County Of Tehama

Tehama County, a California county government entity headquartered in Red Bluff, acts as a recipient of federal grant funding (21% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient of federal grants administered through state agencies and federal emergency management programs (79% of recent awards). The county does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles and does not operate as a prime contractor or subcontractor on federal procurements.

Tehama County's federal footprint is dominated by disaster recovery and emergency management funding, with public health sub-grants layered underneath. The county serves four distinct federal customer agencies: the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA, six awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (four awards), the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (two awards), and the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service (one award). These four agencies account for 93% of the county's recent federal awards. FEMA leads the activity volume through sub-awards administered by California's Office of Emergency Services, spanning infrastructure repair and recovery work including roads, bridges, culverts, washouts, erosion control, debris removal, and cost-sharing arrangements. Recent FEMA sub-awards dated between April and November 2024 address specific damage sites — Reeds Creek Road, culvert reconstruction, and debris removal from storm events.

Parallel to emergency management work, Tehama County receives sub-awards from the California Department of Public Health under two separate programs: the California Home Visiting Program (CHVP), which delivers in-home family support and parenting services in at-risk communities, and a maternal and child health program focused on reproductive health, family planning, and comprehensive health services for mothers, infants, and adolescents. Both health programs carry July 2024 and July 2025 award dates. As a prime grant recipient, the county holds two project grants from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (awarded February 2023 and August 2024) designated as Economic Development Initiative and Community Project Funding awards. The ultimate completion date for both HUD prime grants extends to 2031–2032.

Activity has accelerated sharply in 2024 and 2025, growing from single awards in 2019 and 2021 to four awards in 2024 and seven in the first half of 2025. The county's combined dollars obligated across all fourteen awards stands at $7.8 million. Sub-award work flows through established state agency channels (California Department of Public Health, California Office of Emergency Services), reflecting the county's role as a local implementation and service-delivery partner rather than a direct federal contractor. The corporate structure includes Tehama County Department of Education as a subsidiary school district, though recent federal activity does not surface education-specific grants.