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Officials say temporary federal funding pause briefly put $3M of county projects at risk
Summary
County administration reported that a short‑lived federal pause on certain funding and solicitations affected multiple grants and contract pipelines, momentarily placing roughly $3 million in county projects at risk before the pause was rescinded.
Strafford County administration told commissioners on Jan. 16 that a recent federal directive briefly disrupted the county’s ability to draw down or proceed with several grants and technical‑assistance contracts.
County staff cataloged the affected funds during the meeting and said they had been contacting federal and congressional offices to get clarity. The list mentioned included a $715,000 COPS grant, approximately $1.4 million of roof‑project funding (identified as…
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