County Of Nevada

County Of Nevada, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Nevada City, California, receives federal grants as a prime recipient and acts as a sub-recipient on state-administered federal programs, with no federal contract prime awards and no parent contract vehicles. The county operates through three subsidiary fire protection districts: Ophir Hill Fire Protection, Higgins Area Fire Protection District, and Nevada County Consolidated Fire District.

County Of Nevada's federal footprint is dominated by grant work across social services, public safety, wildfire mitigation, and infrastructure. The county holds one federal contract prime award—a $122,236 purchase order from the Department of Defense (ENDIST Sacramento) for law enforcement services at Englebright Lake, with ultimate completion in June 2030. Grant work spans multiple federal agencies and programs: the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) for homeless services and housing, the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program (CFDA 16.710) for drug interdiction equipment and crisis intervention teams, the Office on Violence Against Women Rural Domestic Violence Program (CFDA 16.589) for victim services in partnership with Community Beyond Violence, the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service Community Facilities Loans and Grants (CFDA 10.766) for community infrastructure ($1.05 million, obligated September 2025), the Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) for taxilane and runway reconstruction and pavement work at Grass Valley Airport, the USDA Forest Service Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement (CFDA 10.693) for hazardous fuels reduction, the Inflation Reduction Act National Forest System program (CFDA 10.729) for fuels reduction and vegetation management ($1.74 million, awarded December 2024), and the Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 10.691) for wildfire resilience collaboration. Representative prime grants include a $522,080 cooperative agreement for hazardous fuels mastication on 200 acres adjacent to a high-risk fireshed, a $543,469 FAA grant for airport pavement reconstruction, a $175,000 COPS microgrant for MX 908 narcotics detection devices and Peregrine software, and a $500,000 Department of Justice grant for rural domestic violence and sexual assault victim services through September 2028.

Customer concentration is broad across federal grantor agencies. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Planning and Development office leads by award count with 31 awards across Continuum of Care annual cycles. The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration places 27 awards, primarily infrastructure sub-awards through state intermediaries. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 17 awards related to nutrition assistance programs. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families and the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance each place significant sub-award volumes. By combined potential value, the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento Engineering District leads with $316 thousand across eight awards; however, the source notes that combined obligated dollars ($131.9 million) vastly exceed combined potential value ($387 thousand), indicating that actual federal spend on County Of Nevada awards is substantially larger than stated ceiling values — a pattern typical of pass-through social services grants where obligated amounts reflect real cash distributed to beneficiaries and sub-recipients.

County Of Nevada operates 46% as prime recipient and 54% as sub-recipient. Sub-work flows through California state agencies — primarily the Department of Social Services, California Department of Public Health, California Department of Transportation, California Board of State and Community Corrections, Office of Emergency Services, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife — on programs including the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557), the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, CalFresh food assistance, foster care, child support services, immunizations, and emergency management grants. Activity has grown significantly, from 12 awards in 2022 to 63 in 2024 and 50 in 2025, with seven awards reaching completion within the next twenty-four months. The county's work is characteristically framed under police protection NAICS codes and support-professional services PSC categories, reflecting its mix of law enforcement, victim services, and administrative capacity-building functions.