Community Action Partnership Of Lancaster County, Inc.

Community Action Partnership Of Lancaster County, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering homelessness services, nutrition assistance, family support, and domestic violence victim services across 11 federal funding agencies. The organization acts as a direct grant recipient on roughly 25% of its recent federal awards, with the remaining 75% routed through Pennsylvania state intermediaries as sub-recipient flows—a posture characteristic of community action agencies funneling federal entitlements and formula grants through state departments of education, health, and human services.

The organization's grant footprint centers on three federal programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) anchors the prime-recipient work: CAP Lancaster holds multiple annual CoC grants (including a $163,210 award effective January 2026 through December 2026, a $191,435 award covering November 2025 through October 2026, and a $155,572 award for calendar 2025) that fund permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems across Lancaster County. A second major prime stream is the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women Transitional Housing Assistance Program (CFDA 16.736): CAP Lancaster received a $650,000 three-year grant (October 2021 through September 2024) to deliver transitional housing and support services to domestic violence victims and their families. The third prime avenue is Head Start and Early Head Start (award date July 2024, completion date June 2029), funding early childhood education and family services.

Sub-recipient work dominates the active portfolio volume. CAP Lancaster receives sub-awards from Pennsylvania state departments flowing federal nutrition assistance, child welfare, and early intervention services. The Pennsylvania Department of Education channels Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) funds through dozens of sub-awards; CAP Lancaster provides meal reimbursement services to approved care facilities under this entitlement program, with sub-award activity spanning monthly from 2022 through mid-2026. The Pennsylvania Department of Health routes Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program funds (multiple sub-awards from September 2023 through April 2026) for nutrition services administration and peer counseling. The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services sub-awards Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) funds (CFDA 93.870) supporting home visiting services to eligible families in at-risk communities, with visible activity from June 2022 through April 2026. The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development channels Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds supporting community action agency activities aligned with local needs assessments. Pennsylvania's Commission on Crime and Delinquency routes Office of Violence Against Women formula grants for domestic violence victim services (sub-awards visible October 2023 and September 2025). The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture sub-awards WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) funds.

Top customer concentration by award count: the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 48 of 107 awards, the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development for 20, the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families for 7, and the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime for 5. This split reflects the community action agency model—high sub-award volume from USDA nutrition streams paired with lower but strategically important prime awards from HUD's homelessness-response framework. Activity grew year over year from 14 awards in 2022 to 21 in 2024 and 23 in 2025, with 16 awards recorded through May 2026. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, signaling stable recompete exposure and grant continuation at the state level.