Breastfeeding Support Association

Breastfeeding Support Association, a nonprofit organization, operates exclusively as a federal grant sub-recipient, delivering maternal and infant nutrition programming and lactation counselor services to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Jordan through sub-awards under Family Health International as prime grantee.

The organization's federal footprint consists entirely of three grant sub-awards from USAID Jordan, all placed by Family Health International as the prime recipient, totaling $86 thousand obligated across the awards. The most recent sub-award, dated October 25, 2024, carries scope to increase knowledge and improve attitudes and behaviors across targeted Jordanian governorates and districts by promoting healthy maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) and postpartum family planning (PPFP) practices through evidence-based social and behavior change (SBC) youth-led initiatives. That same award includes identifying information gaps regarding available Lactation Counselor services in Jordanian communities and exploring opportunities to develop a geographic information system (GIS)-based online tool for mapping and promoting those services. An earlier sub-award dated October 31, 2023 carries similar scope focused on implementing innovative evidence-based social and behavior change activities to increase knowledge and improve attitudes and behaviors across all targeted governorates and districts. A third sub-award, dated October 16, 2023, carries no detailed description in the source beyond the organization name.

Activity is sparse and irregular — two awards in 2023 and one in 2024 — with no prime contract or IDIQ position and no direct federal agency customer relationship. The organization holds no seat on government-wide acquisition vehicles and does not compete as a prime contractor or federal contractor. All federal work flows through a single prime grantee relationship with Family Health International, limiting the organization's visibility and independence in the federal grant marketplace.