Citizens For Citizens Inc.

Citizens For Citizens Inc., doing business as CFC, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Fall River, Massachusetts that operates as a federal grant recipient providing early childhood education, family support services, volunteer mentoring programs, and community antipoverty services to low-income families and children. CFC acts primarily as a grant recipient (35% of recent awards as prime recipient) and substantially as a sub-recipient (65% of recent awards flowing through Massachusetts state agencies and the Corporation for National and Community Service as prime grantees).

CFC's federal funding portfolio is concentrated in human services and community development grants administered through four primary federal agencies. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management, the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, and related offices account for 81% of recent awards. The Corporation for National and Community Service and HHS Administration for Children and Families anchor CFC's prime-recipient work; the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health account for the majority of CFC's sub-recipient awards, with funds flowing through state agencies into CFC's delivery.

CFC holds two active prime federal grants as recipient. A $9.28 million five-year Head Start and Early Head Start Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.600) runs through April 30, 2031, funding comprehensive early childhood education, health and nutritional support, social-emotional development programming, and family engagement services for low-income children aged birth through four years in Fall River. A $375,393 three-year AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CFDA 94.011) runs through June 30, 2029, engaging volunteers aged 55 and older to provide one-on-one mentoring, tutoring, literacy instruction, and academic support to disadvantaged children and those with special needs in schools, Head Start programs, and childcare centers. CFC also held a prior AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) grant and two additional Foster Grandparent grants, now concluded or concluding through mid-2026.

Sub-recipient work flows primarily through the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for child nutrition programs (School Breakfast and National School Lunch), the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities for low-income heating assistance and residential energy efficiency improvements, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children and related maternal health services. CFC also receives sub-awards from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care for child care and afterschool financial assistance. The sub-award portfolio spans forty-one recent awards distributed across these state agencies and the Corporation for National and Community Service, reflecting CFC's embedded role in the delivery of federal antipoverty, nutrition, housing, and family support programming across Massachusetts.

Activity has grown substantially — from one award in 2022 to twenty-five in 2024 — with the majority of growth in sub-recipient awards routed through state agencies. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $259.3 million, with the Head Start prime grant ($9.28 million) and the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent grant ($375,393) representing CFC's largest active direct federal funding relationships. CFC is required to maintain statutory and budgetary match requirements ranging from 10 to 30 percent depending on the grant program and must maintain comprehensive financial and program records for compliance with federal reporting standards.