Tarrant County

Tarrant County Texas Inc, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, operates as a federal grant recipient in housing, homelessness, public health, and justice services, with no federal contract prime awardee activity. The county received $624.7 million in obligated federal grant funding across 490 awards (81% as prime recipient, 19% as sub-recipient) spanning multiple fiscal years, reflecting a stable and diversified federal grant portfolio centered on HUD formula and project grants.

The county's grant footprint is dominated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, which accounts for 317 awards (64% of the portfolio). Tarrant County acts as prime recipient on the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267), a project grant program that funds permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homeless management information systems for individuals and families experiencing homelessness in the Fort Worth area. Recent CoC awards include $487,857 (April 2026 through March 2027), $812,473 (November 2025 through October 2026), $856,082 (November 2025 through October 2026), and multiple smaller awards spanning August 2024 through August 2025. The county also receives formula grants under the Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME, CFDA 14.239) — a $1.477 million award obligated December 4, 2025, with completion through September 30, 2034 — and the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG, CFDA 14.231) program, supporting street outreach, emergency shelter operations, homelessness prevention, and rapid rehousing. Tarrant County received $623,532 under the Family Self-Sufficiency Program (CFDA 14.896) for FSS Coordinator salaries serving low-income families in public housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs. A $958,938 formula grant award under the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program delivers facility-based housing, tenant-based rental assistance, and supportive services for approximately 275 homeless and low-income individuals with HIV/AIDS.

Beyond housing and homelessness, Tarrant County holds federal grants in public health, criminal justice, and emergency management. The Tarrant County Medical Examiners Office, a regional facility serving Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and Johnson Counties (approximately 3 million residents), received $516,863 under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036) awarded October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2026, to support forensic biology and DNA analysis capacity, including equipment purchases and staffing for CODIS-eligible sample processing. The county received $500,000 under the Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program (CFDA 16.050) to fund an Identification Investigator position, forensic genetic genealogy testing on priority cases, and 3D scanning for facial reconstruction. A $1 million Cooperative Agreement under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) awarded October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2026, supports the Tarrant County Human Trafficking Task Force to combat sex and labor trafficking; over the prior three years, the task force served 395 trafficking victims, conducted 350 investigations, and submitted 128 cases for prosecution. Tarrant County Public Health received a five-year project grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Center for Surveillance (December 1, 2022, through November 30, 2027) for public health infrastructure, workforce development, and data modernization addressing communicable disease prevention, food and water safety, maternal and child health, and chronic disease prevention.

The county's sub-recipient activity (19% of awards) flows through state agencies as pass-through entities. Prime grantees include the Department of State Health Services (multiple awards for immunizations, HIV/AIDS services, tuberculosis control, and communicable disease prevention), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (WIC local agency services), the Department of Family and Protective Services (Title IV-E child welfare and family services), the Texas Attorney General (domestic relations and access-and-visitation services), the Governor's Office (victim advocacy, protective order services, and emergency management grants), the City of Fort Worth (mental health diversion programs funded by DOJ JAG), and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (refugee health and Afghan resettlement support services). The county also receives sub-awards for disaster recovery support from the Texas Division of Emergency Management and participates in specialized justice initiatives such as the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force coordinated through the City of Dallas.

Activity has remained relatively stable over the past five years — 29 awards in 2022, 31 in 2023, 41 in 2024, 37 in 2025, and 3 recorded to date in 2026 — with eighteen awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete or renewal. The county operates as a high-volume federal grant recipient anchored by formula grants from HUD's Community Planning and Development programs; competitive capacity for both homelessness services and forensic capacity-building; and pass-through administration of health, child welfare, and victim services funding on behalf of state agencies serving the Dallas-Fort Worth region's 2.1 million residents.