County Of Contra Costa

County of Contra Costa Department of Conservation and Development, a division of a California county government based in Martinez, acts as a federal grant recipient (95% of recent awards as prime recipient) focused on affordable housing, homelessness prevention, and environmental remediation in Contra Costa County. The entity is a U.S. local government structure with no federal contracting footprint; all 64 recent awards are federal formula grants and cooperative agreements administered through HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and EPA Region 9.

The Department's grant portfolio concentrates heavily in HUD community development and housing programs. The top customer, HUD's Community Planning and Development office, accounts for 60 of 64 awards (100% coverage). Recent representative awards include a $2.95 million HOME Investment Partnerships Program formula grant (CFDA 14.239) obligated January 14, 2026, for affordable housing acquisition, rehabilitation, and rental assistance through September 30, 2034; a $405,597 Emergency Solutions Grant (CFDA 14.231) obligated the same date for street outreach, emergency shelter operations, homelessness prevention, and rapid re-housing services through January 13, 2028; and a $1.2 million EPA Region 9 Brownfields Multipurpose and Assessment Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 66.818) effective July 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029, funding Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, cleanup planning, and community engagement across priority waterfront sites. The Department also holds a prior $2.99 million HOME grant (obligated December 9, 2024, completion September 30, 2033) and recurring Community Development Block Grant awards (CFDA 14.218) authorized under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act. In its sub-award role, the Department received three sub-grants from the California Department of Public Health (July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2022) for home visiting programs and reproductive health support.

Award activity has contracted in recent years—four awards in 2024, one in 2025, two in early 2026—after a peak of six awards in 2023. Combined obligated dollars across the portfolio stand at $151.2 million. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete risk. The Department's grant administration requires compliance with 24 CFR Part 91 consolidation planning, affordability maintenance commitments spanning five to twenty years depending on activity type, and reporting through HUD's systems and EPA's Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES). Sub-awards flow to nonprofit partners such as Sustainable Contra Costa (a 501(c)(3) organization partnering on brownfield community involvement and site identification).