Community Action, Inc. Of Rock And Walworth Counties

Community Action, Inc. Of Rock And Walworth Counties (doing business as Community Action) is a Wisconsin-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization that serves as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient, delivering homeless housing services, workforce development, nutrition assistance, and community action programs across Rock and Walworth Counties. The organization operates predominantly as a sub-recipient (68% of recent awards) on pass-through funding from federal agencies via state intermediaries, with a smaller prime-recipient footprint concentrated in HUD's Continuum of Care Program.

Community Action's capability portfolio centers on permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services for homeless individuals and families under HUD's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), youth workforce development and pre-apprenticeship training under the Department of Labor's Youth Build program (with a grant running through September 2025), and nutrition assistance and child care programs delivered as a sub-recipient through Wisconsin state pass-throughs. As a prime recipient, Community Action holds recurring Continuum of Care grants from HUD: a $589,353 award for January through December 2026 and a $285,169 award for September 2026 through August 2027. The organization also received a Department of Labor Youth Build grant (CFDA 17.259) awarded May 2, 2022 with performance extending through September 1, 2025, providing project-based academic and occupational skills training to out-of-school youth aged 16–24.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward USDA nutrition programs and HUD homelessness services. The top five funding agencies (by award count) account for 81% of all awards: the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service leads with 40 awards, followed by HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development with 29 awards, and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families with 26 combined awards (split across two line items in the source). The remaining awards are distributed across the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and smaller state-administered pass-throughs. Sub-recipient work routes through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (National School Lunch Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program, awarded monthly), the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (Community Services Block Grants and transitional jobs programs), the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (teen pregnancy prevention, personal responsibility education), and the Wisconsin Department of Administration (energy assistance and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act pass-throughs).

Activity has grown consistently over the past five years, from five awards in 2022 to a peak of 33 awards in 2025; 14 awards were recorded in 2026 through the data snapshot date (September 2026). Only two awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure. Community Action's federal footprint reflects a regional community action agency model: the organization accesses federal resources primarily through state intermediaries and direct HUD grant processes rather than federal contracting vehicles, with no presence on GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide IDIQs.