County Of Boone

County Of Boone Boone County Division, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Columbia, Missouri, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants and a sub-recipient of grants passed through state agencies, delivering criminal-justice, juvenile-justice, and infrastructure programs across thirteen federal customer agencies. The county holds no federal contracts and does not compete on procurement vehicles; its federal footprint is entirely grant-funded, with 73% of recent awards arriving as sub-awards from Missouri state intermediaries (primarily the Missouri Department of Transportation, the Missouri Department of Social Services, and the Missouri Department of Public Safety) and 27% as prime grants from federal agencies.

Boone County's primary grant work centers on three capability areas. First, domestic and family violence intervention: a $717,628 prime project grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590), issued May 1, 2026 and running through April 30, 2029, funds an Enhancing Investigations and Prosecution of Domestic Violence initiative that implements risk assessment tools for case prioritization, adds a dedicated victim-outreach investigator, strengthens strangulation-case investigation and prosecution through forensic and medical analysis, and delivers trauma-informed training to law enforcement and prosecutors. Second, juvenile justice system redesign: a cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, awarded October 1, 2024 and completing June 30, 2026, supports the Robert L. Perry Juvenile Justice Center's efforts to map and integrate intervention services, reduce youth overincarceration and racial disproportionality, and develop continuum-of-care implementation plans aligned with national diversion and prevention best practices. Third, substance-abuse treatment courts: a $489,398 formula grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (awarded October 1, 2021, completing September 30, 2025) funds a multi-track DWI court pilot that expands case eligibility to misdemeanor repeat DWI offenders and conducts process, outcome, and cost evaluation under National Association of Drug Court Professionals standards.

As a sub-recipient, Boone County has received twenty-seven sub-awards flowing through state intermediaries. The Missouri Department of Transportation has passed through eleven awards for infrastructure projects including bridge replacements on Ben Williams Road and Old Plank Road and sidewalk extensions in the City of Harrisburg and City of Columbia; the Missouri Department of Social Services has distributed five awards for child welfare and IV-E CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) support to the 13th Judicial Circuit Court; and the Missouri Department of Public Safety has channeled eight awards for domestic violence prosecution support, including funding for the Prosecuting Attorney's DOVE (Domestic and Sexual Violence) Unit with victim assistants, investigators, and integrated domestic violence programming using graduated sanction models. One sub-award from the Department of the Interior US Geological Survey (valued at $115 thousand) supports geophysical surveying and mapping services.

Activity has accelerated: two awards in 2022, five in 2023, eight in 2024, and thirteen in 2025, with one award issued year-to-date in 2026. The county's federal customer concentration sits across thirteen agencies, with the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (eleven awards), the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (eight awards), and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (five awards) accounting for 76% of recent volume. Boone County maintains a subsidiary structure that includes Public Water Supply District No. 10 of Boone County, Missouri, a local government-owned municipality entity, though no federal awards in the source data name that subsidiary as a direct recipient.