County Of Maverick

County of Maverick, a Texas county government entity headquartered in Eagle Pass, Texas, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and subrecipient across law enforcement, emergency management, and transportation safety programs. The county operates exclusively in the federal grant space (no contract prime or sub awards), with sixty percent of its recent awards held as prime grants and forty percent as sub-grants passed through state or federal intermediaries.

The county's federal footprint centers on two dominant programs. The Office of the National Drug Control Policy funds the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program, which accounts for nine awards across the last five years supporting coordination among federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement to disrupt drug trafficking organizations and money laundering networks. Maverick County received a $130,788 HIDTA grant (CFDA 21.886) for the period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023; subsequent HIDTA awards cover January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024 and January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administers five awards, primarily through its Region 6 office ($112,000 combined potential value), including sub-grants flowing through the Texas Division of Emergency Management. The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women and Bureau of Justice Assistance together fund three awards supporting a full-time domestic violence and sexual assault investigator position in Maverick County. The Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection funds Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) sub-grants (awarded April 1, 2025 and March 22, 2024) enabling high-visibility border enforcement presence through equipment acquisition and overtime-funded staffing multipliers along the Mexico border corridor.

Most recently, on February 2, 2026, the Federal Highway Administration awarded Maverick County $120,000 through the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program (CFDA 20.939) to develop and implement a comprehensive Maverick County Safe Streets and Roads for All Action Plan, with completion by November 30, 2027. This grant funds planning, data analysis, and stakeholder engagement to prevent roadway fatalities and serious injuries across all road-user categories.

County of Maverick's combined potential value across all forty recent awards totals $216,000, though obligated dollars ($8 million) substantially exceed potential value due to the timing of obligations relative to award dates. Activity has remained modest and flat — between one and four awards per year over the past five years — with only one award facing completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete risk in that window. Sub-grants flow predominantly through the Texas Division of Emergency Management, the Governor's Office of Texas, and the Texas Office of the Governor, positioning Maverick County as a sub-recipient implementing state-administered federal safety and law enforcement initiatives rather than as a direct federal award manager.