Fernbrook Family Center, Inc.

Fernbrook Family Center, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation, operates exclusively as a sub-recipient on federal health and human services grants; the vendor holds no prime contracts, no federal contract vehicles, and no prime grant awards. All seven awards in the recent footprint are grant sub-awards flowing through state intermediaries — specifically the Minnesota Department of Human Services — to federal programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Fernbrook's federal footprint centers on community mental health and independent living services. Recent sub-award work includes grants under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (awarded July 1, 2024) and two parallel sub-awards under the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 Independent Living Program (both awarded July 1, 2022). All three of these awards flow from the Minnesota Department of Human Services as the prime state grantee. The vendor's customer concentration is entirely within HHS — 100% of the seven awards in the source are HHS grants, split between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). Combined dollars obligated across all federal awards total $1.7 million.

Activity has remained flat over the past four years — two awards in 2020, two in 2021, two in 2022, and one in 2024 — indicating modest and stable sub-award engagement rather than growth trajectory. The vendor does not compete for or hold any prime federal contract vehicles, full-and-open contracts, or set-aside contract work. Fernbrook's entire federal engagement is conditioned on sub-recipient status through Minnesota state pass-through grants, limiting direct visibility to federal procurement cycles and positioning the vendor as a local health services delivery partner rather than a federal contractor.