Rolling Plains Management Corp

Rolling Plains Management Corp, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Crowell, Texas, acts as a federal grant recipient delivering rural housing preservation, early childhood development, public transportation, and energy assistance services primarily to low-income households in the nine-county Texas Panhandle region (Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Jack, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young Counties). The organization operates overwhelmingly as a sub-recipient (79% of recent awards) on federal grants routed through state agencies and direct federal funders, with 21% of awards held as prime recipient grants.

Rolling Plains' grant portfolio centers on three dominant federal programs. Rural Housing Preservation Grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service (CFDA 10.433) anchor the prime footprint—six awards delivered housing repair and rehabilitation assistance to very low- and low-income rural residents, with one $121,778 award received August 29, 2026 carrying an October 29, 2027 completion date. The organization also holds a multi-year Early Head Start award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (awarded August 1, 2024, completion July 31, 2029) and a Head Start award (awarded December 1, 2023, completion November 30, 2028). Across both programs, Rolling Plains delivers early childhood education and development services.

The sub-recipient footprint reveals heavy flow-through work funded by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, which passes through Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds, Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) funds, and Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) funds to Rolling Plains for energy assistance and emergency utility support. Multiple sub-awards issued in 2024 and 2025 provide rental assistance for up to 24 months to eligible households, a recurring allocation across the portfolio. Transportation sub-awards from the Texas Department of Transportation (funded by Federal Transit Administration discretionary and capital programs) support Rolling Plains' Sharp Lines demand-response transit service and mobility management operations across the nine-county service area, including vehicle replacement (six vehicles replaced in May 2025 for $750,939 in 5339 discretionary funds) and a parking and accessibility project in Crowell, Texas completed under a 6.6% disadvantaged business enterprise goal.

Customer concentration sits with federal grant programs flowing through state intermediaries. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families leads by award count (20 awards listed), followed by the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service (11 awards combined across direct and program-specific references), the Department of Energy (four awards), and the Texas Department of Transportation (multiple sub-awards for transit capital and operations). Combined dollars obligated across all 112 awards (prime plus sub) total $164.7 million. Activity has expanded significantly—one award in 2022 to thirty-eight in 2024 and thirty-five in 2025—with only three awards facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating low recompete pressure in the near term.

Rolling Plains maintains administrative costs below the federally mandated 20 percent threshold on its housing preservation grants and demonstrates experience navigating multi-year grant administration, procurement milestones, and federal compliance frameworks across rural development, early childhood, transportation, and energy assistance portfolios.