Housing Authority Of Champaign County

Housing Authority of Champaign County, a U.S. local government entity and county housing authority based in Champaign, Illinois, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants—not a contractor—delivering employment and economic mobility services to low-income families through the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Labor.

The Housing Authority operates exclusively as a grant recipient with no contract or subcontract presence in the federal footprint. All 95 awards in the source are federal grants; the entity holds no IDVs, BPAs, or task-order vehicles and does not serve as a prime contractor or subcontractor on federal contracts. This is a non-profit housing authority, not a for-profit vendor competing for contracts through traditional procurement vehicles.

The grant portfolio concentrates heavily on HUD's Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program under CFDA 14.896, which funds salary and fringe benefits for FSS Program Coordinators who serve residents of public housing, Housing Choice Voucher programs, and project-based rental assistance properties within Champaign County. Recent FSS awards include a $367,770 project grant (awarded January 1, 2026, completion December 31, 2026) and a $367,770 project grant (awarded January 1, 2025, completion December 31, 2025). FSS coordinators are responsible for enrolling and maintaining participating families in the program, developing individualized training and services plans (ITSPs) in coordination with family goals, and establishing partnerships with local employers and service providers to facilitate employment connections. The grantee must hire and retain funded coordinator positions and maintain a minimum of 25 participating families for the first full-time equivalent coordinator, with enrollment increasing by 50 families per additional funded coordinator.

The Housing Authority also holds two awards from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration: a YouthBuild project grant (awarded May 2, 2022, completion September 1, 2025) providing a pre-apprenticeship program model encompassing education, occupational skills training, leadership development, and post-program placement to opportunity youth ages 16 to 24, and a grant award issued June 1, 2024, completing September 30, 2027.

Customer concentration is extreme: HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office accounts for 91 of 95 awards, with the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (3 awards) and HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (1 award) rounding out the active set. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $34.1 million over the source data span (first award October 1, 2004). Activity has declined in recent years—two awards in 2022 declining to one award each in 2023, 2025, and 2026—with only one award carrying an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window.