Adams County MS

Adams County Board of Supervisors, a U.S. county government entity based in Natchez, Mississippi, receives federal grants as a prime recipient in watershed protection and emergency recovery work, with no contracting footprint and negligible subcontract exposure (96% prime grants, 4% sub grants). The county does not hold a contracting vehicle and does not pursue federal contracts; its federal engagement is exclusively grant-funded.

Adams County's entire active customer concentration sits with the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), which has funded 13 of the county's 23 recent awards under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.923). The NRCS funding finances bank stabilization and streambank erosion-prevention projects across Adams County locations impacted by natural disasters, including cooperative agreements for stabilization along Passman Road, Johnson Circle, Carrie Road, Kingston Road, Quitman Road, and Church Hill Road. Recent awards include a $331,443.75 cooperative agreement dated February 18, 2026, for bank stabilization along Passman Road and Johnson Circle (ultimate completion October 6, 2026); a $1,034,280 cooperative agreement dated August 5, 2025, for Carrie Road and Jerusalem Baptist Church stabilization (completion September 22, 2026); and a $118,181.25 cooperative agreement dated September 12, 2025, for 13 Johnson Circle stabilization (completion August 12, 2026). The county has received over $1.3 million in total NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection grants. Secondary customers include the Federal Emergency Management Agency (3 awards under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, CFDA 97.044), the Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service (2 awards), and the Delta Regional Authority (2 awards). Together, these five agencies account for 91% of the county's recent award count.

Activity has remained modest and episodic — one award in 2021, two in 2022, three in 2024, and four in 2025 — with a combined obligated total of $11.5 million across all 23 awards. Three awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. The county holds a single subgrant relationship under a Mississippi Department of Transportation prime grant for roadway widening on Morgantown Road (sub-award dated September 9, 2025). Adams County's grant footprint is narrowly specialized: emergency watershed protection and community infrastructure recovery following natural disasters, funded by NRCS, supplemented by firefighting equipment grants from FEMA and rural infrastructure support from USDA. The county functions as a project sponsor and implementing entity responsible for local cost-share, land-rights acquisition, permitting, and long-term operation and maintenance of completed stabilization infrastructure.