Community Action Partnership Of Cambria County, Inc.

Community Action Partnership Of Cambria County, Inc., doing business as Cambria County Head Start Program, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Johnstown, Pennsylvania that operates as a federal grant recipient delivering early childhood education, nutrition support, and family services to low-income families in Cambria County. The organization functions as a sub-recipient on the vast majority of its federal funding (91% of 66 awards over the past five years) while holding a single prime Head Start grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Head Start.

The organization's federal footprint centers on four interconnected nutrition and early childhood programs delivered through state intermediaries. As a prime recipient, Community Action Partnership received a $3.04 million Project Grant (CFDA 93.600) from the Office of Head Start awarded June 1, 2026, with completion set for December 31, 2026. This Head Start funding supports comprehensive early childhood education and family support services including educational instruction, health and nutritional support, social-emotional development programming, and family engagement initiatives for infants, toddlers, three- and four-year-old children, and pregnant women. As a sub-recipient under Pennsylvania state grant administration, the organization receives federal funding through the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which reimbursed meal costs for children and adults in approved care facilities and provided cash value support to sponsors lacking commodity storage capacity. The organization also receives sub-award funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Health for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program nutrition services administration and peer counseling, and from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) administrative expenses. Recent sub-awards span February 2024 through June 2026, with the majority channeled through Pennsylvania's Department of Education for CACFP meal reimbursement.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, which accounts for 55 of 66 awards in the source portfolio (95% coverage). The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, the Department of Community and Economic Development, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Agriculture round out the active set. Combined federal dollars obligated across all awards total $116.9 million, with prior Head Start funding alone exceeding $40 million. Activity has grown markedly — four awards in 2022 to eighteen in 2025 — and remained robust into 2026 with fourteen awards to date. Only one award completes within the next twenty-four months, reducing immediate recompete exposure. The organization's federal mission is poverty alleviation and family self-sufficiency for Cambria County residents through coordinated early education, nutrition assistance, and community services delivery.