North East Community Action Corporation

North East Community Action Corporation, doing business as North East Community Action, is a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Bowling Green, Missouri, that operates as a federal grant recipient (39 prime grants, 30% of recent awards) and sub-recipient (93 sub-awards, 70%) delivering affordable housing assistance, housing rehabilitation, self-help housing construction support, homebuyer education, financial counseling, and workforce development services to very low- and low-income rural residents across Missouri and subordinate service areas.

The organization's primary capability portfolio centers on rural housing programs funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service. Representative prime grant work includes a $379,335 Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance award (CFDA 10.420) from USDA dated January 25, 2027, running through February 25, 2028, delivering self-help housing construction support and homebuyer education to eligible rural households; a $124,937 Rural Housing Preservation Grants award (CFDA 10.433) from October 29, 2026, running through July 29, 2027, for housing repair and rehabilitation to very low- and low-income rural residents; and a $116,513.87 Rural Housing Preservation Grants award from October 25, 2025, running through January 25, 2028, supporting direct repair and rehabilitation services in Missouri's non-metropolitan areas. North East Community Action also operates a Family Self-Sufficiency Program coordinator role funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office (CFDA 14.896), enrolling and maintaining at least 25 participating families annually in FSS services, delivering individual training and services planning, and building employer partnerships to support employment and wage advancement. The organization's ASPIRE Partnership, funded through a Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance grant awarded September 1, 2023, integrates construction vocational skills training and OSHA 10 certification for Missouri correctional-facility inmates and parolees with direct home construction for lower-income homebuyers, linking program participants to signatory union contractors upon release.

Federal grant customer concentration is moderate across housing and community services agencies. The top five grantor agencies account for 31% of recent awards: the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Single Family Housing Program and the Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office each hold 10 awards; the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service holds 9 awards; the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families holds 7 awards; and the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development holds 5 awards. North East Community Action operates across ten distinct federal customer agencies, with sub-award work routing through Missouri state agencies including the Department of Social Services (Community Services Block Grant, LIHEAP, and LIHEAP Emergency Supplement Program services) and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (Women, Infant, and Children nutrition services) as prime grantees. The sub-award portfolio expanded substantially in 2025, with multiple housing-related sub-awards from state agencies dated between August and October 2025 and a capacity-building sub-award from November 18, 2024, supporting North East Community Action's collaboration with the City of Hannibal and a Housing Coalition to increase affordable housing supply and homeownership opportunities in the region.

Recent activity shows significant volume concentration in 2025, with 85 awards out of 132 total awards (64%) awarded that year, primarily sub-awards flowing through state pass-through agencies. Five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure. Combined obligated dollars across all prime and sub awards total $31.9 million over the source period, reflecting the organization's standing as a sustained federal grant recipient and sub-recipient in rural housing and community development programming.