Ark-Tex Council Of Governments

Ark-Tex Council Of Governments, a local government entity based in Texarkana, Texas, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on workforce development, business development, and community services, with the majority of its federal footprint routed through subrecipient roles on grants managed by state and regional intermediaries. The vendor holds no federal contracts; its federal activity consists entirely of grant awards (17 prime grants across its recent footprint and 69 subrecipient roles), with $18.4 million in combined dollars obligated and a growing trajectory from five awards in 2022 to twenty-six in 2025.

Ark-Tex's prime grant portfolio centers on three federal grant programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Family Self-Sufficiency Program (CFDA 14.896) funds FSS Program Coordinators who deliver employment and economic mobility services to low-income families in public housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs across the Texarkana service area; Ark-Tex received a $190,280 project grant for calendar year 2026 and held renewal awards in 2024 and 2025 under the same program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded Ark-Tex a $350,000 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) dated September 29, 2025, through September 29, 2027, to deliver business development services and technical assistance including feasibility studies, business counseling, market research, and workforce development training to small and emerging private enterprises across its nine-county Northeast Texas and one-county Southwest Arkansas service area. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded Ark-Tex a $1.0 million Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements grant (CFDA 66.818) effective August 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030, to capitalize a revolving loan fund issuing approximately five loans for remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites across ten counties, procure qualified environmental professionals, and conduct community involvement and reporting activities.

Customer concentration in Ark-Tex's award footprint is heavily concentrated in subrecipient grants from state and regional intermediaries. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living accounts for 36 awards (42% of the total footprint), with nearly all routed through the Health and Human Services Commission of Texas as prime grantee; these subrecipient roles span community living, special programs for the aging, and aging family caregiver support programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office represents 7 awards, the Environmental Protection Agency 4 awards, and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services 3 awards, with the remainder split among nine distinct federal agencies. The top five funding sources cover 63% of recent awards. Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure in the near term. Ark-Tex also holds a named subsidiary, North East Texas Economic Development District, Inc., a nonprofit organization aligned with its regional economic development mission. The vendor's federal activity reflects a regional intermediary model: direct HUD and EPA grants funding coordinator salaries and infrastructure capital, paired with extensive subrecipient engagement on transportation, aging services, and community development initiatives channeled through the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Department of Transportation.