Town Of Belmont

Town of Belmont, a municipality in Belmont, New Hampshire, operates as a federal grant recipient in law enforcement, emergency management, and rural infrastructure programs, competing as a prime grantee (67% of awards) and as a sub-recipient on state-administered federal grants. The vendor is a U.S. local government entity with no federal prime contract awards.

Belmont's federal footprint centers on emergency services and public safety. The municipality received a $4,911,866 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program, running from March 2023 through March 2026 to support the town's fire department staffing and emergency response deployment capabilities. A second FEMA award, a congressionally directed grant issued May 27, 2026, extends through May 2028 under the Rural Utilities Service. Belmont also holds a Community Oriented Policing Program (COPS) Hiring grant from the Department of Justice awarded October 1, 2023, and completing September 30, 2028, designated to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers to expand community policing capacity. In its sub-recipient capacity, Belmont received emergency management assistance through the New Hampshire Department of Safety (DR 4516 PA364 disaster recovery program) and participates in the state attorney general's Prevention, Enforcement, and Treatment Program (PET) for substance use disorder prevention and recidivism reduction, awarded June 1, 2022 by the New Hampshire Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General.

The municipality has received six federal awards across five distinct agencies since 2016, with combined dollars obligated of $5.7 million. Activity concentrated in 2023 (three awards) following the March 2023 SAFER grant, with recent activity including the May 2026 Rural Utilities Service grant. One award completes in the next twenty-four months. The top customer agencies by award count are the Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters (two awards), the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service, the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service, the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program, and the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance, with each non-FEMA agency placing one award. Belmont does not hold seats on federal contract vehicles, GWACs, or agency IDIQs; all federal activity flows through competitive grant solicitations for which the municipality qualifies as a direct applicant under local government eligibility rules.