Blue Ridge Community Action, Inc.

Blue Ridge Community Action, Inc., doing business as Quaker Meadows Generations, is a nonprofit operating in North Carolina that serves as a federal grant recipient focused on senior volunteer engagement, early childhood education, and community services for low-income and vulnerable populations. The organization operates primarily as a prime grant recipient (86% of recent awards) with limited subgrant activity, competing in full-and-open federal grant programs rather than under SBA set-asides.

The organization's federal footprint centers on two principal programs. The largest by award volume and dollar concentration is the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011), administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management. Blue Ridge Community Action holds four Foster Grandparent grants, with the most recent award effective July 1, 2026, carrying $351,007 in funding through June 30, 2029. This program deploys senior volunteers aged 55 and older with limited incomes to provide one-on-one mentoring, tutoring, and educational support to children with special needs or who are academically or socially disadvantaged in schools, Head Start programs, childcare centers, and other community settings. The second major program is Head Start and Early Head Start, funded by the Office of Head Start under the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, with an award active through June 30, 2030. The organization also holds subgrant awards from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (document restoration and disaster recovery) and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (poverty reduction and community economic empowerment initiatives).

The organization's customer base is concentrated among federal grant-making agencies rather than federal contractors. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 represents the largest customer by both award count and potential value at ten awards and $798 thousand combined potential value, though this reflects VA nursing care facility contracts rather than core mission-driven grant work. The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families together account for eight awards. The organization does not hold parent vehicles such as GWACs or agency-wide IDIQs; its two basic ordering agreements with the VA (VA246BO0022 and VA24612A0073) account for twelve task orders and $315 thousand combined potential value but represent operational service delivery rather than procurement vehicles.

Activity remains modest and episodic — one award in 2021, one in 2023, one in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026 — with combined potential value across all recent awards of $830 thousand. The organization's award portfolio reflects placement in skilled nursing facilities and adult day care services, with primary NAICS categories reflecting Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities and Nursing Care Facilities, and PSC codes aligned with nursing home and social rehabilitation services.