Municipality Of Cabo Rojo

Municipality Of Cabo Rojo General Local Government Division, doing business as Municipal Government Of Cabo Rojo City, is a U.S. local government entity in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico that acts as a federal grant recipient across infrastructure, public transit, community development, and aging services programs. The municipality operates as a child entity under parent Municipio De Cabo Rojo and does not hold federal contracts; all federal funding flows through grant awards where the municipality serves as prime recipient (39% of recent awards) or sub-recipient (61%), with no contracting vehicle participation.

The municipality's federal footprint concentrates in four grantor agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living leads by award count with 21 awards, predominantly sub-recipient nutrition and supportive services for elderly populations flowing through Oficina Del Procurador De Las Personas De Edad Avanzada as prime grantee. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development has issued 19 awards, anchored by Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) formula grants under CFDA 14.218 supporting community development, housing, and economic opportunity programs across multiple fiscal years (July 2022 through September 2033 completion horizons). The Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards account for 11 awards, reflecting post-disaster recovery and resilience funding. The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration carries 7 awards funding public transit operations and capital improvements. The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service delivered 3 awards for wastewater infrastructure.

Representative prime grant work includes a $1.26 million Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) awarded August 8, 2025 for six months of operating assistance and preventive maintenance on fixed-route transit service plus rehabilitation of Terminal Fernando Flores, extending through March 30, 2031; a $538,268 Buses and Bus Facilities Formula Grant (CFDA 20.526) awarded August 21, 2026 for acquisition of radio communication units, passenger counters, GPS tracking systems for eight vehicles, twenty prefabricated bus shelters, and one ten-passenger ADA paratransit bus, completing March 30, 2032; and a $314,756 Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities grant (CFDA 10.760) awarded September 30, 2025 for wastewater system improvements, completing September 30, 2027. Sub-recipient work includes nutritional services for seniors, congregate meals, home-delivered meals, and supportive services flowing through Oficina Del Procurador De Las Personas De Edad Avanzada, alongside municipal recovery planning and disaster assistance sub-awards from the Governor's Authorized Representative and FEMA. The municipality also received sub-allocations for border patrol overtime under Operation Stonegarden and tenant-based rental assistance channeled through Puerto Rico Department of Health.

Recent activity has accelerated sharply, from two awards in 2022 to twenty-six in 2024, declining to fourteen in 2025 and nine in 2026. Three awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing minimal recompete exposure in that window. The municipality's grant portfolio emphasizes formula-based allocations to insular areas and Puerto Rico following hurricanes and disaster events, with sub-recipient engagement anchored to Puerto Rico state and territorial agency pass-through structures.