Catholic Charities Of The Diocese Of Yakima

Catholic Charities Of The Diocese Of Yakima, operating as Catholic Family & Child Service, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Yakima, Washington that acts as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient, delivering senior volunteer services, family home visiting, homeless outreach, mental health and substance use disorder peer support, and child nutrition program administration across Washington state.

The organization operates almost exclusively in a sub-recipient role — 90% of its 127 awards in the federal footprint are sub-awards — making it a pass-through service delivery partner rather than a prime grantee. Catholic Charities holds 13 prime federal grants, all from the Corporation for National and Community Service, centered on the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). The most recent and largest prime award is a $277,778 grant issued on June 18, 2026, for the 2026–2027 RSVP program cycle (program period June 18, 2026 through March 31, 2029), requiring a 10.0% statutory match. RSVP engages volunteers aged 55 and older in mentoring, tutoring, tax preparation assistance, food security support, workforce development, disaster preparedness, and veteran support, with volunteers choosing their own service schedule from a few hours to 40 hours per week. Catholic Charities also holds prior AmeriCorps RSVP awards dating to 2023 and an AmeriCorps Service Corps Program (SCP) grant awarded July 1, 2024, with completion on June 30, 2027.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, which accounts for 94 of the 127 awards (74% of the portfolio) — substantially all of those are child nutrition program sub-awards flowing through the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction as the prime grantee. The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management accounts for 11 awards (9%), representing the prime AmeriCorps RSVP and SCP grants. Sub-awards from the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Health Resources and Services Administration (12 combined awards) reflect Catholic Charities' role in delivering housing and recovery peer services, homeless outreach programs, and first-episode psychosis services, typically sub-contracted through the Washington State Health Care Authority and Department of Children, Youth, and Families as prime grantees. The organization has also received sub-awards for home visiting services to vulnerable families and Projects for Assistance in Transition of Homelessness (PATH) programming.

The award footprint shows significant recent growth — activity increased from 2 awards in 2022 to 58 in 2024 — driven primarily by the expansion of child nutrition sub-awards beginning in 2023. Only one award is scheduled to complete within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Place of performance is Washington state, with administrative oversight consistent with the organization's Yakima headquarters.