Atlantic County

Atlantic County of New Jersey, a U.S. local government entity based in Atlantic City, operates as a federal grant recipient and contract prime across healthcare and community-development programs, with 47% of recent awards as prime recipient or contractor and 53% as sub-recipient on federal grants passed through New Jersey state agencies. The county does not compete under set-asides and holds no SBA designations; it participates in federal programs as an eligible local jurisdiction under formula and project grant mechanisms.

Atlantic County's federal footprint centers on nursing home clinical operations and community-development services. As prime contractor, the county holds a $9.98 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 4, awarded October 1, 2022, running through September 30, 2027, for express reporting on clinical health and network operations at Veterans Health Administration facilities in Atlantic City. Three delivery orders under this IDC span $2.08 million (October 2024 to September 2025), $317,661 (April 2023 to September 2024), and $317,661 (October 2022 to March 2023). As prime grant recipient, Atlantic County received a $980,000 Federal Highway Administration project grant (CFDA 20.264) under the Bridge Investment Program on February 11, 2026 for a planning study on Jobs Point Bridge replacement, with completion August 31, 2027. The county also receives annual formula grants from HUD's Home Investment Partnerships Program ($566,638 awarded January 2026 for affordable housing activities) and Community Development Block Grants program (formula grant awarded October 2024 for community development activities).

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 anchors Atlantic County's prime-contract dollar exposure with $25.5 million in combined potential value across 22 awards. On the grant side, customer concentration is distributed across HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (52 awards across HOME and CDBG formula and project grants), HHS Administration for Community Living (44 awards for aging and senior services sub-awards), HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (10 awards for opioid response and mental health services), and the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (8 awards for workforce development sub-allocations). These five agencies account for 77% of award count. The source reports $25.5 million in combined potential value across all 177 awards but notes $95 million in combined dollars obligated—a pattern reflecting multi-year grant cycles where annual allocations under formula programs carry lower individual-award potential values than the cumulative drawdowns.

Atlantic County places task orders under two parent vehicles: a Basic Ordering Agreement (36C24418G0037) with 17 task orders totaling $3.1 million in combined potential value, and an Indefinite Delivery Contract (36C24423D0011) with 3 task orders totaling $12.4 million. Award volume has remained stable (27 awards in 2022, 24 in 2023, 32 in 2024) with a modest decline in 2025 (19 awards) and early 2026 (12 awards through May). Three awards face completion in the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in that window.

As a sub-recipient, Atlantic County receives federal grant funding passed through New Jersey state departments—primarily Human Services, Law and Public Safety, Health, and Labor and Workforce Development—for senior nutrition and meal programs, housing assistance, opioid response initiatives, victim assistance, emergency management, and workforce training. Recent sub-grant examples include State Opioid Response funding from HHS for medication-assisted treatment in county correctional facilities, Community Health Workers funding from the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases for COVID-19 response capacity, and Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) formula grant pass-throughs from the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety for victim services. The category concentration in the source shows nursing home and long-term care services dominating the award set (22 awards across both prime and sub roles), reflecting Atlantic County's dual role as healthcare facility operator and administering jurisdiction for broader social-services programs.