Seminole County

Seminole County Budget and Fiscal Management Division, a U.S. county government entity headquartered in Sanford, Florida, acts as a recipient of federal grants and administers sub-awards to local departments and service providers, with no federal contract prime or subcontractor footprint. The division operates as the grant-administration arm of Seminole County government, managing federal formula grants, project grants, cooperative agreements, and block grants across housing, homelessness services, emergency management, public safety, and infrastructure sectors.

The division's federal award activity spans 217 total awards (124 prime grants, 93 sub-awards) with combined potential value listed as $9 thousand in the source, though obligated dollars total $199 million—a discrepancy reflecting the source's treatment of formula grants and ongoing appropriations. Award volume has grown steadily over the past five years, from twelve awards in 2022 to a peak of thirty-eight in 2024, with fifteen awarded in 2026 to date. Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (CPD) anchors eighty-seven awards, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards program carries seventy-one awards, together accounting for 86% of recent grant awards. The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, and the Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service complete the top five, with twelve, twelve, and five awards respectively.

The division's named representative work spans affordable housing, homelessness prevention, emergency services, and disaster recovery. Prime grant recipients include the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239, $898 thousand awarded January 2026 for affordable housing expansion in Sanford through 2034); the Emergency Solutions Grant Program (CFDA 14.231, $193 thousand awarded January 2026 for street outreach, emergency shelter, and rapid rehousing through January 2028); the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267, $916 thousand awarded October 2025 for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, and HMIS coordination through September 2026); the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585, $999 thousand awarded October 2024 to the Adult Treatment Court Enhancement Program through September 2028); the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-Based Program (CFDA not specified, $1.299 million awarded October 2022 for naloxone distribution, court programming, and treatment services through September 2026); and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Program (CFDA 97.083, $7.32 million awarded February 2022 for fire department staffing through February 2025). The division also administered Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) formula funding (CFDA 14.218) and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funding (Section 40552, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) for community development and energy initiatives.

Sub-award activity flows primarily through the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management and the Florida Department of Commerce. Sub-recipients include Seminole County Sheriff's Office, which received Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) block grant sub-awards for firearm and explosive detection canines, computer-aided dispatch system upgrades, and technology replacement; and the 18th Judicial Circuit Court, which received sub-awards for mental health court and veterans treatment court expansion. Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) sub-awards administered through the State of Florida support flood mitigation, property elevation, acquisition and demolition of repetitively flooded structures, and drainage improvements across Geneva, Altamonte Springs, Sanford, and Oviedo. Sub-awards for Community Services Block Grant (CSBG, CFDA 93.569) flow through the Florida Department of Commerce to support low-income assistance. The division also managed sub-awards for water-system lead and copper rule compliance (Florida Department of Environmental Protection) and trail and pedestrian infrastructure (Florida Department of Transportation).

Seven awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete or renewal. The division's role is consistently administrative and recipient-side: it holds federal grants directly but does not compete for federal contracts and does not perform subcontracted services to prime federal contractors. Corporate structure includes two named subsidiaries: the Seminole County Sheriff's Office and the County of Seminole (City), both U.S. local government entities that function as sub-recipients of the division's administered grants.