County Of Smith

County Of Smith, a Kansas county government entity, receives federal grant funding as a sub-recipient through state agencies and does not hold prime contracts or operate as a prime grantee. The county operates as a local government with no federal contracting vehicles, IDVs, or competitive bid posture — all federal funding flows through pass-through arrangements from state-level prime grantees. County Of Smith is administratively organized under a parent entity, Smith County Planning Commission, which carries identical structural designation as a U.S. local government.

County Of Smith's federal footprint consists entirely of three grant sub-awards obligating $175 thousand across the past eighteen months. The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration accounts for two awards, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accounts for one. The SAMHSA awards fund KPCCI (Kansas Prevention and Community Connection Initiative) Implementation work dated July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025, flowing through the Kansas Department For Aging And Disability Services as the state prime grantee. The CDC award, dated January 29, 2024, supports hiring, recruitment, retention, organizational improvement, and core infrastructure improvements for public health workforce and capacity building in Kansas, routed through the Kansas Department of Health & Environment as the state prime grantee. The CDC sub-award is framed around data-driven decision-making, diversity and health equity, and partnership models, with funding intended to provide four-year support for critical infrastructure needs and address health disparities.

Activity is minimal and sporadic — two awards in 2024 and one in 2025 — with no recompete exposure, no parent vehicles, and no prime contracting footprint. County Of Smith operates as a service implementer under state grant pass-throughs rather than as a federal contractor or prime grant recipient. The county does not pursue full-and-open federal contracting, holds no set-aside certifications, and does not maintain a competitive federal contracts business line.