City Of Longview

City Of Longview, a Texas municipality headquartered in Longview, operates as a federal grant recipient (85% of awards as prime recipient) across transportation, housing, public safety, and community development programs, with no federal contract prime or subcontract activity. The city competes for and receives formula and project grants exclusively from civilian federal agencies, with no set-aside designations applicable to its status as a U.S. local government entity.

Longview's grant portfolio centers on three dominant funding sources that account for 77% of awards. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads with 55 awards funding the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239) and Community Development Block Grants (CFDA 14.218), which support affordable housing rehabilitation, homebuyer assistance, and community development activities. The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration follows with 32 awards under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) and the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula program (CFDA 20.526), funding day-to-day operations of Longview Transit's fixed-route and paratransit services, fleet maintenance, and capital improvements to transit facilities and vehicles. The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance contributes 13 awards for public safety and crime prevention programs including COPS Hiring Program funding (CFDA 16.068) for law enforcement officer positions and grant activity supporting opioid response, victim services, and youth mentoring through the ASPIRE program. HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office has issued ten awards for the Family Self-Sufficiency Program (CFDA 14.869), funding FSS coordinator salaries to support public housing residents' employment and self-sufficiency goals.

Supplementary awards span five additional federal agencies. The Federal Highway Administration awarded Longview $240,000 in July 2026 under the Safe Streets and Roads for All program (CFDA 20.939) for development of a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan addressing roadway safety through July 2029. The Federal Railroad Administration provided $606,555 in May 2025 under the Railroad Crossing Elimination Program (CFDA 20.327) for a feasibility study and safety plan covering 33 public at-grade railroad crossings. HUD's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control issued a cooperative agreement in April 2025 for the Older Adult Home Modification Program, supporting low-cost home modifications and accessibility improvements for low-income seniors. SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment awarded a project grant in September 2023 for opioid overdose reduction and alternative first response through community health paramedic and crisis intervention services. FEMA's Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards program issued an Assistance to Firefighters Grant in September 2025 to enhance firefighting and emergency response capabilities. The Department of Energy provided formula grant funding under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (CFDA 81.128) to support energy efficiency and emissions reduction initiatives. The Bureau of Justice Assistance also funded youth mentoring and crime prevention education through block grants.

Longview operates entirely as a direct grant recipient with no subcontracting on its prime awards, though the city acts as a sub-recipient on 24 awards where state agencies or regional organizations serve as prime grantees. Sub-recipient relationships include pass-through awards from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for park restoration (Teague Park), Texas A&M Forest Service for urban canopy expansion, Texas Department of Transportation for Metropolitan Planning Organization unified planning work, Texas Office of the Governor for victim services coordination and first responder equipment projects, and Texas Division of Emergency Management for fire department generators. One AmeriCorps sub-award flows through The Onestar National Service Commission for local service programming. A sub-award from the City of Dallas involved cooperative agreements under the Internet Crimes Against Children Grant for investigation and prosecution activities.

Activity has grown from seven awards in 2022 to a peak of 14 in 2025, with seven awards recorded in 2026 year-to-date. Ten awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete or renewal opportunity across FTA formula grants, HUD housing programs, and public safety initiatives. Recent awards including the $3.253 million Federal Transit Formula Grant (May 2026), the $3.1 million FTA transit operations grant (August 2025), and the $289,093 HOME Investment Partnerships formula allocation (January 2026) demonstrate the city's reliance on formula-based entitlement funding that renews annually or on multi-year cycles, typically requiring renewal applications rather than competitive recompetes. The combined obligated value across all awards totals $90.9 million, with HUD and FTA programs anchoring roughly 65% of the total.