Heart Of Georgia Altamaha Regional Commission

Heart Of Georgia Altamaha Regional Commission is a U.S. local government planning commission based in Eastman, Georgia, that operates almost exclusively as a sub-recipient (93% of recent awards) on federal grant programs, with no federal contracts or contract vehicles. The organization serves a 17-county region in Georgia and competes in full-and-open grant funding pools without SBA set-asides.

The commission's footprint centers on aging services, workforce development, and economic development grants. As a prime grant recipient, it has received two significant awards from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration: a $525,000 EDA Planning program grant (CFDA 11.302) to develop and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the 17-county region, running from January 2023 through December 2025; and a $500,000 Economic Adjustment Assistance award (CFDA 11.307) for disaster recovery capacity coordination and support following the September and October 2024 hurricanes, running through October 2030. Beyond these two prime grants, the commission overwhelmingly acts as a sub-recipient funneling federal grants from state-level prime grantees down to regional service delivery. The majority of sub-awards flow through the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (103 awards) via the Georgia Department of Human Services, supporting older Americans services including congregate and home-delivered meals, transportation, caregiver support, and disease prevention under various titles of the Older Americans Act. The commission also receives sub-awards through the Technical College System of Georgia for workforce development programs including adult, dislocated worker, and youth training under Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration grants, and has executed sub-awards for services under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act and other HHS Administration for Children and Families programs.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward aging services administered through HHS. The Administration for Community Living accounts for 103 of the 167 recorded awards (62%), the Employment and Training Administration accounts for 26 awards (16%), and the HHS Administration for Children and Families accounts for 14 awards (8%), together covering 92% of awards. Dollar concentration is not evenly distributed across that volume — the two EDA prime grants represent $1.025 million of the $44.3 million combined obligation across all awards, meaning the remaining $43.275 million is spread across approximately 155 sub-awards, indicating these are typically smaller pass-through grants. Activity has grown from 23 awards in 2022 to a peak of 62 in 2024, then contracted to 12 recorded awards in 2026 to date (through August 31). The commission operates regionally rather than as a contractor — it coordinates and delivers services in its designated planning and service area under state administration of federal aging and workforce programs, executing the last-mile delivery of congregate meals, home care coordination, job training, and disaster recovery planning for rural Georgia counties.