Central Nebraska Community Action Partnership, Inc.

Central Nebraska Community Action Partnership, Inc., doing business as Cncap, is a non-profit organization headquartered in Loup City, Nebraska, that has been registered to receive federal awards since October 2004. The organization serves a 21-county service area in Nebraska and operates as a prime grantee for multiple federal programs focused on addressing critical community needs. Cncap provides comprehensive support services across several strategic areas, including housing assistance and homelessness prevention, early childhood education and development, veteran support services, and nutrition and nutrition education programs. Through its network of federal grant awards, Cncap delivers direct assistance and supportive services to vulnerable and low-income populations throughout central Nebraska.

Cncap's federal grant portfolio demonstrates substantial expertise in managing diverse social services programs. The organization currently holds a major Head Start and Early Head Start award of $13.3 million from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.600), running through June 2030, which supports comprehensive early childhood education, health, and family services for disadvantaged children from birth through school age. In the area of veteran support, Cncap has received multiple awards from the Department of Veterans Affairs, including a $300,000 Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program award (CFDA 64.033) and approximately $2.3 million in SSVF Program funding to provide outreach, case management, assistance with VA and public benefits, and temporary financial assistance for housing-related expenses. The organization also received $472,978 under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055) to deliver suicide prevention counseling and veteran support services. Regarding homelessness services, Cncap has been awarded multiple Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (CFDA 14.267), totaling over $2.1 million across several awards, to provide permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, homeless management information systems, and homelessness prevention activities. Additionally, Cncap serves as a sub-grantee for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, administering various block grant and supplemental nutrition programs including Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funding, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Weatherization, the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program, the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, and immunization support initiatives. These sub-awards enable Cncap to expand its reach in providing nutritional support, breastfeeding education, energy assistance, and preventive health services to eligible pregnant women, infants, children, and low-income families throughout its service region.