City Of Peoria

City of Peoria Finance Department Division, a U.S. municipal government entity headquartered in Peoria, Illinois, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants across community development, emergency response, and public safety programs. The entity does not hold federal contracts and operates exclusively as a grant recipient—111 of its 134 awards (83%) are prime grants, with 23 (17%) as sub-recipient awards passed through state intermediaries.

The city's grant portfolio concentrates heavily in HUD-administered community development and housing programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development dominates the award count at 56 awards (42% of total awards), spanning the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement program (CFDA 14.228), the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239), and the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program (CFDA 14.231). These are multi-year formula grants enabling the city to fund affordable housing rehabilitation, homebuyer assistance, rental assistance, emergency shelter operations, street outreach for homeless populations, and rapid re-housing services. Recent CDBG awards obligated in October 2024 and January 2026 support ten-year implementation periods running through 2033 and beyond. A January 2026 HOME award carries $596,655.96 obligated funding with a completion date of September 30, 2034; an ESG award obligated the same month carries a two-year period ending January 13, 2028.

Federal emergency management and public safety grants form a secondary but material stream. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued two SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, CFDA 97.083) grants—a $4.92 million project grant awarded March 23, 2026, with completion on March 22, 2029, and an earlier $8.18 million award dated March 14, 2023, expiring March 13, 2026. Both fund firefighter hiring and retention initiatives. FEMA also funded an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (CFDA 97.044) for $370,567 awarded August 30, 2021. The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance operates the second-largest customer relationship by count (11 awards) through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Block Grant program (CFDA 16.738), which the city uses for law enforcement equipment, technology, and personnel. The most recent JAG award obligated October 1, 2022, runs through September 30, 2026. The Community Oriented Policing (COPS) Office issued a technology and equipment grant awarded December 29, 2022, for law enforcement technology and interoperable communications, expiring June 30, 2026.

The Corporation for National and Community Service accounts for 17 awards routed through the Illinois Department of Human Services as pass-through administrator; these sub-awards support AmeriCorps State and National placements in the city, with awards spanning September 2023 through October 2025. Additional federal support includes the Federal Railroad Administration's March 1, 2024 cooperative agreement funding service development planning for a Peoria-to-Chicago commuter rail corridor (completion February 28, 2026), and the EPA Region 5's June 1, 2023 cooperative agreement for green infrastructure and green streets design to reduce combined sewer overflows (completion December 31, 2025). The Department of Labor and Department of Transportation contribute smaller volumes of awards. Five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure in emergency management staffing grants and justice assistance programs.

The city operates as a pass-through administrator for state agencies; October 2025 sub-awards show the city distributing AmeriCorps funding, highway safety program allocations, and a $2 million CDBG-CV shelter construction sub-award to the Salvation Army. Grant dollars obligated ($95.9 million across all awards) significantly exceed combined potential value ($3 thousand reported), indicating substantial prior-year funding drawn down and mature, multi-year implementation across housing, emergency response, and community service programs.