Kceoc Community Action Partnership Inc.

Kceoc Community Action Partnership Inc., operating as Kceoc, is a tax-exempt nonprofit Community Action Agency based in Gray, Kentucky, that serves as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on homelessness prevention, housing assistance, workforce development, and lead hazard remediation across southeastern Kentucky and the Appalachian region. The organization does not hold federal contracts; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, with 69% of awards held as prime grants and 31% as sub-grants from state entities and other intermediaries.

HUD dominates Kceoc's customer concentration. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 19 awards (spanning Continuum of Care Program grants under CFDA 14.267 for youth homelessness, homelessness prevention, and rapid rehousing), and the Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner accounts for 12 awards (Comprehensive Housing Counseling grants under CFDA 14.169). Together, these two HUD offices represent 68% of Kceoc's recent awards. The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service, the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, and state agencies round out the funding base. Recent prime grant activity includes a $132,045 HUD Continuum of Care award for youth homelessness services (effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026), a $193,379 HUD CoC award for permanent and transitional housing (October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026), a $3.178 million Appalachian Regional Commission grant (CFDA 23.002) for workforce training, early childhood education, housing, and lead hazard reduction (January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2027), and a $716,972 ARC workforce training grant (January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2023).

Kceoc's sub-grant activity reflects its role within Kentucky's housing and social services infrastructure. The organization receives sub-awards from Kentucky Housing Corp, the Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services, and the Energy and Environment Cabinet to deliver tenant-based rental assistance for households below 60% of area median income (Knox County focus), emergency shelter and rapid rehousing under Emergency Solutions Grant funds, permanent supportive housing vouchers for disabled homeless households in the Cumberland Valley Area Development District, case management and supportive services for homeless populations, and energy retrofits in low-income households under DOE formula funding. Recent sub-grants include awards dated through May 2026 for Knox County rental assistance.

Activity has grown modestly: four awards annually in 2022 and 2023, rising to eleven in 2024 and ten in 2025. Five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing near-term recompete exposure. The organization's core mission—addressing homelessness, housing insecurity, workforce development, and environmental health hazards in low-income Appalachian communities—aligns its grant portfolio with federal antipoverty, housing, and regional economic development objectives. Kceoc does not compete on federal contracts or hold seats on government-wide vehicles; its federal footprint is purely grant-recipient based, with no contract prime or sub relationships in the source data.