Alaska Family Child Care Association

Alaska Family Child Care Association, a woman-owned nonprofit based in Anchorage, Alaska, operates exclusively as a sub-recipient under federal grant programs, with no prime contract or direct federal procurement activity. The organization receives 100% of its federal funding through sub-awards routed from the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development, functioning entirely within the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) ecosystem.

The organization's federal footprint is narrowly concentrated in nutrition and child care support. All 113 sub-awards across the past three years flow from two Department of Agriculture entities: the Food and Nutrition Service (112 awards) and the Agricultural Marketing Service (1 award). The organization administers CACFP meal reimbursements, sponsor administration funds, cash-in-lieu provisions, and advance payments to family child care providers throughout Alaska. Representative sub-award streams include recurring monthly CACFP Meals and Child and Adult Care Food Program Sponsor Admin Funds awards issued by Alaska DEP on behalf of USDA FNS since August 2023, with typical award cycles spanning monthly intervals. The organization also receives periodic CACFP Advance awards and has administered a Local Food for Schools Cooperative sub-award, reflecting broader USDA nutrition-program responsibilities.

Activity volume has grown from 22 awards in 2023 to a peak of 40 awards in 2024, followed by 28 in 2025 and 23 through August 2026, indicating recent moderating trend. Combined obligated dollars total $4.8 million across the entire three-year period. The organization serves two distinct USDA agencies, both housed within the Department of Agriculture, with USDA FNS representing the overwhelming majority of the award count and dollar value. The nonprofit structure and woman-owned designation position the organization within Alaska's early childhood nutrition administration rather than federal contracting supply chains; the organization has no presence on federal contract vehicles, schedules, or IDIQs and does not compete for procurement awards outside the CACFP grant-administration space.