South Central Human Resource Agency, Inc.

South Central Human Resource Agency, Inc., a Tennessee-based non-profit organization, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering early childhood education, senior volunteer programming, and low-income family support services, with 70% of recent awards arriving as sub-recipient funding passed through Tennessee state agencies. The organization holds no federal contracts and no position on government-wide acquisition vehicles; its federal footprint is entirely grant-funded.

South Central HRA's capability portfolio centers on Head Start and Early Head Start program delivery, AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program administration, and pass-through administration of Community Services Block Grant, Social Services Block Grant, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Emergency Food Assistance Program, and Child Nutrition programs. As a prime grant recipient, the agency received a $13.3 million Head Start grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.600) covering educational, health, nutritional, and social services for low-income pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children; a $768,014 Head Start grant (CFDA 93.600) running through April 2026; and a $358,162 AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program grant (CFDA 94.011) from the Corporation for National and Community Service effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, deploying volunteers aged 55 and older to provide tutoring and mentoring to disadvantaged children. The agency also received a $384,318 American Rescue Plan Economic Development Grant for Rural Health Care Facilities from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (CFDA 10.766) for capital improvements to rural health care infrastructure, awarded January 25, 2023, through January 25, 2025.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, which together account for the majority of the 86% of awards covered by the top customer tier. Sub-recipient work flows primarily through the Tennessee Department of Human Services (administering Child Nutrition Block Meals Reimbursement, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Community Services Block Grant, and Social Services Block Grant sub-awards) and the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Weatherization Assistance Program, and Low Income Household Water Assistance Program sub-awards). The organization maintains recurring monthly or quarterly sub-award cycles from both state pass-through entities dating back to at least 2021.

Activity has grown significantly: five awards in 2022 to nineteen in 2024 and twenty-two in 2025, with twelve awards recorded through mid-2026 (most recent award July 1, 2026). The combined dollars obligated across all ninety-one awards totals $352.3 million. Ten distinct federal customer agencies appear in the footprint. South Central HRA does not compete on federal contracts, sit on IDVs or GWACs, or serve as a federal contract subcontractor; the organization's federal footprint is exclusively grant-funded and routed through direct HHS and USDA grant awards and state-administered sub-recipient pass-through awards.