County Of Webb

County of Webb, operating through its Economic Development Department, is a U.S. local government entity based in Laredo, Texas, registered in the System for Award Management since November 2004. The County serves as a reliable provider of facilities, administrative support, and community development services to federal agencies and programs operating within its jurisdiction in Webb County and surrounding rural areas along the Texas-Mexico border.

County of Webb has demonstrated its capacity to support federal operations through federal contract awards focused on facilities management and operational support. The entity has received two consecutive firm fixed-price purchase order contracts from the U.S. Attorney's Offices, a component of the Department of Justice, for parking services near the Laredo Federal Courthouse. The first contract, awarded January 1, 2022, valued at $25,200 with completion by December 31, 2025, and the second, awarded January 1, 2026, valued at $21,600 with completion by December 31, 2027, both involve leasing dedicated parking spaces to support courthouse operations and federal personnel. These contracts carry no set-aside designations and represent the County's ongoing operational support relationship with federal agencies.

County of Webb has established itself as a significant recipient of federal grant funding across multiple programmatic areas, demonstrating expertise in substance abuse treatment, juvenile and adult justice interventions, early childhood development, rural infrastructure, emergency assistance, and community poverty reduction initiatives. The County has received prime grant awards from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for three specialized treatment court programs: the Webb County Veterans Treatment Program (awarded September 30, 2024, through September 29, 2029, expanding treatment services to veterans with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders); the Webb County Adult Drug Court (awarded September 30, 2023, through September 29, 2028, serving 460 felony and misdemeanor participants); and the Webb County DWI Court (awarded September 30, 2023, through September 29, 2028, serving 280 DWI offenders). The County has also received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to implement a Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program serving court-involved youth with substance use challenges. In early childhood development, County of Webb received prime grants from the Office of Head Start for Head Start and Early Head Start programs (both awarded September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2029) and an American Rescue Plan supplemental award. The County has received two congressionally directed spending awards from the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development for Economic Development Initiative Community Project Funding (both awarded August 13, 2024, through August 31, 2032). Additionally, the County received a $1,500,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service for Community Facilities construction and improvement (awarded June 14, 2024, through June 14, 2026) and a $935,000 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant from the Rural Utilities Service (awarded September 30, 2022, through September 30, 2024). Regarding sub-grants, County of Webb serves as a sub-recipient on numerous federal grant awards administered through Texas state agencies, including transportation grants through the Texas Department of Transportation for rural transit vehicle replacement and operations (administered through Webb County Community Action Agency's El Aguila program); poverty reduction and community development grants through the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for Community Services Block Grant, Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program, and emergency mortgage assistance funding; housing rehabilitation grants through the Texas Department of Agriculture; emergency management and hazard mitigation grants through the Texas Division of Emergency Management; and FEMA COVID Public Assistance funding.