County Of Passaic

County Of Passaic, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Paterson, New Jersey, serves as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient across homelessness, community development, aging services, energy assistance, and public health programs, with 55% of recent awards held as prime recipient and 45% as sub-recipient under state and federal pass-through agreements.

The county operates primarily in the federal grant space, not federal contracting. Its footprint centers on three high-volume federal grant programs managed through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and state intermediaries. The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) represents the largest volume — County Of Passaic has received multiple annual CoC project grants totaling approximately $1.53 million (April 2026–March 2027), $861,778 (March 2026–February 2027), and $314,087 (February 2026–January 2027) for permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) infrastructure serving Passaic County. The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement Program (CFDA title under HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development) supplies formula grants running through fiscal 2029–2032 for community development activities benefiting low- and moderate-income residents. A single Economic Development Initiative / Community Project Funding grant (August 2024, completion August 2032) supports unspecified community or economic development outcomes pending the county's project narrative submission. The National Endowment for the Arts funded a $300K-range public art installation on the Morris Canal Greenway (February 2024–May 2025).

County Of Passaic's customer concentration is extreme. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 116 awards (53% of total) across CoC and CDBG vehicles. The Administration for Community Living (part of the Department of Health and Human Services) supplied 44 awards for aging services, caregiver support, and senior nutrition programs — the vast majority routed as sub-awards through the New Jersey Department of Human Services. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) accounts for 23 awards, primarily for TANF, SNAP, emergency assistance, and weatherization programs passed through the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs and New Jersey Department of Human Services. The Department of Energy (5 awards), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (3 awards), and the National Endowment for the Arts (1 award) complete the active set. Combined, these five agencies cover 88% of recent awards.

The county's sub-recipient footprint is substantial. Recent sub-awards from state agencies include weatherization and home energy assistance from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (heating system repairs, energy conservation retrofits for low-income households); senior meal programs, caregiver support, and aging services from the New Jersey Department of Human Services; emergency management and homeland security grants; public health workforce and emergency preparedness funding from the New Jersey Department of Health; and workforce development (WIOA) grants from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. These sub-awards total dozens of discrete funding lines with completion dates distributed through 2026 and into 2027.

Activity has remained steady over the past five years — 25 awards in 2022–2023, rising to 34 in 2024, then declining to 20 in 2025 and 15 in the first four months of 2026. Only six awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating a relatively flat recompete exposure window. Combined obligated dollars across all 217 awards total $117.1 million, with the largest single-award values concentrated in HUD CoC and CDBG vehicles. County Of Passaic does not hold positions on federal contracts, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs — its footprint is grant administration only, with the county serving as either direct HUD recipient for CoC and CDBG or as a sub-recipient of state pass-through funding under federal programs administered by New Jersey's human services, community affairs, health, and labor departments.