R6 Regional Council

R6 Regional Council, a local government entity and Council of Governments headquartered in Richfield, Utah, serves as a federal grant recipient focused on rural economic development, affordable housing, energy assistance, and health insurance navigation across six counties in rural Utah (Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne). The organization operates primarily as a direct grant recipient (37% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient to state agencies (63% of awards), with no federal contracting footprint and no parent contracting vehicles.

R6 Regional Council's capability portfolio centers on community services for low-income and vulnerable populations in rural areas. As a prime grant recipient, the organization delivers rural self-help housing technical assistance (construction expertise, homebuyer education, financial counseling) to enable very low- and low-income families to construct their own homes; free tax return preparation and filing services through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program targeting low- to moderate-income populations; economic development planning and market research for value-added agriculture and manufacturing; home modification services for low-income elderly homeowners to reduce fall risk and enable aging in place; and health insurance navigation and enrollment assistance through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Navigator program. Representative prime awards include a $262,941 USDA Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance Project Grant (completion March 2027), a $100,000 IRS VITA Matching Grant (CFDA 21.009, completion September 2026), and a $100,000 Economic Development Administration planning grant for market research and industrial park development (completion December 2026). The organization also administers a three-year HUD Older Adult Home Modification Program cooperative agreement (completion March 2028) and a five-year Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Navigator cooperative agreement across four funding cycles (completion August 2029), with annual Navigator allocations of $75,000 and a staffing model of two dedicated navigators plus five volunteers.

Customer concentration heavily favors HHS Administration for Children and Families, which accounts for 11 of 27 awards in the source snapshot and represents the largest share across prime and sub work. The Department of Energy, Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management, USDA Rural Housing Service, and Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration round out the active set, covering 78% of recent awards. This concentration reflects R6 Regional Council's heavy routing through state agencies—primarily Utah Department of Work Services—as the prime grantee on Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) sub-awards. Six awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and face recompete risk. Combined dollars obligated across all source awards total $8.4 million, with award activity trending upward—one award annually in 2022 and 2023 to twelve in 2025—reflecting recent federal grant capture in housing, energy assistance, and anti-poverty programs.