Kings County BHA

Kings County Behavioral Health, a county behavioral health authority operating as a division of Kings County government in Hanford, California, acts as a sub-recipient on federal mental health and substance-abuse grants, with 67% of recent awards routed through state pass-through entities rather than direct federal awards. The organization operates as a U.S. local government entity with no federal contract prime or IDV seat; all federal funding flows through sub-grant arrangements, primarily from the California Department of Health Care Services as the state pass-through grantee.

Kings County Behavioral Health's federal footprint centers on three distinct mental health and substance-abuse grant programs. The organization holds sub-awards under the Substance Abuse Block Grant (SABG), the Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG), the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness program (PATH), and a COVID-era SABG American Rescue Plan Act allocation, all funneled through the California Department of Health Care Services. The most recent sub-award (issued July 1, 2025) carries no disclosed dollar value; prior sub-grants from the same state pass-through entity span 2021 through 2022. Combined obligated dollars across all nine awards total $2.9 million, a low baseline reflecting the sub-grant structure and the bounded awards visible in federal grant reporting. The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the sole federal grantor agency across the active footprint, accounting for 8 of 9 awards; one award routes through the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (the likely PATH component).

Kings County Behavioral Health operates as a child entity of Kings County (the parent U.S. local government, headquartered at 1400 W Lacey Boulevard, Hanford, California 93230). Activity is sporadic — one to three awards per year across the visible history — with no federal contract vehicles, no direct-prime federal grants, and no federal contracting authority. The organization's federal role is limited to pass-through grant sub-recipient status on behavioral health and homeless-services programs managed at the state level.