Delaware Opportunities Inc.

Delaware Opportunities Inc., a tax-exempt non-profit social services organization, operates as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient, delivering early childhood education, homelessness support, nutrition assistance, and community development services across New York and the surrounding region. The organization functions primarily as a sub-grantee (74% of recent awards) under state and federal grant programs, with 26% of activity as a prime grant recipient—Delaware Opportunities Inc. does not hold federal contracts as a prime or sub contractor.

Delaware Opportunities Inc. serves as a prime recipient for three active federal grant programs. The Organization received a $2.7 million Head Start Project Grant (CFDA 93.600) from the Office of Head Start, awarded March 1, 2026, with a five-year project period through February 28, 2031, delivering comprehensive early childhood education and family support services targeting three- and four-year-old children and families in Delaware County, New York, with required non-federal match of 20 percent. The organization also holds Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, including a $370,087 award dated May 22, 2024, funding rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention services, alongside an earlier Continuum of Care award dated December 1, 2023. Additionally, Delaware Opportunities Inc. received a Child Nutrition Division Farm to School Supplemental grant (awarded July 18, 2022, completed June 30, 2024) supporting nutrition and local food sourcing programming.

As a sub-grantee, Delaware Opportunities Inc. receives pass-through funding from New York State agencies acting as federal grant intermediaries. The New York State Department of Health channels Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program funding through multiple Local Agency Contract cycles (LA #207), with recurring sub-awards dated October 2023, October 2024, and September 2025. The New York State Office of Children and Family Services distributes federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and related child welfare funds to the organization across multiple sub-awards (August 2024, January 2024, June 2024, and December 2025–October 2025). The New York State Department of State passes Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) sub-awards (October 2023 recurring through October 2024) supporting poverty alleviation and family self-sufficiency programming. Housing-related sub-grants flow through the New York State Housing Finance Agency for housing counseling (awarded October 2023 and amended March 2026) and homebuyer down payment assistance with rehabilitation (March 2025). Additional sub-grantee funding includes victim assistance programming from the New York State Office of Victim Services (October 2024) and a safe against violence grant from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (April 2023).

Customer concentration is concentrated within federal social-services and nutrition programs. The top five grantor agencies account for 64% of recent awards, led by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (9 awards) and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (13 awards combined across multiple sub-award cycles). Delaware Opportunities Inc. serves eleven distinct federal customer agencies across both direct grant and sub-award channels. Annual award volume peaked at 12 awards in 2024, with 8 awards in 2025 and 2 awards in 2026 to date; activity over the source period (2022–2026) reflects growth from 2 awards in 2022 to 10 awards in 2023, indicating expanded federal footprint. Combined dollars obligated across all 39 awards totals $74.4 million, with the Head Start grant representing the single largest recent prime award at $2.7 million.