Josephine County

Josephine County — operating as Mental Health — is a county government entity that receives federal grant funding as a sub-recipient for mental health services, infrastructure modernization, and transit support programs. The vendor operates exclusively as a grant sub-recipient (55% of recent awards) and prime grant recipient (45%), with no federal contract activity. Josephine County is a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Grants Pass, Oregon.

Josephine County's grant portfolio centers on behavioral health and human services infrastructure. Recent sub-grant awards include a $7 million combined obligation across eleven federal awards spanning 2005 to 2026, with work anchored to the Oregon Health Authority as the prime grantee for mental health modernization and Centers for Excellence programs. Representative work includes a January 2026 sub-grant from Oregon Health Authority for 2025–2027 Modernization and Infrastructure Grants; an October 2023 Centers for Excellence sub-grant from the same prime grantee; a June 2023 Section 5311 transit administration and preventive maintenance sub-grant supporting public transportation for seniors and individuals with disabilities; and a July 2024 low-to-moderate-income home repair project in partnership with Home Bridging GP. A second stream of activity in August 2025 involved vehicle preventative maintenance and project administration funding, likely routed through the Department of Transportation or a state transit authority. Josephine County also serves as a prime grant recipient on some awards.

Federal grant concentration tracks to health and human services agencies. The top five funding or grantor agencies by award count (64% of recent awards) include Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, each with two awards; the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the CDC, each with one award. The apparent ICE presence suggests possible community detention or immigrant health service involvement, though the source does not detail that work. Award activity has been sparse and episodic — one or two awards per year over the past five years — with the most recent award issued in January 2026. Josephine County's parent entity remains Josephine County government; the Mental Health designation appears to reflect the county's behavioral health service line rather than a subsidiary structure.