County Of Gallia

County Of Gallia, doing business as Gallia County Commissioners, is a U.S. local government entity based in Gallipolis, Ohio that receives federal grants as a prime recipient for airport infrastructure and rural community facility projects, and as a sub-recipient for social services, Medicaid eligibility, mental health, child support, and community development funding flowing through Ohio state agencies. The vendor operates as the parent entity within a two-subsidiary structure that includes Gallia County Engineers Office, a transit authority.

Gallia County's federal activity is overwhelmingly sub-grant work (86% of 192 recent awards), with prime grant receipts concentrated in aviation and rural infrastructure. As a prime recipient, the county has received eight named airport improvement grants from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Great Lakes Region since August 2022, including a $1,862,844 project grant (awarded August 7, 2024) to reconstruct 1,500 square feet of terminal building at Gallipolis Airport under CFDA 20.106, an $871,974 formula grant (awarded August 6, 2026) to rehabilitate 4,950 square yards of terminal apron pavement under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116), and a $577,500 project grant (awarded August 6, 2026) to expand terminal apron by 1,500 square yards under the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117). Earlier work includes a $162,500 design-phase grant (awarded August 14, 2025) for apron rehabilitation and a $182,500 design-phase grant (awarded August 14, 2025) for apron expansion, both under CFDA 20.106. The county also received a $140,600 formula grant (awarded September 9, 2024) under CFDA 20.106 to replace an existing airport rotating beacon, and a $118,750 design-phase grant (awarded August 18, 2022) to reconstruct the terminal building. A single $162,500 project grant from the Rural Utilities Service (awarded June 1, 2023) funded a community facility project.

Sub-grant activity spans human services, healthcare administration, mental health, emergency management, and community development programs. The top five customer agencies account for 54% of recent awards. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families leads the count with 40 awards flowing through the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services as prime grantee, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), food assistance, child support, childcare, and child protective services funding. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services accounts for 21 sub-awards, primarily Medicaid eligibility determination work sub-granted from the Ohio Department of Medicaid. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration supplies 13 awards, including State Opioid Response grants and mental health block grant funding sub-granted through the Ohio Department of Mental Health. The Federal Aviation Administration Great Lakes Region accounts for 12 awards (likely the eight named prime grants plus four additional sub-awards). The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Department of Education round out the active sub-grantor set. Most sub-grants are awarded to the county as local administrator or service provider by state intermediaries; examples include FFY26 Food Assistance, FFY26 Federal Child Support, and State Opioid Response 4.0 funding from Ohio state agencies, as well as Community Development Block Grant sub-awards and Emergency Management Performance Grant sub-awards.

Activity has grown materially—three awards in 2022 to 58 in 2025, with 35 awards recorded in 2026 year to date—reflecting increasing use of Gallia County as a local service delivery and grant administration partner for Ohio state agencies and federal programs. Combined dollars obligated across all 192 awards total $49 million. The vendor's federal footprint is characteristic of rural Ohio county governments: operating as pass-through and service administrator for state-mediated federal programs rather than as direct federal contractor, with airport infrastructure as the primary exception where the county acts as direct prime recipient from FAA.