County Of Fresno

County Of Fresno's County Administrative Office operates as a sub-recipient on federal grants—primarily from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Department of Energy—delivering emergency response, homelessness intervention, and economic development services. This is a U.S. government entity (county-level local government) with no contract prime awards but a growing grant sub-award footprint that has accelerated sharply in the past eighteen months.

The administrative office acts as a sub-recipient on 81% of its recent awards (21 of 26 total), with 85% of activity concentrated in FEMA financial assistance sub-awards (17 awards). Recent prime grant recipients include the County of Fresno itself on five direct grants from HUD, the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration, and the Department of Energy. HUD dominates the prime footprint with two project grants: a $680,105 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program award (CFDA 14.267) obligated January 1, 2026 with completion targeted December 31, 2026, supporting permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services across the county; and a $281,704 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) (CFDA 14.231) obligated March 16, 2026 with a two-year performance period through March 15, 2028, funding street outreach, emergency shelter rehabilitation and operations, homelessness prevention, rapid re-housing, and Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data collection. The county also received a $300,000 Economic Development Administration grant (CFDA 11.307) from the Department of Commerce awarded June 27, 2023 for comprehensive economic development strategy updates and workforce development planning; and a Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law awarded September 1, 2024 with completion August 31, 2026.

In its sub-recipient capacity, the County Administrative Office has received ten sub-awards from FEMA's Office of Emergency Services between April and May 2025, along with four additional FEMA sub-awards from December 2024 through January 2025 and May 2024, funding emergency protective measures, debris removal, road and culvert repairs, and water treatment facility restoration following flooding damage. A single sub-award references a Betty Rodriguez Regional Library Play & Grow Center project (July 1, 2024). Awards per year have grown from one in 2021 and 2023 to seven in 2024 and eleven in 2025, with three awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Combined obligated federal funds across all awards total $9.3 million.