Cook County Family Connection, Inc.

Cook County Family Connection, Inc., doing business as County Of Cook, is a Georgia-based nonprofit organization operating as a federal grant sub-recipient in early childhood development and community health equity programs. The organization holds no prime federal contracts and does not sit on government-wide contract vehicles; its federal footprint consists of sub-award participation under pass-through grants from state and nonprofit intermediaries.

Cook County Family Connection operates exclusively in the sub-recipient role, accounting for 67% of its six recent federal awards. The organization serves four distinct federal funding sources, all routed through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): the Administration for Children and Families, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The largest concentration of work flows through the Administration for Children and Families, which represents three of the organization's six awards and originates from the Georgia Department of Early Care & Learning as the prime grantee. Recent sub-award work includes participation in the RISE Vaccine Equity Challenge, a ten-month intensive learning program funded by CDC through the Public Health Institute as the prime grantee, where Cook County Family Connection serves as a pacesetter community coalition implementing multi-level interventions to advance vaccine equity and systemic health-equity change in marginalized communities. The organization also holds sub-awards under two distinct preschool and child-care development grants issued by the Georgia Department of Early Care & Learning, focused on early childhood services and related community support.

Activity is sparse and episodic. The organization received one award in 2013, one in 2017, two in 2021, one in 2022, and one in 2024, with combined federal obligations totaling $941 thousand across the entire six-award window. Cook County Family Connection does not appear in federal contracting channels and operates solely as a sub-recipient within state and nonprofit grant ecosystems serving HHS priorities around childcare, vaccine equity, and community well-being.