Community Action, Inc. Of Rock And Walworth Counties

Community Action, Inc. Of Rock And Walworth Counties, operating as Community Action, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Beloit, Wisconsin, that acts as a direct federal grant recipient and sub-recipient across social services, housing, workforce development, and nutrition programs, with no prime federal contracts and no participation in government-wide acquisition vehicles or IDIQs.

Community Action operates predominantly as a sub-recipient (67% of recent awards) routed through state grantees — primarily the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, the State of Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, and the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services — rather than as a direct prime grant recipient to the federal government. The organization's capability portfolio centers on homelessness prevention and housing assistance, youth workforce development, school nutrition program administration, community services block grant (CSBG) contracting, and emergency assistance programs. Recent prime grant work includes a $589,353 Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care (CoC) Program award (CFDA 14.267) effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, supporting permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services for homeless individuals and families in Rock and Walworth Counties; a $272,527 HUD CoC award (CFDA 14.267) effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026; and a Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration project grant (CFDA not specified) awarded May 2, 2022, through September 1, 2025, providing pre-apprenticeship education, occupational skills training, and leadership development to opportunity youth aged 16 to 24.

The top five funding agencies account for 82% of recent awards. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service dominates by volume (40 awards), followed by HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (28 awards), with the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families distributed across two internal offices (13 and 11 awards respectively), and the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (6 awards). The Agriculture-dominated portfolio reflects Community Action's role as a sub-recipient under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), both routed through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; these sub-awards recur monthly across 2024, 2025, and 2026. HUD concentration reflects recurring Continuum of Care grants, issued twice yearly (calendar-year and fiscal-year periods) since 2021. ACF funding traces primarily to CSBG contracts and youth transitional job programs through the State of Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, and emergency assistance programs including Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) allocations through the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration.

Activity has grown year over year — five awards in 2022 to twenty-five in 2024 and thirty-two in 2025 — with only two awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore presenting minimal recompete exposure in that window. Combined dollars obligated across all 119 awards total $26.8 million over the source data span, with the organization serving eleven distinct federal agencies. Sub-award relationships are anchored to state pass-through grantees rather than direct federal primes, making Community Action a downstream operational arm of state human services and nutrition administrators rather than an independent federal contractor or applicant for federal grants outside the state intermediary model.