Blue Valley Community Action Inc.

Blue Valley Community Action Inc., doing business as Blue Valley Community Action Partnership, is a tax-exempt nonprofit community development corporation based in Fairbury, Nebraska, that serves as a federal grant recipient delivering comprehensive social services and early childhood education programs across southeastern Nebraska. The organization operates exclusively as a grant recipient (54% of recent awards as prime recipient, 46% as sub-recipient through state pass-through arrangements); it holds no federal contracts and does not compete under set-aside categories.

Blue Valley Community Action Partnership's capability footprint centers on homelessness prevention and housing assistance, early childhood education, nutrition support, and veteran family services. The organization holds a $358,034 three-year Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011, award date July 1, 2026) to deploy AmeriCorps volunteers aged 55 and older for one-on-one mentoring and tutoring of children with special needs across southeastern Nebraska. A $1.615 million Head Start grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.600, award date September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2026) funds comprehensive early childhood education services for low-income pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children. The organization also holds a $793,184 award from the Department of Veterans Affairs under the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (CFDA 64.033, October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026) providing outreach, case management, VA benefits assistance, and temporary financial support to very low-income veteran families. Multiple Continuum of Care Program grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (CFDA 14.267) totaling over $600,000 across concurrent funding periods support permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and homelessness prevention across Butler, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Polk, Saline, Seward, Thayer, and York counties.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward HUD and the Department of Agriculture. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads with 38 awards, followed by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (24 awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (13 awards), and the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (12 awards). These four agencies account for 66% of recent award volume. The organization maintains steady sub-recipient relationships with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (WIC, LIHEAP Weatherization, immunization support, Community Services Block Grant sub-awards), the Nebraska Department of Education (child nutrition block grants), and the Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment (Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program).

Activity has accelerated in recent years — six awards in 2022 to thirty-nine in 2024 — driven primarily by HUD Continuum of Care and federal Head Start and Early Head Start grants. Only four awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The organization does not hold parent vehicles such as GWACs, IDIQs, or BPAs and does not operate as a subcontractor to federal prime contractors; its sub-award role is limited to pass-through administration of federal grants originally awarded to Nebraska state agencies.