Western Carolina Community Action, Inc.

Western Carolina Community Action, Inc., doing business as Wncsource, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Hendersonville, North Carolina that operates as a federal grant recipient, delivering employment-readiness and early-childhood services to low-income families. The organization does not hold prime federal contracts but receives direct federal grants and acts as a sub-recipient under state-administered programs.

Wncsource's federal footprint centers on two primary grant portfolios. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office has funded the organization through recurring Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program grants, which support salary and fringe benefits for FSS coordinators who work with families in public housing, housing choice vouchers, and project-based rental assistance programs. Wncsource has received FSS grants annually from 2022 through 2026, with awards covering calendar-year periods and requiring maintenance of minimum participating families (25 per coordinator for the first position, plus 50 for each additional coordinator). The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families has awarded Wncsource Head Start and Early Head Start grants, including a Head Start grant running from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024, and an Early Head Start grant awarded August 1, 2024 with an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2029. A more recent Head Start and Early Head Start award dated July 1, 2025 runs through June 30, 2030. As a sub-recipient, Wncsource also receives pass-through funding from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for pre-kindergarten services to four-year-old children, including awards dated July 1, 2023, July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. Wncsource additionally acts as a sub-recipient of Department of Transportation funding for operating assistance and capital support to provide transportation services for people with disabilities and older adults, with a sub-award dated April 21, 2026.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward HHS and HUD. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office accounts for 11 awards, while the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounts for 9 awards, with these two agencies representing 84% of recent awards across the portfolio. Over the past five years, Wncsource has received three awards in 2022, three in 2023, five in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026 through April. Total combined dollars obligated across all awards in the source reach $166.4 million. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal near-term recompete exposure. The organization has worked with four distinct federal agencies since 2007 and maintains a 75% prime-recipient posture with 25% sub-recipient activity.