Iredell County

Iredell County, a local government entity based in Statesville, North Carolina, operates as a federal grant recipient (36% of its recent awards) and sub-recipient (64%) delivering public transit operations, public safety equipment procurement, veterans court administration, and social services administration across sixteen federal agencies. The county does not hold federal contracts and does not compete under SBA set-asides.

Iredell County's primary capability portfolio centers on operating the Iredell County Transit System under Federal Transit Administration formula grants (CFDA 20.507). The county has received three transit operating-assistance awards from FTA: $1,387,580 obligated on May 28, 2026 (performance through March 30, 2032), $613,009 on September 9, 2025 (performance through March 30, 2031), and $593,265 on August 16, 2024 (performance through March 30, 2029). These funds support driver salaries, fuel, vehicle maintenance, capital equipment including safety and security upgrades, and consulting services for system improvements serving elderly and disabled residents. Beyond transit, the county acts as a direct recipient of Bureau of Justice Assistance block and project grants: a $679,727 Category 1 grant awarded October 1, 2022 (completion September 30, 2027) to establish and operate District 22A Veterans Treatment Court serving approximately eighty non-violent veteran offenders annually with substance-use and mental-health treatment coordinated through local providers including Daymark Recovery Services; and smaller JAG block grants (October 1, 2023 and October 1, 2022) for law-enforcement equipment procurement, including thermal optics, night-vision monoculars, UTVs, and weather meters totaling approximately $34,133 across both awards.

Customer concentration reflects the county's role as a pass-through administering federal social services on behalf of the state. The top five funding agencies account for approximately 49% of awards: the Bureau of Justice Assistance (12 awards), the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (7 awards), the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs general (6 awards), the HHS Administration for Children and Families (6 awards), and the CDC (5 awards). Most of the dollar volume flows through the HHS sub-recipient stream, where Iredell County receives subawards from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for Social Services Block Grants, Title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption Assistance, TANF, child-support services, LIHEAP, immunization programs, WIC maternal nutrition services, family planning, and public health emergency preparedness. The county also acts as a sub-recipient for transit capital assistance and paratransit demand-response services. Activity has grown year over year — six awards in 2022 to sixteen in 2025 — with only two awards (combined value not specified in source) facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating relatively low recompete exposure in the near term.