County Of Santa Rosa

County Of Santa Rosa Grants & Special Programs Division, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Milton, Florida, receives federal grants as a prime recipient for airport infrastructure rehabilitation, environmental conservation, stormwater management, and emergency preparedness programs, with secondary exposure to sub-recipient pass-through grants distributed to subordinate entities and state agencies. The division operates exclusively in the grant space—no federal contracts or contract vehicles—and receives funding from fifteen distinct federal agencies across fifteen award types over the past five years.

The division's prime grant portfolio centers on airport infrastructure work funded by the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region. Recent representative awards include a $305,269 project grant (CFDA 20.116, Airport Improvement Program) awarded July 23, 2026, to rehabilitate 3,900 square yards of apron pavement at Milton Airport as Phase 2 of a larger 13,000-square-yard project running through July 2030; an $836,520 project grant (CFDA 20.117, Airport Infrastructure Grants) also awarded July 23, 2026, to construct the final 9,100-square-yard phase of the same apron rehabilitation; a $219,979 project grant (CFDA 20.106, Airport Improvement Program) awarded August 28, 2025, for Phase 1 design of the apron rehabilitation; and a $324,554 project grant (CFDA 20.106, Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs) awarded August 28, 2025, to construct a new 1,500-foot taxilane along the west apron. A $194,964 project grant (CFDA 20.106, COVID-19 Airports Programs, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs) awarded July 14, 2022, funded design-phase taxiway rehabilitation and lighting system upgrades at Milton Airport through July 2026.

Outside aviation, the division holds a $499,440 cooperative agreement (CFDA not specified) awarded March 1, 2022, by EPA Region 4 to demonstrate green infrastructure design, implementation, and maintenance at the Santa Rosa County Administrative Complex, including water quality sampling and community outreach, running through December 2026. The division also received a cooperative agreement from the Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service (award date September 23, 2024, completion September 30, 2027) to work collaboratively through the Blackwater Soil and Water Conservation District on Farm Bill conservation technical assistance programs. The division received a $324,554 formula grant from the Department of Treasury Departmental Offices (award date September 30, 2022, completion March 2, 2026) under the RESTORE Act Direct Component Program to construct a North Santa Rosa wastewater treatment facility with 6.0 million-gallon-per-day capacity; this award was subsequently withdrawn at the request of Santa Rosa County.

Customer concentration by award count follows FEMA (12 awards), the Department of Treasury (9 awards), and the Department of Transportation FAA Southern Region (9 awards), together accounting for 68% of the division's forty-one identified awards. The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service and the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance account for seven and three awards respectively. The division's sub-recipient pass-through footprint is substantial: twenty-seven awards (46% of the total) flow from state agencies and nonprofit intermediaries. Prime grantees include the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management (hazard mitigation, debris removal, emergency management performance, and watershed planning sub-awards), the State of Florida Department of Transportation (road construction and safety programs), the State of Florida Department of Law Enforcement (Justice Assistance Grant pass-throughs), the State of Florida Department of Financial Services (digital literacy grants), and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (coastal restoration design work). The division channels sub-awards for emergency response, infrastructure restoration, and floodplain mitigation to municipalities including the City of Milton.

Activity has averaged roughly eight awards per year over the past five years, with five awards completing in the next twenty-four months. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $109.2 million against a reported combined potential value of ten thousand dollars, indicating the division manages a large-dollar pipeline where potential value figures have not been systematically populated in the source system. The division competes exclusively in the grant and cooperative agreement space, with no presence on federal contracts or contract vehicles. All work is performed at Milton, Florida, and extends through multiple counties and municipalities within Santa Rosa County's jurisdiction.