Congregational Health & Education Network

Congregational Health & Education Network, a Black American-owned nonprofit organization based in Tennessee, operates exclusively as a subrecipient on federal health grants, with no direct federal contracting footprint. The organization receives all of its federal work through pass-through agreements with state health departments that hold prime grants from the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Since 2022, Congregational Health & Education Network has been a consistent subrecipient on the COVID-19 Community Health Worker Initiative, receiving five sub-awards totaling $498 thousand from the Tennessee Department of Health over a three-year period (awards in July 2022, July 2023, July 2024, January 2025, and March 2025). The organization's customer footprint is narrow — confined to CDC funding channeled through the Tennessee Department of Health — and the funding stream is recurring and stable at annual intervals. The organization has not held a prime federal grant, an IDIQ, or any direct federal contract vehicles. All federal revenue flows through the Tennessee Department of Health as the state-level prime grantee for the COVID-19 Community Health Worker Initiative.

As a Black American-owned, tax-exempt nonprofit with federal grant sub-award eligibility, Congregational Health & Education Network serves as a community-level implementation partner for federal health initiatives at the state level. The organization's competitive positioning as a subrecipient on CDC-funded health worker programs places it outside the direct federal procurement ecosystem — it does not bid on federal vehicles, does not appear on prime IDIQs or GWACs, and does not compete in the federal contracting marketplace. For contractors seeking partnership opportunities, Congregational Health & Education Network represents a community-health sub-award partner rather than a federal prime or a vehicle-eligible competitor.