Cnmi Department Of Community And Cultural Affairs (Dcca)

Cnmi Department Of Community And Cultural Affairs (Dcca) is a U.S. local government entity that acts as the prime recipient of federal formula grants for aging services, social welfare programs, and nutrition assistance in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, competing entirely in the full-and-open grant space with no subcontract relationships in its federal award footprint.

The DCCA's federal grant portfolio centers on the Administration on Aging (operating under HHS Administration for Community Living) and the HHS Administration for Children and Families, with secondary funding from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The organization holds 204 total prime grant awards across a twenty-three-year span, with annual awards stable at nine grants per year from 2022 through 2025. Recent representative work includes a $458,672 formula grant for Older Americans Act Title III congregate meals services (CFDA 93.045) awarded October 1, 2025, with completion September 30, 2027; a $309,431 formula grant for home-delivered meals to homebound seniors (CFDA 93.045) from the same period; and a $160,059 National Family Caregiver Support formula grant (CFDA 93.052) supporting multifaceted family caregiver services through September 30, 2027. The DCCA also received a $7.5 million formula grant from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for the Commonwealth's enhanced Nutrition Assistance Program (CFDA 10.539) in 2021–2022, and continues to hold recurring Adult Protective Services formula block grants from the Administration on Aging.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to HHS Administration for Community Living, which accounts for the majority of the active grant portfolio across multiple Older Americans Act titles — including Title III supportive services, congregate meals, home-delivered meals, family caregiver support, and preventive health programs, as well as Title VII ombudsman and elder abuse prevention services. The DCCA also serves HHS Administration for Children and Families and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. All grants operate under statutory formula-allocation methodology; the DCCA functions as the territorial equivalent of a state Unit on Aging and administers the funds to local meal service providers, Area Agencies on Aging, nonprofit organizations, and community-based service providers across the territory. The source identifies 18 awards with ultimate completion dates falling within the next twenty-four months, representing potential recompete opportunity for similar formula-grant work in FY2027 and beyond.