Community Action Comission Of Fayette County

Community Action Comission Of Fayette County, a tax-exempt nonprofit community development corporation based in Washington Court House, Ohio, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants supporting housing, homelessness prevention, youth substance abuse prevention, and energy assistance programs serving Fayette County and surrounding rural areas.

The organization holds no federal contracts but receives roughly half of its awards as a prime grant recipient and half as a sub-recipient flowing through state-level pass-through entities, principally the Ohio Department of Development and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Since 2004, Community Action Comission Of Fayette County has received 161 total federal awards obligating approximately $91 million, with customer concentration among two dominant agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families funds 51 awards and the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds 50 awards, together accounting for 76 percent of award volume. The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service, the Department of Energy, and Health and Human Services round out the top five customers, each with a smaller award footprint.

As a prime recipient, Community Action Comission Of Fayette County anchors its federal footprint in HUD Continuum of Care grants (CFDA 14.267), which dominate recent activity and fund permanent housing, permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homelessness prevention across four to five annual project grants. Representative prime awards include a $160,927 HUD Continuum of Care award dated May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2027, and a $235,091 Continuum of Care award dated November 1, 2025, through October 31, 2026. The organization also holds a multi-year Head Start and Early Head Start grant from HUD's Office of Head Start (awarded March 1, 2024, through February 28, 2029) and a five-year Drug Free Communities grant from the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control supporting youth substance abuse prevention in the Faith in Recovery Fayette County Prevention Coalition (awarded September 30, 2024, through September 29, 2029). Rural housing work includes a $710,000 Department of Agriculture Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance award (CFDA 10.420) dated August 28, 2023, through October 28, 2024, and recurring Rural Housing Preservation Grants from the USDA Single Family Housing Program. The organization also received a Rural Communities Opioid Response Program grant from the HHS Federal Office of Rural Health Policy dated September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2025, supporting overdose response and medication-assisted treatment access.

In its sub-recipient role, Community Action Comission Of Fayette County flows federal dollars originating from HHS, HUD, Energy, Education, and Labor through state intermediaries. Sub-awards span the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), Home Weatherization Assistance Program (HWAP), Community Services Block Grants (CSBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Child Care Food Program, and Domestic Violence Prevention programs, with pass-through awards from the Ohio Department of Development, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Ohio Department of Education, and Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services. Recent sub-awards include HEAP and CSBG awards from Ohio Department of Development and HWAP funding from Ohio Department of Job and Family Services dated in 2023 and 2024.

Award volume declined from 44 awards in 2023 to 22 in 2024 and 13 in 2025, with only six awards received year-to-date through July 2026. Six awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting modest recompete exposure. The organization operates in a rural community-development posture without contract prime capability, competing for grants on a full-and-open basis rather than through set-aside vehicles.