North Country Community Health Service Agency

North Country Community Health Service Agency, doing business as North Country CHS, is a county-level U.S. government entity (Minnesota) that operates as a sub-recipient of federal public health grants issued through the Minnesota Department of Health, with no federal prime contracting footprint and no participation in federal contract vehicles.

North Country CHS is a local government health board structured as a council of governments, headquartered in Bagley, Minnesota. The organization's entire federal footprint consists of three sub-grant awards received over the past two years, totaling $287 thousand in combined obligations. All three awards flow through the Minnesota Department of Health as the prime grantee to federal customers: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (two awards) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (one award). The awards span maternal and child health program support, public health emergency preparedness and response capabilities, and public health workforce development. Representative work includes a Title V Maternal Child and Block Grant sub-award (October 2024) to support maternal and child health efforts through community health boards, a public health emergency preparedness sub-award (July 2024) aligned to national standards for state, local, tribal, and territorial public health systems, and a public health workforce sub-award (March 2023) to recruit, retain, and train public health workforce personnel and address public health infrastructure gaps.

Activity is modest and recent — one award in 2023, two in 2024 — with no federal prime awards, no IDVs, and no contract vehicles. North Country CHS operates exclusively as a sub-recipient, receiving pass-through grant funds from Minnesota Department of Health for implementation of federally funded public health programs at the county level. The organization has no federal sales footprint and does not compete for or hold prime federal contracts or GWACs.