Tri Valley Opportunity Council Inc.

Tri Valley Opportunity Council Inc., doing business as T V O C, is a tax-exempt nonprofit community action agency headquartered in Crookston, Minnesota, that operates as a federal grant recipient (31% of awards as prime recipient) and as a sub-recipient on state-administered federal programs (69% of awards). The organization delivers intergenerational senior volunteer mentoring, homelessness intervention and housing support, early childhood education and Head Start services, energy assistance administration, and child nutrition programs across Minnesota and North Dakota.

TVOC's customer base concentrates heavily on health and human services administration. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families leads by volume (62 awards), followed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (25 awards), the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (11 awards), and state-administered sub-award flows routed through Minnesota and North Dakota education and social services departments. Together, the top customer agencies account for 68% of recent awards.

TVOC's prime grant footprint centers on three federal programs. The Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011) has funded intergenerational mentoring and tutoring for children with special needs in schools and childcare settings. Recent awards include a $798,709 project grant dated September 5, 2025, covering fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 through June 30, 2028, with statutory match requirements of 10% and budgetary matches of 28.21% and 22.77% respectively; and a $355,036 project grant dated July 1, 2026, for the 2026-27 program through June 30, 2029, with an 11.43% budgetary match obligation. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) funds rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems operations. Recent CoC awards span December 2024 through May 31, 2027, with grant values including $217,031 (December 1, 2024–November 30, 2025), $237,701 (December 1, 2025–November 30, 2026), and $126,418 (June 1, 2026–May 31, 2027). TVOC also holds a Head Start and Early Head Start grant (CFDA 93.600) from the HHS Office of Head Start, effective May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2028, and a Migrant Head Start and Migrant Early Head Start award (CFDA 93.644), effective April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2029.

As a sub-recipient, TVOC receives pass-through federal funding from the Minnesota Department of Human Services (Title XX Block Grant, Community Services Block Grant, SNAP administration, child care administration and development), Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families (SNAP administration), Minnesota Department of Education (migrant education identification and recruitment, Midwest Migrant Resource Center), North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (Child and Adult Care Food Program components, CN Block nutrition), Department of Commerce Minnesota (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program administration, including participant eligibility determination and vendor coordination), and transit authorities (Federal Transit Administration 5311 operating assistance and capital vehicle agreements). Sub-awards span energy assistance, child nutrition, migrant worker services, public benefits administration, and transit operations across the region.

TVOC's award activity has grown substantially in the past three years—from 13 awards in 2022 to a peak of 40 in 2023, then moderating to 27 awards in 2024 and 24 in 2025. Five awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months. Combined dollars obligated across all 179 awards total $569.7 million, though the majority reflects federal dollars flowing through TVOC as a sub-recipient rather than direct federal funding to TVOC as prime.