County Of Kershaw

County of Kershaw, doing business as Kershaw County Office, is a South Carolina local government entity that serves as a federal grant recipient for airport infrastructure, emergency services, public safety, and historic preservation projects, with 76% of recent awards held as prime recipient grants and 24% as sub-recipient awards across 14 distinct federal agencies. The county does not hold federal contracts; all federal transactional activity flows through federal grant programs.

Kershaw County's federal footprint concentrates heavily on airport development and emergency management at Camden Municipal Airport. The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region has placed 14 awards totaling airport infrastructure work — runway and taxiway lighting rehabilitation, apron pavement reconstruction, and master plan updates — with recent activity including a $1.6 million Airport Improvement Program grant (awarded September 24, 2025; completion September 23, 2029) for final construction phase lighting rehabilitation on Runway 6/24 and Taxiway A, and paired design-phase grants totaling $306,619 (awarded August 20, 2026; completion August 19, 2030) for 47,000 square yards of main apron pavement reconstruction under CFDA 20.116 and 20.117. The Federal Highway Administration awarded $188,000 under the Safe Streets and Roads for All program (CFDA 20.939) on July 14, 2026 (completion September 14, 2030) for the Kershaw County Safety Action Plan and Demonstration Projects in Camden.

Beyond aviation, Kershaw County operates a diversified federal recipient portfolio. The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded $300,000 under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program (March 2023 through June 2027) to support fire department staffing. The Department of Interior National Park Service has awarded four grants under the Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants program (CFDA 15.928) — most recently a $157,872 award (September 15, 2023; completion September 30, 2026) for non-federal acquisition of a 1.72-acre tract at Hobkirk's Hill Battlefield in partnership with the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs awarded a $65,000 grant (September 1, 2022; completion August 31, 2024) for a virtual reality officer training simulator. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families channels Title IV-D child support enforcement funds through sub-awards to Kershaw County's Clerk of Court and Sheriff's Department.

As a sub-recipient, Kershaw County receives pass-through awards from state agencies including the South Carolina Department of Social Services (Title IV-D case services), the South Carolina Department of Public Safety (speed and traffic enforcement under Target Zero Challenge), and the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (nonpoint source water quality monitoring, $2.5 million awarded February 6, 2025). Activity has remained consistent over the past five years — six awards in 2025, six in 2026, four in 2024, three in 2023, and seven in 2022 — with combined federal dollars obligated across all awards totaling $20.8 million across 51 distinct grants and sub-awards since 2008.