Eastern Plains Council Of Governments

Eastern Plains Council of Governments (EPCOG), a tax-exempt nonprofit regional council of governments and community development corporation headquartered in Clovis, New Mexico, operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient managing community development, economic planning, rural health, and transportation safety initiatives across a seven-county region in eastern New Mexico (Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt, and Union counties). EPCOG holds no federal contracts and operates 100% in the grant recipient role, with no subcontract relationships.

EPCOG's customer base is concentrated across five federal grantors. The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration leads by award count with seven grants, primarily for Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) development and implementation; the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration holds two awards focused on rural behavioral health and opioid-response programming; and single awards each from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development round out the active set, representing 100% of recent grant awards.

EPCOG's recent grant work centers on rural community development and health equity. A $732,000 Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) planning grant from FHWA (CFDA 20.939), awarded June 12, 2026, funds the Eastern New Mexico Comprehensive Safety Action Plan through June 2028, addressing roadway fatalities and serious injuries. A $250,000 Rural Health Care Services Outreach grant from HRSA (CFDA 93.912), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2029, establishes a behavioral health clinic at Union County General Hospital serving a rural Health Professional Shortage Area, operating under a Hub-and-Spoke model with Clayton Municipal Schools and Clayton Fire Rescue EMS as referral partners. A $2 million Rural Communities Opioid Response Program grant from HRSA (CFDA 93.788) awarded September 1, 2022 and running through August 31, 2026, coordinates a 25-member consortium (including school districts, hospitals, detention centers, and nonprofit partners) to deliver behavioral health and substance-use-disorder services across eastern New Mexico. A $300,000 Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations grant from EDA (CFDA 11.302), awarded January 1, 2022 and completed December 31, 2024, supported regional CEDS development. Additionally, EPCOG received a Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) grant from HUD effective October 1, 2024 through March 31, 2027, supporting coordinated community approaches to preventing and ending youth homelessness.

Combined obligated dollars across all grants total $7.5 million, with three awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and thus subject to recompete or continuation decisions. EPCOG operates as a regional planning and community development entity without federal contract revenue or subcontractor engagements.