South Al Regional Plan Commission

South Alabama Regional Planning Commission, a local government entity and council of governments based in Mobile, Alabama, operates as a federal grant recipient that administers transportation, seniors services, and regional economic development programs across southwestern Alabama. The organization functions as both a prime grant recipient (45% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient under state-administered federal programs (55% of awards), with no federal contract prime or sub work in its footprint.

SARPC's customer concentration reflects deep embeddedness in federal social services and infrastructure grant ecosystems. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living dominates the award count at 46 recent awards, followed by the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (18 awards), the Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (17 awards), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (14 awards), and the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (12 awards) — together representing 81% of recent activity. The divergence between award-count and potential-value rankings is extreme: the source reports combined potential value across all awards as $962 with combined dollars obligated of $25.4 million. This reporting artifact signals that grant-award potential values in the source data are either incomplete or carry placeholder formatting; the obligated dollar figure ($25.4 million across 132 awards) is the meaningful magnitude.

SARPC's prime grant portfolio centers on three recurring federal programs. The Federal Transit Administration's Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program (CFDA 20.513) has generated the largest single award stream: a $622,154 award in August 2026 funding vehicle purchases and operating assistance for seniors and individuals with disabilities, a $586,579 award in September 2025 with six subrecipients, a $544,809 award in August 2024, and a $570,711 award in June 2023, with SARPC retaining $43,645 to $44,947 in each for program administration. The Federal Highway Administration's Safe Streets and Roads for All program (CFDA 20.939) awarded $400,000 in August 2025 for a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan and supplemental planning and demonstration activities in Mobile County through June 2027. The Internal Revenue Service Tax Counseling for the Elderly program has issued three cooperative agreements (October 2025, October 2024, October 2023) funding volunteer tax counseling and return preparation for seniors aged 60 and older. SARPC also serves as recipient of AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) project grants, with awards dated May 2025 (through March 2028) and April 2022 (through March 2025). The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration funded a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the three-county region (Baldwin, Escambia, and Mobile) through December 2026. The EPA Region 4 awarded $500,000 in July 2023 for brownfields assessment and cleanup planning in Creola and Atmore, Alabama through September 2027.

In its sub-recipient role, SARPC receives pass-through funding from the Alabama Department of Senior Services under federal aging programs, including multiple titles under the Older Americans Act (Title III Parts B, C-1, C-2, D, and E; Title VII Ombudsman), the National Senior Injury Program, the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) programs for Area Agencies on Aging and State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP), and the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). Sub-award activity from Alabama's prime state grants has accelerated in 2024 and 2025, with sub-awards flowing across senior services, nutrition, ombudsman, and care management streams.

Award activity has grown from three in 2022 to 28 in 2025, with only five awards recorded in 2026 (reflecting a partial-year snapshot as of late August). Four awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and face recompete risk. SARPC's federal footprint is exclusively grant-based, with no vehicles for multi-agency task-order competition, IDIQs, or BPAs; all customer relationships are direct federal awards or state pass-through arrangements under federal aging and transportation programs. The organization has no federal contract presence and does not bid against commercial contractors for procurement work.