Eastern Nebraska Human Services Agency

Eastern Nebraska Human Services Agency Eastern Nebraska Office On Aging Division, doing business as Enhsa, is a nonprofit organization based in Omaha, Nebraska, that operates as a federal grant recipient delivering senior volunteer service and intergenerational support programs to economically disadvantaged populations in Nebraska. Enhsa functions as a grant recipient (41% of recent awards as prime recipient) and subrecipient (59% as sub-recipient under the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services) but does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; all federal activity flows through grant funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Department of Health and Human Services.

Enhsa's capability portfolio centers on two flagship AmeriCorps Seniors programs that mobilize older volunteers to deliver community services. Under the Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011), Enhsa engages volunteers aged 55 and older with limited incomes to provide one-on-one academic tutoring, literacy instruction, parenting skills education, and developmental support to children with special needs or academic disadvantage in schools, Head Start programs, and childcare centers. Under the Senior Companion Program (CFDA 94.016), Enhsa deploys senior volunteers to deliver companionship, transportation assistance, respite care, and light household chores to vulnerable older adults, addressing social isolation while maintaining beneficiaries' dignity and independence. Enhsa also operates as a subrecipient under multiple subaward streams from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services for Older Americans Act (P.L. 116-131) services delivery, including nutrition support (food purchasing), case management, and comprehensive aging services to eligible Nebraskans. Recent prime grant awards include a $410,057 Foster Grandparent Program grant (CFDA 94.011) effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, and a $798,489 Senior Companion Program grant (CFDA 94.016) awarded September 5, 2025, with completion by June 30, 2028. Both prime awards require statutory matches of 10% and budgetary matches ranging from 14.08% to 20.34%.

Grantor and customer concentration is narrow. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living leads by award count (26 awards), followed by the Corporation for National and Community Service, which issued 11 prime grants (9 through its Office of Grants Management). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and state-pass-through subawards under Older Americans Act funding round out the customer set. Across the 49 total awards in the source data spanning from 2005 to present, combined dollars obligated total $23.7 million, with significant acceleration starting in 2024 (13 awards) and sustained through 2025 (10 awards) and 2026 year-to-date (8 awards). Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, meaning minimal immediate recompete exposure. Enhsa's subrecipient footprint encompasses approximately 29 subawards under the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services as prime grantee, with multiple sub-awards issued on June 12, 2025, June 17, 2025, September 26, 2024, and earlier dates to support Area Agency on Aging service delivery and Older Americans Act compliance. All prime and sub work is geographically bound to Nebraska service delivery.