County Of Ontario

County Of Ontario, New York is a U.S. local government entity (county) that acts as a prime recipient of federal grants in housing hazard remediation and criminal justice treatment programs, and as a sub-recipient of federal grants flowing through New York State agencies and pass-through entities in child welfare, temporary assistance, and public health. The county's federal footprint is overwhelmingly sub-recipient (99% of 306 recent awards), with negligible prime contracting activity and no federal contract vehicles.

The county's documented prime grant work centers on two active programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control awarded County Of Ontario $1,098,625 on July 1, 2026, under the Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program (CFDA 14.900) to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in privately-owned rental and owner-occupied housing occupied by low- and very-low-income families with children under age six, running through July 1, 2029. The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $990,900 under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) beginning October 1, 2023, and completing September 30, 2027, to fund the Finger Lakes Treatment Court serving veterans and drug court participants at the Ontario County Courthouse in Canandaigua, New York, with activities including equity and inclusion improvements, random drug testing implementation, program evaluation, and staff training aligned to National Association of Drug Court Professionals best practices.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward New York State human-services agencies acting as pass-through grantors. The New York State Office of Children and Family Services and the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance dominate the sub-recipient award count, collectively accounting for the vast majority of the 272 sub-awards dated between December 2024 and August 2026. These sub-awards flow from federal programs including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Child Support Services, and related child welfare initiatives. Additional federal grant flow reaches the county through Health Research, Inc. (public health emergency preparedness), the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (Police Traffic Services), and the New York State Office of Victim Services (Victim Assistance Program). The federal agency ultimately funding this activity is the Department of Health and Human Services (Administration for Children and Families and Office of Family Assistance), the Department of Homeland Security (for emergency management and public safety grants), and the Department of Justice (for victim services).

Activity has grown sharply—from 4 awards in 2022 to 114 in 2024 and 100 in 2025—driven almost entirely by sub-award pass-through volume from state agencies. The county's role is administrative and operational implementation of federally funded social services, child welfare, and public safety programs at the county level in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. No federal contract vehicles, GWACs, BPAs, or IDIQs are present in the award record. Combined dollars obligated across all 306 awards total $47.7 million, concentrated in the past three fiscal years.