Community Services Office Of Hot Springs And Garland County Arkansas

Community Services Office Of Hot Springs And Garland County Arkansas is a nonprofit community development corporation based in Hot Springs, Arkansas, that acts as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on child development, family strengthening, and community health services, with a secondary role as a sub-recipient under state-administered grant programs. The organization does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles.

Community Services Office operates across six distinct federal funding agencies, with the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families dominating its footprint. Recent prime grant awards include a $1.495856 million five-year cooperative agreement under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086), awarded by HHS Administration for Children and Families on September 30, 2025, to deliver evidence-informed fatherhood workshops using the 24/7 Dad curriculum and Within My Reach to 350 community fathers across five years in Hot Springs and Garland County, Arkansas. The organization also received a $125,000 award under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grants (CFDA 93.276) from the HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on July 1, 2026, to lead the Hot Springs/Garland County Drug Free Communities Coalition, implementing a multi-level prevention strategy targeting youth substance use across three zip codes through 2031. Head Start and Early Head Start project grants from the HHS Office of Head Start, awarded between March 2024 and June 2024, support early childhood education and child care partnership services running through 2029. A project grant from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, awarded February 1, 2025, extends through May 31, 2028; specific scope details are referenced in the notice of award and statement of work.

In its sub-recipient role, Community Services Office receives Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) allocations through the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality, with seven sub-awards spanning 2023 through 2026, including supplemental Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funding in fiscal 2023. The organization manages federal match requirements and tracks in-kind contributions to sustain grant-funded operations.

Activity has been irregular — one award in 2021, three in 2023, five in 2024, four in 2025, and two in 2026 — with only one award reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The combined dollars obligated across all 23 awards total $184.2 million, concentrated in child development, family services, and community health programming.