County Of Cumberland

County Of Cumberland, doing business as Cumberland County Community Development, is a North Carolina county government entity that receives federal grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development as a prime recipient to support affordable housing development, homelessness prevention, and community development activities within Cumberland County.

Cumberland County Community Development operates exclusively as a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor; it receives no federal contract awards and does not compete under set-asides. The organization is headquartered in Fayetteville, North Carolina and serves as the primary vehicle through which Cumberland County participates in HUD's Community Planning and Development grant programs. The entity is structured as a U.S. local government agency — a child entity of the parent County Of Cumberland — and operates without SBA designations or small-business certifications typical of private vendors.

The grant portfolio centers on three HUD programs. The Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) funds permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homelessness management information systems; recent COC awards include a $104,507 project grant awarded October 1, 2025 with performance through September 30, 2026. The Home Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239) provides formula grants for affordable housing activities including rehabilitation of owner-occupied units, homebuyer assistance, rental housing acquisition and construction, and tenant-based rental assistance; Cumberland County received a $391,087 HOME award on December 5, 2025 with a performance period extending through September 30, 2034. The Community Development Block Grant Program (CFDA 14.218) supports broader community development, housing, and economic opportunity activities; CDBG awards carry nine-year performance periods and formula-grant structure. Recent work also includes sub-recipient hurricane recovery grants tied to Hurricane Matthew and Florence damage in Most Impacted and Distressed counties, with multiple sub-recipient agreements dated May 10, 2023 for rehabilitation and recovery funding under a Grant Action Plan framework.

The award footprint shows high concentration with a single customer agency — HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 86 of 113 total awards (76% prime, 24% sub-recipient pass-throughs), with $61.9 million combined dollars obligated. Activity peaked in 2023 with 27 awards, then declined to 6 in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 2 in 2026 year-to-date through July. Only 3 awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. The sub-recipient footprint reflects Cumberland County's role in distributing federal funds to nonprofit housing providers and local developers rather than executing all housing and community development work directly; sub-awards represent pass-through funding mechanisms characteristic of entitlement community and participating-jurisdiction status under HOME and CDBG programs.