City Of Calera

City Of Calera, a municipality located in Calera, Alabama, acts as the prime recipient of federal grants focused on public infrastructure, railroad safety, and law enforcement equipment, with no federal contracting footprint. As a U.S. local government entity and Council of Governments member, Calera has received $16.1 million in combined federal obligations across eleven awards over the past five years, with the vast majority (82%) awarded as prime grants rather than sub-grants.

Calera's grant portfolio concentrates in three customer agencies. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance anchors five awards, including an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (CFDA not specified) dating to October 2021 for crime prevention and control activities spanning law enforcement programs, prosecution and court support, corrections, and drug treatment and enforcement; a block grant from October 2022 for purchase of illegal narcotics testing and roadway spike deployment equipment; and a block grant from October 2023 for acquisition of an all-terrain vehicle to support law enforcement. The Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program (COPS) has placed two awards. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued two grants. Most recently and by largest magnitude, the Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration awarded Calera a $14.68 million Project Grant on October 1, 2025, under the Railroad Crossing Elimination program (CFDA 20.327) for elimination of two at-grade railroad crossings along 17th Avenue and 20th Avenue in Calera through environmental review, preliminary engineering, final design, and construction activities, with ultimate completion targeted for February 1, 2030.

In its sub-recipient role, Calera has received a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) sub-award in November 2023 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development through pass-through funding for public sewer collection system rehabilitation in the southwestern quadrant of the city, and a state sub-award in April 2026 from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs for purchase of gun evidence collection equipment and metal detectors. Award activity has remained sparse and episodic, averaging fewer than one award per year in recent years. No recompete cliff is present in the source; the FEMA grant and the 2022 Bureau of Justice Assistance equipment purchase will complete by September 2026, but subsequent renewal or recompete activity is not documented in the source.