Coastal Plain Area EOA

What Coastal Plain Area EOA does

Coastal Plain Area Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc. (Coastal Plain Area EOA) is a private nonprofit community action agency incorporated in the State of Georgia on April 8, 1966 and headquartered in Valdosta, GA. The organization serves ten counties in the coastal plain region of Georgia (Berrien, Ben Hill, Brooks, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift, and Turner), operating through 10 Community Service Centers and 12 Head Start early childhood education facilities. Its mission is to alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty among low-income individuals and families, preschool-age children, the elderly, and disabled residents across this rural service area.

The agency delivers three core programs. The Head Start program provides comprehensive early childhood development services to economically disadvantaged preschool children (ages 3 to compulsory school age), at least 90 percent of whom come from low-income families, and is estimated to serve approximately 377,400 breakfast, lunch, and snack meals annually. The CSBG Community Service Centers provide emergency direct assistance including food vouchers, utility assistance (including LIHEAP), minor car repair, G.E.D. training, prescription drug assistance, and minor home repair. The Weatherization Program delivers energy-efficiency home improvements to low-income households, with an active partnership to serve Georgia Power customers. The agency operates with no proprietary technology systems; services are delivered primarily through in-person visits at county-based facilities Monday through Friday.

Coastal Plain Area EOA is funded almost entirely through government grants from federal, state, and local sources. Primary funding streams include Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) awards from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, federal Head Start funding, USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) funding, and Office of Energy Resources weatherization funding. Over $215 million in federal, state, and local funds have been invested in the ten-county service area over 44 years. Services are delivered free or at reduced cost based on income eligibility; the organization is not a commercial enterprise and does not operate on traditional pricing or revenue models.

Name

Coastal Plain Area EOA

Legal name

Coastal Plain Area Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc.

Website

https://coastalplain.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1966

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Coastal Plain Area EOA is a Georgia nonprofit community action agency operating Head Start, CSBG emergency assistance, and Weatherization programs across ten rural counties, serving low-income families, preschool children, elderly, and disabled residents via federal and state grant funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Action / Anti-Poverty Human Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Community Food Services (624210), Individual and Family Services (6241), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Head Start & Public Pre-K Programs (EDACABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Early Childhood Education & Childcare Nonprofits (BPAGADAA), Child Nutrition & Meal Programs (CACFP/Snack Programs) (EDACAMAA), Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAF), Maternal, Child & Family Health Program Funding (HLAJALAG)

Keywords

• Community action services
• Early childhood education
• Home weatherization assistance
• Anti-poverty programs
• Community service block grant

Headquarters

HQ city

Valdosta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices14 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Grants and Funding: Coastal Plain Area EOA operates as a nonprofit organization funded primarily through federal, state, and local government grants. The agency receives Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as well as funding from the Office of Energy Resources for weatherization programs and federal Head Start program funding. Over $215 million has been invested in the ten-county service area over 44 years.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Coastal Plain Area EOA delivers three federally funded anti-poverty programs across a 10-county South Georgia service region: a Head Start early childhood education program operating 12 facilities and serving approximately 377,400 meals annually; a Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program run through Community Service Centers providing emergency assistance and self-sufficiency services to low-income households; and a Weatherization Assistance Program that performs energy-efficiency retrofits on the homes of income-eligible residents. The organization operates exclusively as a private non-profit community action agency funded through federal, state, and local grants.

Product overview

Coastal Plain Area EOA, Inc. is a non-profit human services organization that operates three core programs: Head Start (early childhood education), Community Service Centers providing emergency assistance (food, utilities, car repair, home repair, prescriptions, G.E.D. training), and a Weatherization Program for energy-efficient home improvements. These programs work together to serve low-income families and individuals across ten counties in Georgia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Head Start Early Childhood Education Program

Quantifiable outcome

• $215 million invested in community over 44 years
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Child and Adult Food Care Program (CACFP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederally funded meal program that provides nutritious meals and snacks to infants and children as a regular part of their day care. Coastal Plain is licensed and approved to provide day care services and participate in CACFP.
• Georgia Department of Human Services Energy ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to help Georgians with home heating bills through energy assistance programs.
• Georgia PowerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWeatherization program provides materials, labor and knowledge necessary to increase energy efficiency in homes of low-income Georgia Power customers with electricity as a primary heating source.
• Bright from the StartminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeorgia's regulatory body that reviews and approves contracts for early childhood education programs.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• National Community Action Partnership (NCAP): NCAP is the national umbrella organization for the 1,000+ Community Action Agencies across the U.S., representing Coastal Plain's peer cohort at the federal advocacy, training, and policy level and providing the network infrastructure within which Coastal Plain operates.
• Feeding America: Feeding America is the largest U.S. hunger-relief nonprofit network, overlapping with Coastal Plain's CSBG emergency food assistance program in mission and federal USDA funding sources, but operating at vastly greater national scale rather than at a community action agency level.
• National Head Start Association: NHSA is the national membership association for Head Start grantees including Coastal Plain's 12 Head Start facilities, providing professional development, advocacy, and program standards that shape how Coastal Plain operates its largest single program line.
• Georgia Community Action Association: The Georgia Community Action Association is the statewide membership organization representing Georgia's community action agencies including Coastal Plain, providing training, advocacy, and shared services across the same federal program framework.

Direct peers

• ACTION, Inc. ACTION, Inc. is a Waycross, Georgia-based community action agency serving a cluster of rural South Georgia counties adjacent to Coastal Plain's territory, operating the same CSBG, Head Start, and Weatherization program mix under the same federal funding architecture.
• Southwest Georgia Community Action Council: SWGA CAC is a community action agency serving a multi-county rural Southwest Georgia region under the same federal CSBG/Head Start/Weatherization framework, with comparable population demographics and service delivery model to Coastal Plain.
• Central Savannah River Area EOA (CSRA EOA): CSRA EOA is another Georgia Economic Opportunity Authority operating the identical CAA model—CSBG, Head Start, and Weatherization—across a multi-county East Georgia region, making it one of the closest structural and operational comparables to Coastal Plain.
• Middle Georgia Community Action Agency: Middle Georgia CAA operates as a designated Community Action Agency serving multiple rural Georgia counties with the same anti-poverty program portfolio, making it a strong direct operational peer in scale, geography, and funding structure.

Others

• Goodwill Industries International: Goodwill is a comparable nonprofit social services organization that combines federal workforce funding with retail revenue, offering a useful comparator on nonprofit operating models and workforce/case management services that partially overlap with Coastal Plain's GED and emergency assistance programs.
• United Way Worldwide: United Way is a broad-based community fundraising and grantmaking nonprofit with overlapping anti-poverty mission and local affiliate model, useful as a thematic comparator on community resource mobilization though it does not directly deliver Head Start or Weatherization services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cpaeoa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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