Five County Association Of Governments

Five County Association of Governments (doing business as Five County AOG), a U.S. local government council-of-governments entity headquartered in St. George, Utah, receives federal grants as a prime recipient and sub-recipient to operate aging-services, homelessness-intervention, economic-development, and community-support programs across five southern Utah counties (Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, and Washington). The organization does not hold federal contracts and competes exclusively in the federal grant space; 69% of its recent award footprint consists of sub-awards under grants administered by Utah state agencies and national nonprofits, with 31% as prime-grant recipient work.

Five County AOG's federal grant portfolio spans social-services, housing, workforce, and regional-planning programs. As a prime recipient, the organization has received AmeriCorps Seniors grants under the Senior Companion Program (CFDA 94.016, $138,792 awarded July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029) and Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011, $118,564 awarded July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029), both channeling volunteers aged 55 and older to deliver supportive services and educational mentoring to vulnerable adults and disadvantaged children across the five-county region. Five County AOG also holds prime grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), with awards totaling $180,768 (May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027) and $110,312 (January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027) for permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and homelessness-prevention initiatives. The organization received a $350,000 prime grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (CFDA 11.302) to develop and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the region (April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025). On the sub-award side, Five County AOG receives federal funding channeled through the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Utah Department of Workforce Services, and Department Work Services for aging-services programs (Older Americans Act Title III services including meals, supportive services, caregiver support, and senior Medicare patrol), child-care resource and referral services, weatherization assistance under the Weatherization Assistance Program, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program administration, Community Services Block Grant anti-poverty work, and transitional-family-housing support under TANF. The organization also receives sub-awards for transportation planning and rural-transit mobility management through the Utah Department of Transportation.

Customer concentration reflects Five County AOG's regional social-services mission. The top five funding agencies account for 77% of recent awards, led by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (59 awards, primarily sub-awards for aging programs), followed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (21 awards for homelessness programs), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (14 awards), and the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management (11 awards for AmeriCorps Seniors programs). Activity has grown substantially—from five awards in 2022 to 38 in 2025—with 154 total awards recorded in the source data spanning 2010 to July 2026. Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore represent potential recompete opportunity. The organization obligated $28.7 million across all federal awards in the source data. Five County AOG operates as a pass-through regional planning and service-delivery entity for federal programs, with minimal direct-prime capacity outside the social-services and community-development grant space; the organization does not hold IDIQs, GWACs, or contract vehicles and serves primarily as a subrecipient channeling federal funding to local nonprofits, transit agencies, and community-service providers within its five-county service area.