El Dorado County Government

El Dorado County Government Health And Human Services Agency Division, operating as Community Services, is a U.S. local government entity based in Placerville, California that acts as a federal grant recipient (28% of recent awards as prime recipient) and sub-recipient (72%) administering homelessness prevention, family self-sufficiency, and human services programs funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Health and Human Services.

Community Services' federal footprint centers on HUD's Continuum of Care (COC) Program and Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program as a direct prime recipient. Recent COC awards span multiple fiscal years, including three Project Grant awards running through fiscal years 2023–2026, with the most recent awarded January 1, 2026 and completing December 31, 2026. The county holds two active FSS Program grants as of 2025–2026, funding Family Self-Sufficiency Coordinators who serve households receiving public housing assistance and housing choice vouchers; the most recent FSS award was issued January 1, 2025 and completes December 31, 2025. Under these programs, Community Services establishes and operates permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services, while managing homeless management information systems (HMIS).

As a sub-recipient, Community Services administers the bulk of its federal funding through pass-through grants from California state departments acting as primary grantees. The California Department of Social Services channels federal funds for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) outreach, foster care assistance, adoption assistance, and legal guardianship support — seventeen sub-awards across these programs since 2021, with the most recent dated December 16, 2025. The California Department of Health Care Services funds mental health and substance abuse services (MHBG and SABG programs) through sub-awards to the county, with the most recent dated July 1, 2025. The California Department of Community Services and Development passes through Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding for weatherization and home energy crisis intervention to eligible households; four LIHEAP sub-awards span 2024–2026, with the most recent issued January 8, 2026. The California Department of Public Health funds immunization and vaccine-preventable disease prevention programs for local health departments; three sub-awards were issued between March 19, 2024 and September 17, 2025.

Customer concentration is split between two dominant grantor agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development each account for 13 awards (covering 68% of the recent portfolio by count), with the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (5 awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (4 awards), and a second Administration for Children and Families bucket (4 awards) rounding out the active set. Only three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited recompete exposure in that window. Award activity has grown substantially — from four awards in 2022 to twenty in 2024 and nineteen in 2025 — with combined dollars obligated across the portfolio reaching $47.3 million. The entity's parent is County Of El Dorado's Chief Administrative Office, a U.S. local government county structure headquartered in Placerville, California.