Genesee County, NY

Genesee County, NY, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Batavia, New York, operates as a federal grant recipient in airport infrastructure rehabilitation and lead-based paint hazard control, with 26% of its recent awards as prime recipient and 74% as sub-recipient flowing through New York State intermediary grantees. The county has received $42.7 million in combined federal obligations across 189 awards since 2005, with activity accelerating from 6 awards in 2022 to 65 in 2024.

The county's capability portfolio centers on two distinct federal grant streams. The first is airport infrastructure modernization at Batavia Airport: a $257,000 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Infrastructure Grants award (CFDA 20.117) issued May 4, 2026, for Phase 1 design of runway 10/28 rehabilitation spanning 1,400 feet; a $323,807 FAA Airport Improvement Program award (CFDA 20.106) issued August 22, 2025, for precision approach path indicator system reconstruction; an $884,477 FAA Airport Improvement Program award issued August 12, 2024, for runway lighting and signage reconstruction; and related design-phase and formula-grant awards for taxilane rehabilitation, taxiway lighting, and airfield guidance signs running through 2029. The second stream is lead-based paint hazard control in residential housing: a $3.31 million Department of Housing and Urban Development Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program award (CFDA 14.900) issued March 16, 2026, targeting pre-1960 housing units in low-income neighborhoods to reduce lead poisoning risk in children under six, with capacity-building and community partnership components; and a $1,182,681 HUD lead hazard reduction award issued May 15, 2024, with identical scope through November 2027. The county also holds a $195,896 Corporation for National and Community Service AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program grant (CFDA 94.002) issued April 1, 2022, and a cooperative agreement from the CDC Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support for a multi-county childhood lead poisoning prevention initiative across Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, and Wyoming counties.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounts for 111 of 156 tracked awards (71% of award count), with the bulk routed as sub-awards through the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. The Department of Transportation's FAA (combined Eastern Region and national) holds 37 awards across runway, taxilane, and lighting infrastructure projects at Batavia Airport. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control holds 4 prime awards. The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime office and other federal agencies account for the remainder. The sub-award split is heavily weighted toward pass-through grants: 111 sub-awards flow from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services dating from 2021 through May 2026, with additional sub-awards from Health Research Inc. (public health emergency preparedness), the New York State Office of Victim Services, and the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.

Activity has grown sharply: 6 awards in 2022, 8 in 2023, 65 in 2024, and 51 in 2025, with 20 awards tracked in 2026 year to date. Only one award faces completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal near-term recompete exposure. The county operates a subsidiary, the Genesee County Soil and Water Conservation District, though recent awards carry no signal of conservation-district-specific activity; the district's federal footprint is not detailed in the source. Genesee County's federal engagement is dominated by social-services pass-through funding (children and family services sub-awards) and place-based infrastructure modernization at a single public airport, with no contracting vehicle participation and no prime contract awards.