Raleigh County Community Action Association Inc.

Raleigh County Community Action Association Inc. (RCCAA), operating as Head Start in Beckley, West Virginia, is a nonprofit recipient of federal grants focused on homelessness prevention, early childhood education, and community poverty alleviation, with most recent funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Health and Human Services. RCCAA operates as a prime grant recipient on HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) Program awards and receives supplementary sub-grants from West Virginia state agencies and HUD for meal reimbursement, emergency housing assistance, and job training services.

RCCAA's grant portfolio centers on two primary capability areas. The organization delivers comprehensive homelessness services—permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, homeless management information systems (HMIS), and homelessness prevention—funded primarily through HUD's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267). Recent CoC awards include a $243,004 project grant from HUD (January 2026–December 2026) supporting youth homelessness intervention through the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP), a $472,148 award (August 2025–July 2026) for comprehensive housing and support services, and a $219,114 award (November 2025–October 2026) for permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing. The organization also receives Head Start and Early Head Start funding from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, with a current Early Head Start project grant running through July 31, 2029, and a Head Start award through December 31, 2028. As a sub-recipient, RCCAA receives Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal reimbursement and cash-in-lieu awards from the West Virginia Department of Education; Community Services Block Grant funding from the West Virginia Division of Economic Development (to alleviate causes and conditions of poverty); Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) funding from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources; and Emergency Solutions Grant funding for homelessness assistance activities.

HUD dominates RCCAA's federal footprint. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service each account for 42 awards in the portfolio; the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families comprises 22 awards across three separate lines. Together, these three agencies account for 90% of recent awards. RCCAA has obligated $110.6 million across 118 total awards (prime and sub combined) in the source data, spanning 2007 to the present. Activity has accelerated significantly—four awards in 2022 to 32 in 2025—with 14 awards received year to date in 2026. Only four awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure in the documented portfolio.

RCCAA operates predominantly as a prime grant recipient (44% of awards) rather than as a subcontractor, though 56% of awards are sub-awards routed through West Virginia state entities. The organization's service delivery model integrates case management, job training, mental health and substance abuse treatment, and housing assistance to serve vulnerable populations in Raleigh County, with particular emphasis on youth homelessness and early childhood education within the broader poverty-alleviation mission of the community action agency model.