Area Five Agency On Aging And Community Services, Inc.

Area Five Agency On Aging And Community Services, Inc., doing business as Area Five Agency On Aging & Community SE, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Logansport, Indiana, that serves as a prime recipient of federal grants and a sub-recipient on state and local grant pass-throughs, delivering community services focused on early childhood development, senior services, energy assistance, and community economic development across five Indiana counties (Cass, Howard, Miami, Tipton, and Wabash).

Area Five operates almost entirely in the federal grant space as a sub-recipient (90% of recent awards) rather than as a direct prime grantee. The organization's primary federal exposure flows through state intermediaries and regional authorities that manage programs funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Education. Its sole recent prime grant is a $2.211 million Head Start award from HHS Administration for Children and Families, dated August 1, 2026, running through July 31, 2031, to deliver comprehensive preschool services promoting school readiness for 3- and 4-year-old children and families in its service area.

The remainder of Area Five's federal footprint consists of sub-grants flowing through the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, the Indiana Department of Education, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, and the Indiana Department of Child Services. These awards fund administration and delivery of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) programming, Older Americans Act Title III in-home and community-based services for seniors and persons with disabilities, and Title XX Social Services Block Grant services. The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority accounts for the plurality of sub-grants, particularly recurring quarterly and annual tranches of CSBG, LIHEAP, and Emergency Assistance Program (EAP) allocations dating back to 2023. The Department of Education Indiana has issued repeated grant allocations to Area Five since 2022. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration awarded multiple sub-grants in 2023 and 2024 under the Older Americans Act and Title XX for community-based and in-home services targeting low-income older adults and persons with disabilities.

Activity has fluctuated over recent years — two awards in 2022, a jump to 25 in 2023, declining to 18 in 2024 and 11 in 2025, with 12 awards recorded year-to-date in 2026. The combined obligated dollars across all 82 awards (prime and sub, spanning back to 2006) total $100.1 million. Area Five's customer concentration is dominated by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (39 awards) and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (27 awards), accounting for 98% of awards by count, reflecting Area Five's primary mission as a Head Start grantee and nutrition-services subrecipient. The organization has no presence on federal contracts or contract vehicles; its entire federal footprint is grant-based and locally administered through Indiana state agencies and regional authorities.