Jonesboro Housing Authority

Jonesboro Housing Authority, a U.S. local government entity and public housing authority based in Jonesboro, Georgia, receives federal formula and project grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office to operate and modernize public housing, deliver family self-sufficiency employment services, and maintain resident support programs. The authority operates exclusively as a grant recipient (100% of awards), with no federal prime contracts or subcontract relationships in the source record.

Jonesboro Housing Authority's federal footprint is entirely concentrated with HUD's Public and Indian Housing Office, which administers four core grant programs to the authority. The Public Housing Operating Fund provides annual formula grants to cover day-to-day operational expenses, routine and preventative maintenance, anti-crime and security activities, energy costs, resident supportive services, insurance, and administrative and program implementation costs—with the most recent operating fund award dated January 1, 2025, running through December 31, 2031. The Public Housing Capital Fund, a formula grant program, supports public housing modernization, development, management improvements, and capital activities as described in 24 CFR Part 905; the authority holds capital fund awards dated May 6, 2024 (completion May 5, 2028), May 13, 2025 (completion May 12, 2029), and April 1, 2026 (completion March 31, 2030). The Family Self-Sufficiency Program provides project grants to fund FSS Coordinator salaries and fringe benefits for employment and economic mobility services to low-income families in public housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs; recent FSS awards include a $122,846 project grant dated January 1, 2026 (completion December 31, 2026) and a prior-year award dated January 1, 2025 (completion December 31, 2025). FSS Coordinators enroll families, develop individualized training and services plans in partnership with employers and community service providers, and track participant progression toward economic self-sufficiency goals.

Activity has been modest and variable—two awards in 2022, five in 2023, declining to three in each of 2024, 2025, and 2026—with a combined $5.5 million in obligated federal dollars across all 54 awards in the source record dating back to 2006. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating potential recompete or renewal windows for continuation funding.