Russell County

Russell County, Virginia (doing business as Russell County Board Of Supervisors), a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Lebanon, Virginia, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on emergency disaster recovery and victim services, and as a sub-recipient on law enforcement and crime-victim assistance grants from Virginia state agencies. The county does not hold federal prime contracts and operates as a governmental body rather than a for-profit vendor.

Russell County's federal grant footprint centers on two primary programs. As a prime recipient, the county received a $542,177.50 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.923) awarded on March 13, 2026, funding debris removal and stabilization measures in response to February 2025 flooding, with performance through November 1, 2027. As a sub-recipient, Russell County's Sheriff's Office and Victim/Witness Program have drawn federal victim-assistance and law-enforcement grants from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime program and the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women program, routed through the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services as the prime grantee. Sub-awards support dedicated domestic violence and sexual assault investigators, victim/witness advocacy staff providing court accompaniment and referral services to approximately 200 victims annually, and law enforcement equipment purchases. The Sheriff's Office has also received sub-award funding from the Virginia Emergency Management Department for disaster response. Activity has been sporadic — one to three awards per year from 2022 through 2025, with two awards recorded in 2026 — and the recompete cliff shows one award with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months.

Russell County serves eleven distinct federal agencies across its portfolio, but customer concentration clusters heavily with the Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration (9 awards with $3 thousand combined potential value), the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (6 awards), and the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (3 awards). These three entities account for 78% of awards by count. The top NAICS categories — Executive Offices (8 awards) and Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (1 award) — and top PSC categories — Lease/Rental of Conference Space and Facilities (6 awards) — reflect the county's governance and facility-management role rather than service-delivery specialization. Russell County maintains Russell County Public Library as a named subsidiary.