Calcasieu Parish Of

Calcasieu Parish Of, doing business as Fire Protection, is a U.S. local government entity (county-level) based in Lake Charles, Louisiana that acts as a prime recipient of federal grants for housing self-sufficiency coordination, homelessness services, disaster recovery and resilience, workforce development, child nutrition programs, and emergency management — with 82% of its recent award footprint flowing through sub-awards from state and local grantee intermediaries.

The parish's grant work splits across two tiers. As a prime recipient, Calcasieu Parish Of holds direct grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office (Family Self-Sufficiency Program) and HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (Continuum of Care Program for homelessness prevention and rehousing). Recent prime awards include a Family Self-Sufficiency grant awarded January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026 to fund FSS coordinator salaries for public housing residents, and a Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grant of $453,673 awarded January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026 to support permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homelessness prevention in the Lake Charles area. The parish also received a RESTORE Act Direct Component formula grant (September 30, 2022 through December 31, 2025) for the Westward Expansion of the CWPPRA Rockefeller Refuge Gulf Shoreline Stabilization Project, installing 0.3 miles of rock breakwater to reduce Gulf shoreline erosion, with Cameron Parish as subrecipient performing the work.

As a sub-recipient (82% of awards), Calcasieu Parish Of receives federal dollars channeled through state and local prime grantees. The Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards program, flowing through Louisiana's state disaster recovery intermediaries (particularly Homeland Security & Emergency Management), accounts for 95 sub-awards supporting disaster debris removal, emergency protective measures, property elevations and acquisitions, pump station retrofits, drainage improvements, emergency generators, and hazard mitigation planning following hurricanes Laura and Delta. The Louisiana Department of Administration passes through 70+ sub-awards for the Food and Nutrition Program for Louisiana Children (USDA-administered), funding school meal and nutrition services. Louisiana Works awards the parish WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth grants for workforce development and job training services. The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice and Louisiana Housing Corporation flow additional sub-awards for youth services, child abuse recovery assistance, and permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals with disabling conditions.

Customer concentration in recent awards is stark: the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (99 awards, sub-awards for child nutrition) and FEMA Headquarters Financial Assistance (95 awards, sub-awards for disaster recovery) together account for 83% of award count and dominate the pipeline. HUD's Community Planning and Development and Public and Indian Housing offices contribute 35 combined awards (24 and 11 respectively), while the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration contributes 7 awards tied to WIOA workforce programs.

Activity has grown significantly over the past five years — from 11 awards in 2022 to 102 in 2024 — though 2025 and 2026 show a moderation to 60 and 22 awards respectively. Only two awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete cliff exposure in the near term. Combined potential value across all awards is $222 thousand with $127 million in combined obligated dollars — a ratio indicating the source data reflects actual obligation performance rather than inflated ceiling values, typical of government entity grant recipients rather than competitive contractors.