Southern Mississippi Planning And Development District, Inc.

Southern Mississippi Planning And Development District, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Gulfport, Mississippi, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering workforce development, aging services, economic development planning, and community reentry programs to federal agencies across the South. The organization receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient (33% of recent awards) and substantially as a sub-recipient from state agencies (67% of recent awards), with no federal contract presence in its footprint.

The organization's primary capability portfolio centers on workforce and employment services, aging and senior support programs, economic development strategy, brownfield remediation planning, and intergenerational volunteer programming. Southern Mississippi Planning And Development District received a $5.998 million Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration grant under the Reentry Employment Opportunities program (CFDA 17.270) effective July 1, 2024 through December 31, 2027, funding comprehensive workforce development and job placement services for justice-involved individuals across the region with sub-grant pass-through to the Mississippi Department of Human Services and Mississippi Department of Employment Security. The organization holds a three-year AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CFDA 94.011) awarded July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029 for $237,130, supporting volunteers aged 55 and older delivering intergenerational tutoring and mentoring to disadvantaged children in schools and Head Start programs. The organization also received a $494,000 Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 Brownfields Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 66.818) effective July 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027 to conduct Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, cleanup alternative analyses, and community engagement for up to eight brownfield properties in Gulfport.

Customer concentration sits with the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, which together account for approximately 60% of the 83 total awards in source data. The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration contributes 15 awards for Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy planning across the 15-county region served by the district. Sub-award activity reflects heavy pass-through funding from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (WIOA Adult, Youth, and Dislocated Worker programs; Senior Community Service Employment Program; Rapid Response funding) and the Mississippi Department of Human Services (Older Americans Act Title III programs, TANF, and NSIP programs). Award activity has accelerated notably—one award in 2022 to nineteen in 2024 and twenty-four in 2025—with only two awards completing inside the next twenty-four months, indicating limited recompete exposure in that window. The organization's sub-award posture centers on local workforce development and aging services delivery under state administration of federal workforce and aging programs, with sub-awards flowing through Mississippi state agencies rather than direct federal sub-contracting relationships.