarded June 2024 for Lyndale Road USFWS parking lot construction through November 2027.

Sub-recipient activity flows primarily through the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (crime victim services, enforcement programs), Minnesota Department of Transportation (pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements including Valley View Schools Area pedestrian improvements and intersections at 98th Street, Lyndale Avenue, and Old Shakopee Road), and Minnesota Department of Health (maternal and child health block grants, public health emergency preparedness). Awards per year have averaged six since 2022, with four awards facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The city does not hold federal contracts, contract vehicles, or prime contracting awardee status; its federal footprint is exclusively grant-based, reflecting municipal government's eligibility for formula and congressionally directed infrastructure programs rather than procurement vehicles.