County Of Cape May

County Of Cape May Board Of County Commissioners Division, a New Jersey local government entity, operates as a grant recipient (31% of recent awards as prime recipient) and sub-recipient (69%) delivering social services, homelessness prevention, senior nutrition, public health infrastructure, emergency preparedness, and economic development programs funded through federal grants. The county does not hold prime contracts with federal agencies; its footprint is exclusively grant-based.

County of Cape May's customer concentration is pronounced and reflects its grant-dependent profile. The top five funding agencies account for 61% of all awards by count, led by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (44 awards), the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (16 awards), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (5 awards), the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management (5 awards), and the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (4 awards). By combined potential value, the rankings track similarly, with HUD, SAMHSA, AmeriCorps, and DOJ anchoring the dollars.

Representative prime grant work includes a $138,081 AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) award from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CFDA 94.002) dated June 24, 2026, running through March 31, 2029, engaging volunteers ages 55 and older in tutoring, mentoring, disaster preparedness, veteran services, and food security support across Cape May County. The county also received a $4.958 million Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities grant (CFDA #11.300) from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration on December 9, 2021, for construction of a 16,000-square-foot multi-tenant building and infrastructure improvements at Hangars Technology Park in Rio Grande to support the aviation technology cluster. Continuum of Care (CoC) homelessness prevention and permanent housing awards from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development span 2022 through 2027, with recurring annual awards on May 1 cycles (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).

Sub-recipient work flows primarily through the New Jersey Department of Human Services, New Jersey Department of Health, and New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety. County of Cape May receives and manages sub-awards for senior nutrition programs (home-delivered and congregate meals for individuals ages 60 and older), caregiver support services, emergency management and preparedness training (EMPG funds), public health infrastructure grants (PHIG workforce and data modernization), Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) victim services, State Opioid Response programs, domestic violence victim services (STOP VAWA), and transportation for demand response service in non-urbanized portions of the county. A representative sub-award from the New Jersey Department of Human Services dated March 24, 2026, funds senior nutrition programs, home- and community-based long-term services and supports, evidence-based health programs, caregiver support, and home-delivered meal services for older adults. Federal sub-awards for emergency management training and planning, public health emergency preparedness, and hazmat response (passed through state public safety and health departments) support local emergency-management capability building across Cape May County.

Activity has grown substantially over the recent window—14 awards in 2022 climbing to 30 in 2024, then moderating to 15 in both 2025 and 2026. Combined potential value across all 121 awards totals $2 thousand, a reporting artifact reflecting the sub-recipient role where individual sub-award values are often not precisely quantified in SAM; obligated dollars across all awards total $40.5 million, indicating active cash drawdown against these programs. One award completes within the next twenty-four months, presenting limited recompete exposure in the immediate window.