Town Of Gorham

Town of Gorham Gorham Police Department Division, a U.S. municipal government entity headquartered in Gorham, New Hampshire, is a federal grant recipient (65% of recent awards as prime recipient) that does not compete for or hold federal contracts. The Police Department acts as the named recipient on federal project grants funding public safety infrastructure, emergency communications, and equipment upgrades, and participates as a sub-recipient on federal transportation, environmental, and disaster-recovery grants passed through New Hampshire state agencies.

The Police Department's grant footprint spans twelve federal agencies across two primary mission areas: public safety and infrastructure. On the prime recipient side, the Police Department received a $426,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753) awarded October 1, 2023, for the Pine Mountain Repeater and 4-Site Simulcast System Project, which replaces the emergency communications repeater system and installs three additional simulcast repeaters to provide near-complete radio coverage for police, fire, and EMS personnel through September 30, 2026. FEMA has awarded three separate Assistance to Firefighters Grants (CFDA 97.044) — a $103,393 award on September 1, 2023 (completion August 31, 2025), a $1.2 million award on July 15, 2024 (completion July 14, 2026), and a $1.5 million award on September 27, 2025 (completion September 26, 2027) — for equipment, vehicle acquisition, communication system upgrades, and facility improvements. The Police Department also acts as the named recipient on a $301,000 Community Facilities Loans and Grants award from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (CFDA 10.766), granted June 16, 2026, for an essential community facility project with performance extending through June 16, 2028.

Beyond the Police Department's direct prime role, the Town receives federal funding as a sub-recipient through pass-through agreements with New Hampshire state agencies. The New Hampshire Department of Transportation has issued twelve federal sub-awards for sidewalk, pedestrian crossing, and street improvements on US Route 2 and NH Route 16; the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has funded lead service line replacement activities; the New Hampshire Department of Safety has administered FEMA Public Assistance grants for debris removal and engineering costs; and the Office of Highway Safety has provided sub-awards for enforcement patrols and equipment.

Award volume has accelerated — one award in 2022, two in 2023, eight in 2024, seven in 2025, and six in 2026 to date — with two awards (combined potential value $920) facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Combined potential value across all forty awards stands at $7.5 million in obligated dollars, with the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service, and FEMA accounting for 70% of award count. The Police Department does not hold or compete for federal contracts and has no exposure to GWACs, IDIQs, or agency-wide BPAs; all activity is grant or sub-grant based.