Family Service Association Of Lincoln

Family Service Association Of Lincoln, a Nebraska-based tax-exempt nonprofit located in Lincoln, operates as a federal grant recipient (9% of awards as prime recipient, 91% as sub-recipient) focused on homelessness prevention, youth housing services, agricultural conservation education, and child nutrition programs. The organization does not hold federal contracts or contract IDVs; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant awards and sub-awards from HUD, USDA, and the Department of Education.

HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development dominates the prime-recipient portfolio through the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267). Family Service Association of Lincoln currently holds three active CoC Project Grants: a $379,609 award effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026 for general homelessness and supportive services in Lincoln; a $271,585 award dated December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2026 for youth homelessness (ages 18–24) in partnership with sub-recipient Cedars Youth Services, Inc.; and a $470,451 award dated October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026 for youth homelessness services implemented with sub-recipients Cedars Youth Services, Inc. and Wellbeing Initiative Inc. All three awards support rapid rehousing, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) operations designed to minimize trauma and promote housing stability. The organization also received a $372,630 three-year Cooperative Agreement from USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912), awarded September 30, 2024 through September 30, 2027, to expand Community Crops Program operations and build education and outreach for underserved agricultural producers adopting conservation practices.

At the sub-recipient level, the organization receives the vast majority of its federal funding through pass-through arrangements from state and university grantees. The Department of Education Nebraska passes through recurring monthly sub-awards for child care support and nutritional programs (DCH and BLOCK funding); the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services passes through Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) supplemental nutrition and breastfeeding support sub-awards; and the Regents of the University of Minnesota pass through research sub-awards related to cultural and cover crop specialty production. Recent sub-award activity shows consistent monthly child nutrition and care funding from the Department of Education Nebraska (dating from 2023 through 2026) and periodic WIC nutrition sub-awards from Nebraska Health and Human Services (2024 through 2026). The organization also receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) operational support sub-awards for public service activities.

The award footprint reflects concentrated exposure to two customer streams: USDA food and nutrition programs (96 awards combined across FNS and NIFA sub-awards) account for the vast majority of recent activity, while HUD homelessness and housing programs (9 prime CoC awards) and education-administered child care and nutrition programs (sub-awards pass-through from Nebraska's education department) round out the federal customer base. Activity accelerated significantly in 2024 (44 awards) and 2025 (38 awards), representing a shift toward higher sub-award volume flowing through state education and health agencies. Three awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, generating limited recompete exposure for the organization itself, though the recurring monthly structure of Department of Education sub-awards implies ongoing renewal cycles.