Town Of Southbridge Police Department

Town Of Southbridge Police Department, a municipal government entity operating as a subordinate agency within the Town of Southbridge, Massachusetts, serves as a prime recipient of federal grant awards focused on rural community infrastructure and cybersecurity strengthening. The department operates as a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor; it has received six prime federal grant awards and one sub-award since 2009, with seven total awards across three federal agencies.

The department's grant footprint centers on rural infrastructure and economic development. The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service issued four project grants under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) and the ARP Economic Development Grant for Rural Health Care Facilities program, including a $913,399 project grant awarded May 23, 2023, for construction and improvement of community facilities serving rural residents in Southbridge over a two-year period, and an award issued June 15, 2022. A $9 thousand project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 1 rounds out the FEMA grant portfolio. The department also received a grant sub-award dated September 18, 2024, issued through the parent Southbridge Town Manager's Office, focused on strengthening local cybersecurity and reducing systemic cyber risk. A single award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs completes the customer set.

Activity remains flat at approximately one award per year; one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months and therefore faces grant renewal or recompete. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $9 thousand, though combined obligated dollars reach $2.2 million, indicating that the source captures recent award data rather than lifetime obligated funding. The department functions as a sub-recipient on cybersecurity grant work under the Town Manager's Office parent entity. Federal grant work represents the department's sole federal funding stream; no federal contracts or contract vehicles appear in the award record.