County Of Cobb

County Of Cobb, doing business as Cobb County Board Of Commissioners, is a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Marietta, Georgia that operates as a federal grant recipient (68% of recent awards as prime recipient) in public transit, community development, and public safety programs. The county does not hold federal contracts as a prime but receives formula and project grants from civilian agencies, with no set-aside designations applicable to government entities.

Cobb County's federal footprint concentrates in transit operations and infrastructure. The county operates CobbLinc Transit, the primary recipient of recurring Federal Transit Administration (FTA) formula grants under CFDA 20.507 for ongoing capital improvements, preventive maintenance, ADA paratransit service, and transit facility operations. Recent prime grants include a $11.56 million FTA Formula Grant awarded June 6, 2026 (completion March 30, 2031) for CobbLinc capital improvements and operations, a $19.3 million FTA Formula Grant awarded August 8, 2025 (completion March 30, 2030) for routine transit capital and operations, and a $2.5 million FTA Project Grant awarded April 16, 2026 (completion March 30, 2029) for preliminary engineering of a South Cobb County transit center. The county also received a $25.5 million FTA Formula Grant in August 2022 for ongoing capital planning and preventive maintenance through March 2032, and a $13.2 million FTA Formula Grant in August 2023 for transit system capital and operations through March 2033.

Beyond transit, Cobb County receives formula grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for affordable housing and homelessness assistance. Recent HUD grants include a $1.208 million HOME Investment Partnerships Program grant awarded September 16, 2025 (completion September 30, 2034) for owner-occupied housing rehabilitation and rental assistance; a $278,602 Emergency Solutions Grant awarded September 16, 2025 (completion September 15, 2027) for street outreach, emergency shelter, and rapid re-housing; and Community Development Block Grant allocations awarded January 1, 2024 and October 1, 2024 for community development activities through 2031 and 2033 respectively. The county has also received Department of Justice grants for public safety, including a $1.55 million Congressionally Recommended Award (CFDA 16.753) granted July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027 to establish the Cobb Family Advocacy Center, a multi-agency response to domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and stalking; and recurring grants from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.738, 16.590) for law enforcement, victim services, cold case investigation, and opioid response initiatives.

Customer concentration by award count is distributed across three primary funding sources: the Federal Transit Administration (54 awards), HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (54 awards), and the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (28 awards). These three agencies account for 58% of awards. By potential value, concentration shifts toward infrastructure: the Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary accounts for $1.2 million of combined potential value across 12 awards, reflecting Cobb County's infrastructure role in the Atlanta metropolitan region.

Cobb County's federal footprint reflects its role as a county government administering federal pass-through funding to local nonprofits, service providers, and community organizations. The county acts as a sub-recipient on 99 grants (32% of total), primarily through Georgia state agencies including the Technical College System of Georgia (workforce training and employment programs), the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (victim services, juvenile justice, and court-appointed advocates), and the Georgia Department of Transportation (transportation infrastructure). The county also carries out federal programs in partnership with Kennesaw State University's Center for Advancement of Military and Emergency Services on law enforcement mental health initiatives and with the Department of Energy on energy efficiency and conservation block grants.

The county operates two named subsidiaries with federal grant activity: Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority and Cobb Co Public Library. Activity has accelerated in recent years, reaching 41 awards in 2024 before declining to 24 in 2025 and 6 in 2026 (year incomplete). Minimal potential value ($2.6 million combined) reflects formula-grant characteristics: obligated dollars ($622.2 million) significantly exceed potential value, indicating recurring formula allocations rather than discrete procurements. Nine awards complete within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $57 thousand and representing primarily recurring formula-grant recompetes under FTA, HUD, and DOJ programs.