Preble County Courthouse

Preble County Courthouse, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Eaton, Ohio, acts as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient under HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program and other federal social-services programs administered through Ohio state agencies, with no federal contract prime awards or IDV seats in the source record.

Preble County's federal footprint is overwhelmingly sub-award activity — 80% of its 83 total recent awards are sub-awards flowing from Ohio state grantees (Ohio Department of Job & Family Services, Ohio Department of Medicaid, Ohio Department of Mental Health, and Ohio Department of Job & Family Services), while 20% are direct prime grants from HUD. As the CoC administering entity for Preble County, the county receives annual HUD Community Planning and Development grants to coordinate and deliver comprehensive homelessness services: a $265,029 CoC Project Grant for October 2025 through September 2026, a $246,189 CoC award for October 2024 through September 2025, a $230,829 CoC award for October 2023 through September 2024, and comparable annual CoC awards dating back to 2021 under CFDA 14.267. These grants support permanent housing (including permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing), transitional housing, supportive services only, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) development, and homelessness prevention delivered by nonprofit partners and coordinated through the county's CoC planning structure. In its sub-recipient role, Preble County administers federal Medicaid eligibility determination, child support enforcement, food assistance (SNAP), TANF income support, child welfare and adoption assistance, and state-opioid-response substance-use disorder treatment funding cascaded from Ohio state agencies.

The top five funding agencies account for 87% of recent awards. HUD's Community Planning and Development office leads with 17 awards (all six prime CoC grants and related administration); the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Medicaid) dominates with 20 awards; the Administration for Children and Families (child welfare, TANF, child support) carries 15 awards; the Food and Nutrition Service contributes 10 awards; and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (opioid-response funding) holds 10 awards. Activity has grown substantially — two awards in 2022 to 29 in 2025 — driven by recurring state pass-through sub-awards executed on a monthly or quarterly cadence. Only one award faces ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, suggesting minimal near-term recompete exposure. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $9.7 million, with the HUD CoC direct grants anchoring the largest single awards and state Medicaid eligibility-determination sub-awards recurring at higher frequency.