County Of Goodhue

Goodhue County, Minnesota, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Red Wing, operates as a federal grant recipient (62% of recent awards) and sub-recipient under state and federal pass-through grantees, with recent focus on rural broadband, port security, emergency management, and transportation infrastructure. The county does not hold direct federal contracts; all federal funding flows through grant awards and sub-grants distributed by federal agencies, state pass-through entities, or regional boards.

Goodhue County's grant portfolio centers on three grantor agencies. The Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards has issued four project grants to the county, including three Port Security Grant Program awards (September 2022, August 2023, September 2024) funding port security infrastructure and operations for the Port of Red Wing, with a documented award of $1.07 million in September 2022. The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has awarded four sub-grants through the Minnesota Department of Transportation for county-level transportation projects, including bridge replacement and pipe-lining work across county highways in 2024 and 2025. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance accounts for three awards, and the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program accounts for two. In January 2026, the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded the county $3.21 million under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants program (CFDA 10.855) for rural distance learning or telemedicine infrastructure, with a period of performance through January 2028.

The county also receives federal health and emergency preparedness funding as a sub-recipient. The Minnesota Department of Health has distributed federal Title V Maternal Child Health Block Grant and Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response grants to Goodhue County; the Minnesota Department of Human Services has passed through a Federal Mental Health Block Grant; and the Minnesota Department of Transportation has distributed emergency management and infrastructure funding. Activity peaked in 2024 (five awards) and has moderated in 2025–2026 (three and one award respectively). One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Goodhue County maintains a named subsidiary, the SE SWCD Technical Support Joint Powers Board, a locally owned government entity; no federal awards appear to flow through this subsidiary in the source data. The county's grant footprint reflects typical local government recipient positioning: infrastructure, public health, emergency management, and rural broadband support rather than service contracting.