County Of Onondaga

County Of Onondaga, doing business as Management & Budget, is a local government entity based in Syracuse, New York that operates as a federal grant recipient, holding 42 prime federal grants (16% of 258 total awards) and serving as a sub-recipient on 216 federal grant sub-awards (84% of total). The county does not hold federal contracts or IDVs; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based and flows through state pass-through grantors, predominantly the New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance, and direct federal agencies including the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and the Federal Highway Administration.

Onondaga County's prime grant portfolio spans housing, justice, mental health, and emergency management. Representative prime grants include a $7.75 million Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant from HUD's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (performance through January 2029) to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in pre-1960 rental and owner-occupied housing in low-income Syracuse neighborhoods, a $673,564.87 HOME Investment Partnerships Program formula grant from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (September 2025 through September 2034) supporting affordable housing activities across the county, a $173,796 Emergency Solutions Grant from HUD (September 2025 through September 2027) funding street outreach, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, and rapid re-housing, and two Bureau of Justice Assistance project grants supporting the Center for Forensic Sciences within the Onondaga County Health Department—one for forensic biology and DNA analysis capacity (October 2024 through September 2026) and another for latent print examination modernization through the Forensic Photonics Lift system (May 2026 through April 2029). The county also holds a Bureau of Justice Assistance grant for the Onondaga County Integrated Mental Health System of Care (September 2024 through September 2028) serving youth aged 0–21 with serious emotional disturbance, a SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services grant for the Healthy Transitions project (September 2023 through September 2028) serving transition-age youth aged 16–25, a Pipeline Emergency Response Grant from PHMSA (October 2025 through September 2026) training emergency responders on hazardous materials and pipeline incident response, and a Federal Highway Administration Safe Streets and Safe Routes to Schools action grant (September 2023 through September 2028). The county also received a Community Development Block Grant formula award from HUD (September 2024 through September 2031) and a COPS Office Technology and Equipment Program grant (March 2024 through March 2026) for law enforcement technology.

The top five customer agencies by award count—Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (74 awards), Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (55 awards), Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (34 awards, likely a data-entry duplicate), Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (19 awards), and Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards (13 awards)—account for 76 percent of awards. However, by dollar magnitude, the Department of the Army Installation Management Command Northeast Region dominates with a single Blanket Purchase Agreement (W911S218A6001) carrying $79 thousand in combined potential value across three task orders, the only parent vehicle visible in the source. The combined potential value across all 258 awards is $429 thousand; combined dollars obligated total $232.9 million, indicating that most awards are formula-based or pass-throughs with sub-award obligations exceeding the prime award potential values—a signature pattern of state and county entitlement grants routed through federal agencies.

Sub-award activity is dominated by pass-throughs from the New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance covering Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training, child support services, and related programs. A secondary stream flows from the New York State Office of Addiction Services & Supports for substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services, and from New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services for forensic laboratory funding under the Coverdell Forensic Laboratory Program. Recent sub-awards also include Emergency Management Performance Grants, State Homeland Security Program targeted grants, and critical infrastructure and explosive detection canine team grants passed through the state emergency management and homeland security apparatus.

Activity has grown sharply—from 7 awards in 2022 to 81 in 2024—with 70 awards in 2025 and 53 through August 2026. Four awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, surfacing modest recompete exposure. County of Onondaga is a child entity of the State of New York Division of the Budget, which holds parallel federal contract and grant authority; Onondaga County's federal posture is administratively housed within state government structure and operationally focused on county social services, housing, and public safety delivery across a jurisdiction of approximately 460,000 residents.