County Of Rankin Board Supervisors

County of Rankin Board of Supervisors, doing business as Board of Supervisors, is a U.S. local government entity (county) headquartered in Brandon, Mississippi, that receives federal grants as a prime recipient in criminal justice, transportation, and natural resources management. The county does not hold federal prime contracts, and it operates exclusively as a grant recipient and sub-recipient across nine distinct federal customer agencies, with 65% of its award footprint in the form of prime grants and 35% routed through sub-awards.

The county's grant portfolio centers on three capability areas. In criminal justice and substance abuse treatment, Rankin County has been a consistent recipient of Department of Justice grants through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), including a $750,000 Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) award from October 2022 to September 2026 for juvenile treatment court expansion, family drug treatment court enhancement, and case management and evidence-based treatment services for participants and their families. A second OJJDP project grant (October 2022 to September 2026) targets similar family treatment court services including staff hiring, training on best practices, parenting and life skills programming, and substance use and co-occurring disorder treatment expansion. In rural infrastructure and transportation, the Federal Railroad Administration issued a project grant (April 2023 to February 2026) to Rankin County for environmental review and engineering design of a grade-separated road overpass bridge on Mississippi Highway 18 over a Kansas City Southern railroad crossing, undertaken in partnership with the Mississippi Department of Transportation and KCS. The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a cooperative agreement (September 2024 to June 2028) for remedial repair and restoration work in Rankin County. The county also acts as a sub-recipient under Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers & Families grants for infant-toddler court coordination, and under the Mississippi Department of Transportation for road overlay work on Old Fannin Road.

Activity has been modest but steady, averaging three awards per year over the past five years, with four awards in 2024 and two in 2025. Total obligated dollars across all 20 awards stands at $14.1 million. Three awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face potential recompete. The top customer agencies by award count are the Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service (4 awards), the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (3 awards), and the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (3 awards), collectively representing 75% of awards in the source data. The county's grant work is concentrated in justice system diversion and treatment programs, emergency management, and rural infrastructure resilience.