County Of Riverside

County Of Riverside Housing And Workforce Solutions Division, doing business as Housing, Homelessness Prevention And Workforce Solutions, is a U.S. local government entity and county agency headquartered in Riverside, California that receives federal grant funding to deliver homelessness prevention, housing assistance, and workforce development services as a prime recipient. The division does not compete for federal contracts and operates exclusively in the federal grant space, with 99% of its recent awards as prime recipient status across four federal grantor agencies.

The division's capability portfolio centers on homelessness services and affordable housing delivery. Representative work includes a $1.657 billion Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, supporting permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services only, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) operations; a $2.084 billion Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) formula grant awarded September 25, 2025 through September 30, 2034, funding rehabilitation of owner-occupied homes, homebuyer assistance, acquisition and construction of rental housing, and tenant-based rental assistance; a $604,165 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program award from HUD dated September 25, 2025 through September 24, 2027, covering street outreach, emergency shelter rehabilitation and operations, essential services, homelessness prevention assistance, and rapid re-housing; and a $160,254 Rural Housing Preservation Grants award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service dated August 29, 2026 through October 29, 2027, supporting housing repair and rehabilitation for very low- and low-income rural residents.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-source dependent. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 110 of 115 awards (96% coverage) across CoC, HOME, and ESG programs. The Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards holds 2 awards for Shelter and Services Program funding and emergency housing for migrants. The Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy each hold 1 award. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $143.4 million over the award period. Activity remained elevated through 2024 with 33 awards obligated that year, declining to 21 in 2025 and 2 recorded in 2026 to date. Eighteen awards carrying ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months face renewal or recompete.

The division operates as both a direct service provider and fiscal administrator, leveraging federal grant funding in collaboration with nonprofit partner organizations to deliver a coordinated system of housing and homeless services across Riverside County. Grant work spans project grants with annual or multi-year performance periods and formula grants with longer award horizons; the division implements eligible activities directly or distributes funds through sub-awards to nonprofit developers and community development partners. The source carries one grant sub-award record dated November 1, 2023, documenting street outreach ($145,845), rapid rehousing ($116,595), HMIS ($29,040), and grant administration ($8,019) cost pass-throughs to sub-recipients.