County Of Liberty

County Of Liberty Board Of County Commissioners Division, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Bristol, Florida, acts as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient for rural infrastructure, emergency management, and community development funding; the entity does not compete for federal contracts and does not serve as a federal contractor prime or subcontractor.

County Of Liberty operates as a public-sector grant recipient working almost exclusively in sub-recipient capacity — 13 of 17 awards (76%) in the recent footprint are sub-awards flowing through state intermediate grantees rather than direct federal grants. The entity's customer agencies reflect typical rural local-government grant streams: the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service, the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency account for five awards representing 29% of the portfolio. The combined dollars obligated across all seventeen awards total $1.9 million, with activity concentrated in the past three years — one award in 2022, one in 2023, seven in 2024, four in 2025, and one in 2026.

County Of Liberty's prime grant work centers on two recent awards: a $825 thousand USDA Rural Utilities Service Community Facilities Loans and Grants project award (CFDA 10.766) announced December 2024 for rural infrastructure and public safety enhancement in the Bristol area, running through December 2026; and an SS4A (Systemic Safety Barriers to Transportation) Federal Highway Administration project grant announced June 2026, completing June 2027. The sub-recipient footprint includes pass-through Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) awards from the state administering agency for all-hazards emergency preparedness (sub-awards dated January 2024, December 2024, and December 2025); Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocations from the state (sub-awards dated July 2023, December 2022, July 2024, September 2025, and October 2025); a JAG (Byrne Grant Program) sub-award for drug investigator salary support from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (March 2024); and emergency management cost reimbursement from the Florida Division of Emergency Management (April 2024). Two awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. As a local government entity, County Of Liberty does not pursue federal contract vehicles, GSA schedules, or competitive procurements; its federal footprint is grant-focused and matches rural and small-jurisdiction federal assistance programs typical of county-level recipients.