Perry County Fiscal Court

Perry County Fiscal Court, operating as Perry Co Road Dept, is a county government entity in Hazard, Kentucky that acts as a recipient of federal grants for rural infrastructure, emergency watershed recovery, and disaster relief, with 80% of recent awards flowing through sub-recipient channels from the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs and 20% as direct prime grants from USDA, NRCS, and the Appalachian Regional Commission.

Perry County Fiscal Court is a U.S. local government entity (county) with no federal contract prime awardees or contract vehicle participation; its federal footprint is grant-based only. The source records 107 total awards since 2015, with $72.8 million combined obligation. Recent activity accelerated sharply — two awards in 2022, twenty-three in 2023, forty-eight in 2024, nineteen in 2025, and two through April 2026 — reflecting surge in disaster-response and emergency-recovery grants following major spring flooding in 2024 and 2025.

As a prime grant recipient, Perry County Fiscal Court holds direct awards from three federal agencies. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) dominates the portfolio under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.923) with multiple cooperative agreements for debris removal, streambank stabilization, and flood recovery: a $10.3 million cooperative agreement (September 2025, completion October 2029) for spring 2025 flood recovery and home buyout project activities; a $1.45 million cooperative agreement (March 2026, completion October 2026) for spring 2025 flood debris removal and recovery measures in Kentucky statewide; and a $265,865 cooperative agreement (March 2024, completion August 2025) for prior-year recovery measures and debris removal. The USDA Rural Housing Service awarded a $1.5 million project grant (April 2026, completion May 2027) under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) for development of essential community facility infrastructure in rural Perry County. The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) issued two project grants under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002): an $8.8 million grant (September 2023, completion August 2026) and a $1.53 million grant (November 2023, completion October 2026) for community infrastructure improvements including transportation, utilities, public facilities, and economic development.

As a sub-recipient, Perry County Fiscal Court receives the majority of its federal funding through pass-through awards from the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs as the prime grantee, primarily under FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and disaster-relief authorities. Sub-awards span roads and bridges reconstruction (modal category C), emergency protective measures (modal categories A and B), property acquisition and demolition, and recreational or other public facility improvements, with sub-awards concentrated in 2023–2025 reflecting post-disaster funding flows. The Kentucky Department of Military Affairs channeled eighty-three sub-awards (94% of all recent awards by count) to Perry County Fiscal Court for emergency response and recovery operations.

Three awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Perry County Fiscal Court's federal engagement remains geographically and functionally focused on rural infrastructure and emergency watershed recovery in Appalachian Kentucky, with no exposure to federal contracting vehicles, set-asides, or competitive procurement — the entity operates solely as a grant recipient for disaster relief and community infrastructure development.