The Mid-Carolina Council of Governments (MCCOG) is the state-designated lead regional organization for Cumberland, Harnett, and Sampson Counties. Mid-Carolina is one of the seventeen North Carolina Cogs formed to provide a wide variety of programs and services to their local governments and citizens. The MCCOG provides technical assistance services to it's member governments including land use planning, zoning administration, subdivision and zoning ordinances, water and sewer studies, annexation reviews, and community development workshops on timely issues.

MCCOG also maintains the regional data center and business and industry data affiliation for the N.C. State Data Center and Office of State Planning. In this capacity, Mid-Carolina provides population, housing and economic data resources through census materials and other sources to member governments, area businesses, private non-profit organizations, academic users and others who work for the development of communities within the region.

Further services are provided through Mid-Carolina's Area Agency on Aging, Rural Transportation Planning Organization and the Workforce Development Program.  The Cape Fear River Assembly, Inc., organized to protect the Cape Fear through proper management of the river, its tributaries and adjacent land uses, is also provided administrative services by MCCOG.