Alamo Area Council Of Governments

Alamo Area Council of Governments, doing business as AACOG, is a U.S. local government entity and regional planning commission headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, that acts as a federal grant recipient (18% of recent awards as prime recipient) and sub-recipient (82%) across social services, transportation, emergency management, and economic development programs serving the 13-county San Antonio metropolitan region. AACOG does not hold federal contracts; it operates exclusively in the grant space.

AACOG's federal footprint centers on aging services, regional transit, and economic resilience work. As a prime grant recipient, AACOG holds AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program awards from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management (CFDA 94.016) — a $344,223 project grant for the 2026–27 program year (award date July 1, 2026, completion June 30, 2029) mobilizing economically disadvantaged volunteers aged 55 and older to provide companionship, transportation assistance, and respite care to vulnerable adults across the San Antonio region with a statutory and budgetary match requirement of 10 percent each. AACOG also received a $725,000 Economic Adjustment Assistance Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (CFDA 11.307, September 1, 2025 through December 31, 2028) supporting recovery coordination, technical assistance, and Comprehensive and Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) development across the 13-county region. A $215,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086, April 1 through March 31, 2027) funds AACOG's participation in the Clean Cities and Communities Coalitions initiative delivering stakeholder engagement, technical assistance, and outreach within its coalition territory. A fourth prime award, a Project Grant from the Community Oriented Policing Program (COPS) for FY24 Technology and Equipment, supports law enforcement equipment and technology acquisition across the region (award date March 9, 2024, completion March 31, 2026).

Sub-recipient activity dominates the portfolio at 82 percent of awards. AACOG acts as sub-recipient under the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) on 81 aging and community living sub-awards, including Special Programs for the Aging and Community Living initiatives supporting seniors and individuals with disabilities. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living funds these programs across multiple awards. AACOG sub-receives from the Texas Department of Transportation on numerous rural transit capital and operations grants covering demand-response and deviated fixed-route service across 12–13 rural counties (Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, McMullen, Medina, Wilson), including Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5339 Discretionary funding for vehicle replacement and expansion (awards for $4.6 million in FY23 5339 discretionary funds in February 2025 and $1.8 million in May 2025). AACOG also sub-receives from the Texas Governor's Office on law enforcement training grants for violence against women investigations and active shooter preparedness (awards November 3, 2025 and September 30, 2025), from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs on Weatherization Assistance Program sub-awards for low-income energy efficiency (awards October 28, 2025 and March 17, 2025), and from the Texas Education Agency on State Developmental Disabilities Councils grants (awards May 19, 2025 and May 31, 2024).

Customer concentration by award count is heavily skewed toward aging and social services. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living appears twice in the top customers list (81 awards and 9 additional awards) and accounts for roughly 54 percent of the 165 total awards. The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration carries 9 awards (5 percent of total), the Department of Energy 5 awards (3 percent), and the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management 5 awards (3 percent), with 17 distinct federal customer agencies across the full portfolio. By potential value, the lone contract award — a Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command transaction valued at $208,000 — appears in the top-customers block, but the source data reflects a combined potential value of $208,000 across all prime grants and the single contract, with actual obligations totaling $73 million (a 35,061 percent obligated-to-potential ratio indicating substantial multi-year performance on prior awards not captured in the potential-value snapshot). This mismatch reflects the age and maturity of AACOG's grant awards, which have obligated funds well above their original potential values across years of performance.

Activity has accelerated in recent years. Awards per year grew from 5 in 2022 to 50 in 2025, with 9 awards logged so far in 2026. Only 2 awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term and a stable sub-recipient footprint anchored to ongoing regional social services and transportation initiatives. AACOG operates as a regional convening authority channeling federal resources through local government partnerships rather than as a services contractor, positioning it as a pass-through vehicle for aging, transit, and emergency management funding across South Texas.