Dama's Little Folks Child Care Center

Dama's Little Folks Child Care Center, a Black American-owned sole proprietorship based in Memphis, Tennessee, operates as a sub-recipient on federal nutrition assistance grants issued by the Tennessee Department of Human Services, with no prime contracting or grant-recipient footprint. The vendor's entire federal engagement consists of sub-awards under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the Commodity Nutrition Block Grant (CN Block Meals Reimbursement), both funded by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service.

The vendor serves a single customer agency — the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service — through monthly reimbursement sub-awards flowing via the Tennessee Department of Human Services. Recent grant sub-awards include CACFP Child and Infant/Large Family Day Care Home (CIL) payments and CN Block Meals Reimbursement allocations awarded on a recurring monthly cycle from September 2024 through May 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all seventeen sub-awards total $41 thousand, with activity accelerating from one award in 2024 to six in 2025 and ten year-to-date in 2026. All awards are sub-recipient grants rather than contracts, and the vendor does not hold any prime contract vehicles, IDIQs, or agency-wide BPAs. The vendor's role is limited to participating in federal child nutrition programming as a licensed child care facility receiving meal reimbursement and supplemental nutrition support for enrolled children, positioning Dama's Little Folks as a downstream implementer of USDA nutrition policy rather than a service provider competing for federal procurement.