County Of Ventura

County of Ventura is a California local government entity that acts as a prime recipient of federal grants and a provider of specialized law enforcement telecommunications access to federal agencies, operating across housing, homelessness, workforce, justice, and community development programs. The county competes full-and-open; it holds no SBA set-asides and does not participate in federal procurement vehicles. Its federal footprint spans 453 awards (69% prime, 31% sub-recipient) with a combined potential value of $3.2 million and $522.8 million in obligated dollars across 45 distinct federal agencies.

County of Ventura's concrete federal capability work centers on grant administration and pass-through funding for social services, community development, and public health. On the contract side, the county provides California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) database access to the U.S. Secret Service through four small firm fixed-price purchase orders (2022–2025), ranging from $4,586 to $5,858, and it leases nonresidential real property to federal agencies under GSA General Services Administration vehicle GS09B02296 (43 task orders, $2.7 million combined potential value). On the grant side, County of Ventura acts as prime recipient or pass-through administrator for federal grant programs spanning homelessness, housing, workforce development, forensic services, and victim support. Representative prime grant awards include the Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267)—multiple annual awards totaling hundreds of thousands in dollars to support permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and transitional housing for homeless individuals and families; the Home Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239), a formula grant of $1.2 million (Jan 30, 2026) for affordable housing rehabilitation and homebuyer assistance; the Department of Labor National Farmworker Jobs Program (CFDA 17.264), a $3 million project grant (Jul 1, 2025) for workforce development and housing assistance for migrant and seasonal farmworkers; and the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036) and National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (CFDA 16.833), each funding DNA analyst positions and sexual assault kit testing with multi-year terms.

Customer concentration is heavy in social service and housing programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development dominates the award count with 122 awards, anchoring the portfolio with recurring Continuum of Care, HOME, and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) formula allocations. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance places 31 awards focused on forensic lab capacity, DNA analysis, and sexual assault kit initiatives. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 25 awards under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC, CFDA 10.557), administered through California Department of Public Health as the prime grantee. The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration places 20 awards for workforce development and farmworker services. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime program places 17 awards for victim services coordination and family justice centers. Together these five customer agencies account for 47% of the award count. By dollar potential value, GSA's real property leasing vehicle ($962 thousand across 15 awards) and DHS Secret Service CLETS access ($72 thousand across 11 awards) rank highest among smaller-dollar categories, though HUD's formula and project grants dominate obligated dollars.

County of Ventura's grant work is predominantly pass-through administration routed through California state departments and agencies. Named sub-recipient relationships include California Department of Public Health (vaccine prevention, WIC, reproductive health, Ryan White HIV/AIDS), California Department of Health Care Services (mental health block grants, substance use disorder block grants), California Department of Social Services (foster care, child welfare, SNAP, CalFresh, TANF, adoption assistance), California Office of Emergency Services (victim services, forensic science improvement, child advocacy centers), and California Employment Development Department (workforce training and employment services). The county serves as the local grant administrator, making subawards to nonprofit providers, healthcare organizations, and community-based organizations to deliver services in homelessness, child welfare, nutrition assistance, emergency management, and forensic analysis. Recent sub-recipient activity includes awards from California Department of Public Health for immunization programs (Sep 2026), WIC nutrition services (multiple dates), and reproductive health programming (Jul 2026); sub-awards from the Office of Emergency Services for forensic science improvement and victim advocacy services; and multiple pass-throughs from the Department of Social Services for foster care assistance, child protective services, and employment and training services.

Activity has grown from 28 awards in 2022 to a peak of 62 in 2024, moderating to 56 in 2025 and 32 year-to-date in 2026. Nine awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure for the county's grant administration cycle, though the majority of multi-year federal grants (HUD Continuum of Care, HOME, CDBG, workforce training programs) operate on recurring annual or multi-year cycles without discrete recompete events. The top NAICS categories reflect the county's identity: Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (44 awards, primarily GSA leasing), All Other Telecommunications (16 awards, CLETS access), and Legislative Bodies (6 awards, county administrative functions). Subsidiaries named in the corporate structure include Ventura County Resource Conservation District, Ventura County Probation Agency, Ventura County Fire Protection District, and Santa Clara Elementary School District, each potentially holding separate federal grants aligned with their function (conservation, criminal justice, emergency services, education).