Community Services Of Venango County

Community Services Of Venango County, doing business as Families First Network, is a nonprofit organization based in Oil City, Pennsylvania, that operates as a federal grant recipient delivering homelessness interventions, early childhood education, and workforce development services to low-income families across Pennsylvania. The organization acts predominantly as a prime grant recipient (70% of recent awards) and secondarily as a sub-recipient on state-administered federal programs.

The organization's federal footprint centers on two primary grant programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds the Continuum of Care (CoC) program, which comprises 15 of the 29 awards in the portfolio and drives the largest share of obligation dollars. Community Services of Venango County operates CoC projects under annual awards running from October through September; the most recent award began October 1, 2025, and runs through September 30, 2026. Separately, the organization holds an Early Head Start grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Head Start, awarded January 1, 2025, running through December 31, 2029, supporting early childhood services and family support. The HHS Administration for Children and Families provides the remaining prime awards (five awards) and generates the bulk of sub-recipient activity; Community Services acts as a sub-recipient on Pennsylvania Department of Human Services grants supporting the Pennsylvania Assistance for Women and Work (PAWW) program, which provides professional clothing and employment support to TANF beneficiaries, and the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program delivering evidence-based home visiting to low-income families.

Customer concentration aligns tightly with the CoC and early-childhood mission. HUD's Community Planning and Development office (15 awards) and HHS's Administration for Children and Families (11 awards combined across split organizational reporting) account for 97% of recent awards. The organization has worked with HHS's Health Resources and Services Administration on MIECHV home visiting. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $25.8 million over the past five years, with activity relatively flat — four awards in 2021, declining to one in 2023, then recovering to four in 2024 and two in 2025. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete pressure near-term but likely indicating that the CoC program cycle (annual October awards running a full fiscal year) is the primary vehicle for revenue refresh.