City Of Box Elder

City of Box Elder, a U.S. local government entity in South Dakota, is a federal grant recipient delivering community infrastructure planning, law enforcement capacity building, and emergency management support to civilian agencies. The city receives grants directly from the federal government and serves as a sub-recipient on pass-through awards from the South Dakota Department of Public Safety; it does not compete for federal contracts as a prime contractor.

City of Box Elder's grant footprint spans law enforcement, emergency preparedness, and community infrastructure planning. The Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program accounts for five awards, including a $375,000 COPS Hiring Program grant (CFDA 16.068) awarded October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030, to hire and rehire law enforcement officers and increase community policing capacity in Box Elder, South Dakota. The Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment has issued three awards totaling community infrastructure planning and design support tied to Ellsworth Air Force Base expansion, most recently a $1.338 million Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Establishment or Expansion of a Military Installation award (CFDA 12.618) on May 1, 2026, with performance through October 31, 2026. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has placed three grants supporting emergency management and disaster recovery work. The Federal Highway Administration awarded a Safe Streets and Roads for All action-planning grant (CFDA not specified in source) on May 2, 2023, running through May 13, 2025, to develop comprehensive traffic safety action plans. City of Box Elder also receives sub-grants from the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, including a City Hall/Police Station Generator project and a potable-water generator project, reflecting state-pass-through emergency preparedness and infrastructure resilience work.

Recent award volume remains modest — one award in 2025 and one in 2026 — with thirteen of sixteen total awards in the source data issued as prime grants to the city directly. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $1.1 million, though combined obligated dollars reach $7.3 million, indicating that awards have been fully funded or over-obligated relative to their stated potential ceilings. One award faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months.