City Of Little Rock

The City of Little Rock Finance Department, a U.S. local government entity based in Little Rock, Arkansas, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient across housing, community development, law enforcement, and environmental programs; the Finance Department serves as the administrative conduit for the parent City of Little Rock for grant management and fund deployment. The entity does not hold federal contracts and operates exclusively in the grant space, with 92 of 96 recent awards held at the prime level and a portfolio dominated by HUD formula and project grants.

The City of Little Rock Finance Department's grant portfolio centers on HUD-administered community development and affordable housing programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development is the dominant funding source, accounting for 63 awards (85% coverage of the total award count). Active HUD programs include the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement program (formula grant running through 2031), the Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME, formula grant through 2034 with $734,198.12 obligated as of September 2025), the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA, formula grant through 2028 with $1,055,007 obligated), and the Continuum of Care (CoC) program for homeless services (project and formula grants through 2026). Beyond HUD, the Finance Department has received grant awards from the Department of Justice (10 awards via the Bureau of Justice Assistance), the Department of Transportation (Federal Highway Administration), the Department of the Interior (National Park Service), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration.

Representative recent prime grant work includes a $498,975 project grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.058) awarded May 1, 2026, to train law enforcement officers in trauma-informed, victim-centered investigative approaches to domestic violence and sexual assault through April 30, 2029; an $8,503,081.60 project grant from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.939, Safe Streets and Roads for All program) awarded April 2, 2026, to improve five high-injury network corridors and conduct planning for an additional corridor through April 1, 2031; a $198,116 project grant from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program (CFDA 16.070, Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act) awarded October 1, 2025, to expand the Little Rock Police Department's officer wellness program through September 30, 2027; and a $1,055,007 formula grant from HUD under HOPWA awarded September 17, 2025, for housing assistance and supportive services for low-income individuals with HIV/AIDS through September 16, 2028. The Finance Department also serves as sub-recipient on heritage preservation work under the Department of Heritage Arkansas, including NRHP historic district resurvey and preservation training funded through the National Park Service.

Activity has grown modestly—five awards in 2022 rising to eleven in 2024, then declining to eight in 2025—with five awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure relative to the formula-grant anchor of the portfolio. The combined dollars obligated across all awards in the source data total approximately $104 million, with the largest single obligations concentrated in multi-year HUD formula programs. The Finance Department's role is administrative: it receives and manages federal grant funds on behalf of city programs (police department mental health and wellness, public safety, housing and homelessness services, community development, and environmental planning) and deploys those funds either directly or through sub-awards to nonprofit partners and municipal departments. The entity does not compete for contracts and does not hold positions on government-wide acquisition vehicles.