Jackson County Commission

Jackson County Commission, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Scottsboro, Alabama, acts as a federal grant recipient focused on transportation safety, emergency management, law enforcement equipment, and economic development planning. The organization operates almost exclusively as a sub-recipient (94% of recent awards) channeling federal pass-through funding to local emergency management and public safety agencies, with a smaller presence as a direct prime grant recipient for transportation and economic development initiatives.

Jackson County Commission's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which accounts for 94 of its 109 total awards. The Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration, the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance and Community Oriented Policing Program, and the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration round out the six distinct customer agencies in the source data. As a prime grant recipient, Jackson County Commission has received direct awards for transportation safety and economic resilience work: a $467,464 Safe Streets for All (SS4A) implementation grant from FHWA (CFDA 20.939) dated September 17, 2025, for the "Jackson County Equitable Rural Roadway Improvements" project running through September 17, 2030; an earlier SS4A planning grant from FHWA to develop a comprehensive safety action plan for the county; a FY24 Community Oriented Policing Services Technology and Equipment Program (TEP) grant from the Community Oriented Policing Program dated March 9, 2024, to acquire law enforcement equipment and interoperable communications; and a $200,000 Economic Development Technical Assistance grant from the Economic Development Administration (CFDA 11.303) dated June 5, 2023, to develop a county-wide economic resiliency plan addressing infrastructure, housing, workforce, and tourism diversification.

The overwhelming majority of Jackson County Commission's federal award activity flows through sub-recipient pass-throughs, with 103 sub-awards representing emergency management operations and sustainment funding. Recurring sub-award categories include local Emergency Management Agency (EMA) operations and administration funding, typically from the Alabama Emergency Management Agency as the prime grantee, and community saferoom projects funded through FEMA pass-through mechanisms. The source names Jackson County Sheriff as a subsidiary entity.

Activity volume has contracted sharply in recent years: five awards in 2022 declining to one in 2026 year-to-date. The organization's federal footprint centers on facilitating FEMA emergency management grants and safety-focused transportation infrastructure work to rural Alabama, with limited direct prime grant capacity beyond planning and implementation phases of transportation safety and economic development initiatives.