County Of Westchester

County Of Westchester is a U.S. local government entity (county) that operates as a federal grant recipient across housing, transportation, emergency management, and social services programs, with 50% of its 964 recent federal awards as prime recipient and 50% as sub-recipient flowing through New York State pass-through agencies.

The county's federal footprint centers on homelessness mitigation, affordable housing, public transit, and emergency services delivery. As a prime grant recipient, Westchester County holds deep engagement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (245 awards across multiple programs). The county receives formula and project grants under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, and case management — recent awards include a $4.47 million CoC grant (August 2025), a $1.116 million CoC award (September 2025), and multiple additional CoC allocations totaling tens of millions in combined potential value. The county also administers HUD's Home Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239, $1.027 million formula award, September 2025) for affordable housing acquisition and rehabilitation, and the Emergency Solutions Grant Program (CFDA 14.231, $389.755 thousand, September 2025) for emergency shelter and street outreach operations.

Transportation grants from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) represent the second major customer concentration (79 awards). The county operates the Bee-Line bus system and has received substantial funding for fleet modernization: a $34.56 million formula grant (August 2024) and a $6.8 million formula grant (June 2025) for procurement of up to 95 replacement forty-foot hybrid diesel-electric and all-electric buses to replace aging 2009 NABI buses. Additional FTA awards support bus preventive maintenance ($19 million, June 2025), paratransit operations for seniors and persons with disabilities ($2.3 million Enhanced Mobility grant, August 2025), passenger survey research ($250 thousand, June 2025), and smart commute travel demand management programs (multiple awards around $700 thousand total, September 2024 and June 2025).

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded the county multiple Airport Improvement Program grants (CFDA 20.106) for White Plains Airport infrastructure modernization in West Harrison and Briarcliff Manor. Recent awards include a $13.66 million project grant for Phase 2 runway expansion construction (September 2025), a $3.068 million grant for final-phase runway and taxiway improvements (September 2025), a $453.561 thousand design-phase award for taxiway reconstruction and lighting (June 2026), a $636.195 thousand Phase 1 design award (September 2024), and a $230 thousand pavement management planning grant (August 2025).

Sub-recipient work flows through New York State pass-through agencies: the New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance (TANF, child support services, and integrated child welfare services grants), the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (child welfare and foster care programs), the New York State Department of Labor (Workforce Development and Trade Adjustment Assistance programs), the New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services (State Homeland Security Program and Emergency Management Performance Grants), the New York State Department of Health (WIC program operations), the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (traffic safety and DWI enforcement), and Health Research, Inc. (Public Health Emergency Preparedness). The county also receives direct sub-awards from FEMA (Port Security Grant Program), the Department of Justice (DNA analysis capacity funding, $386.892 thousand, October 2024, through the Bureau of Justice Assistance Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Program), and the Internal Revenue Service (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, CFDA 15.307).

The county received a single contract award: a $6,469.14 purchase order from the Drug Enforcement Administration (October 2023) for unspecified support services to DEA programs in New York.

Activity has grown substantially — from 48 awards in 2022 to 184 in 2024 — with 23 awards (combined potential value not separately itemized in recompete cliff) completing within the next twenty-four months. The combined potential value across all 964 awards stands at $102 thousand, though this figure reflects a data-structure anomaly; the obligated amount of $1.58 billion against a reported potential value of $102 thousand indicates that most awards have been spent down or that potential-value reporting is incomplete for ongoing formula grants. The top five funding agencies account for 65% of award count, with HUD's CPD office, FEMA, the Administration for Children and Families, the FTA, and the USDA Food and Nutrition Service anchoring the portfolio. Westchester County's operating footprint is concentrated in White Plains, New York, with subordinate performance sites in West Harrison, Briarcliff Manor, and throughout the county's service area.