County Of Arapahoe In The State Of Colorado

County of Arapahoe In The State Of Colorado, doing business as Arapahoe County, is a Colorado county government entity acting as a prime recipient on federal grants across criminal justice, workforce development, and emergency management programs, and as a sub-recipient on substantially larger federal grant flows from the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Transportation, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Arapahoe County is a U.S. local government (county) headquartered in Littleton, Colorado. The entity operates primarily as a federal grant sub-recipient rather than a prime contractor — 93 percent of its 126 awards in the source data are sub-awards. As a prime recipient, Arapahoe County holds four federal grants from the Department of Justice and the Department of Labor totaling approximately $954 thousand. The most recent prime grant is a $750 thousand project award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under CFDA 16.590 (Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program), effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2029, funding the Enhancing Investigations and Prosecution of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Initiative, which supports a domestic violence high-risk team coordinator, a specialized prosecutor, multidisciplinary case reviews, and victim services enhancement. A second recent prime award is a project grant from the Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028, funding workforce development case management and job placement services targeting homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness through Arapahoe/Douglas Works!, the county's American Job Center. The Arapahoe County Coroner's Office received a $203 thousand project grant from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under CFDA 16.742 (Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program) effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026, for expanded toxicology testing to address fentanyl and emerging drug trends in postmortem examinations.

The vast majority of Arapahoe County's federal funding flows through sub-awards from Colorado state agencies. The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (via the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment) leads the customer concentration at 44 awards; the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (via the Colorado Department of Human Services) accounts for 22 awards; the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (via the Colorado Department of Transportation) funds five awards; and the Federal Emergency Management Agency funds five awards. Together, these four funding streams account for 60 percent of all awards to Arapahoe County. Sub-award work includes workforce development under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (adult, dislocated worker, and youth programs), Wagner-Peyser employment services, apprenticeship hub coordination, registered apprenticeship support, public assistance program administration on behalf of state human services, transportation infrastructure improvements, emergency management and preparedness, and community services grants. Award activity has grown sharply: the county received 14 awards in 2022, 22 in 2023, and 38 in 2024, with 21 awards to date in 2025. Only two awards are scheduled to complete within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The combined federal dollars obligated across all 126 awards totals $154.3 million. As a county government, Arapahoe County competes in full-and-open grant competitions; it does not hold SBA designations.