County Of Anderson

Anderson County Government, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Clinton, Tennessee, operates primarily as a federal grant sub-recipient (86% of recent awards) and secondarily as a prime grant recipient. The county's Grants Coordinator Division administers federal grants flowing through state agencies and federal programs to support law enforcement, crime victim services, public health, and community development initiatives across Anderson County.

Anderson County's federal footprint is heavily weighted toward sub-recipient status. Of sixty-four total awards in the source data spanning 2009 to September 2026, nine are prime grants (14%) and fifty-five are sub-awards beneath state grantees (86%). The county's sole current prime grant is a $963,505 cooperative agreement awarded September 1, 2026 by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Law Enforcement Support for Combatting Criminal Aliens, Drug, and Human Trafficking program (CFDA 16.076). This award runs through September 1, 2029 and funds Anderson County to hire or assign qualified prosecutors as Special Attorneys or Special Assistant United States Attorneys to strengthen investigative and prosecutorial capacity in fraud, alien-related crimes, drug trafficking, and human trafficking investigations in coordination with federal authorities.

Customer concentration clusters within the Department of Justice. The top five funding agencies account for 52% of recent awards, dominated by DOJ Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (15 awards), DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance (5 awards), and DOJ Office of Justice Programs broadly (3 awards). The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (7 awards) and Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (3 awards) represent secondary customer concentrations. The sub-recipient awards flow through state grantees: Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Tennessee Department of Health, the Appalachia HIDTA, and other pass-through entities. Typical sub-recipient work includes victims of crime services targeting child abuse, domestic violence, and sexual assault victims; local health services and immunization programs; drug and violent crime task force support; and broadband readiness grant administration.

Activity has remained modest and flat. The past five years show two awards in 2022, climbing to eight in 2023, then settling at seven awards each in 2024 and 2025, with four awards recorded in 2026 through September. Combined obligated dollars across all sixty-four awards stand at $7.2 million. The county's corporate structure includes a named subsidiary, Anderson Co BD OF ED (a school district), though the source does not indicate separate federal grant administration by that entity. Anderson County serves twelve distinct customer agencies across its federal grant portfolio, with performance of work concentrated in Clinton, Tennessee and subordinate county service locations.