Pasco County Board Of County Commissioners

Pasco County Board of County Commissioners, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in New Port Richey, Florida, is a federal grant recipient (72% of recent awards as prime recipient) that operates the county's public transit system, affordable housing programs, emergency services, and community development initiatives funded through formula grants and project grants from civilian federal agencies.

The county's federal funding footprint is dominated by four grantor agencies accounting for 79% of awards. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads with 66 awards spanning the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement program (CFDA 14.228), the Home Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239), the Emergency Solutions Grant program (CFDA 14.231), and the Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) program. Representative HUD awards include a $585.7 million CDBG-DR/CDBG-MIT formula grant (August 25, 2025, completion August 25, 2031) for disaster recovery and mitigation following a presidentially declared disaster; a $1.172 million HOME formula grant (January 5, 2026, completion September 30, 2034) funding owner-occupied housing rehabilitation, homebuyer assistance, and rental housing acquisition; and a $272 thousand Emergency Solutions Grant (January 5, 2026, completion January 4, 2028) supporting street outreach, emergency shelter operations, homelessness prevention, and rapid re-housing. The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration funds the county's GoPasco public transit system with 42 awards including a $15.0 million Federal Transit Formula Grant (April 16, 2026, completion March 30, 2036) for rolling stock replacement, preventive maintenance operations, and personnel salaries; a $5.9 million formula grant (January 9, 2024, completion March 30, 2033) for maintenance and operations; and an $862 thousand Buses and Bus Facilities grant (November 28, 2023, completion March 31, 2030) for GoPasco administrative facility renovation in Port Richey. FEMA's Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards channel 37 grants including a $1.427 million Assistance to Firefighters Grant (September 5, 2023) for emergency equipment and personnel training. The Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration funds 17 awards for pedestrian safety improvements and bike path construction under the Safe Streets and Roads for All program and transportation planning activities. The Bureau of Justice Assistance administers 14 awards supporting the Pasco County Adult Drug Court enhancement (CFDA 16.585, $999,996, October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2028), gang intelligence-led policing operations, and law enforcement behavioral health response programs.

Activity has grown year over year from seven awards in 2022 to 25 in 2025, with 22 awards in 2024 and 17 in 2026 through June. Ten awards carrying completion dates within the next twenty-four months face grant renewal or recompete. The county acts as prime recipient on 160 awards and as sub-recipient on 63 additional awards flowing through the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management, the State of Florida Department of Transportation, and the University of South Florida for research and emergency management activities. Recent sub-awards include channel restoration and water quality improvements under The Gulf Consortium (May 21, 2025), flood mitigation construction under the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management (multiple 2024–2025 awards for property elevation and stormwater system improvements), and an adapted risk-needs-responsivity recidivism-reduction research trial under the University of South Florida (January 2025 award). The county operates through a named subsidiary, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, which receives federal justice and emergency management funding for gang interdiction, drug court support, and behavioral health crisis response.