County Of Ottawa

County of Ottawa, operating as the 20th Circuit Court, is a U.S. local government entity based in West Olive, Michigan, that serves as a federal grant recipient for substance abuse treatment, environmental remediation, criminal justice technology, and public health and social services programs. The county operates primarily as a grant recipient (34% of awards as prime recipient, 66% as sub-recipient) and does not hold federal contracts.

County of Ottawa's federal grant footprint centers on health, human services, and criminal justice programs. As a prime recipient, the county holds a $400,000 award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.490), running through September 2031, to expand the Ottawa County Recovery Court's capacity to serve 45 new participants annually through enhanced evidence-based treatment, intensive case management, and recovery support services targeting high-risk, high-need adult non-violent felony offenders with opioid and methamphetamine use disorders. A second prime award—a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement from EPA Region 5 under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), effective through September 2029—funds Ottawa County to conduct 10 to 12 environmental site assessments annually (Phase I, Phase II, Due Care Plans, and baseline environmental site assessments), develop site-specific cleanup plans and alternatives analyses, and facilitate community engagement for brownfield revitalization across the county. Justice-sector prime awards include two Bureau of Justice Assistance block grants awarded to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office—one in October 2023 for facial recognition software, digital forensics tools, and robotics equipment, and another in October 2022 for a mobile law enforcement surveillance trailer to address rising serious and fatal crash incidents in the county's fast-growing 565-square-mile jurisdiction.

County of Ottawa's sub-recipient work is heavily concentrated with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) as the pass-through prime grantee, covering weatherization assistance (including Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding), family planning services, community services block grants, tuberculosis control, children's special health care services, Medicaid outreach, public health emergency preparedness, and immunization programs. The county also acts as fiduciary agency for the Ottawa County Continuum of Care under multiple Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) awards from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), administering and monitoring homelessness services funding since at least 2021. Additional sub-recipient work includes environmental habitat assessment and restoration through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and food assistance programs through the Michigan Department of Education (Commodity Supplemental Food Program and The Emergency Food Assistance Program administrative funds).

County of Ottawa has served 33 distinct federal agencies across 184 total awards since 2004. The top five funding agencies by award count—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (20 awards), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (19 awards), the Administration for Children and Families (18 awards), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (17 awards), and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Planning and Development office (13 awards)—account for 47% of the award footprint, reflecting concentration in health, human services, and community development programs. Award activity peaked in 2024 at 40 awards, with 32 awards in 2025 and only 2 recent awards in 2026. Two awards carry completion dates within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure. The combined dollars obligated across all 184 awards totals $54.1 million, with the largest single awards being the $500,000 EPA brownfields cooperative agreement and the $400,000 SAMHSA recovery court grant.