Recipient of federal assistance · BARTOW, FL

POLK COUNTY

POLK COUNTY received $5.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 8 actions, −42% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $245.3M. Its largest awarding agency was Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development ($6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$5.9M
New awards
3
Actions
8
Since FY2021
$245.3M
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Location
BARTOW, FL
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 195.6MFY2021
  2. 11.5MFY2022
  3. 7.7MFY2023
  4. 14.4MFY2024
  5. 10.2MFY2025
  6. 5.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$5.9M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 14.218 · Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants$4.2M72%
  2. 14.239 · Home Investment Partnerships Program$1.4M24%
  3. 14.231 · Emergency Solutions Grant Program$351.1K6.0%
  4. 93.493 · Congressional Directives-$101.9K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development$6M100%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO…$4.2M
    14.218 · Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Jan 6, 2026 – Jan 6, 2026· B-25-UC-12-0007
  2. PURPOSE: THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM (HOME) PROVIDES NEED-BASED FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE USED…$1.4M
    14.239 · Home Investment Partnerships Program· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Jan 6, 2026 – Jan 6, 2026· M25-UC120218
  3. THIS GRANT WILL ENSURE THE CONTINUATION OF THE HELPING HANDS PROGRAM, ORIGINALLY FUNDED AFTER IMPLEMENTATION IN 2017 BY THE $1.2 MILLION…$900K
    16.812 · Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative· Office of Justice Programs· Formula grant· Dec 7, 2021 – Dec 19, 2025· 15PBJA21GG04042SCAX
  4. POLK COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PROJECT - DURING A 2019 POLK COMMUNITY PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE, CONDUCTED BY THE FLORIDA…$898.1K
    93.493 · Congressional Directives· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Aug 25, 2023 – Mar 30, 2026· H79FG000944
  5. PURPOSE: THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG) AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) TO MAKE GRANTS TO STATES…$351.1K
    14.231 · Emergency Solutions Grant Program· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Jan 6, 2026 – Jan 6, 2026· E-25-UC-12-0007

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1.4M (19 subawards)

16 sub-recipients

  1. CITY OF WINTER HAVEN$296.2K21%
    WINTER HAVEN, FL · 1 subaward
  2. WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER OF FLORIDA INC$135K9.4%
    WINTER HAVEN, FL · 2 subawards
  3. CITY OF AUBURNDALE$110.2K7.7%
    AUBURNDALE, FL · 1 subaward
  4. PEACE RIVER CENTER FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INC$100K6.9%
    BARTOW, FL · 2 subawards
  5. HOMELESS COALITION OF POLK COUNTY, INC.$70K4.9%
    LAKELAND, FL · 2 subawards
  6. ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY$70K4.9%
    LAKELAND, FL · 1 subaward
  7. BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LAKELAND, INC.$70K4.9%
    LAKELAND, FL · 1 subaward
  8. VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO THE ELDERLY, INC$70K4.9%
    LAKELAND, FL · 1 subaward
  9. THE SALVATION ARMY$70K4.9%
    LAKELAND, FL · 1 subaward
  10. LAKE WALES CARE CENTER, INC.$70K4.9%
    LAKE WALES, FL · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $75.7M (25 subawards)

3 primes

  1. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE$70M92%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 1 subaward
  2. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$3M4.0%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 3 subawards
  3. STATE OF FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY M$2.7M3.6%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 21 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $3.7M paid out · $4.8M received
  • FY2022: $1.7M paid out · $10.2M received
  • FY2023: $6.9M paid out · $5.4M received
  • FY2024: $4.6M paid out · $2.3M received
  • FY2025: $3.2M paid out · $40.2M received
  • FY2026: $1.4M paid out · $75.7M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.