The Mahoning County

The Mahoning County Board Of Mahoning County Commissioners, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Youngstown, Ohio, is a federal grant recipient (23% of recent awards as prime, 77% as sub-recipient) that administers community development, homelessness support, lead hazard remediation, workforce development, and social services programs funded through federal agencies. The entity also holds a single small prime federal contract for law enforcement services awarded in April 2026.

The Board functions primarily as a pass-through grant recipient and administrator of federal funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services acting as prime grantee. Recent prime grant work includes a $7.75 million HUD Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control award (CFDA 14.900) issued March 16, 2026, supporting lead-based paint hazard reduction in pre-1960 housing units in low-income and minority neighborhoods of Youngstown through March 2030; a $231,442 HUD Continuum of Care Program award (CFDA 14.267) issued February 1, 2026, funding homelessness assistance and rapid rehousing through January 2027; a recurring series of HUD Continuum of Care awards dating to 2021, typically valued near $188,000 to $200,000 annually; and a $5.395 million Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration award (CFDA 11.300) issued January 10, 2023, for infrastructure upgrades to the Mahoning Avenue Industrial Corridor in North Jackson, Ohio, with completion targeted for March 2027. The Board holds one federal prime contract: a $97,593.60 law enforcement services purchase order awarded by ENDIST Pittsburgh on April 9, 2026, with completion by March 31, 2028, performed in Deerfield, Ohio.

As a sub-recipient, the Board received 183 grant sub-awards from Ohio state agencies acting as prime grantees — predominantly the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, the Ohio Department of Medicaid, and the Ohio Department of Transportation. Sub-award work spans workforce development under the WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs; child support enforcement and TANF administration; Medicaid eligibility determination and child care support; bridge preservation and roadway improvement projects; special education and early intervention services through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and social services block grants supporting employment services, day care, and transportation for low-income populations. Sub-award activity has accelerated sharply: seven prime awards in 2022, increasing to 22 in 2023, 80 in 2024, and 69 in 2025, with 11 awards recorded year-to-date in 2026.

Customer concentration by award count centers on five agencies covering 44% of recent awards. The Department of HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads with 28 awards (primarily Continuum of Care grants), followed by the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (25 awards, primarily bridge and roadway sub-awards), the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (22 awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (16 awards), and the Department of HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (15 awards). However, potential-value concentration is minimal — the top five agencies account for only 5% of combined potential value across all awards. This disparity reflects the Board's dual role as a high-volume sub-recipient of many small social-service and workforce sub-awards alongside fewer but larger direct HUD and EDA grants.

The Board reports 239 total awards with a combined potential value of $302 thousand and combined obligated dollars of $107 million, indicating that actual historical disbursements far exceed current stated values. This reflects the Board's operation as a local-government administrator of established federal programs rather than a competitive federal contractor. Three named parent vehicles appear in the source data — all vintage Army Corps of Engineers Indefinite Delivery Contracts (DACW5981C0077, DACW5982C0046, DACW5985C0068) — each with a single associated task order, suggesting minimal active IDC participation.

The Board's corporate structure includes three named subsidiaries: the Mahoning County Educational Service Center Governing Board (school district), and two additional Mahoning County entities (township and county), reflecting the county's multi-function local-government organization. The Board's federal footprint is characteristic of county-level government: pass-through administration of HUD homelessness and housing programs, state workforce-development sub-awards, transportation infrastructure sub-awards, and human services contracting. Three awards totaling $98 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating limited recompete exposure in that window.