South Plains Community Action Association Inc.

South Plains Community Action Association Inc., doing business as Community Action Home Health, is a tax-exempt nonprofit headquartered in Levelland, Texas that operates as a federal grant recipient delivering senior services, early childhood education, health insurance navigation, workforce development, and rural transportation programs across 96 counties in Texas. The organization acts predominantly as a grant recipient (37% of its 75 recent awards as prime recipient) but carries significant sub-recipient volume (63%), receiving funding primarily from the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service.

The organization's prime grant footprint anchors in AmeriCorps Seniors programming and early childhood education. A $333,906 Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (CFDA 94.016) effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029 funds senior volunteers aged 55 and older to deliver companionship, transportation assistance, respite care, and light household chores to vulnerable adults in the South Plains region, with required statutory and budgetary matches of 10 percent each. South Plains Community Action Association also holds Head Start and Early Head Start awards from the Office of Head Start effective through at least March 2029, funding early childhood education and child care partnerships. As lead entity in the PANWEST TX Navigator Consortium, the organization serves as prime recipient for a $12.5 million five-year cooperative agreement (CFDA unspecified) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services effective August 27, 2024 through August 26, 2029, providing health insurance marketplace navigation and enrollment assistance across 96 highly rural Texas counties in partnership with Panhandle Community Services Inc. and Project Amistad Inc. as sub-recipients, targeting racial and ethnic minorities, rural populations, LGBTQ+ communities, low-income and unhoused individuals, and Medicaid-eligible consumers.

Sub-recipient activity concentrates heavily in energy assistance, community services, transportation, and nutrition programs flowed through state intermediaries. The organization receives recurring sub-awards from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP), Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), and Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), supporting utility bill assistance, energy efficiency retrofit installation, and poverty reduction across low-income households. It also receives WIC Local Agency Services sub-awards from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Transportation grants from the Texas Department of Transportation include Section 5310 mobility management for seniors and individuals with disabilities, Section 5311 and Section 5339 funding for the SPARTAN rural demand-response transit service across 17 counties, and capital vehicle replacement funding; notably, a June 2025 sub-award funded $1.125 million in transit vehicle replacement using Federal Transit Administration Section 5339 discretionary funds.

Customer concentration by award count sits with HHS Administration for Children and Families (21 awards), the Corporation for National and Community Service (9 awards), and USDA Food and Nutrition Service (8 awards), accounting for 69 percent of recent awards. Combined obligated dollars across all 75 awards total $544.8 million. Activity has grown sharply—one award in 2022 to 25 in 2024, with 17 in 2025—though only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating stable multi-year grant funding with minimal near-term recompete exposure. The organization holds no federal contracts and does not compete on contract vehicles; its federal footprint is exclusively grant-based, positioned as both prime recipient and sub-recipient flowing federal antipoverty, health, senior services, and transportation funds through community action structures in rural Texas.