County Of Boone

County Of Boone, doing business as County Government, is a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Belvidere, Illinois, that functions as a federal grant recipient for transportation infrastructure, environmental remediation, roadway safety, public health emergency preparedness, and substance-use disorder treatment programs. The county operates almost exclusively as a grant recipient (7% of recent awards as a prime recipient, 93% as a sub-recipient under pass-through funding from state and federal agencies), with no federal contract prime or subcontract work in the recent award portfolio.

County Of Boone's prime grant footprint centers on rural infrastructure and environmental programs. As a recipient under the Department of Transportation's Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program (CFDA 20.943), the county received $592,469 on October 5, 2026, to support development-phase assistance for the Piscataway Creek 3-Bridge Replacement Bundle project in Boone County, Illinois, through October 4, 2029. The county is also a recipient of a $192,000 Project Grant from the Federal Highway Administration under the Safe Streets and Roads for All program (CFDA 20.939), effective August 6, 2025, through August 6, 2027, to develop and implement comprehensive roadway safety action plans in Belvidere. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the county a cooperative agreement on July 1, 2025, for brownfield assessment and cleanup planning activities in Boone County through September 30, 2029, with deliverables including 10 Phase I and 5 Phase II environmental site assessments and 3 site-specific cleanup plans. The county is also a recipient of a $778,305 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use (COSSAP) program, awarded October 1, 2022, and completing September 30, 2026, to support medication-assisted treatment, peer recovery specialist integration, and enhanced data collection for criminal justice–involved individuals in Boone County.

Sub-recipient funding dominates the county's federal activity volume. Across 90 sub-awards, the county receives pass-through funding flowing through state agencies for food and nutrition programs, public health emergency preparedness, social services, traffic safety enforcement, and rural transit. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 57 awards (predominantly WIC — Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children — sub-awards flowing through the Illinois Department of Human Services). The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families contributes 19 awards (primarily Social Services Block Grants and WIC sub-awards from the Illinois Department of Human Services). The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides 3 awards for public health emergency preparedness infrastructure and surveillance capacity-building through the Illinois Department of Public Health. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance supports substance-use disorder treatment programming. The Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration passes through Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) funding via the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Department of Transportation funds rural transit (Section 5311 Formula Grants) and paratransit vehicle acquisition.

Activity peaked in 2023 with 52 awards, declining to 24 in 2024, 11 in 2025, and 6 in the first quarter of 2026. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The county's corporate structure includes two subsidiaries: Boone County Housing Authority and Boone County Conservation District, neither of which carries a visible federal award footprint in the recent data. Combined dollars obligated across all 97 awards total $8.9 million, concentrated in food and nutrition and social services pass-through funding managed through state intermediaries rather than direct federal relationships.